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That's a great read. Worth the mammoth coin.
I finally got the last Spirit story I didn't own in its original form, which happened to be Eisner's last, Denny's team up with the Escapist. Never, ever, ever ceases to amaze me how well that man could draw that well in his 80s.
Frank Miller's film was crap.
You would think Miller, being a fan himself, would have done justice to it.
THE SPIRIT #2
On sale MAY 19 * 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Written by MARK SCHULTZ
Co-feature written by HARLAN ELLISON
Art by MORITAT
Co-feature art by KYLE BAKER
Cover by LADRÖNN
In this second gripping issue, Angel Smerti is a lady who gets what she wants - and she wants The Spirit dead! The Spirit's first encounter with the Golden Tree crime organization will show him that the threat extends far beyond Central City! And in the co-feature, THE SPIRIT: BLACK & WHITE, modern fiction master Harlan Ellison teams with the brilliant Kyle Baker (WEDNESDAY COMICS) to bring an adventure right to the Spirit's backyard - Wildwood Cemetery!
• Gotta call Moritat and thank him and Gabriel Bautista for the amazing SPIRIT #1 art job.
• Gotta call Bill Sienkiewicz to see the first phenomenal SPIRIT BLACK AND WHITE story.
• Gotta call Kyle Baker to see if he called Harlan Ellison about the second one. Wait, do I have that backward?
• Gotta make sure that everybody’s still jazzed about seeing “The Bat-Man” in FIRST WAVE and that he’s in it enough.
• Jeez! That means I gotta call Brian again!
I really wish DC would come out with a sort of The Spirit Chronicles series of collections like they have for Superman, Batman, GL, etc. I've really wanted to read the Eisner stuff, but I dont have the money to shell out 50 bucks a book for God knows how many volumes... Please, please, please DC.
Some things you probably know: The Spirit returns in a new ongoing series next month from writer Mark Schultz and artist Moritat. We showed off a page of the first SPIRIT: BLACK AND WHITE co-feature by Dennis O’Neil and Bill Sienkiewicz just last week.
Did you also know that Mark Schultz is not only writing the issue, but also contributing a variant cover? It’s possible. But I know it hasn’t been seen yet, so here it is:
THE SPIRIT #4
On sale JULY 21
40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Written by DAVID HINE
Co-feature written by MARV WOLFMAN
Art by MORITAT
Co-feature art by PHIL WINSLADE
Cover by LADRÖNN
New series writer David Hine comes aboard for the first chapter of “Frostbite!” The ultimate high has arrived on the corners of Central City, and the ghouls who deal it aren’t interested in cutting the all-controlling Octopus in on the action! It doesn’t take long for hot blood to hit the icy city streets!
And in the co-feature, THE SPIRIT: BLACK & WHITE, Marv Wolfman and Phil Winslade show us what happens in Central City when the lights go out – every last one of them! It’s a citywide blackout in black and white!