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Spirit: The Origin Years (1992) · The Collector

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Kitchen Sink Press
Spirit: The Origin Years (1992)

Spirit: The Origin Years

Kitchen Sink Press · 1992–1993

Format: Magazine
Status: Ended
Issues: 10
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover price: $2.95
Key issues: 3

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Kitchen Sink Press#1

Spirit: The Origin Years

Issues
Key issues
Creators
Characters
Details

Issues

10 issues · 3 keys

Spirit: The Origin Years

#1

May 1992

1st appearance of Eustace P. Dolan

Kitchen Sink Press#2

Spirit: The Origin Years

Sources

Grand Comics Database series 4503

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#2

Jul 1992

Kitchen Sink Press#3

Spirit: The Origin Years

#3

Sep 1992

Kitchen Sink Press#4

Spirit: The Origin Years

#4

Nov 1992

Kitchen Sink Press#5

Spirit: The Origin Years

#5

Jan 1993

Kitchen Sink Press#6

Spirit: The Origin Years

#6

Mar 1993

Kitchen Sink Press#7

Spirit: The Origin Years

#7

May 1993

Spirit: The Origin Years

#8

Jul 1993

1st appearance of Black Bow

Kitchen Sink Press#9

Spirit: The Origin Years

#9

Sep 1993

Spirit: The Origin Years

#10

Dec 1993

1st appearance of Marion Dale

Key issues

First appearances, origins and turning points, each with the fact that makes it a key.

3 keys

Spirit: The Origin Years

#1

May 1992

1st appearance of Eustace P. Dolan

Spirit: The Origin Years

#10

Dec 1993

1st appearance of Marion Dale

Spirit: The Origin Years

#8

Jul 1993

1st appearance of Black Bow

Creators

Who made the most issues of this run, with the issues they span.

9 people credited

Writers

Will Eisner10 issues · #1–#10

Artists

Will Eisner10 issues · #1–#10
Bob Powell1 issue

Cover artists

Will Eisner10 issues · #1–#10
Kevin Lison8 issues · #3–#10
Pete Poplaski2 issues · #1–#2

Inkers: Will Eisner (10), Bob Powell (1)
Letterers: Sam Rosen (10), Zoltan Szenics (1)
Editors: Dave Schreiner (8), James Vance (2)

Characters and teams

Who appears most often in this run, by issues they appear in.

17 characters

Ellen Dolan8
Autoplane5
Ebony White4
Eustace P. Dolan4
Denny Colt3
the Spirit3
Black Bow1
Black Queen1
Dead Duck Dolan1
Ebony1
Finnegan1
Intro1
Marion Dale1
Mr Midnight1
Orang1
Spirit's flying car (the Autoplane1
the Black Queen1

First appearances in this run

Characters who debut here, led by those who appear most across the catalog.

the Spirit#1
Ellen Dolan#1
Ebony White#1
Eustace P. Dolan#1

Publication details

Publication notes

Reprints the earliest pre-war Spirit stories from newspaper sections. Most sections were printed by copying from original color printings, while a few were done from black and white proofs.

From the Grand Comics Database.

Binding: saddle-stitched
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper stock: baxter paper

Marion Dale

#10