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The Spirit #40 (1988) · The Collector

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Kitchen Sink Press
The Spirit (1983)
#40

Kitchen Sink Press#40

The Spirit

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The Spirit #40

Publisher: Kitchen Sink Press
Cover date: February 1988
Cover price: $2.00
Pages: 36

Key issue

1st appearance of Thorne Strand

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Stories

4 titled

1Thorne Strand and the Spirit
2A Slow Ship to Shanghai
3

Sources

Grand Comics Database issue 44091

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The Big Sneeze Caper

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Credits

Writers: Will Eisner, Jules Feiffer
Penciller: Will Eisner
Inker: Will Eisner
Letterer: Abe Kanegson
Cover: Will Eisner
Cover colors: Ray Fehrenbach

Editorial and production

Editor: Dave Schreiner

Characters

Thorne Strand· 1st appearance
Ebony White
P.S. Smith
Sam Klink

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