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The Spirit #9 (1985) · The Collector

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Kitchen Sink Press
The Spirit (1983)
#9

Kitchen Sink Press#9

The Spirit

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The Spirit #9

Publisher: Kitchen Sink Press
Cover date: April 1985
On sale: Apr 9, 1985
Cover price: $2.95
Pages: 44

Key issue

1st appearance of Boss Bubble

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Stories

5 titled

1Distinguished Men Prefer Borschtbelt's Buttermilk
2Smuggler's Cove

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Grand Comics Database issue 39887

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3

Olga Bustle in "Outcast"

4The Vortex

5Back to School

Credits

Writer: Will Eisner
Penciller: Jack Spranger
Inkers: Will Eisner, Bob Palmer
Colorist: Bob Palmer
Letterer: Martin deMuth
Cover: Will Eisner
Cover colors: Pete Poplaski

Editorial and production

Editor: Denis Kitchen

Characters

Boss Bubble· 1st appearance
Brains Tidewater
Ebony
Mr. Dusk
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