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Spirit, the - Archives, Volume 16
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401204068
ISBN: 1401204066
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: June 01, 2005
Publisher: DC Comics
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: June 01, 2005
Sales Rank: 463157
Studio: DC Comics
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Late comics master Will Eisners best of the best continues on in this volume of legendary Spirit adventures from 1948. This edition includes the introduction or Powder Pouf, one of his all-time classics, Mrs. Paraffin, Sparrow, yet another return of Silk Satin, and the timeless Life Below. Eisners moody and atmospheric tales collected here are a bible of the storytelling art.
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In my review of "Spirit Archives" Vol. 15, I wondered if Will Eisner had reached his peak, or if there was better still to come. The answer is found in this volume. Covering the first half of 1948, Vol. 16 demonstrates that Eisner still had plenty of ideas and the energy to express them.
In this volume, the Spirit encounters old enemies like the Octopus, femme fatales Satin and P'Gell, ghosts, haunted guns, exotic locales, all with the wink-and-nod that Eisner had perfected throughout ... Read More
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Will Eisner is gone. His charming & arresting art, his skilled storytelling, & his firey Dangerous Dames will be with us always, but he is gone.
His heroes never tried to save the world--they saved PEOPLE, darnit! People with NAMES! With FACES! With LIVES! With STORIES TO TELL...which began before the heroes & villains showed up, & often went on after they left; or at least that's what you'd believe, after reading Will Eisner's brillant work.
Comics like these ... Read More
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I have just finished reading Volumes 15 and 16 and will buy more when I can afford them. I do know that his best period was said to be the two or three years after World War II and that is what I am concentrating on now. The books read like a film noir movie with a touch of William Powell, Robert Mitchum, Batman, and the Bowery Boys. The stories are still fresh today and the art is excellent. You can see the influence Eisner had on MAD, DC and Marvel. Unfortunately The Spirit was not available by ... Read More
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