The Spirit: v. 1 - Softcover

In 1940, legendary creator Will Eisner ("A Contract With God") began an amazing new newspaper comic strip, "The Spirit", which changed the face of comics forever!Criminologist Denny Colt lets the world believe he is dead in order to continue his war against crime as masked adventurer The Spirit. Now he faces an astonishing cast of criminals and femmes fatales armed only with his wits, and with the help of savvy teenager Ebony White, resourceful girlfriend Ellen Dolan and her father, the hard-asnails Police Commissioner!Acclaimed writer/artist Darwyn Cooke ("DC: The New Frontier") brings Will Eisner's greatest creation into a new millennium with unparalleled elan!

Darwyn Cooke is best known for his Eisner award-winning miniseries, DC: The New Frontier (also available from Titan), and for his revision of Catwoman in such graphic novels as The Dark End of the Street. He has also had an illustrious career in animation including three years on The Batman/Superman Adventures and designing the main title for Batman Beyond. Cooke's latest project is continuing in the footsteps of legendary writer/artist Will Eisner on the new Spirit series.