Criminologist Denny Colt let the world believe he was dead inorder to continue his war against crime as the masked vigilanted known onlyas The Spirit.Through his career, he fought some of the world's deadliestvillains with nothing more than his wits, his fists and his tongue plantedfirmly in his cheek.The blue-suit clad, fedora-wearing crime fighter created by Will Eisnerstarred in hundreds of newspaper adventure stories that thrilled readers,and Eisner's groundbreaking style utilized the comics format to itsgreatest strengths.Eisner's masterwork continues through one of its greatest periods in thisvolume, featuring such classic stories as "Future Death," "The Meanest Manin the World," "Darling and the Octopus" and "The Hero."