As the seventh hardcover edition in the impressive Spirit Archives collection, this masterpiece features the work of some of the pioneers of the comic world. With the war in Europe still waging, the Sunday strips from July 4 - December 26, 1943 had the Spirit focusing his attention to home grown home front problems. Returning to his crime fighting roots, the Spirit must help Ellen Dolan when she is framed for a dance marathon murder, prove his own innocence when he becomes the prime suspectfor a prominent businessman's death, catch a shipyard saboteur, thwart a kidnapping by a couple of femme fatales, and confront a murderous ex-conliving on a construction site.