These two volumes collect Eisner's landmark comic book The Spirit from 1950, its last great year (in mid-1951, Eisner turned writing and drawing over to assistants). Eisner is at the top of his game, switching effortlessly from noir melodrama to lighthearted humor, often in the course of a single story. With nary a dud to its tally, the year saw a disproportionate number of what came to be seen as peak moments. Volume 20 includes the saga of Sand Saref, the Spirit's childhood sweetheart, who turned to a life of international crime, as well as a serial taking the masked crime fighter to the Middle East in search of a jewel of immortality. In volume 21, the Spirit and a handcuffed prisoner make a harrowing trek across a sweltering desert, femme fatale P'Gell takes a post as a college French instructor, and an onomatopoeia-laden tale about a paranoid cartoonist shows Eisner's mastery of his medium. Flagg, Gordon
Will Eisner was born on March 6, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. By the time of his death on January 3, 2005, Will Eisner was recognized internationally as one of the giants in the field of sequential art, a term he coined.
- Publisher : Dc Comics; First Edition (April 30, 2007)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 199 pages
- Item Weight : 1.5 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.6 x 0.7 x 10.5 inches