Will Eisner's The Spirit, Vol. 1

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-as-nails Police Commissioner!Acclaimed writer/artist Darwyn Cooke ("DC: The New Frontier") brings Will Eisner's greatest creation into a new millennium with unparalleled elan!