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. But with angry tigers, amorous criminals, and his on-again off-again relationship with Ellen Dolan, the police chief's daughter, can the Spirit stay above ground?An all-new writing team of Mark Evanier (Blackhawk) and Sergio Aragones (MAD Magazine, Groo) are joined by top-end artists including Paul Smith (Leave it to Chance) and Mike Ploog (Man-Thing) in their thrilling continuation of Denny Colt's adventures!