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Title: Spirit Archives, Volume 1 by Will Eisner ISBN: 1-56389-673-7 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not The Best Place To Start
Comment: The Spirit Archives Vol. 1 isn't bad... when compared to other Archive volumes from the era, it actually quite good. It's just that it's not particularly good for The Spirit. The story-telling is certainly competent enough, but the strip really hasn't found its voice. Still, it's good fun watching the various pieces of the strip fall into place: the supporting characters, the splash pages, Eisner's developing technique, etc.
If you're looking to sample The Spirit to see what all the fuss is about, you might want to skip this one. The book's charms are much more evident in Vol. 2-4... and Eisner really wouldn't hit his stride until he returned to the book with Vol. 12.
Rating: 3
Summary: The begining is rough. Greatness awaits in the future.
Comment: I wish that I could give this book more than three stars, but I found most of the stories to be quite dull. In fact I skimmed over the majority of the book without really reading it.
That being said I know for a fact that greatness is around the corner. I used to read "Spirit" stories when they were published by Kitchen Sink Press in the early 80's. At the time the stories that they reprinted were after Will Eisner had perfected his Spirit creation. Not his early material.
I have no regrets for buying this book. I kind of expected the begining to be a little rough and ragged. I bought the book because I wanted to see the true beginings of the Spirit - warts and all. In the next few volumes I expect to see what I remember reading years ago. Wonderful, entertaining stories where a master has found his stride and produces fabulous comic material.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good stories, but problem with format
Comment: Others have talked about Eisner's remarkable talent, even in this early volume. The paper is nice, the three articles in the beginning (one by Eisner, one by Alan Moore, one by someone else whose name I don't remember) are nice. But there's a problem: Since the strips are seven pages long, every other story starts on the left page. But they originally were on the right! Eisner had a great eye for layouts, and this includes facing pages. This effect is killed in every other story. I hope this oversight is corrected future editions, especially the later, more visually impressive strips.
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Title: Will Eisner's the Spirit Archives, Vol. 2 : January 5-June 29, 1941 by Will Eisner ISBN: 1563896753 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Spirit Archives, Volume 3 by Will Eisner ISBN: 1563896761 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: The Spirit Archives, Vol. 4 by Will Eisner ISBN: 1563897148 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Spirit, The - Archives, Volume 12 : January 6 - June 30, 1946 by Will Eisner ISBN: 1401200060 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Spirit Archives, Volume 6 by Will Eisner ISBN: 156389744X Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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