The
Spirit is a fictional American
masked crime - fighter, created by writer-artist Will Eisner
in 1940. The
Spirit chronicled the adventures of a masked vigilante who fought crime
with
the blessing of the city's police commissioner Dolan, an old friend.
Despite
the Spirit's origin as a detective named Denny Colt,
his real identity
was virtually unmentioned again and for all intents and purposes he was
simply
"The Spirit". The stories ranged through a wide variety of styles,
from straightforward crime drama and noir to lighthearted
adventure, from mystery and horror
to comedy and love
stories, often with hybrid elements that twisted genre and expectations.
