In honor of the First Wave mini, the Spirit is returning in a brand new on-going. The previous volume had gotten off the ground with Darwyn Cooke, but in my humble opinion dropped in quality exponentially after his departure which then led to it’s end. Now the Spirit is back, written by Mark Schultz with art by Moritat, and boy it looks… well, darker. As in, “Hey, let’s make the Spirit dark and gritty now” in accordance to the Frank Miller movie, which leaves me rather timid toward the book since I prefer my Spirit written with Will Eisner’s sense of humor. It’s not that it’s a funny boy per se, but it’s definitely light hearted to a point. We’ll see how this first issue pans out, though!
You can now check out a preview of the Spirit #1 thanks to DCU’s The Source:
Written by MARK SCHULTZ; Co-feature written by Dennis O’Neil; Art by MORITAT; Co-feature art by Bill Sienkiewicz; Cover by LADRÖNN; 1:10 variant cover by MARK SCHULTZ
The Spirit returns in an all-new ongoing series! Central City destroys everyone who lives within its borders…so it’s a good thing The Spirit already died once! International crime syndicate The Golden Tree wants to help Central City’s Octopus consolidate control over the underworld and the Spirit is the kind of mess the Golden Tree was created to clean up. They’ve offered the Octopus the services of one of their finest assassins to take his breath away for good — and the sight of this killer would get anyone’s heart pounding!
This issue also features the debut of the eight-page THE SPIRIT: BLACK and WHITE co-feature, showcasing the industry’s finest talent. And who better to kick things off than DENNIS O’NEIL and BILL SIENKIEWICZ?
The issue is out today for $3.99.
