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This rare original drawing by Will Eisner for The Spirit features an altercation between two female admirers of the title character, aka Denny Colt. In his early classic comic, Eisner unveiled a new kind of hero, one who marshalled his considerable wits and human strength to fight crime. As a superhero without superpowers, he stood out from other comics superheroes and attracted both adult and young readers. Although Eisner was drafting during World War II, he enlisted aid from fellow cartoonists to continue his signature creation -- it ran for more than a decade, from 1940 to 1952. |