Le Spirit

Denny Colt, a criminologist presumed dead after a confrontation with the villain Dr. Cobra, secretly survives and operates as the masked vigilante known as The Spirit, fighting crime from his base in Wildwood Cemetery with the aid of Police Commissioner Dolan.

Born in the pages of the French science-fiction landmark Métal Hurlant in 1980, Le Spirit is a Bronze Age figure whose catalog journey stretches an impressive four-plus decades — a testament to the enduring pull of the character's world. Published under Ankama and appearing across titles like Firstwave - The Spirit, Spirit, and the beloved Le Journal de Tintin, this character shares the page with a fascinating cast including Denny Colt, commissaire Dolan, P'Gell, Octopus, and Ellen Dolan — names that signal a richly populated corner of comics history. With 11 catalog appearances spanning from 1980 all the way to 2023, Le Spirit represents one of those quietly persistent presences that rewards the curious collector willing to dig into the international dimensions of the medium.