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A Contract with God #[nn]
Will Eisner's *A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories* arrived in 1978 as a landmark work of literary sequential art, presenting interconnected tales rooted in urban immigrant life. The cover — drawn entirely by Eisner — sets a quietly somber tone: a lone, hunched figure trudges through rain-soaked tenement streets, leaning into the weather with bags in hand, the looming city buildings pressing in around them. The title's bold lettering, with Hebrew characters woven into the word "God," signals the spiritual weight and cultural depth waiting inside this collection.
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Frimme Hersh, en route from Europe to America, writes a contract with God on a stone. He promises to live a pious, devout life, doing good deeds if God allows him safe passage to his new home. One day, having settled in his New York tenement home, Frimme finds a basket with a baby girl in it upon his doorstep. Frimme tries to raise the girl to the best of his ability, but she dies tragically from an illness at a young age. Filled with bitter rage, Frimme spits upon his contract, throws it out the window and decides to become a successful businessman.
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