The Spirit #16
This issue contains multiple Spirit stories. "The Case of the Uncanny Cat" features the Spirit investigating a headless burglar and encountering a mysterious cat at a graveyard, where he discovers someone else has a plan of living. Another story involves a bank robbery plot centered on collecting piggy banks, with small green-clad figures attempting to move a bank and steal its contents while a police officer tries to stop them. The comic also includes additional short action stories and features Flatfoot and Jonesy as indicated on the cover.
The Spirit uncovers a clever criminal scheme when a man impersonates a supernatural specter to terrorize victims during robberies—but a detail as simple as a plaster cast of footprints becomes the key to exposing the costume's deception. With the help of Commissioner Dolan, the Spirit pieces together how an ambitious crook used an oversized coat rigged with props to disguise his true size and pull off burglaries that relied on pure fear. It's a reminder that even the cleverest criminals slip up when their schemes don't match the facts.
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