The Spirit #2

When Inspector Gillotine enlists the Spirit to track down the elusive Don Macabre, the trail leads to a shocking twist: the inspector’s fiancée, Plaster of Paris, may be more entangled with the criminal than she lets on. As the Spirit digs deeper, loyalty and deception blur in a game where every move is anticipated—except the one that matters most.

When a music teacher rescues a mysterious comic book from a book-burning pile, she unwittingly becomes the target of a relentless pursuer determined to reclaim it—though the book’s true power may be far more dangerous than anyone imagined. With the enigmatic Wrecker and the oddball Dr. Wolfgang Worry adding to the mystery, and a peculiar creature named Stickie lurking in the shadows, the line between fiction and reality begins to blur.

In a quiet barber shop tucked between city streets, Rudy the barber finds his peaceful routine shattered when a thug named Joe sets up a numbers racket in the back room. When the Spirit walks in for a shave, Rudy must decide whether to protect his secret—or risk everything to stop the crime that’s now brewing under his own roof.

Sam, a humble plate with a big dream, finally takes to the skies—literally—when the Spirit puts him to use stopping a pair of crooks. But soaring through the air isn’t the glamorous escape he imagined, and the weight of being a flying saucer comes with more than just a new perspective.

In a dusty Western town, a man named Sam Chapparell—ageless and haunted by a century of violence—draws the attention of Sheriff Omar Trent and the mysterious Little Spy. When the Spirit follows a trail of blood and secrets to Boot Camp, a hidden sanctuary for outlaws, he uncovers a past that refuses to stay buried.

In a spooky Halloween tale set in 1948, young Ellen Dolan’s school play takes a mysterious turn when Hazel B. Macbeth, playing a witch, catches the eye of the Octopus—whose interest in her soon leads to a dangerous request. With the Spirit keeping watch and Commissioner Dolan overseeing the festivities, the line between performance and peril blurs as a stolen book on black magic threatens to turn the night’s celebration into something far darker.