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THE QUALITY SPIRITS GIANT-SIZE VOLUME ONE BLACK & WHITE EDITION

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THE QUALITY SPIRITS GIANT-SIZE VOLUME ONE BLACK & WHITE EDITIONWill Eisners THE SPIRIT was and continues to be one of the most influential series in the history of comics. THE SPIRIT was originally created to be a self contained comic book found in the Sunday newspapers. This unique distribution system allowed Eisner to craft stories that were aimed at older audiences while still being visually appealing to kids. Since Eisner owned the rights to THE SPIRIT, he was able to repackage the stories in a standard comic

Will EisnerÕs THE SPIRIT was and continues to be one of the most influential series in the history of comics.
THE SPIRIT was originally created to be a self-contained comic book found in the Sunday newspapers. This
unique distribution system allowed Eisner to craft stories that were aimed at older audiences while still
being visually appealing to kids. Since Eisner owned the rights to THE SPIRIT, he was able to repackage the
stories in a standard comic book format and have them published for news-stand distribution by other
companies.
In 1944 Quality Comics began publishing THE SPIRIT. Most of the stories Quality printed at first were
originally created during EisnerÕs military service. Since Eisner was in the army, a phalanx of amazing
talents ghosted most of the stories. Scripts were provided by Bill Woolfolk, Manly Wade Wellman and
occasionally by Eisner himself. The art chores were done by luminaries like Lou Fine, Jack Cole, Alex Kotzky,
and Don Komisarow who all stayed true to EisnerÕs vision while imprinting their own styles on the
character.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are seventy years
old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is
perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the overall
contents.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE

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Jennifer Shockey
Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 5
Interesting facts
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Gave this to my 6th grade daughter. She LOVES it!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2020
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Susan Hicks
Boise, US
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kids love it
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wonderful way to learn without knowing it.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2017
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audrey frances
Los Angeles, US
★★★★★ 5
a great guide to DC treasures
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This is not a guide book in terms of giving you directions and hours of operation, but it would be a wonderful first step in planning a memorable trip to the nation's capitol. Nineteen themed trails are given, seven in and around the Mall, six nearby, two across the Potomac and two farther afield. Themes include animals (Rock Creek Park, National Zoo, the George Washington University hippo (statue), the National Museum of Natural History, Owney the stuffed dog at the National Postal Museum, Oxon Hill Farm, Kingman Island and the Franciscan Monastery and National Cathedral -- and a blurb about presidential pets), statuary, music, food, horticulture, power, sports, ghosts, architecture, literature, transportation etc. As you can tell these aren't walking tours. Instead each theme gets four pages filled with photos, drawings, fun facts and information about festivals, artifacts, history and spectacle. I try to get to WDC once or twice a year, yet I still found plenty of interesting ideas for further exploration. If you are planning a visit (with or without kids),this would be agreat way to help them choose a few things they'd like to see. Information is presented in a friendly way but is not dumbed down. There is an adequate, if incomplete, index. It would be useful to have a calendar of all the events listed too.
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Parents of 3 young boys
New York, US
★★★★★ 5
Great book of fun facts about nation’s capital!
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I take my 3 boys (3, 5, 7) to Washington DC each year. This is a wonderful book full of fun facts for our nation’s capital. If you are looking for a kid version of a travel book that maps you through neighborhoods, etc., this is not it, but what kid would like that kind of book? That’s what grown-ups are for - mapping out the trip. Rather, this is a great supplement to read at bedtime to learn all sorts of facts about the city - from the historical pets of the White House to the error in the inscription on the Abraham Lincoln memorial. Really - these are great facts for adults also! Each page is a separate set of topics on its own, so it’s easy to read just a few pages at a time. Also there are great illustrations to hold the younger audience’s interest as well. This is a great buy and a must-have to get kids ready for their trip, or to read during it, or after (or all three!).
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Melanie "Vaxxed & Masked" Gilbert
Port Orchard, US
★★★★★ 4
Happy Wanderer
Format: Flexibound
City Trails is not a guided walking tour (like the Freedom Trail here in Boston) of the Metro DC area. No addresses or street names are noted in the blurbs. To actually visit any of these places, you’ll have to consult a real map. For instance, the chapter “Statue City” highlights notable statuary around town. But the Capitol Building statues (in SE DC) are far from the Cathedral ones (in NW DC.) The themed groupings (G-G-G-Ghosts, Animals Around Town, Water World and more) are less maps to any place and more of an interesting overview of our Nation’s amazingly diverse and action-packed city. It’s best read as a primer on experiencing the flavor of the city (I lived and worked there.) It reads more along the lines of the “Weird But True” series made famous by National Geographic for Kids. I don’t see this being of value to tourists in town for a limited time whose sightseeing is going to include major attractions like government buildings (White House, Capitol), museums (Smithsonian), some monuments (Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington) and other popular sites (Ford’s Theater.) This guide is actually best suited for the Metro-area (WDC, MD and VA) resident – child or adult - who wants a deeper dive into their hometown’s off-the-beaten-path sights and stories. A well designed and written book of historical trivia.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2018

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