In the previous Spirit story, "As
Ever Orange" (2/10/46), the Spirit's long-time sidekick
Ebony decided to return to school to rid himself of his embarrassing
"minstrel accent." In this self-parody, The Spirit
pursues nefarious whaling pirate Blind Batt on an
arctic adventure. Along the way he meets and teams up with an
Eskimo boy named Blubber who speaks perfect English. Blubber
proves resourceful as he and The Spirit evade the doomed pirate
crew. Sensing afterward that The Spirit needs an assistant, he
ships himself to Central City and, for several episodes, he replaces
Ebony as second banana. (Note: original artwork for the preceding
story, "As Ever Orange" is also available from this
agency."
Complete 7 page story...............$12,500
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