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''Mr. Mystic'' is comics series featuring a magician crime-fighter, created by Will Eisner and initially drawn by Bob Powell. The strip featured in four-page backup feature a Sunday-newspaper comic-book insert, known colloquially as "The Spirit Section". It first appeared in 1940, distributed by the Register and Tribune Syndicate.〔(Mr.Mystic ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia〕 ==Publication history== Along with the series ''Lady Luck'', the ''Mr. Mystic'' strip followed the seven-page lead feature ''The Spirit'' in a 16-page, tabloid-sized, newsprint comic book sold as part of eventually 20 Sunday newspapers with a combined circulation of as many as five million copies. "The Spirit Section" premiered on June 2, 1940 and continued through 1952. ''Mr. Mystic'' ended May 14, 1944, by which time Fred Guardineer had succeeded Powell on the strip. Unlike the newspaper series ''The Spirit'' or ''Lady Luck'', ''Mr. Mystic'' was not later reprinted in standard comic books by publisher Quality Comics, and considered the least successful, it was the first of the three series to end.〔 During the 1970s and 80s, several ''Mr. Mystic'' stories were reprinted in the black-and-white magazine ''The Spirit'', during the Kitchen Sink Press portion of the magazine's run. In 1990, Eclipse Comics published a one-shot comic book reprinting the first five ''Mr. Mystic'' stories. Mr. Mystic also appears as a regular character in ''Will Eisner's John Law: Dead Man Walking'' (2004, IDW), a collection of stories that features new adventures by writer/artist Gary Chaloner. The book features other Eisner creations including ''Lady Luck'', John Law and Nubbin, the Shoe Shine Boy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mr. Mystic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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