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Action * Mystery * AdventureOn this week's episode, Andy and Derek take a look at two very different titles. They begin with a long, extensive look at Will Eisner's The Spirit: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC Comics). In fact, their discussion of the new Spirit collection takes up the vast majority of the show, lasting for almost and hour and forty-five minutes! So there's a lot of ground that the guys cover with this book, although in many ways they only just scratch the surface. Both Derek and Andy are huge fans of Will Eisner, and The Spirit in particular, so the conversation never flags. They highlight a variety of the stories that are collected in this volume, pointing out why they are important in The Spirit's history. But they also mention some of the notable Spirit strips that aren't included in the book, wondering why a few were excluded. They also speculate on why, and lament the fact that, there wasn't a new introduction (or even a new afterword) written for this anniversary volume. The Neil Gaiman p