The Spirit is one of my all-time favorite comic books (along with Jack Cole's Plastic Man, Dave Sim's Cerebus and the non-superhero work of Steve Ditko). There is now the definitive version of The Spirit in hardcover (which I can't afford) but before those came out, readers had the Warren magazine reprints (later taken over by Kitchen Sink). They reprinted largely in black and white and threw in enough extra stuff to still warrant attention beside the fancy hardcovers. Here are scans of the first ten covers, dating from 1974-75. As with most images on this blog, click them to see a larger version.

#1 (April 1974) cover by Basil Gogos

#2 (June 1974) Cover by Will Eisner

#3 (Aug 1974) cover by Will Eisner

#4 (Oct 1974) cover by Will Eisner

#5 (Dec 1974) cover by Will Eisner and Ken Kelly

#6 (Feb 1975) cover by Will Eisner and Ken Kelly

#7 (April 1975) cover by Will Eisner and Ken Kelly

#8 (June 1975) cover by Will Eisner and Ken Kelly

#9 (Aug 1975) cover by Will Eisner and Ken Kelly

#10 (Oct 1975) cover by Will Eisner and Ken Kelly

These are eating up a bit of webspace in their enlarged state, so I might not keep the clickable enlargements up for ages. Save them if you want them. I might later post additional issues if anybody cares to see them.

Note: I scanned these at a very low resolution for another purpose. I hope the scans look decent enough here.