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Synopsis for "Femmes Fatales"
Femmes Fatales is a compilation of comics of The Spirit (the original Will Eisners from the 40s) featuring significant dangerous women he has encountered, published in chronological order.
DC published it in 2008 via Will Eisner Studios, Inc. to promote the live movie adaptation by OddLot and Lionsgate.
Chapters
- Introduction by Michael Uslan pg 7
- The Kiss of Death (Sept 10, 1940) pg 9
- Introducing Silk Satin (March 16, 1941) pg 17
- Women! (Sept 28, 1941) pg 25
- Sphinx & Satin (Oct 5, 1941) pg 33
- Madam Minx (Feb 15, 1942) pg 41
- Aunt Mathilda (Mar 1, 1942) pg 49
- Satin Returns (Jan 20, 1946) pg 57
- Nylon Rose (Mar 17, 1946) pg 65
- Dulcet Tone (July 7, 1946) pg 73
- Meet P'Gell (Oct 6, 1946) pg 81
- Caramba! (Nov 10, 1946) pg 89
- The Portier Fortune (Dec 1, 1946) pg 97
- Saree (Jan 12, 1947) pg 105
- The School for Girls (Jan 19, 1947) pg 113
- Silken Floss, M.D. (Mar 9, 1947) pg 121
- April Fool (Mar 20, 1947) pg 129
- Money, Money (Nov 23, 1947) pg 137
- The Name is Powder (Jan 4, 1948) pg 145
- Wild Rice (Apr 4, 1948) pg 153
- Lorelei Rox (Sep 19, 1948) pg 161
- Plaster of Paris (Nov 14, 1948) pg 169
- Thorne Strand and the Spirit (Jan 23, 1949) pg 177
- Death of Autumn Mews (October 9, 1949) pg 185
Appearing in "Femmes Fatales"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Ebony
- Commissioner Dolan
- Ellen Dolan
- Silken Floss (physicist/doctor)
Villains:
- The Octopus (ongoing villain)
- Silk Satin
- Hildie, her daughter
- P'Gell
- Saree Raymond, P'Gell's stepdaughter
- Miss Vitriola
- Saree Raymond, P'Gell's stepdaughter
One-shot villains:
- Operative A4X (using alias Sphinx, real one is captured by Nazis)
- Minx
- Mathilda
- Nylon
- Dulcet
- Skinny, her co-worker with white hair
- Pantha Stalk
- Powder Pouf
- Rice
- Lorelei
- Plaster
- Thorne Strand
- Autumn Mews
- Sylvie Vault (april fool)
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Trivia
- Bill Blackbeard, director of San Fancisco Academy of Comic Art, has a "special thanks". Denis Kitchen loaned source material. Amie Brockway-Metcalf did publication design.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Will Eisner's the Spirit Recommended Reading
- Batman and the Spirit #1
- The Best of the Spirit
- Spirit (Quality) (Volume 1)
- Spirit (Volume 1)
- Spirit (Volume 2)
- Spirit Archives (Volume 1)
- The Spirit Special #1
- The Spirit: Femmes Fatales