The Spirit

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Similarities to other comic book characters

The Spirit influenced many characters that took a similar approach:

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• Masked Man published by Eclipse Comics. Character and series was very similiar to Will Eisner's work.
• Jack Cole's Midnight was intended as a simple replacement for the original during Eisner's enlistment, but took on its own life in broader stories.
• Michael T. Gilbert created an anthropomorphised version dubbed The Wraith.
• Steve Ditko's character The Question shared much of the urban visual tone of Eisner's work, as did Alan Moore's version of Ditko's character, the Watchmen anti-hero Rorschach.
• In addition, Moore's later character of Greyshirt (originally appearing in Tomorrow Stories, and later in his own limited series Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset), consciously mimicked the character and storytelling techniques of The Spirit.