Everett M. Arnold, also known as Busy Arnold, was an American publisher and an early comic-book entrepreneur whose company Quality Comics published during the 1930s and 1940s period fans and historian
The Comics Magazine #1 (May 1936), one of the first comic books. Art by Vin Sullivan.
Crack Comics #5 (Sept. 1940), the first use of the "Quality Comic Group" logo (to right of "COMICS"). Cover art by Gill Fox.
Will Eisner's "Spirit Section" appeared in 20 major newspapers, premiering June 2, 1940, and continuing through 1952.
The Spirit is a fictional masked crimefighter appearing in American comic books. Created by cartoonist Will Eisner, he first appeared as the main feature of a comic book insert in the Sunday edition o
Everett M. Arnold
…Golden Age of Comic Books. He was also instrumental in the publishing arrangement that led to Will Eisner's newspaper Sunday-supplement comics series The Spirit. Growing up in Rhode Island, where his habit of talking in class earned him the admonishment "busybody" from teachers, and the subsequent nickname…
Splash page for "The Case of the 'Double Jones'" (March 11, 1951), depicting the Spirit. Art by Will Eisner.
The Spirit with Ebony White. The Spirit #10 (Fall 1947), Quality Comics. Cover art by Reed Crandall.
Harvey Comics' The Spirit #1 (Oct. 1966). Cover art by Will Eisner.