John Law (comics)

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John Law
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Publication information
Publisher	Will Eisner Studios, Inc
First appearance	1948
Created by	Will Eisner
In story information
Full name	John Law
Team affiliations	Crossroads Police Department
Partnerships	Lady Luck, Mr, Mystic, Nubbin

John Law is a fictional character created by writer-artist Will Eisner in 1948. Law is an eyepatched, pipe smoking Crossroads Police Department detective, who, with his shoeshine boy sidekick Nubbin, featured in several adventures planned for a new comic series. These completed adventures were eventually adapted into Spirit stories, with John Law's eyepatch being changed to The Spirit's mask and Nubbin being redrawn to be Willum Waif (or other Spirit support characters).

The original John Law stories have been restored and published in Will Eisner's John Law: Dead Man Walking (2004, IDW), a collection of stories that also features new adventures by writer/artist Gary Chaloner starring John Law, Nubbin, and many other Eisner creations including Lady Luck and Mr. Mystic.

[edit] External Links

http://willeisnersjohnlaw.com or http://www.johnlaw.us.com for new ongoing adventures.