Sometimes, when you look forward to a book, it doesn't live up to your expectations. That is certainly not the case with this book. I love the work of Will Eisner, having read many volumes of his Spirit stories, as well as his graphic novels from the late seventies until his death. Using a character as great as the Spirit, one runs the risk of doing Eisner's work a disservice. That's not the case here. Using many of Batman and the Spirit's iconic villains and allies, a very entertaining story of the first meeting of Batman and the Spirit at a policeman's conference in Hawaii. If anyone other than Will Eisner could draw the Spirit as he deserves to be drawn, it's Darwyn Cooke. His simple, beautiful linework and inking, with dynamic action sequences. He uses the wider range of colors and improvements in printing technology into his art, but not in a way that distracts from his linework, the composition or the story, so he keeps the feel of the four-color Spirit comics but utilizes the new possibilities that the 50 years since the original stories have allowed. The one problem that you may have if you are unfamiliar with at least the basic idea of the Spirit, you won't get some of the in-jokes and some story points. Nonetheless, I think it's still worth the read. If you don't want to get this because it is a bit more pricey, I would still recommend that you pick up the Spirit monthly that is starting next month, because if this one-shot is any sign, Cooke is going to do Eisner proud.