The Spirit #20

In the high Sierras, actor Adam seizes his chance to impersonate the Spirit himself—exploiting the resemblance to blackmail crooks and stay ahead of the law while the real Spirit races to expose the impostor before Adam's dangerous masquerade spirals into murder. With Commissioner Dolan and the underworld both closing in, the criminal underworld becomes a deadly maze where only one Spirit can survive.

When the notorious "Morgue" Mason's prized Siberian Dagger vanishes, it sets off a wild hunt across Central City involving a lovestruck Soviet agent, crooked cops, and a gang war that threatens Police Commissioner Dolan's poker night. The Spirit finds himself caught between rival criminals all desperate to claim the dagger—especially once word gets out that its handle conceals a map to a gold mine in the Urals. With violence erupting at every turn and an unexpected confession from Ellen Dolan putting everyone in danger, the case spirals into a frenetic race where everyone seems to want the blade, but nobody can quite hang onto it.