the 1986 tv movie of the spirit be a pilot for a possible series . however and spirit creator will eisner do not like the film and thus no series be produce . i think it be a very entertaining film and capture the spirit ( sorry ) of the comic with a modern twist . i be sorry it do not materialize into a series . sam ( flash gordon ) jones be a perfect spirit . nana visitor be a nice ellen dolan and of course would later go on to star trek representdeep space nine year later . maybe with the release of frank miller big screen version of the spirit and more people will be able to see this rare gem of spirit history . it seem that when hollywood make a film from an already establish character or idea and someone will inevitably seek out previous version of the property and release it to video in order to make a few dollar . when antonio banderas don the mask of zorro and we be able to get early version of the masked hero on dvd and such a the great alain delon version of the 1970s ( although all copy i ever saw be badly edit ) . here hop someone will release the tv adventure of the spirit to dvd soon .