title: Batman/The Spirit
text: # Batman/The Spirit
  
  Batman/The Spirit is a 2007 one-shot comic book written by Jeph Loeb with art by Darwyn Cooke and J. Bone. Published by DC Comics, the comic is a crossover between Batman and the Spirit.
  
  ## Plot summary
  
  When the American Criminologist Association (police officers from Gotham City and Central City) holds its annual convention in Hawaii, America's criminals hold a gathering of their own Crime Convention. Batman teams up with the Spirit, and together, put an end to the villains’ plan for mayhem and disaster.
  
  ## Awards
  
  Batman/The Spirit won the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue. Colorist Dave Stewart won the Eisner for Best Coloring in part for his work on Batman/The Spirit.
  
  Darwyn Cooke won the 2007 Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist for both Batman/The Spirit and his The Spirit ongoing series which followed.
  
  ## Collected editions
  
  Batman/The Spirit is included in the trade paperback Will Eisner's The Spirit Vol. 1 (ISBN 1401214614).
  
  