There are numerous ways to capture the glory of a comic book, and recently film has taken up the challenge.

Although this may sound good in theory, there happens to be many prime examples as to why some works of art should never leave their pages.

“The Spirit,” based on the comic by Will Eisner and adapted to film by Frank Miller, features a serious lack of credibility.

The hero is a misguided, confused man, clad in stereotypes and cliché.

It can certainly be argued that the film has a plot; however its quality is inarguably poor.

Do not expect to take this movie seriously – it does not present itself in any way that couldn’t be thought of as a joke.

The Spirit (Gabriel Macht) plays a vigilante role in his dark, troubled city, and rivals the troublesome “Octopus” (Samuel L. Jackson).

The characters are absolute clowns in both the sense of their behavior and their dress. If you’re at all a fan of the “Batman” TV series of the 1960s, you may be reminded of the caped crusader while watching The Spirit’s antics.

This might appeal to a few of you, but for the rest of us it is a tragedy.

The style of the film and Frank Miller’s involvement might lead the audience to expect something along the lines of “Sin City” or “300.” No such luck. “The Spirit” is campy and goofy in all the worst ways. Not even the combined strengths of Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johannsen as eye candy could save it.

The DVD thankfully provides a wide array of special features, which capture many elements of “The Spirit’s” creation, both artistically and otherwise. One feature, titled Green World, discusses how bizarre it was for the actors to perform strictly within the confines of a giant green box, as almost the entire movie was done in CGI.

Frank Miller, director and writer of “The Spirit,” as well as the far superior “Sin City,” has a detailed interview of his comic genius in the feature Miller and Miller. He thoroughly discusses how and why he draws and enjoys his work so much.

This feature really gets into detail of Miller’s work, and really can be quite interesting to any existing or prospective fans.

The last major feature is an alternate ending to the film, which can best be described as odd.

Drawings of concept art and bizarre black and white clips of the actual ending are depicted, with a voice over.

It really isn’t an alternate ending in the traditional sense, but really does more to depict basic ideas of an alternate ending, in a very simple manner.

“The Spirit” DVD can certainly be considered a viable purchase, but truly only for the dedicated fandom of Will Eisner.

It does nothing new, it does nothing spectacular, and really bottoms out in terms of quality.

Not a recommended DVD for the majority of film fanatics.