Spectre
The Ghost in the Grand Plan.. The Spirit of Divine Vengeance..
Jim Corrigan was a fairly normal beat cop when he was killed by mobsters. Jim’s soul found itself unable to enter Heaven’s gates and was sent back to Earth in order to eradicate evil. As a result of this new mandate Jim Corrigan took a page from the new mystery men and became The Spectre.
The Spectre began to exact ironic justices from his quarry starting with the men who had killed Jim Corrigan. It became increasingly more difficult to determine where Jim’s humanity ended and the Spectre’s thirst for justice started. The Spectre would become more and more detached from humanity and since no human is without sin, it was up to Jim to stop the Spectre from exacting harsh punishments for fairly insignificant transgressions. This push/pull relationship would take its strain and The Spectre would leave the Justice Society and most of humanity behind only to appear during moments of greatest CrisisA story of typically great importance to the DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories..…
First Appearance
Created By: Jerry Siegel & Bernard Baily
PowersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.)
Ghostly Poltergeist- The Spectre is an angel of vengeance imbued by the higher powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.) to exact vengeance and as a result the Spectre’s powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.) vary depending upon what he needs to do in order to exact this vengeance. It is very safe to say that the Spectre’s basic powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.) include
- IntangibilityThe ability to lessen ones density to the point where the character can pass through solid objects and have solid objects pass through them.
- InvisibilityThe ability to apparently disappear from detection, typically sight, but other forms of invisibility exist as well.
- FlightThe ability to defy gravity and move through the air unaided without falling.
- Super StrengthA power which allows a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). to lift/carry more weight than a normal human could. This power comes in handy for physical assaults.
- InvulnerabilityA character possessing this power is typically impervious to harm from normal means or even extraordinary means unless they possess a weakness of some sort such as Superman to Kryptonite or Magic.
- Construct Creation
- Nightmarish Illusions
- Telepathy
- Detect Sins
- Detect Evil
- Energy/Force Blasts
- Possession
- Telepathic Control
- Precognition
- Postcognition
- Cosmic Awareness
- Master of MagicUnlike the real world, in the fictional DCU magic exists and is a viable force in characters lives. Arts
In other words, The Spectre is very difficult to defeat in battle, however…
VulnerabilitiesA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).'s weakness.
The Wrath of God is tempered by the human host, should the host be killed, the Spectre will have to wait for a new host to do God’s bidding. This is a role that no one wishes to fulfill.
MagicUnlike the real world, in the fictional DCU magic exists and is a viable force in characters lives. – The Spectre has shown a weakness in the presence of powerful magical weapons like spells cast from other sorcerers and objects like the Spear of DestinyThe legendary spear that pierced Jesus €™ side when he hung from the cross. This spear in the DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories. was used by Hitler to construct areas that would take over anyone €™s mind if they had super powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.) and turn them into drones for the NaziA member of the Nazi movement from Germany pre-WWII and beyond. Most of the hard core Nazis were defeated in WWII and Germany has once again entered the world community as a non-threatening power, however in a fantasy world, Nazis still exist and probably, Hitler €™s brain in a jar somewhere as well. A frequent foe of any heroA character that typically acts in a heroic manner. (Example: Wonder Woman €™s deeds of saving Paradise Island from the mythological beasts have made her an Amazonian hero.) fighting in WWII, today there are still characters as villains inspired by this movement that fight our heroes. army. This kept Super-Heroes out of the European and Pacific theaters of warWar comics feature military personnel fighting enemy troops. These comics are great adventure comics, but also very useful propaganda. and allowed normal men and women to do the ground and air fighting in WWII..