An Lockheed AC-130 | AC-130A Spectre gunship aircraft, 55-011, performs a pylon turn over Range 77 during a training mission in 1984.

The Spectre and other JSA members were prevented from entering occupied Europe due to the Spear of Destiny, a magical item which is one of the only things that could hurt the Spectre, which had been obtained by Adolf Hitler, giving him control over superheroes that entered Nazi-occupied areas.

* January 31 – An Iraqi shoulder-launched Strela 2 surface-to-air missile hits a U. S. Air Force AC-130H Spectre gunship over Kuwait during the Battle of Khafji ; the aircraft crashes into the Persian Gulf, killing all 14 on board.

By 1970 the Spectre had become the most formidable and productive weapon platform fielded by the Air Force in its war against trucks. The PAVN 377 Air Division's history notes " Just one hour when AC130s did not operate over our chokepoints was both precious and rare.

Software bundles usually included ClarisWorks, Quicken, a calendar / contact manager such as Touchbase and Datebook Pro, America Online, Apple's At Ease child-safe interface, educational software such as American Heritage Dictionary, The New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Microsoft Bookshelf ( on models equipped with a CD-Rom ), Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, or Mario Teaches Typing, and games such as Spectre Challenger, Super Munchers, and Monopoly, all pre-installed over a slightly customized version of the Macintosh System software, denoted by a P in the version number ( e. g., System 7. 1P5 ).

They travel to California and make a brief visit to the former Silk Spectre ; in which Laurie reconciles with her mother over the discovery that the Comedian was her father.

** In the 1980s, DC Comics writer Roy Thomas invented a retcon to explain why Superman, the Spectre, and the Justice Society of America had been unable to defeat the Nazis: Hitler possessed the Spear of Destiny ( Spear of Longinus ) which gave him magical control over any superheroes who ventured into his territory.

Confused and hostless, the Spectre destroys the " Rock of Eternity " resulting in scattering of fragments all over Gotham City.

Meanwhile, in an effort to help Secret come to terms with her tragic past and assuage her concerns over what she considers her " true nature ," Snapper arranges for Suzie to be taken in by the Spectre Hal Jordan in a mentoring capacity.

When Al is temporarily killed by The Spectre, she reveals the depths of her feelings for him, weeping over his dead body.

Dibny, realizing that this meant punishing Jean Loring, his wife's murderer and temporarily granted the power of the Spectre, takes Eclipso back to the point at which she ( as Jean Loring ) murdered his wife and, restoring Jean's sanity, ruthlessly intends to trap her in a permanent time loop and force her to watch herself murder Sue Dibny over and over for all eternity.

First appearing in World's Finest Comics # 251 ( July 1978 ), Count Vertigo is the last descendant of the royal family that ruled the small eastern European country of Vlatava that was taken over by the Soviets and later became devastated by the Spectre.

Thanks to Eclipso's actions, the Spectre goes on a mass-murdering rampage, killing over 700 magicians.

The Spectre, desiring revenge on Eclipso, but rendered incapable of taking it owing to his then-lack of a host ( the Spectre had given Crispus a year to be by himself before he became his new host ), orders Dibny to punish Eclipso in return for his wife's life ; Dibny, temporarily granted the power of the Spectre, takes Eclipso back to the point at which she ( as Jean Loring ) murdered his wife and, restoring Jean's sanity, intends to trap her in a permanent time loop and force her to watch herself murder Sue Dibny over and over for all eternity.

The Shadowpact defeats Eclipso when Blue Devil skewers Eclipso with his trident of Lucifer while Captain Marvel gains the upper hand over the Spectre, thanks to the tens of thousands of magic users supporting him.

After further changes for the Hal Jordan character over the subsequent years ( sacrificing his life in order to reignite Earth ’ s Sun in the 1996 crossover storyline " The Final Night ", and Jordan ’ s soul subsequently becoming the newest host of the Spectre in the 1999 miniseries Day of Judgment ), 2004's Green Lantern: Rebirth once again cast Jordan as a heroic Green Lantern and explained Parallax as a demonic entity that possessed him, and drove his villainous actions.

This included keeping a watch over the one weapon that could stop the Spectre, the Spear of Destiny.

* Adventures of Superman # 57, Batgirl # 21, Detective Comics # 763, Harley Quinn # 13, JSA # 29 & The Spectre # 10 ( DC Comics, December 2001 ).

In addition, a number of the characters appeared in team-up stories in issues of the DC titles Brave and the Bold and Showcase, while the Spectre was given a solo run in the latter which led to his own series.

Adams concurrently drew covers and stories for The Spectre # 2-5 ( Feb .- Aug. 1968 ), also writing the latter two issues, and became DC's primary cover artist well into the 1970s.

The Society are said to be evil dopplegangers of the heroes of Earth-2, and make their first solo appearance in Countdown Presents The Search for Ray Palmer: Crime Society # 1 written by Sean McKeever and illustrated by Jamal Igle, In addition to the five known members, this version of the CSA includes evil versions of Green Arrow, Wildcat, Black Canary, Hawkwoman, Stargirl, and the Spectre Later issues introduce Annataz Arataz ( the evil counterpart of Zatanna ), and counterparts of Supergirl ( Kara Zor-El ), Wonder Girl ( Donna Troy ), and Booster Gold.

The Spectre is a fictional character, a superhero who has appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics.

Shortly afterward, he drew Batman himself, along with the supernatural superhero the Spectre, on the cover of The Brave and the Bold # 75 ( Jan. 1968 ) — the first published instance of Adams ' work on what would become two of his signature comics characters.

His first published short story, " The Spectre General " in the magazine Astounding ( June 1952 ), was a humorous tale in which a long-forgotten maintenance brigade of the Imperial Space Marines holds the promise of reinvigorating a declining Galactic empire.

Originally named the Spectrum, later Spectre, The Tongue, and The Anthill, it is published once a week during the regular academic year.

This bothered Lewis so much that in addition to a note written by Lewis in the fourth edition of The Monk, he also included notes to the text when he published The Castle Spectre as a way to counteract any plagiarist accusations.

3 HeroQuest novels were published: The Fellowship of the Four, The Screaming Spectre and The Tyrant's Tomb ; and a computer game adaptation was released in 1991, forcing Sierra On-Line to rename their Hero's Quest series to Quest for Glory.

Also in 2002, DC published Green Lantern: Legacy-The Last Will & Testament of Hal Jordan a hardcover graphic novel by Kelly and artists Brent Anderson and Bill Sienkiewicz, which looked back at the life and career of Hal Jordan, who at that point was the Spectre.

The villains fail, and Krona proceeds with his experiment ; while the heroes support the Spectre, whose battle with the Anti-Monitor creates an energy overload that shatters space and time.

Each character-Fate, Sandman, Flash and Hawkman were joined by Dr. Mid-Nite, Hour-Man, the Spectre, the Atom and Green Lantern-was introduced individually ( by Johnny Thunder ), and related a solo adventure, before being charged at the title's end with remaining a loose team by the Director of the FBI.

It is interesting to note that in the Bulgarian subtitles of Quantum of Solace, the name Quantum was translated as SPECTRE, with the title changed to " Spectre of Solace " (" Спектър на утехата ").

The Spectre debuted in More Fun Comics # 52 ( Feb. 1940 ) when hard-boiled cop Jim Corrigan was murdered by being stuffed into a barrel ( which was then filled with cement ) and drowned.

A 1987 magazine retrospective on the character said this revival had been initially announced as a team-up with Doctor Mid-Nite After a three-issue try-out in Showcase, the Spectre appeared in the superhero-team comic Justice League of America # 46-47 ( Sept-Oct 1966 ) in that year's team-up of the titular group and its 1940s predecessors, the Justice Society of America ( which had also been written by Fox ).

The Spectre was given his own title, premiering with a cover date of December 1967, while almost simultaneously making a second appearance in The Brave & the Bold # 75 ( Jan. 1968 ), this time teamed with Batman.

Beginning with the 12-page " The Wrath of ... the Spectre " in issue # 431 ( Feb. 1974 ).

The so-called Spectre Huntsman of the Malay Peninsula is said to be a man who scours the firmament with his dogs, vainly seeking for what he could not find on Earth-a buck mouse-deer pregnant with male offspring ; but he seems to be a living man ; there is no statement that he ever died, nor yet that he is a spirit.

Pave, paired with other words, also names laser systems that designate targets for LGBs, for example Pave Penny, Pave Spike, Pave Tack and Pave Knife, and for specialized military aircraft, such as AC-130U Pave Spectre, MH-53 Pave Low, and HH-60 Pave Hawk.

Despite their mutual horror, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre II and Doctor Manhattan all agree to keep quiet about the true nature of the events when the United States surprisingly does enter into a peace accord with the Soviet Union.

Rorschach presents his views on right and wrong as starkly black and white with no room for compromise, with the exception of his respect for the Comedian causing him to excuse the attempt of rape of the first Silk Spectre as a " moral lapse.

Later, during the Emperor Joker storyline, this is expanded upon: the Joker, possessing the same powers, is able to unweave the very fabric and laws of the cosmos, and render the less powerful than normal Hal Jordan Spectre into a deranged puppet, Mxyzptlk explaining that he has the power to do what the Joker is doing to the world but never uses it because he would run the risk of destroying reality from the strain he would be subjecting it to and thus leave himself with nothing to do the next day.

Cain's plans are undone by Renee Montoya, who manages to steal the Spear and reunite the Spectre with his host.

Though much of Lewis ’ career dealt with the translation of other texts, these criticisms more often refer to his novel The Monk and his play The Castle Spectre.

During this period, Carte also presented various companion pieces with the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, including the 1877 revival of Dora's Dream by Arthur Cecil and Alfred Cellier ; The Spectre Knight ( 1878 ); revivals of Trial by Jury ; several pieces by George Grossmith beginning in 1878: Beauties on the Beach, A Silver Wedding, Five Hamlets, and Cups and Saucers ; revivals of Gilbert's After All!

He shows him the Rock of Eternity where Sorrow has turned Shazam to stone with his cursed face that usually kills those that see him, also making contact with the Spectre, who provides them with additional information.