Xombi ( along with fianceé Dalia Rose and friend Julian Parker ) debuted in the DC Universe in issue 26 of The Brave and the Bold, teaming up with The Spectre to fight a ghost which was killing and sucking the lifeforce of other ghosts, vampires, and undead.

During the mid-1940s, the popularity of superhero comics began to decline and the Spectre was reduced to playing the role of guardian angel to a bumbling character called " Percival Popp, the Super Cop ", who first appeared in More Fun # 74 ( Dec. 1941 ).

When Corrigan enlisted in the military and departed to serve in World War II, in More Fun # 90 ( April 1944 ), the Spectre became permanently invisible, becoming a secondary player in his own series.

The presence first appears in More Fun Comics # 52 as The Voice, the disembodied " Voice of the Presence " who empowers Jim Corrigan as the Spectre.

* The Voice – The disembodied " Voice of the Presence " that spoke to and empowered Jim Corrigan as the Spectre in More Fun Comics # 52.

* The Spectre — More Fun 52 – 101

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

The Spectre is eventually awarded charter membership in the first ever superhero team, the Justice Society of America in All Star Comics.

The feature's final installment was in issue # 101 ( Feb. 1945 ), and the Spectre made his last appearance in the superhero group the Justice Society of America at roughly the same time in All Star Comics # 23 ( Winter 1944 – 1945 ).

In the mid-1950s and 1960s Silver Age of Comic Books, DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz had the Spectre revived and returned to the role of an avenging undead spirit, beginning in Showcase # 60 ( Feb. 1966 ).

In the 1970s, DC revived the Spectre in the superhero anthology series Adventure Comics.

James N. " Jim " Aparo ( August 24, 1932 – July 19, 2005 ) was an American comic book artist best known for his 1960s and 1970s DC Comics work, including on the characters Batman, Aquaman and the Spectre.

In addition to numerous covers, he served as the regular artist for a notorious series starring a ruthless avenging ghost called the Spectre, which ran in Adventure Comics, and which in 2005 was collected in a trade paperback edition ( ISBN 978-1-4012-0474-7 ).

* Adventure Comics # 426-427 ( Adventurers ´ Club ); # 431-433, 435-436, 440 ( Spectre ); # 441-452 ( Aquaman ); # 459-461, 464 ( Deadman ) ( 1973 – 79 )

** 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.

In the 1990s, despite being a freelancer, Klein worked for long periods on a number of comics titles, including the entire runs of Suicide Squad ( 1987 – 1992 ), Sandman ( 1989 – 1996 ), The Spectre ( 1992 – 1998 ), The Dreaming ( 1996 – 2001 ), and The Invisibles ( 1997 – 2000 ) for DC / Vertigo ; and Deathblow ( 1994 – 1996 ) for Image Comics ).

In 2001 he earned critical & fan praise for his work on The Spectre for DC Comics.

* The Spectre # 5, 7, 14, 18 ( DC Comics, 2001 – 2002 )

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

* The Spectre Annual # 1 ( DC Comics, 1988 )

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.

Alan Moore had originally intended to use Charlton Comics characters in his mini-series ( until DC told him otherwise ), which would imply that Silk Spectre was based on Charlton's Nightshade.

Ragman is one of the members of the Shadowpact, a team that formed to confront the Spectre in DC Comics 2005 Day of Vengeance limited series, a lead-up to the seven-issue Infinite Crisis limited series.

For DC Comics Kennedy has worked on Lobo, Batman, Outcasts and The Spectre.

* Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre # 1-4 ( DC Comics, July 2012 ).

* Adventure Comics ( Spectre ) # 437-438 ; ( Seven Soldiers of Victory ) # 441 ( 1975 )

The Sentinels of Magic was a fictional group of Homo magi and other magically powered heroes in the DC Comics Universe who teamed up in order to keep a watch over the one weapon that could stop the Spectre, namely the Spear of Destiny.

* Showcase # 55-56 ( Doctor Fate and Hourman ), 60-61, 64 ( The Spectre )

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.

In The Spectre, the creative credits varied widely over the 10 issues published, with perhaps the most notable participant being a then-newcomer to comics, future industry art legend Neal Adams, who drew issues # 2-5 ( and also wrote # 4-5 ).

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

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.

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.

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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.

limited series appearing in DC's Brave New World one-shot comic ( June 2006 ), Mary Marvel loses her powers in mid-flight as an after-effect of the death of the wizard Shazam by the Spectre in Day of Vengeance # 6, and falls from a height of three miles.

Later, in Final Crisis: Revelations # 1, the Spectre delivered final judgment on Doctor Light ( who is discovered in the middle of a mock superhero rape orgy with various women dressed as Teen Titans ), and burned him to death by turning him into a candle, using his head as the wick.