The Spectre v1 #5: "The Spectre Means Death" (Neal Adams art)

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When he next returned the Ghostly Guardian was nastier and meaner. He came back in Adventure Comics #431 late in 1973 in a story written by Michael Fleisher and drawn by Jim Aparo. His goal was to destroy "the vermin of the underworld." His career has waxed and waned ever since and he's returned as a guest and in titles of his own. In 1999 Jim Corrigan's spirit went on to glory and the ghost of Hal Jordan, the hero formerly known as Green Lantern, assumed the role. The Spectre still has blank eyeballs. The new Spectre recently explained that he was no longer "the vessel of the Lord's wrath. Now I serve as the spirit of redemption."

Credits

Script: Neal Adams
Pencils: Neal Adams
Inks: Neal Adams

Reprinted:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #498.
  

The Spectre v1 #4: "Stop That Kid.. Before He Wrecks The World!" (Neal Adams art)

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Not an especially likeable fellow, the Spectre never achieved great popularity. He was dumped from More Fun Comics in 1944. He remained in limbo for two decades and finally made a comeback in Showcase #60. Gardner Fox wrote the scripts and Murphy Anderson did the drawing. In 1967 the Spectre was given a book of his own, but that lasted for only ten issues.

When the Spectre next returned the Ghostly Guardian was much nastier and meaner.

Script: Neal Adams
Pencils: Neal Adams
Inks: Neal Adams

Reprinted:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #497

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