In the mid-1950s and 1960s Silver Age of Comic Books, DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz revived the Spectre and returned him to the role of an avenging undead spirit, beginning in Showcase #60 (February 1966). The feature's final installment was in issue #101 (February 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). When Corrigan enlisted in the military and departed to serve in World War II, in More Fun #90 (April 1943), the Spectre became permanently invisible, becoming a secondary player in his own series. 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 (December 1941).
Jim Corrigan is resurrected in More Fun #75 (January 1942), after which the Spectre's ghostly form enters and emerges from Jim Corrigan, functioning independently of him. The Spectre is soon awarded charter membership in the first-ever superhero team, the Justice Society of America in All Star Comics. He eventually turns down an offer to relinquish his mission to destroy all evil. Corrigan soon creates his signature costume, breaks off his romance with Clarice, and continues to live as Jim Corrigan, assuming the secret identity of the Spectre whenever he is needed. One of them was turned into a skeleton upon touching him. The Spectre seeks bloody vengeance against Corrigan's murderers in grim, supernatural fashion. His spirit is refused entering into the afterlife, however, and he is sent back to Earth by an entity referred to only as "the Voice" to eliminate evil. The Spectre debuted in More Fun Comics #52 (February 1940) when hard-boiled cop Jim Corrigan, on his way with his fiancée Clarice to their engagement party, is murdered by thugs who stuff him into a barrel filled with cement and then throw it into a body of water. He was created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Baily, although several sources attribute creator credit solely to Siegel, limiting Baily to being merely the artist assigned to the feature.
The character first appeared in More Fun Comics #52 (February 1940). The Spectre is the name given to several fictional antiheroes who have appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. Infinite Crisis – Blackest Night: Crispus Allen
3: 64 (numbered 1 – 63, includes a #0), plus 1 Annual 1: November/December 1967 – May/June 1969 More Fun Comics #52 (February 1940), the debut of the Spectre, cover art by Bernard Baily
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