Wrath of the Spectre

([July] 2005)

Introduction (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Sanderson (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo

Inks

Jim Aparo

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

The Wrath of the Spectre! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #431 (January-February 1974)

The Wrath of... the Spectre (Table of Contents: 3)

The Spectre / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited); Russell Carley (credited) (art continuity)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; unnamed Chief of Police; Fritz (villain, death); Pete (villain, death); Charlie (villain, death); Hank (villain, death)

Synopsis

Jim Corrigan arrives on the scene of a crime in which an armored car has been held up and the guards shot to death. When he learns that even a member of the gang was shot to death by his own men, it is the Spectre who decides to track down the gang members one by one and exact justice.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #431 (January-February 1974)

The Spectre Returns! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #432 (March-April 1974)

The Anguish of... the Spectre (Table of Contents: 5)

The Spectre / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited); Russell Carley (credited) (art continuity)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Adrian Sterling (death); Gwendolyn Sterling (introduction, Adrian's daughter); Vera (villain, death); Eric (villain, death); Maxwell Flood (villain, death); Peter (villain, death)

Synopsis

The Spectre hunts down the vicious killers of businessman Adrian Sterling and discovers the main culprit is the Vice-President of the company.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #432 (March-April 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Swami Seelal

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #433 (May-June 1974)

The Swami and... the Spectre (Table of Contents: 7)

The Spectre / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited); Russell Carley (credited) (art continuity)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwendolyn Sterling; Mr. Vandergilt (death); Mrs. Vandergilt; Swami Seelal (villain, death); Smiley (villain, death)

Synopsis

Lt. Corrigan begins to investigate the murder of a construction engineer, whose wife is being bilked by a phony swami. However, problems arise when Gwen steps in and discloses to the swami that the policeman is actually the Spectre.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #433 (May-June 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #434 (July-August 1974)

The Nightmare Dummies and... the Spectre (Table of Contents: 9)

The Spectre / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited); Russell Carley (credited) (art continuity)

Pencils

Frank Thorne (credited)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Job Number

G-3721

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwendolyn Sterling; Frank (delivery man, death); Pete (delivery man, death); Chris (Policeman); Mr. Monarch (President of Monarch Mannikin Company); Karen (Mr. Monarch's secretary); Ernie (Monarch Mannkin Company employee); Ezekial Borosovitch (villain, mannikin maker, death)

Synopsis

A crafty and evil mannequin maker unleashes a reign of terror upon the city as mannequins literally come to life, killing all in sight.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #434 (July-August 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Job Number

J-3673

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #435 (September-October 1974)

The Man Who Stalked the Spectre (Table of Contents: 11)

The Spectre / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited); Russell Carley (credited) (art continuity)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Earl Crawford (introduction, freelance magazine writer); Jerry Grandenetti (villain, death); Mitch Grandenetti (villain, death); unnamed Grandenetti (villain, death)

Synopsis

A freelance writer for Newsbeat Magazine is intrigued by all of the weird deaths of criminals in the city and is convinced some unearthly being is responsible for it, so he decides to track this being down.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #435 (September-October 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #436 (November-December 1974)

The Gasmen and... the Spectre (Table of Contents: 13)

The Spectre / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited); Russell Carley (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Earl Crawford (freelance magazine writer); Bob (Newsbeat Magazine editor); Marian (auto show model, death); Simms; Field Marshall Offal (villain, death)

Synopsis

Lt. Corrigan investigates the deaths of patrons at a local car show by lethal gas, such as that used in World War I, not realizing that this mass killing is a part of "Operation Green Cloud," a demonstration to city officials who are being asked to cough up $1 billion or risk more guerilla attacks!

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #436 (November-December 1974)
which is reprinted
• from Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #1109 (14 de junio de 1977)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #437 (January-February 1975)

The Human Bombs and... the Spectre (Table of Contents: 15)

The Spectre / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited); Russell Carley (credited) (art continuity)

Pencils

Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwendolyn Sterling; unnamed Police Captain; Mr. Vanderhaven (death); Sims (bank employee); Mr. Lynch (bank President); Smedley (bank employee); unnamed scientist (villain, death); Bernie (villain, death)

Synopsis

The Spectre must combat an evil scientist who has created a Hypno-Wheel, an invention that puts prominent people into a state of hypnosis, and whom he uses as human bombs to commit bank robberies.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #437 (January-February 1975)

The Museum of Fear! (Table of Contents: 16)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

J-3860

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #438 (March-April 1975)

The Spectre Haunts the Museum of Fear (Table of Contents: 17)

The Spectre / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited)

Pencils

Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Mrs. Penny; Herman Miller (postman, death); Mr. Kenny; unnamed Professor (villain, death); unnamed lab assistants (villains, all die)

Synopsis

The Ghostly Guardian must halt the insane activities of the curator of the Museum of Natural History, who, in his spare time, has specific occupational people kidnapped and brought to the museum, where he treats the bodies for "special exhibits" he has constructed in the basement of the facility.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #438 (March-April 1975)

The Voice That Doomed the Spectre! (Table of Contents: 18)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwendolyn Sterling

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #439 (May-June 1975)

The Voice That Doomed... the Spectre (Table of Contents: 19)

The Spectre / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Job Number

J-3803

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwendolyn Sterling; Susan (bank employee); Captain Stanley; Peter Falk (cameo); God (voice); Carter (villain, death); "Ducky" McLaren (villain)

Synopsis

After the Spectre concludes a grim case involving terrorists, his alter-ego has a long discussion with Gwen, and, that evening, Jim prays that his mission as the Spectre be ended and he be granted life again. The next day he discovers, when confronting some criminals, that his wish has been granted...and it nearly costs him his life!

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #439 (May-June 1975)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Job Number

J-3986

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #440 (July-August 1975)

The Second Death of the... Spectre (Table of Contents: 21)

The Spectre / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Job Number

J-3804

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwendolyn Sterling; God (voice); Louie (villain, street vendor, death); "Ducky" McLaren (villain, death); Mitch (villain, death); Mugsy (villain, death); Al (villain, death)

Synopsis

Jim Corrigan is returned to human form from his ghostly duty as the Spectre only to be gunned down by "Ducky" McLaren. Corrigan becomes the Spectre again and takes his vengeance on the McLaren gang.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #440 (July-August 1975)

The Spectre (Table of Contents: 22)

The Spectre / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); John Ostrander (contributing writer); Bob Rozakis (contributing writer); Len Wein (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Anthony Tollin

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre

Reprints

• from Who's Who: Update '87 (DC, 1987 series) #5 (December 1987)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (sourced)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]

Reprints

• from Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #1 (May 1988)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (sourced)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwen Sterling

Reprints

• from Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #2 (June 1988)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (sourced)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Jim Corrigan; Gwen Sterling

Reprints

• from Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #3 (July 1988)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

The Spectre / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited, signed)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]

Reprints

• from Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #4 (August 1988)

The Arson Fiend and... the Spectre! (Table of Contents: 27)

The Spectre / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Mike DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Agustin Más (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Earl Crawford (Newsbeat Magazine reporter); Bob Elliot (Newsbeat Magazine editor); Wayne (Newsbeat darkroom technician); Freddy "The Torch" Fisher (villain, death)

Synopsis

Following leads in a story involving tenement fires, reporter Earl Crawford not only spots the Spectre at work, but photographs him in the act of dealing with an arsonist. However, Earl's editor doesn't believe in spooks, and phones the Police to have his star reporter arrested for the murder!

Reprints

• from Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #4 (August 1988)

The Maniac and... the Spectre! (Table of Contents: 28)

The Spectre / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Mike DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Agustin Más (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Earl Crawford [Newsbeat Magazine reporter]; Gwen Sterling; Harrison DeMarco (villain, slumlord, death)

Synopsis

Having been found innocent, by reason of insanity, for the murder of an arsonist, reporter Crawford escapes from the institution he has been sentenced to with the help of Gwen. Lt. Corrigan then assists in the clearing of Crawford of all charges when he impersonates the dead arsonist at the Police station and is able to deal with the true villain in the tenement fires case.

Reprints

• from Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #4 (August 1988)

The Voodoo Hag of Doom! (Table of Contents: 29)

The Spectre / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Pablo Marcos (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwen Sterling; Police Captain Stanley; Earl Crawford [Newsbeat Magazine reporter]; Bob Elliot (Newsbeat Magazine editor); Freddy (Newsbeat Magazine office boy); Dawson (Sterling Textiles employee); Mr. Henderson (Sterling Textiles Board member, death); Ed (Police Department coroner); Fred Thompson (Sterling Textiles board member, death); The Hag (villain, turned into a spider); Mr. Slater (villain, Sterling Textiles board member)

Synopsis

A board meeting of Sterling Textiles, Incorporated is halted by a weird hag with a voodoo doll, who kills a board member whose image is found on that doll, and warns the other board members that the company should cease manufacturing the peek-a-boo dresses it is known for or else. While the Spectre is trying to track her down, reporter Earl Crawford, upon hearing about the death of Henderson to voodoo, decides following that story may finally bring him face-to-face with the Spectre.

Reprints

• from Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #4 (August 1988)