thespectre

CREATOR

Name: DC (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1934 by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (1890-1968) as National Allied Publications, but the name changed in 1937 to Detective Comics (later shortened to DC). Stopped in 2011.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under DC in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation's logo changed several times over the years. The selected one ran from 1976 to 2005.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1967*. Stopped in 1969 after 10 issues.

The starring character was a police officer by the name of Jim Corrigan, until he got brutally murdered. However, his spirit did not enter the afterlife, and it has since then been dedicated to fighting criminals. The supernatural Spectre is very powerful in almost all aspects, and he grows more powerful every day.

* The character as such premiered in 1940, and there has been several series since then. The one presented on this page is just one of them. In the newer series Corrigan's spirit finally entered the afterlife only to by substituted by the deceased Hal Jordan's spirit. Jordan was the Green Lantern, when he was still alive.