Spectre dc crimes and judgements series#

Near the end of the Golden Age he was reduced to the role of guardian angel in a comic book series “Percival Popp, the Super Cop”. Jim Corrigan was re incarnated in 1942 and the Spectre became more like his name sake, an invisible ghost like figure who tended to only intervene in events rather than take direct action. Sadly it seems that even back in the Golden Age people realized that having a superhero who is way to powerful to be fighting mere mobsters and cannot be hurt is a bit…boring and by the start of the Second World War the Spectre’s role in the DC universe was greatly diminished. It should be noted that while Jim Corrigan did have a fiancee at the time named Clarice he decided to break up with because when you’re a non corporeal being with the ability to pass the judgement of the Lord upon all evil doers you’re probably not very well suited for the married life. He could travel across the world in the blink of an eyeĪnd he had some rather gruesome ways of dealing with those he sought to punish, including one noteworthy instance where he turned a criminal into a walking skeleton.Īnd leaving a man stranded in the middle of a warehouse, paralyzed with some sort of science ray for the rest of his life. It seems that Seigel liked to give his characters incredible amounts of power because the Spectre was on level of power and ability comparable to Superman, and if you take the fact that the Golden Age Superman was nowhere near as powerful as he is today you could argue that the Spectre was even more powerful at this time. Instead of dying, Jim was confronted by an entity known only as “The Voice” and was sent back to earth in order to rid the world of evil as a spirit of vengeance. The Spectre first appeared in 1940 and was originally a cop named Jim CorriganĬorrigan had the unfortunate luck of being at the wrong place at the wrong time and was murdered by gang of mobsters who threw him into a barrel filled with cement and then threw the barrel into a river.

I’m talking about the literal personification of God’s wrath in the DC universe: The Spectre.įun fact about this character, he was created by comic book legend Jerry Siegel who was the co founder of this guy, you’ve probably never heard of him. Granted today’s character is only part of the divine being we all know and love but he’s an incredibly important part when it comes to comic books. Not a god like Zeus or Thor but rather, THE God. Today is all about the final member of the original superhero team, the Justice Society of America.Īnd who better to end such a lengthy string of articles than with God.

Spectre dc crimes and judgements