![]() Later, the Spectre killed the criminal named Rhami, who had hired Benson to murder Corrigan.Ĭorrigan worked on the police force while battling both ordinary criminals and supernatural menaces as the Spectre. However Clarice Winston was shot at the last moment but with his newly found power, Jim Corrigan gave part of his essence to save the woman he loved. Back on Earth Corrigan's spirt confronted Benson, took his vengeance on him. A Voice told that his mission on Earth was unfinished and that he was to return there to fight evil with the supernatural powers he now possessed. Corrigan died and his spirit, now in a void, began travelling toward a streaming light ahead of him, but was somehow prevented from reaching its source. Corrigan was placed in a barrel that was filled with cement, and then dumped off a wharf into a river. (See Spectre Annual #1, v3 Secret Origins #5, v1 Secret Origins #15, v2) Police detective Jim Corrigan and his fiancee socialite Clarice Winston were captured by the criminal "Gat" Benson and two of his men. For years, Chakara fullfilled his mission on Earth until others took his place.Īlthough the Spectre was dormant for centuries, he would soon emerge in the world of mystery men, the 1940's. and became a killing ghost that seeked justice and enlightenment. His soul mixed with the essence of the divine wrath. For Chakara's family was slain by Lady Beltane and Chakara had cried for justice! Kali appeared and joined with Chakara to become what we know as the Spectre. The first Spectre to walk the Earth and perform its duties was Charaka. The Godhead had declared that since the son of God had walked the Earth, beings such as the Spectre must be bound to a human soul. ![]() When the son of god died on the cross, the Wrath of God exploded from limbo and sought vengeance on mankind. At that instant, the Wrath of God was cast into limbo, for vengeance and forgiveness cannot walk the same earth together. For centuries the Wrath of God punished and humbled mankind, until the son of God was born. This Wrath of God was the horn blast that brought down the walls of Jericho and stopped the sun in its tracks for the battle. (See Spectre v3 #0) Originally the Wrath of God was the being that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, the one that humbled the Pharaoh and killed the first born of Egypt. Jim Corrigan was not the first being to be the Spectre. 1st Appearance (Silver Age): Showcase #60.1st Appearance (Golden Age): More Fun Comics #52.Group Affiliation: Justice Society of America and All-Star Squadron.Occupation: Former Police Detective & Private Investigator (Corrigan), spirit & divine avenger (Spectre).Family: Minister Jebediah Corrigan (father, deceased), Louisa Corrigan.
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