Story: "Redemption Lost Part III" (22 Pages)

Credits: Geoff Johns (plot, script)
Tom Mandrake and Don Kramer (pencils)
Tom Mandrake and Keith Champagne (inks)
Jared K. Fletcher (letters)
Hi Fi (colors, color separations)
Stephen Wacker (associate edits) Peter Tomasi (edits)

Feature Characters:

Doctor Mid-Nite II
Flash I
Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
Hawkgirl II
Mister Terrific II
Power Girl
Stargirl
Wildcat II

Guest Stars: Hourman I
Spectre II

Supporting Characters: Hooty II
Nite-Lite
Richard Craemer
Wendi Tyler
Rebecca Tyler (behind the scenes)

Villains: Spirit King
Louis Snipe (as a corpse, also in flashback to 1940)
Gat Benson (dies in flashback to 1940), numerous corpses

Guest Appearances: Spectre I (in flashback to origin in 1940)
Batman

Other Characters: Paula Holt (Mister Terrific's wife)
Terry Holt (their unborn child; both appear as spirits)

Comment: Continued from the previous issue

Comment: The flashback to the death of Jim Corrigan and thus the birth of the Spectre is from February 3rd 1940

Synopsis:

The heroes of the Justice Society, with help from Doctor Mid-Nite's clinic's staff, battle the corpses on the streets of Portsmouth while Richard Craemer tries to help Hal Jordan understand his role as the Spectre and to embrace redemption completely. The Spirit King, in the body of the Flash, tries to kill Mister Terrific and Green Lantern, but is prevented from doing so, although he injures Terrific badly. Hal Jordan rejects redemption and embraces his identity as the Spectre, spirit of vengeance, condemning the corpses back to Hell and literally consuming the Spirit King. On the operating table, Mister Terrific has a near-death experience where he encounters his wife's spirit, and that of their unborn son. When he comes round, he has a new perspective n faith and joins Doctor Mid-Nite at church the next Sunday. Also, Hourman watches over Wendi Tyler and Batman warns the elder statesmen of the JSA that Hal Jordan has already been given a second chance several times, and this time he may be beyond their help.