Story: "The Temptation of the Spectre" (25 Pages) Credits: John Ostrander (plot, script); Tom Mandrake (pencils, inks); Todd Klein (letters); Carla Feeny (colors); Digital Chameleon (color separations); Dan Raspler (edits) Feature Character: The Spectre Villain: Beltane (first appearance; a necromancer; also appear in her previous incarnations in flashbacks; dies) Guest Appearance: Michael the Archangel (revealed that he is also known as the deity Kali) Other Character: Caraka (first appearance; the first human whose soul merged with the Spectre-force; in flashback) Synopsis: For a thousand years, only a single soul has successfully eluded the Spectre's fury, merely to die and be reincarnated over and over again. Now the Spectre faces that soul for the final time. But when the dreaded spirit of vengeance begins to pass his terrible judgment, the soul makes him an offer: he will reveal the Spectre's ancient, hidden origins and show him that Jim Corrigan is not the first to wear the Spectre's shroud. |
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