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Reprints Spectre stories from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #60-61, #64; The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #72, #75, #116, #180, #199; The Spectre (DC, 1967 series) #1-10; Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #431-440; DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #29; and Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #97-99.
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Adventure Comics #439 published May 1975
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Inside front and inside back covers.
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Company credits and indicia information with small partial image from cover.
Showcase #60 published January 1966 Notes:
1st Spectre
Showcase #60 published January 1966 Notes:
Revival of the character. This issue explains why he has not been seen in 20 years. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. The character Stefan Miklos is a thinly disguised rendition of real-life alleged psychic Peter Hurkos. The story is divided into three parts, with pages 8, 18 and 24 just 2/3rd page each, shared with 1/3rd page house ads in the original issues. This collection has the Spectre! logo in place of the house ads.
Showcase #61 published March 1966
Showcase #61 published March 1966 Notes:
Single picture of The Spectre from page 5, panel 1 is reprinted in The Spectre #10 with a background of a business envelope. May have been used as or intended for use as a letter column head. Credits for script, pencils and inks (all of which are given in the splash panel) confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. Story is divided into three parts, with page 6, 16 and 24 being 0.66 each. Original had house ads or filler sequences for the other 0.33 page. This collection has a Spectre! logo.
Showcase #64 published September 1966
Showcase #64 published September 1966 Notes:
Story continues in the Spectre (DC, 1967 series) #1. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. Story in three chapters with pages 8, 14 and 24 only 2/3rds of a page giving a total page count of 23 instead of 24. Original had ads or filler in bottom 1/3rd of these pages. This collection has the Spectre! logo filling this space.
The Brave and the Bold #72 published June 1967
The Brave and the Bold #72 published June 1967 Notes:
Story told in three chapters with pages 9, 17 and 24 only a half of a page bringing total page count to only 22.5 pages. Lower half of pages were ads or filler in original and have the Spectre! logo in this collection.
The Brave and the Bold #75 published December 1967
The Brave and the Bold #75 published December 1967 Notes:
Story is divide into three sections (each labelled "Batman and the Spectre"), with page 8 just 0.50, page 16 at 0.33 and page 24 at 0.50. Original had ads or filler sequences at the bottom of these pages. This collection has a Spectre! logo.
The Spectre #1 published November 1967 Notes:
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Spectre #1 published November 1967 Notes:
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
The Spectre #2 published January 1968 Notes:
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Spectre #2 published January 1968 Notes:
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
The Spectre #3 published March 1968 Notes:
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Spectre #3 published March 1968 Notes:
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. Prologue (2 pages), Wildcat: "Hang 'Em Up, Wildcat--You're Finished!" (10.5 pages), The Spectre: "Menace of the Mystic Mastermind" (9 pages), Epilogue (1.5 pages).
The Spectre #4 published May 1968 Notes:
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Spectre #4 published May 1968 Notes:
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
The Spectre #5 published July 1968 Notes:
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Spectre #5 published July 1968 Notes:
Vs The Psycho-Pirate, as he sheds the Medusa Mask that Dr Fate bonded to him in Showcase 56. With Gat Benson (Jim Corrigan's killer) in More Fun 52. He stumbles upon the magic bullet that Asmodeus used to keep Spectre imprisoned in Corrigan. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. Prologue (2 pages), "The Spectre Means Death?" (Chapter I, 7 pages), "Fugitive From Justice!" (Chapter II, 14 pages).
The Spectre #6 published September 1968 Notes:
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Spectre #6 published September 1968 Notes:
"Pilgrims of Peril!" (1 page), "The Challenge From Beyond!" (Part One, 6.67 pages), "The Hundred Year-Long Day!" (Part 2, 9.5 pages), "Ashes to Ashes... Dust to Dust" (Part Three, 4.5 pages).
The Spectre #7 published November 1968 Notes:
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Spectre #7 published November 1968 Notes:
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
The Spectre #8 published January 1969 Notes:
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Spectre #8 published January 1969 Notes:
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
The Spectre #9 published March 1969
The Spectre #9 published March 1969
The Spectre #9 published March 1969 Notes:
He becomes a minor character in his own book.... This represents a re-thinking of the direction that was indicated in the previous issue. The Spectre serves as little more than narrator in this story and the following ones.
The Spectre #9 published March 1969
The Spectre #10 published May 1969
The Spectre #10 published May 1969 Notes:
Grandenetti contribution first suggested through comparison with lettering in issue 6 which is said to be by Jerry Grandenetti.
The Spectre #10 published May 1969 Notes:
See notes on letters credits in previous sequence.
The Spectre #10 published May 1969 Notes:
Suspicision that Jack Sparling might have done pencils or inks on this story. Art credit from Mark Hanerfeld via The Comic Reader. Script credit verified by Steve Skeates.
The Spectre #10 published May 1969 Notes:
Jerry Grandenetti may have been involved with the artwork of this story. Script and art credits from Mark Hanerfeld via The Comic Reader.
The Spectre #10 published May 1969 Notes:
Jerry Grandenetti seems to have been involved in the art of this story.
Adventure Comics #431 published January 1974
Adventure Comics #431 published January 1974
Adventure Comics #432 published March 1974
Adventure Comics #432 published March 1974
Adventure Comics #433 published May 1974
Adventure Comics #433 published May 1974
Adventure Comics #434 published July 1974
Adventure Comics #434 published July 1974 Notes:
The 2005 one shot lists Jim Aparo as doing the lettering.
Adventure Comics #435 published September 1974
Adventure Comics #435 published September 1974
Adventure Comics #436 published November 1974
Adventure Comics #436 published November 1974 Notes:
The Earl Crawford character next appears in Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #98 (March 1981) in the Dr. Thirteen, Ghostbreaker feature.
Adventure Comics #437 published January 1975
Adventure Comics #437 published January 1975 Notes:
The 2005 one-shot lists Jim Aparo as letterer.
Adventure Comics #438 published March 1975
Adventure Comics #438 published March 1975
Adventure Comics #439 published May 1975
Adventure Comics #439 published May 1975 Notes:
Continued next issue.
Adventure Comics #440 published July 1975
Adventure Comics #440 published July 1975 Notes:
Continued from previous issue. Series continues in Dr. Thirteen, Ghostbreaker feature in Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #97-99 (February-April 1981) by different creators, then with inventory scripts left by Fleisher with new Aparo art in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #4 (August 1988).
The Brave and the Bold #116 published December 1974
The Brave and the Bold #116 published December 1974
DC Comics Presents #29 [Direct Sales] published January 1981
DC Comics Presents #29 [Direct Sales] published January 1981 Notes:
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Ghosts #97 [Direct Sales] published February 1981
Ghosts #98 [Direct Sales] published March 1981
Ghosts #99 [Direct Sales] published April 1981
The Brave and the Bold #180 [Direct Sales] published November 1981
The Brave and the Bold #180 [Direct Sales] published November 1981
The Brave and the Bold #199 [Direct Sales] published June 1983
The Brave and the Bold #199 [Direct Sales] published June 1983
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Small cover images of other Showcase Presents volumes.
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Back cover promotional text for this volume with barcode and more small cover images of other Showcase Presents volumes.
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