Who was the first host to "Spectre" from DC comics you ever read about?

[MajorHoy]

Not a first read but hasn't Eclipso been a Spectre along with a woman I don't remember but perhaps in the Indian subcontinent (really vague memory).

I don't think Eclipso would have been the host for the Spectre, unless it was maybe a case where Eclipso briefly took over the Spectre. That's not quite the same thing, though.

[MajorHoy]

Trying to do a correct update of the numbers:

* Jim Corrigan (Golden Age Spectre) = 59 votes (+15)
* Hal Jordan (Silver Age Green Lantern) = 5 votes (+1)
* Nobody (The Spectre unconnected to a "host body") = 3 votes (no change)
* Crispus Allen (former Gotham City police detective) = 2 votes (+1)

[MrBlondey]

Jim Corrigan, but is reading an old reprint.

[MajorHoy]

Jim Corrigan, but is reading an old reprint.

Doesn't matter if it was new or a reprint.

The question was "Who was the first host to "Spectre" from DC comics you ever read about?"

[MajorHoy]

A few more votes since the last update:

* Jim Corrigan (Golden Age Spectre) = 62 votes (+3)
* Hal Jordan (Silver Age Green Lantern) = 5 votes (no change)
* Nobody (The Spectre unconnected to a "host body") = 3 votes (no change)
* Crispus Allen (former Gotham City police detective) = 2 votes (no change)

And geoffpayne1992 voted "other", but I don't think it was ever explained what was meant by that vote?

[Jim Kelly]

Was there a real life Jim or Jimmy Corrigan after which all the fictional Corrigans were named?

[Rufio]

Jim Corrigan, I tend to take a lot of breaks and jump around in my comic reading. So I was kinda confused when I saw some other people at first. :P

[PLG1962]

For me it was Jim Corrigan

[Nine Crocodile]

Jim Corrigan, specifically Adventure Comics #440.

[Johnny]

Jim Corrigan. I'm not that familiar with Crispus Allen and Hal as The Spectre was just weird. The Mxyzptlk Injustice thing was interesting though.

[The Darknight Detective]

Jim Corrigan, specifically Adventure Comics #440.

Same here, though it was #332 for me.

[MajorHoy]

With 78 people having voted:

* Jim Corrigan (Golden Age Spectre) = 67 votes
* Hal Jordan (Silver Age Green Lantern) = 5 votes
* Nobody (The Spectre unconnected to a "host body") = 3 votes
* Crispus Allen (former Gotham City police detective) = 2 votes

[MajorHoy]

NOTE: Thread / poll was started back in January of 2018.

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With 84 people having voted:

* Jim Corrigan (Golden Age Spectre) = 71 votes
* Hal Jordan (Silver Age Green Lantern) = 6 votes
* Nobody (The Spectre unconnected to a "host body") = 4 votes
* Crispus Allen (former Gotham City police detective) = 2 votes
* "other (please explain in a separate post)" = 1 vote

[John Venus]

Jim Corrigan. Thanks to John Ostrander's Spectre run and his appearances in JSA.

[Triniking1234]

Having to depend on random comics was so weird when I was a kid. I swear if someone asked if I wanted to live in America in the 90s, I would've said yea cuz I want them comics.

But anyway Hal was my first encounter with the Spectre. It was a Superman comic where the Alpha Centurion was involved too so if someone can track it down for me I'll be grateful (with a No Prize). As for why it was weird its because later on I got some Zero Hour comics, I was like "the bad guy is the Spectre?"