What's the current status quo of The Spectre?

[Bored at 3:00AM]

...and what would you like to see done with the character next?

I thought the retirement of Jim Corrigan was nicely handled and shouldn't be touched again.

I'm currently reading DeMatties/Sook/Breyfoggle's Spectre run with Hal Jordan and, while it is gorgeous and interesting thus far, the whole thing feels like a square peg being jammed into a triangle-shaped hole in ways that please no one.

Chrispin Allen seemed like a nice way to bring the character back to his roots while also updating him to today.

Has The Spectre appeared again since Blackest Night? That's the last I remember seeing him.

[Denirac]

...and what would you like to see done with the character next?

I thought the retirement of Jim Corrigan was nicely handled and shouldn't be touched again.

I'm currently reading DeMatties/Sook/Breyfoggle's Spectre run with Hal Jordan and, while it is gorgeous and interesting thus far, the whole thing feels like a square peg being jammed into a triangle-shaped hole in ways that please no one.

Chrispin Allen seemed like a nice way to bring the character back to his roots while also updating him to today.

Has The Spectre appeared again since Blackest Night? That's the last I remember seeing him.

I remember he was in New 52 Constantine and I think JL Dark

[Doctor Kent Nelson]

I remember he was in New 52 Constantine and I think JL Dark

Hopefully far far away from his New-52 origin... yeech!

[scribbleMind]

Gotham by Midnight. The Spectre was revealed to be a projection of Corrigan's vindictiveness as opposed to the wrath of god, and Corrigan himself may or may not be a wraith who has convinced himself that he's just a normal person with an affliction he didn't ask for instead of the direct source of The Spectre.

[Restingvoice]

Gotham by Midnight. The Spectre was revealed to be a projection of Corrigan's vindictiveness as opposed to the wrath of god, and Corrigan himself may or may not be a wraith who has convinced himself that he's just a normal person with an affliction he didn't ask for instead of the direct source of The Spectre.

Wait, what? Wasn't The Spectre working for God during Forever Evil Blight and Trinity of Sin?

[j9ac9k]

DC Nation #5 profiled the big magic users in the DCU and listed the Spectre as currently being attached to Corrigan.

[MajorHoy]

Has The Spectre appeared again since Blackest Night? That's the last I remember seeing him.

He (and Jim Corrigan) got a slightly revised origin in the New52 with the Phantom Stranger being involved (hopefully that no longer applies!) and he also appeared in the New52 Gotham by Midnight series (where Corrigan was a central character).

[Timothy Hunter]

I wouldn't be surprised if one of the casualties of Heroes' in Crisis was to become the Spectre in Peter J. Tomasi's new series

[Vordan]

In this month’s DC Nation Tynion has recanonized Spectre as the Wrath of God and Jim Corrigan as the host.

[WallyWestFlash]

In this month’s DC Nation Tynion has recanonized Spectre as the Wrath of God and Jim Corrigan as the host.

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It's a pretty cool list.

[scribbleMind]

Wait, what? Wasn't The Spectre working for God during Forever Evil Blight and Trinity of Sin?

You can't expect me to make sense of DC's continuity if they don't care to do it themselves. As you have seen in this very thread, this retcon has already been abolished.

[K. Jones]

Attached to cop Jim Corrigan.

But still historically having had been attached to Green Lantern dead Hal Jordan and maybe Det. Crispus Allen as well. My query - if Flashpoint timey-wimey shenanigans make it so Jim Corrigan is still somehow alive, does the Spectre itself have the freedom to be like "HA, WHAT TIMELINE?" and just go back to its original host?

[krazijoe]

He will be a Green Lantern...A Golden Age Green Lantern...

[Frontier]

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It's a pretty cool list.

Man, I love the visuals in this. Constnatine using Etrigan's fire to light his cigarette, Swamp Thing getting singed from Etrigan's fire, and Dr. Fate's expression saying "what is this @#$%" .

What does that board Zatanna is holding say? It almost looks like she's posing for a mugshot. It's also kind of weird that pretty much everyone else is in more traditional outfits while she's wearing her modern JLD costume, but I guess Fate's is modern too.

Attached to cop Jim Corrigan.

But still historically having had been attached to Green Lantern dead Hal Jordan and maybe Det. Crispus Allen as well. My query - if Flashpoint timey-wimey shenanigans make it so Jim Corrigan is still somehow alive, does the Spectre itself have the freedom to be like "HA, WHAT TIMELINE?" and just go back to its original host?

I remember a few times where the spirit of the Specter got loose that it wanted to go back to Hal, particularly during Blackest Night.

I think it probably would have jumped to be with Corrigan again had he been alive (which I guess he is now).