With his humanity regained, Corrigan engaged with Gwen, but shortly prior to their marriage, Corrigan was killed and The Presence returned to him the powers of the Spectre. The Presence heeded Corrigan's pleas and removed the powers of the Spectre from him. Ĭorrigan reached a breaking point when his feelings for Gwen were much stronger than his desire to continue his crusade as The Spectre and he pled to be ridden of the curse. While investigating a crime scene, Corrigan met a young woman by the name of Gwendolyn Sterling and although he knew the impossibility of being on a normal relationship, Corrigan and Gwen started seeing more of each other as they had a mutual attraction. With lesser cosmical threats, Corrigan had to focus entirely on earthly crimes, which caused him to take a new approach against human evildoers, unleashing his full wrath and vengeace upon their rotten souls. Ĭorrigan continued his activities as a Police Detective at the NYPD. Finally back on Earth, The Spectre defeated the astral form of Azmodus and resumed his activities as The Spirit of Vengeance. Spectre explained that he had been trapped inside Corrigan's body as a result of the demon Azmodus' presence on Earth. During an investigation, Corrigan ended up at a seance, which allowed The Spectre to be released out of Corrigan's body. James Corrigan continued his activities as a detective for twenty years, often wondering where had The Spectre gone. After the disbanding of the JSA in 1951, the Spectre disappeared without a trace. The Spectre also joined the war-time only All-Star Squadron. Fate vouching for him, the Spectre helped found the legendary Justice Society of America. The following year, the Spectre helped other heroes stop Hitler's attack on England and the United States. With his new mission as an agent of God, the Spectre became one of the most famous mystery-men of the Golden Age. Popp had accidentally stumbled onto Corrigan's alter ego of the Spectre, and it was Popp who designed the costume of the Golden Age Spectre. Percival Poplaski (alias Percival Popp Super Cop). Īs a ghost, Corrigan settled back into his role as a police detective. Later, the Spectre killed a criminal named Rhami, who had hired Benson to murder Corrigan in the first place due to the detective's investigations into his affairs. The Spectre took his vengeance on Benson and rescued Winston. The Voice told Corrigan that he was to return to Earth to fight evil with the supernatural powers he now possessed. Corrigan agreed and was immediately bonded with the Divine Wrath. He was confronted by a mysterious Voice that offered him a chance to seek justice. The deceased Corrigan's spirit, now in a void, was filled with anger and a lust for vengeance. Corrigan was placed in a barrel that was filled with cement, and then dumped off a wharf into the river. But one night, in 1939, Corrigan and Winston were captured by the criminal "Gat" Benson and two of his men. He rarely showed mercy or compassion to anyone breaking the law. Times were hard, and Corrigan responded by being even harder. Jim Corrigan grew up and became a police detective in New York City and was later engaged to socialite Clarice Winston. He later became a boxer, but finding that corrupt, quit and became a police officer. Corrigan lied about his age to join the army and fight in World War I, finding only "mud, blood and death." He returned to the US after the conflict, and worked the docks. In a way Jim had had the fear of God beaten out of him. Shortly afterward, Rafe was killed in a storm and Jim reacted against his father's harsh teachings and beatings by rejecting the figure that his father held most high, God. Jebediah was secretly having an affair with Rose, and when Jim's mother discovered this, Rafe and Rose were forced to leave. During childhood, Jim's best friend was Rafe, the son of their housekeeper, Rose. Jim Corrigan was the son of Reverend Corrigan, a fire and brimstone preacher that traveled all over the country. He would grow up to be the Reverend Jebediah Corrigan. You merely stole from them! Live - and wonder what I will steal from you!" That man had a son, Jebediah, who had the fear of god beaten into him by his mother. The Spectre told him, "If you escape little man, do not doubt it is because I have let you go. Of the soldiers, he left only one man alive, who had only stolen from Cherokees, and had not participated in the slaughter. During the American Civil War, the Spectre punished a band of drunken soldiers that had butchered a band of Cherokees.
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