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The Spectre

The embodiment of divine wrath in the DC universe, whose power is effectively unlimited but bound to a host and a mandate.

First appearance: More Fun Comics #52 (1940), DC Comics

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Milestone appearances — first appearance, death, return, team change. These are the issues the collector market actually prices.

Persists as a bound force rather than a body, tied to a host and a mandate

Statement More Fun Comics #52 (1940) · Post-Crisis DC

Reshapes reality as an expression of divine judgement, bounded by a mandate rather than by power

Feat More Fun Comics · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Alters matter and physical law directly to deliver a judgement

Feat More Fun Comics (1940) · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

A spirit rather than a body, and cannot be killed by physical means

Statement More Fun Comics · Post-Crisis DCfigure stated in the work

Operates at a scale the Justice League treats as beyond their intervention

Statement JLA · Post-Crisis DCfigure stated in the work

Raises barriers that hold against magical and physical assault

Feat JLA · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

His power is stated to require a human host to restrain it

Statement Final Crisis · Post-Crisis DCfigure stated in the work

Persists across eras and hosts without diminishing

Feat Final Crisis · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

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Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version