ADVENTURE COMICS - #440 CLASSIC JIM APARO SPECTRE BOOK (1974 - VF)

• Concludes classic Spectre 10-issue story arc that began in Adventure Comics #431.• New origin for the Spectre (Jim Corrigan).• Jim Aparo cover art.––––––––––• "The Second Death of the... Spectre" – (12-page story) – New York Police Detective Lieutenant Jim Corrigan gets a tip that “Ducky” McLaren and his gang want to give up their life of crime, but will surrender only to Corrigan. When Corrigan arrives alone at the designated location for the McLaren gang's surrender, he worries that he is no longer invulnerable. He finds out too late that he has been set up by the tipster and Ducky McLaren. Corrigan is riddled with bullets and dies. McLaren's thugs turn their guns on the tipster and kill him also. Then, Corrigan's body is left at Gwen Sterling’s door.A memorial service is held for Corrigan at the cemetery. Jim's spirit is called by the celestial voice back to service as the Spectre. Corrigan transforms into the Spectre and immediately moves to avenge his own death. The Spectre pas