Written by Will Pfeifer Art and cover by Cliff Chiang It's the rebirth of a hero in this eerie volume collecting the 3-issue miniseries that links the events of INFINITE CRISIS to the present and the future! The supernatural spirit of vengeance has joined with a new host: Detective Crispus Allen from the Gotham City Police Department. But Allen wants nothing to do with the Spectre or his holy mission - even if it means jeopardizing the mission! Advance-solicited; in stores April 11 - 144 pg, FC, $12.99 US
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Will Pfeifer began his career in comics as an editor at DC Comics, eventually making the leap to becoming a full-time writer with acclaimed runs on Aquaman and H-E-R-O. He is the current writer of Catwoman. Cliff Chiang has worked on several Batman series, as well as The Creeper, Green Arrow, an acclaimed run on Human Target, Swamp Thing and Wonder Woman. He is curently drawing the Dr. Thirteen strip in Tales of the Unexpected.
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Format:Paperback
The Spectre is set after the harrowing events of Infinite Crisis and is one of the books launched coinciding with the "One Year Later" releases. While many of the OYL books have been good to bad, this book is one of the few that is great. But since it was released without much fanafare it is easy to let this great book get lost in the Post-Crisis, 52, OYL shuffle.
This book is split into two story arcs...the first is written by Will Pfeifer (H-E-R-O, Amazons Attack) and illustrated by Cliff Chiang. The first arc features deceased Det. Crispus Allen coming to terms with his new duty as the Spectre and coming to terms with his death. We see Allen travelling in his spectral form, going to see his family, watching evil acts being committed and even follows Batman to the batcave in order to find out his identity. And most importantly, Allen fianlly gets closure as his death is avenged but there is a twist there at the end. An excellent read.
The second arc is written by David Lapham (City of Crime, Stray Bullets) and illustrated by Eric Battle (Batman). A grisly death has taken place in a tenement in Gotham City and the Specter AKA Det. Allen has to punish the guilty party responsible. But even after dishing out Spectre brand justice, Allen sticks aorund to watch the other tenants in that building because they all have their own stories to tell. A good read. And by the way, Eric Battle draws a scary lookin' Spectre.
The stories included in this collection are excellent Spectre stories that show the Spectre in an interesting light, something that we haven't seen done in a while. Yes, he is the avenging spirit but then again he is tethered to a human host who has his own story to tell.
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This book is split into two story arcs...the first is written by Will Pfeifer (H-E-R-O, Amazons Attack) and illustrated by Cliff Chiang. The first arc features deceased Det. Crispus Allen coming to terms with his new duty as the Spectre and coming to terms with his death. We see Allen travelling in his spectral form, going to see his family, watching evil acts being committed and even follows Batman to the batcave in order to find out his identity. And most importantly, Allen fianlly gets closure as his death is avenged but there is a twist there at the end. An excellent read.
The second arc is written by David Lapham (City of Crime, Stray Bullets) and illustrated by Eric Battle (Batman). A grisly death has taken place in a tenement in Gotham City and the Specter AKA Det. Allen has to punish the guilty party responsible. But even after dishing out Spectre brand justice, Allen sticks aorund to watch the other tenants in that building because they all have their own stories to tell. A good read. And by the way, Eric Battle draws a scary lookin' Spectre.
The stories included in this collection are excellent Spectre stories that show the Spectre in an interesting light, something that we haven't seen done in a while. Yes, he is the avenging spirit but then again he is tethered to a human host who has his own story to tell.
Click "Add to Cart" and pick this up.
By T. S. Powell
Format:Paperback
This book was one of the comics that spun out of "Infinite Crisis", the latest (at the time of its writing, at least) of DC's company wide crossover events. It features The Spectre, the incarnation of God's vengeance, and Crispus Allen, a recently dead police officer and the Spectre's reluctant new human host.
The book is actually divided into two separate story arcs, written by two different people. The first arc, I actually liked quite a bit. This one deals with the time immediately following Allen and the Spectre's bonding. Allen, who is still trying to deal with his new status as a ghost, is utterly uncomfortable and unwilling to participate in the Spectre's job of punishing sinners through lethal means. The Spectre must try to explain the importance of its divine mission to him, and allow him to see the necessity of the two of them working together as one. I thought the interaction between the two characters was done particularly well. The Spectre's overbearing demands contrasted very nicely with Allen's complete reluctance and created a nice air of tension throughout the plot.
The second story included in the volume, I did not enjoy nearly as much. This one features the Spectre/Allen combo investigating a series of murders in a run down tenement building. I did not find the mystery compelling at all. This story also seems to ignore a great deal of the first story, which is especially noticeable when they are collected together in the same book. While the first story was all about Allen's eventual acceptance as his role as the Spectre, the second story seems to completely forget about this, once again having him unhappy with his situation and at odds with the spirit bound to him.
Overall, this particular book is worth checking out purely for the first half. The second half is, unfortunately, mediocre and forgettable.
The book is actually divided into two separate story arcs, written by two different people. The first arc, I actually liked quite a bit. This one deals with the time immediately following Allen and the Spectre's bonding. Allen, who is still trying to deal with his new status as a ghost, is utterly uncomfortable and unwilling to participate in the Spectre's job of punishing sinners through lethal means. The Spectre must try to explain the importance of its divine mission to him, and allow him to see the necessity of the two of them working together as one. I thought the interaction between the two characters was done particularly well. The Spectre's overbearing demands contrasted very nicely with Allen's complete reluctance and created a nice air of tension throughout the plot.
The second story included in the volume, I did not enjoy nearly as much. This one features the Spectre/Allen combo investigating a series of murders in a run down tenement building. I did not find the mystery compelling at all. This story also seems to ignore a great deal of the first story, which is especially noticeable when they are collected together in the same book. While the first story was all about Allen's eventual acceptance as his role as the Spectre, the second story seems to completely forget about this, once again having him unhappy with his situation and at odds with the spirit bound to him.
Overall, this particular book is worth checking out purely for the first half. The second half is, unfortunately, mediocre and forgettable.
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By R. McCarty
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This book went over well with me.
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