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| === October, 1965 === | === October, 1965 === |
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| * October 10: During a seance meant to uncover the location of a lost fortune, the Spectre is released from the body of Gateway City Police Detective-Captain Jim Corrigan (who has not aged since the 1940s) for the first time in 20 years, just in time to stop a bomb tossed by criminals seeking revenge on Corrigan from killing everyone in the room. Soon after, Corrigan is ambushed by mob bosses Rocks Parker and Tuffy Cooper, who are stopped from shooting him down by the Spectre in his first appearance in two decades. The Spectre searches the mystical hotspots of the world for the reason he was imprisoned for so long, but is interrupted when he saves Corrigan's life from the Adirondack Mob. Sensing that the same force that had trapped him is overwhelming him again, the Spectre returns to Corrigan's body after telling him the source of the mystic energy is emanating from Paul Nevers in Mountain City. Investigating Nevers, Corrigan learns that he was a small-time crook who had suddenly began pulling off spectacular crimes, thanks to supernatural powers. Traveling to Mountain City, Corrigan tracks down Nevers after he robs a bank, then resists a force urging him to shoot him. As the Spectre leaves Corrigan's body, the astral being called Azmodus leaves Nevers' body, explaining that he left the world of his astral plane 20 years ago to come to Earth, where he entered his original host-body and found himself trapped there, just as the Spectre was trapped in Corrigan's body, since their astral energies cancel each other out. After his human host died, both Azmodus and the Spectre were freed, and Azmodus was able to return to Tholagga, land of astral evil, where he found a silver bullet imbued with ultra-evil powers in the Temple of the Black Gardens. Bringing the bullet back to Earth, Azmodus planned for Corrigan to shoot Nevers with the bullet, which would simultaneously trap the Spectre in Corrigan's body for all time while also completely freeing Azmodus. Now Azmodus challenges the Spectre in a fight to the finish, spirit against spirit, while Corrigan and Nevers engage in their own fight. Just as Corrigan manages to knock out Nevers, Azmodus is weakened, allowing the Spectre to drain his astral powers and subdue him. The Spectre then traps the inert and unconscious Azmodus for all eternity in no-time and non-space, but not before Azmodus reveals that he has already arranged for his master (the evil Shathan, lord of Dis) to carry on for him. //Note: At this time the Spectre is shown to be more of a mystical warrior rather than an avenger, since he now never kills his opponents and even goes out of his way to save them from being killed. Possibly the time trapped in Jim Corrigan's body has somehow tempered the spirit of vengeance part of him.// ["War That Shook the Universe," Showcase #60 (January-February, 1966)] | * October 10: During a seance meant to uncover the location of a lost fortune, the Spectre is released from the body of Gateway City Police Detective-Captain Jim Corrigan (who has aged very slowly since the 1940s, with only a white streak in his hair) for the first time in 20 years, just in time to stop a bomb tossed by criminals seeking revenge on Corrigan from killing everyone in the room. Soon after, Corrigan is ambushed by mob bosses Rocks Parker and Tuffy Cooper, who are stopped from shooting him down by the Spectre in his first appearance in two decades. The Spectre searches the mystical hotspots of the world for the reason he was imprisoned for so long, but is interrupted when he saves Corrigan's life from the Adirondack Mob. Sensing that the same force that had trapped him is overwhelming him again, the Spectre returns to Corrigan's body after telling him the source of the mystic energy is emanating from Paul Nevers in Mountain City. Investigating Nevers, Corrigan learns that he was a small-time crook who had suddenly began pulling off spectacular crimes, thanks to supernatural powers. Traveling to Mountain City, Corrigan tracks down Nevers after he robs a bank, then resists a force urging him to shoot him. As the Spectre leaves Corrigan's body, the astral being called Azmodus leaves Nevers' body, explaining that he left the world of his astral plane 20 years ago to come to Earth, where he entered his original host-body and found himself trapped there, just as the Spectre was trapped in Corrigan's body, since their astral energies cancel each other out. After his human host died, both Azmodus and the Spectre were freed, and Azmodus was able to return to Tholagga, land of astral evil, where he found a silver bullet imbued with ultra-evil powers in the Temple of the Black Gardens. Bringing the bullet back to Earth, Azmodus planned for Corrigan to shoot Nevers with the bullet, which would simultaneously trap the Spectre in Corrigan's body for all time while also completely freeing Azmodus. Now Azmodus challenges the Spectre in a fight to the finish, spirit against spirit, while Corrigan and Nevers engage in their own fight. Just as Corrigan manages to knock out Nevers, Azmodus is weakened, allowing the Spectre to drain his astral powers and subdue him. The Spectre then traps the inert and unconscious Azmodus for all eternity in no-time and non-space, but not before Azmodus reveals that he has already arranged for his master (the evil Shathan, lord of Dis) to carry on for him. //Note: At this time the Spectre is shown to be more of a mystical warrior rather than an avenger, since he now never kills his opponents and even goes out of his way to save them from being killed. Possibly the time trapped in Jim Corrigan's body has somehow tempered the spirit of vengeance part of him.// ["War That Shook the Universe," Showcase #60 (January-February, 1966)] |
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| === December, 1965 === | === December, 1965 === |
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| * November 4: Returning from a long voyage through the astral plane, the Spectre is nearly drained of energy when he attempts to return to Detective-Captain Jim Corrigan's body. When Corrigan insists that the Spectre stop the armed criminals who are about to kill him first, the Spectre recklessly blasts them with a spell that causes them to fall asleep, and accidentally also strikes a passerby. That night, the Spectre is summoned before the Voice, who reprimands him for his recklessness and gives him an unknown weakness that will manifest during times of stress and will change from time to time. ["The Parchment of Power Perilous," The Spectre #8 (January-February, 1969)] | * November 4: Returning from a long voyage through the astral plane, the Spectre is nearly drained of energy when he attempts to return to Detective-Captain Jim Corrigan's body. When Corrigan insists that the Spectre stop the armed criminals who are about to kill him first, the Spectre recklessly blasts them with a spell that causes them to fall asleep, and accidentally also strikes a passerby. That night, the Spectre is summoned before the Voice, who reprimands him for his recklessness and gives him an unknown weakness that will manifest during times of stress and will change from time to time. ["The Parchment of Power Perilous," The Spectre #8 (January-February, 1969)] |
| * November 7: During a routine case, Detective-Captain Jim Corrigan is nearly shot in the back by a criminal when the Spectre shows up and destroys him with bolts from his eyes. When Corrigan argues that he has no right to kill, and refuses to allow the Spectre to return to his body, the Spectre ends up knocking out Corrigan while attempting to forcefully return. The Spectre is summoned before the Voice to account for his actions and is told that his mission on Earth must be ended immediately. When the Spectre appeals for mercy, he is given another chance, but now must be chained to a book called the Journal of Judgment, whose tasks he must fulfill in order to return to his previous standing. From this point on, the Spectre must review those mortals whose names appear in the book and pass judgment on them, occasionally issuing a warning to them. //Note: This story takes place a few nights after the previous issue.// ["Journal of Judgment," The Spectre #9 (March-April, 1969)] | * November 7: During a routine case, Detective-Captain Jim Corrigan is nearly shot in the back by a criminal when the Spectre shows up and destroys him with bolts from his eyes. When Corrigan argues that he has no right to kill, and refuses to allow the Spectre to return to his body, the Spectre ends up knocking out Corrigan while attempting to forcefully return. The Spectre is summoned before the Voice to account for his actions and is told that his mission on Earth must be ended immediately. When the Spectre appeals for mercy, he is given another chance, but now must be chained to a book called the Journal of Judgment, whose tasks he must fulfill in order to return to his previous standing. From this point on, the Spectre must review those mortals whose names appear in the book and pass judgment on them, occasionally issuing a warning to them. //Note: This story takes place a few nights after the previous issue. After this point, the Spectre does not return to the Earth-Two Jim Corrigan's body until after the Crisis on Infinite Earths.// ["Journal of Judgment," The Spectre #9 (March-April, 1969)] |
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| ==== 1969 ==== | ==== 1969 ==== |
| * Bonnie Jones-Carter is born in Star City to James Elliot Carter and Cissie Jones-Carter. The granddaughter of Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) and Bonnie King (Miss Arrowette), she will grow up to become the heroine Arrowette. | * Bonnie Jones-Carter is born in Star City to James Elliot Carter and Cissie Jones-Carter. The granddaughter of Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) and Bonnie King (Miss Arrowette), she will grow up to become the heroine Arrowette. |
| * Beth Harper is born in Star City. The granddaughter of Jim Harper (the Guardian), she will grow up to become the heroine Flare. | * Beth Harper is born in Star City. The granddaughter of Jim Harper (the Guardian), she will grow up to become the heroine Flare. |
| | * The Spectre completes his tasks in the Journal of Judgment, freeing him from the book once more. However, sometime after this, the Spectre is condemned for an unknown trespass to reside in a crypt, able to leave only when he is summoned. ["Where Valor Fails, Will Magic Triumph?" Justice League of America #83 (September, 1970)] |
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| | === July, 1970 === |
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| | * July 18: An alien named Creator2, tasked with building a new planet for his clients, plans to destroy two planets for their raw materials. Capturing Red Tornado, Creator2 uses him to bring Earth-Two and Earth-One together to occupy the same space, thus destroying both. In order to remove resistance, Creator2 causes calamities to befall members of the Justice Society of America, which causes their counterparts in Earth-One's Justice League of America to experience the effects of those calamities. Doctor Fate summons the Spectre to save the Earths from being destroyed. Traveling to the Netherspace between Earth-Two and Earth-One, the Spectre uses his ectoplasmic body to block them from merging into the same plane of existence. Meanwhile, Doctor Fate destroys Creator2's ship, freeing Red Tornado. But as the Earths are pulled apart as Earth-One returns to its own universe, the Spectre is torn apart and seemingly destroyed. Now that the Spectre has atoned for a past trespass, he is finally freed. //Note: Since the Spectre appears as a regular JSA member in issue #82 during a time when he can only leave his crypt when summoned, he must have been summoned by Doctor Fate prior to the meeting, then returned to his crypt after a short time, only to be summoned once more in issue #83.// ["Peril of the Paired Planets," Justice League of America #82 (August, 1970); "Where Valor Fails, Will Magic Triumph?" Justice League of America #83 (September, 1970)] |
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| ==== 1971 ==== | ==== 1971 ==== |
| * Kal-El is born on Krypton-Prime and soon sent to Earth-Prime as a baby, where he is adopted by Jerry and Naomi Kent and named Clark Kent. He will grow up to become the hero Superboy. | * Kal-El is born on Krypton-Prime and soon sent to Earth-Prime as a baby, where he is adopted by Jerry and Naomi Kent and named Clark Kent. He will grow up to become the hero Superboy. |
| * Jason Todd is born in Gotham City. He will grow up to become the hero Batwing. | * Jason Todd is born in Gotham City. He will grow up to become the hero Batwing. |
| | * After a few months of nonexistence, the Spectre's astral body is restored and brought before the Voice, who forbids him from returning to Earth-Two, but gives him a new mission to fight evil on Earth-One, where he is bonded to the Jim Corrigan of Earth-One. Meanwhile, Jim Corrigan of Earth-Two is restored to the age he was in 1940, and his memories of being the Spectre are subdued so that he is no longer traumatized by the Spectre's actions. Disoriented by the experience, Corrigan is found wandering through Gotham City by Andrea Winslow, who helps him to get back on his feet. Corrigan soon joins the Gotham City Police Department, and he and Andrea begin dating. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/spectre1986-01-1/|The Spectre: Lingering Spirit, Chapter 1: A Necessary Connection]]"] |
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| ==== 1972 ==== | ==== 1972 ==== |
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| * Doris Knight, wife of Ted Knight (Starman) dies. //Note: While Starman says that his wife died "a couple of decades back" in America Vs. the JSA #3, it's likely that he was obfuscating the facts to protect his secret identity, since we know Doris lived until 1974.// [America Vs. the JSA #3; Starman: Stars Be My Destiny, Book 1: Sins of the Father] | * Doris Knight, wife of Ted Knight (Starman) dies. //Note: While Starman says that his wife died "a couple of decades back" in America Vs. the JSA #3, it's likely that he was obfuscating the facts to protect his secret identity, since we know Doris lived until 1974.// [America Vs. the JSA #3; Starman: Stars Be My Destiny, Book 1: Sins of the Father] |
| | * Jim Corrigan marries Andrea Winslow. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/spectre1986-01-1/|The Spectre: Lingering Spirit, Chapter 1: A Necessary Connection]]"] |
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| === April, 1974 === | === April, 1974 === |