![]() ![]() Even the Spectre in "Kingdom Come" came to Norman McCay for aid, because he had drifted too far from humanity to see the situation clearly. Amy's words on the importance of mercy resonate with him and he tries to incorporate them into his work, but is often driven by his anger and overly simplistic understanding of the binary that is good and evil. It was written by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. This entity needs a human host to help with his judgment, but one of the most fascinating things about Corrigan is that he's hardly the perfect man for such a job. Kingdom Come is a four-issue comic book miniseries published in 1996 by DC Comics under their Elseworlds imprint. He was indeed the Wrath of God, but was also later revealed to be a fallen angel named Aztar, who wound up regretting his part in the rebellion and, as penance, the Presence (DC's version of God) made him an instrument of vengeance. The Spectre's punishments have ranged from absolutely ridiculous to incredibly disturbing, depending on the decade, but he was nothing if not creative. One of the coolest things about the Spectre is that his powers are only limited by his imagination, but as someone who turns villains into oil, cuts them in half with giant scissors, or ingests them whole, that seems to be an area in which he isn't lacking. This statue features Ross visions of the Spectre. He can do just about anything, so for some writers, the only option was the most frustrating: significantly depower him or strip him of his abilities altogether. KINGDOM COME: SPECTRE, GREEN LANTERN & NORMAN McCAY STATUE - Designed by Alex Ross. Superman scribes have often struggled with the same issue and the Spectre is far more powerful than the Man of Steel. One of the most difficult lifts for writers taking over the title was how to have actual stakes in a story whose central character is essentially omnipotent. He then disappeared from comics for twenty years or so and, like most superheroes of the time, was somewhat reinvented for the Silver Age (1956-1969). The Spectre soon became a member of the Golden Age version of the Justice Society of America and even got a goofy sidekick - a decision that drastically altered the character, and not for the better. The stories were pre-Comics Code Authority, which enabled the creative team to lean into some of the stranger and scarier aspects of the character. These early tales are pretty wild, setting the stage for the Spectre's near-limitless powers that he uses in some pretty unique ways. ![]()
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