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Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus

DC · 684 pages · Omnibus

Part of the DC Omnibus guide — every release, in reading order

DC's grim arbiter of justice, the Spectre, returned in the 1960s to enact bloody vengeance on evildoers across the DC Universe.

Originally introduced inMore Fun Comics#42 in 1940 and co-created by Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman, the Spectre is a green-caped, white-skinned figure who metes out justice in the name of heaven.

DC's grim arbiter of justice, the Spectre, resurfaced in the 1960s for all-new--and sometimes controversial--stories demonstrating the true power of his vengeance. Witness former cop Jim Corrigan dish out ghoulish punishments across the DC Universe!

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Printing #1$125.00

August 26, 2020

Released Aug 2020📄 688 pages
  • Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus cover

    Standard Cover — Jim Aparo

    ISBN: 978-1779502933

Printing #2$99.99

June 3, 2025

5 years after #1📄 684 pagesWatch overview - Oct 2025
  • Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus cover

    Standard Cover — Jim Aparo

    ISBN: 978-1799501671

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14% of this book is also in other books we catalog.

2 more books share a few stories

Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 · 4% of this book

Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 2 · 3% of this book

Creators

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WriterMichael Fleisher +12
PencilerJim Aparo +17
InkerJim Aparo +19
ColoristAdrienne Roy +5
LettererGaspar Saladino +11

Percentages may exceed 100% when multiple creators share a role on the same issue.

Issues (32)

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  1. 1. #60 Showcase (1956)24pp
    🖼️Cover — Murphy Anderson · 1pp

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    War That Shook the Universe! · 23pp

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    📋Editorial — 1 credit

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    Not included — 3 stories

    "The Magic Card! [PSA]"1pp

    "Little Pete"1pp

    "Origin of the Spectre"1pp

  2. 2. #61 Showcase (1956)24pp
    🖼️Cover — Murphy Anderson · 1pp

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    Beyond the Sinister Barrier! · 23pp

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    📋Editorial — 1 credit

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    Not included — 6 stories

    "Tornado... Cyclone... Hurricane..."1pp

    "Readers' Rendezvous [Letters]"1pp

    "Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself? [PSA]"1pp

    "Direct Currents [Column]"1pp

    "Here Are Some Tips on How to Get Started Building Better Models! [Activity]"1pp

    "Cloud 9 [Cartoon]"1pp

  3. 3. #64 Showcase (1956)24pp
    🖼️Cover — Murphy Anderson · 1pp

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    The Ghost of Ace Chance! · 23pp

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    📋Editorial — 1 credit

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    Not included — 3 stories

    "Readers' Rendezvous [Letters]"1pp

    "Cap's Hobby Hints [Activity]"1pp

    "Direct Currents [Column]"1pp

  4. 4. #72 The Brave and the Bold (1955)24pp
    🖼️Cover — Carmine Infantino · 1pp

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    Phantom Flash, Cosmic Traitor · 23pp

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    Not included — 4 stories

    "Direct Currents [Column]"1pp

    "Cap's Hobby Hints [Activity]"1pp

    "Moolah the Mystic"1pp

    "Famous Phantoms"1pp

  5. 5. #75 The Brave and the Bold (1955)24pp
    🖼️Cover — Neal Adams · 1pp

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    Batman · 23pp

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    Not included — 4 stories

    "Cap's Hobby Hints [Activity]"1pp

    "Direct Currents [Column]"1pp

    "The Batman Whirly-Word Game [Activity]"1pp

    "A Land of Many Walls"1pp

  6. 6. #1 The Spectre (1967)23pp
    🖼️Cover — Murphy Anderson · 1pp

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    The Sinister Lives of Captain Skull! · 22pp

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    Not included — 4 stories

    "Readers' Rendezvous [Letters]"1pp

    "Readers' Rendezvous [Letters]"1pp

    "Cap's Hobby Hints [Activity]"1pp

    "Direct Currents [Column]"1pp

  7. 7. #2 The Spectre (1967)23pp
    🖼️Cover — Neal Adams · 1pp

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    Die, Spectre--Again! · 22pp

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    📋Editorial — 1 credit

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    Not included — 4 stories

    "Readers' Rendezvous [Letters]"1pp

    "Cap's Hobby Hints [Activity]"1pp

    "Direct Currents [Column]"1pp

    "The Spectre Interviews Neal Adams!"1pp

  8. 8. #3 The Spectre (1967)25pp
    🖼️Cover — Neal Adams · 1pp

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    Prologue · 2pp

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    Hang 'Em Up, Wildcat -- You're Finished! · 11pp

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    Menace of the Mystic Mastermind · 9pp

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    Epilogue · 2pp

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    📋Editorial — 1 credit

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    Not included — 3 stories

    "Readers' Rendezvous [Letters]"1pp

    "Readers' Rendezvous [Letters]"1pp

    "Direct Currents [Column]"1pp

  9. 9. #4 The Spectre (1967)25pp
    🖼️Cover — Neal Adams · 1pp

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    Stop That Kid.. Before He Wrecks The World! · 8pp

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    [Stop That Kid.. Before He Wrecks The World! Part 2] World-Eater! · 7pp

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    [Stop That Kid.. Before He Wrecks The World! Part 3] The Power of Evil · 9pp

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    📋Editorial — 1 credit

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    Not included — 3 stories

    "Readers' Rendezvous [Letters]"1pp

    "Direct Currents [Column]"1pp

    "Cap's Hobby Hints [Activity]"1pp

  10. 10. #5 The Spectre (1967)24pp
    🖼️Cover — Neal Adams · 1pp

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    Prologue · 2pp

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    Chapter I: The Spectre Means Death? · 7pp

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    Chapter II: Fugitive from Justice! · 14pp

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    Not included — 3 stories

    "Spectre-Graphs [Letters]"1pp

    "Direct Currents [Column]"1pp

    "Spectre-Graphs - Extra [Letters]"1pp

  11. 11. #6 The Spectre (1967)23pp
    🖼️Cover — Jerry Grandenetti · 1pp

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    Pilgrims of Peril! · 22pp

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    📋Editorial — 1 credit

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    Not included — 1 story

    "Spectre-Graphs [Letters]"1pp

  12. 12. #7 The Spectre (1967)15pp
    🖼️Cover — Jerry Grandenetti · 1pp

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    The Ghost That Haunted Money! · 14pp

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    📋Editorial — 1 credit

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    Not included — 3 stories

    "Spectre-Graphs [Letters]"1pp

    "The Hour Hourman Died!"9pp

    "Spectre-Graphs [Letters]"1pp

  13. 13. #8 The Spectre (1967)23pp
    🖼️Cover — Nick Cardy · 1pp

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    The Parchment of Power Perilous · 22pp

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    📋Editorial — 1 credit

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "Spectre-Graphs [Letters]"1pp

    "Spectre-Graphs - Extra [Letters]"1pp

  14. 14. #9 The Spectre (1967)26pp
    🖼️Cover — Nick Cardy · 1pp

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    Journal of Judgment · 11pp

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    Abraca-Doom! · 9pp

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    Shadow Show · 5pp

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    📋Editorial — 1 credit

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    Not included — 1 story

    "#4 [Vigilante]"1pp

  15. 15. #10 The Spectre (1967)26pp
    🖼️Cover — Nick Cardy · 1pp

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    The Pathway of ---The Spectre [Foreword] · 1ppforeword

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    Footsteps of Disaster · 6pp

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    Hit and Run! · 5pp

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    How Much Can a Guy Take? · 5pp

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    Will the Real Killer Please Rise? · 8pp

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    📋Editorial — 1 credit

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    Not included — 1 story

    "Fact File #8 [The Spectre]"1pp

  16. 16. #431 Adventure Comics (1938)13pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Wrath of... the Spectre · 12pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "Is a Snerl Human?"8pp

    "Dateline: Adventure [Letters]"1pp

  17. 17. #432 Adventure Comics (1938)14pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Anguish of... the Spectre · 13pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "Night of the Slaves"7pp

    "Dateline: Adventure [Letters]"1pp

  18. 18. #433 Adventure Comics (1938)14pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Swami and... the Spectre · 13pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "Revolt and Revenge!"7pp

    "Dateline: Adventure [Letters]"1pp

  19. 19. #434 Adventure Comics (1938)21pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Nightmare Dummies and... the Spectre · 20pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 1 story

    "Dateline: Adventure [Letters]"1pp

  20. 20. #435 Adventure Comics (1938)14pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Man Who Stalked the Spectre · 13pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "Dateline: Adventure [Letters]"1pp

    "As the Undersea City Sleeps"7pp

  21. 21. #436 Adventure Comics (1938)14pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Gasmen and... the Spectre · 13pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "The King is Dead; Long Live the King!"7pp

    "Dateline: Adventure [Letters]"1pp

  22. 22. #116 The Brave and the Bold (1955)21pp
    🖼️Cover — Irv Novick · 1pp

    🖌️Artist, , , ,

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    Grasp of the Killer Cult · 20pp

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    📋Editorial — 4 credits

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    Not included — 8 stories

    "The Dimensional Caper!"23pp

    "Knight for a Day!"8pp

    "The Brave and the Bold Mailbag [Letters]"2pp

    "Heroes Who Wouldn't Die!"3pp

    "In the Coils of Copperhead!"22pp

    "The Many Lives of the Spectre"2pp

    "Double Clues #3 [Activity]"1pp

    "[Activity]"1pp

  23. 23. #437 Adventure Comics (1938)14pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Human Bombs and... the Spectre · 13pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "A Quiet Day in Atlantis"7pp

    "Dateline: Adventure [Letters]"1pp

  24. 24. #438 Adventure Comics (1938)11pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Spectre Haunts the Museum of Fear · 10pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 3 stories

    "Dateline: Adventure [Letters]"1pp

    "Land of Magic! Chapter One"4pp

    "Chapter 2: Knight After Knight"6pp

  25. 25. #439 Adventure Comics (1938)13pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Voice That Doomed... the Spectre · 12pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "Chapter 3: Father Time's Inn!"6pp

    "Dateline: Adventure [Letters]"1pp

  26. 26. #440 Adventure Comics (1938)13pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Second Death of the... Spectre · 12pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "Chapter 4: Kings Make a Full House"6pp

    "Dateline: Adventure [Letters]"1pp

  27. 27. #29 DC Comics Presents (1978)18pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Starlin · 1pp

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    Where No Superman Has Gone Before · 17pp

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    📋Editorial — 3 credits

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "Whatever Happened to Dr. Mid-Nite?"8pp

    "Pair Mail [Letters]"1pp

  28. 28. #97 Ghosts (1971)9pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    Dr. 13 Ghost-Breaker and the Spectre · 8pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 6 stories

    "The Files of Dr. Geist"1pp

    "A Very Special Spirit"6pp

    "The Incarnadine Bridge!"6pp

    "Deep Six Phantom"3pp

    "Spirit Writing [Letters]"1pp

    "Ghost Giggles"1pp

  29. 29. #98 Ghosts (1971)9pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Haunted House and The Spectre! · 8pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 6 stories

    "The Files of Dr. Geist"1pp

    "The Death of a Ghost!"6pp

    "Great Ghost!"1pp

    "The Asylum of Specters"6pp

    "Spirit, Don't Save Me!"3pp

    "Spirit Writing [Letters]"1pp

  30. 30. #99 Ghosts (1971)9pp
    🖼️Cover — Rich Buckler · 1pp

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    Death... and the Spectre · 8pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 6 stories

    "The Files of Dr. Geist"1pp

    "Till Death Do Us Join!"8pp

    "Spirit Writing [Letters]"1pp

    "The Ghost Gladiator"6pp

    "Haunted Happenings"1pp

    "Ghost Giggles"1pp

  31. 31. #180 The Brave and the Bold (1955)20pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Scepter of the Dragon God! · 19pp

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    📋Editorial — 2 credits

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "Be Still, My Trembling Heart!"8pp

    "The Brave and the Bold Mailbag [Letters]"1pp

  32. 32. #199 The Brave and the Bold (1955)24pp
    🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp

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    The Body-Napping of Jim Corrigan! · 23pp

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    📋Editorial — 3 credits

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    Not included — 2 stories

    "The Brave and the Bold Mailbag [Letters]"2pp

    "Meanwhile... [Column]"1pp

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