| Issue | #4 |
| Published | March 1993 |
| Cover Price | 1.75 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Dan Raspler; Frank Pittarese (assistant) |
| Characters | Spectre; Jim Corrigan |
| Genre | Occult |
| Pencils | Tom Mandrake |
| Inks | Tom Mandrake |
| Reprinted | In Spectre: Crimes and Punishments, The (DC, 1993 series) #nn |
| Characters | Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (origin); Amy Beitermann; Ted James (Flashback); Jim Corrigan (Flashback); Clarice Winston (Flashback); Gat Benson (Flashback; death); Waylon Grant (Corrigan's partner, Flashback) |
| Synopsis | As the Spectre's origin continues, Corrigan returns to earth as the Spectre, kills Gat Benson, and prevents a mortally wounded Clarice from ascending to heaven. In the present, the Spectre learns that Amy received AIDS from her ex-husband, Ted James, and passed it on to others before she found out herself. |
| Genre | Occult |
| Script | John Ostrander |
| Pencils | Tom Mandrake |
| Inks | Tom Mandrake |
| Colors | Digital Chameleon |
| Letters | Todd Klein |
| Reprinted | In Spectre: Crimes and Punishments, The (DC, 1993 series) #nn |