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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published March-April 1969
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Dick Giordano (credited)
Notes Editing: Previously Julius Schwartz. New info by B., 2003-01-18 (Per Sandell ed.)

Cover Details - "Journal of Judgment"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
Genre superhero; occult
Pencils Nick Cardy (signed)
Inks Nick Cardy (signed)

11 page Spectre story "Journal of Judgment"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; God (flashback); Sharky (flashback)
Synopsis The Spectre is condemned to carrying the Journal of Judgement to atone for his sin in taking a life. Spectre is to pass judgment on the people in the Book.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Mike Friedrich
Pencils Jerry Grandenetti
Inks Jerry Grandenetti
Letters Jerry Grandenetti
Notes Jerry Grandenetti credit for lettering from Ted Watson (error-list, October 2007) through comparison with lettering in #6 which said to be by Jerry Grandenetti.

1 page Fact File text article "Fact File #4 -Vigilante"

Characters Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff
Synopsis History of the Vigilante feature.
Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Colors ? (illustration)
Letters typeset

8 page The Spectre story "Abraca-Doom"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Fredrick Foost; The Devil; Willy
Genre superhero; occult
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Berni Wrightson
Inks Berni Wrightson
Notes He becomes a minor character in his own book.... This represents a re-thinking of the direction that was indicated in the previous issue. The Spectre serves as little more than narrator in this story and the following ones.
Reprinted in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #224 (April-May 1974); in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

5 page Spectre story "Shadow Show"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Hickey
Genre superhero; occult
Script Mark Hanerfeld
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Reprinted in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #225 (June-July 1974); in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3