Comic Title: Spectre #5
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: August 1987
On Sale Date: May 26, 1987 Newsstand Date May 26, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #39

Newsstand Date May 28, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #117

Shipping Date May 5, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #117

Newsstand Date May 28, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #702, #704

Copyright Date May 5, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date May 5, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #702, #704

Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Greenberger

Title: "The Mystery of My Murder"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Spectre (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Doug Moench
Penciller: Gene Colan
Inker: Steve Mitchell
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in Spectre #4; next appearance in Spectre #6)

Supporting Character(s)

• Madame Xanadu (last appearance in Spectre #4; next appearance in Spectre #6)
• Kim Liang (last appearance in Spectre #4; next appearance in Spectre #6)
• Peter Quarral (last appearance in Spectre #4; next appearance in Spectre #6)

Villain(s)

• Gina Belmont (next appearance in Spectre #6)
• An unnamed mugger (no further appearances)
• Enrique Armas (behind-the-scenes; as a ghost; next appearance in Spectre #6)

Other Character(s)

• Federick (a subway worker; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Landetta, Wilkins, and an unnamed clerk (clerks at the Bureau of Licenses; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Spectre (occurs after the Crisis; last appearance in Young All-Stars #27; next appearance in Spectre #1)
• Madame Xanadu (occurs after the Crisis; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Spectre #1)

Comments:
This story continues in Spectre #6.

Synopsis:
Jim Corrigan begins investigating his own murder which preceded his recent resurrection in which his body was found in a storage locker. His memory is cloudy, but he senses a link between his death and a series of recent subway tunnel deaths. When he reaches the tunnel, he discovers a familiar red mist inside.

He returns to Madame Xanadu who triggers more memories including those of his last case. He was investigating the disappearance of Eric Zendiah for Gina Belmont. Gina and Jim had become attracted to one another. When Gina kissed Corrigan, a red mist exited her mouth and killed him. She then went to Madame Xanadu for advice and was told to seal the body in a vessel. Xanadu then had Jim's body placed in the storage locker.

Corrigan seeks out Gina beginning at her old address. He finds a sinkhole that leads to an underground subway tunnel. Jim sees the red mist again, and is nearly hit by a subway train while trying to escape it.