Comic Title: Showcase Presents:The Spectre TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2012
On Sale Date: April 25, 2012 Direct Market Date April 25, 2012
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Direct Market Date January 18, 2012
Source: Previews, #277

Cover Price: $19.99
Page Count: 592

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Ghost of Ace Chance"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Spectre (of Earth-2)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Murphy Anderson

Reprinted From:
Showcase #64 (1966)

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in Justice League of America #47; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #72)

Villain(s)

• Ace Chance (a gambler; no further appearances)
• Two hoodlums and three jewel thieves (no further appearances)
• Various demons (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mona Marcy (the world's wealthiest woman; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Gambler Ace Chance is killed by thugs for not paying his gambling debts. Jim Corrigan comes to the man's aid, but not before Chance's spirit rises from his body. The Spectre tries to save Chance, pulling the body back to Earth. However, Chance's spirit takes possession of Corrigan rather than returning to his own body.

With Chance's spirit in control, Corrigan begins to attract evil energies. Spectre is unable to reenter Corrigan's body, so he must gather good energy in order to confront Chance's spirit. The two spirits then battle upon the astral plane. The Spectre forces Chance to expend his evil energies, then attempts to force him back inside his rightful body. Chance tries one last scheme by casting an illusion to make the Spectre believe Corrigan's body is Chance's. The strategy fails. Spectre sees through the illusion and puts the spirit in the correct body, permanently removing all supernatural powers that Chance possessed.