Comic Title: Spectre #9
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Mar/Apr 1969
On Sale Date: January 21, 1969 Copyright Date January 21, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date January 21, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #71

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dick Giordano

Title: (No Title)
Pages: 11

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

Writer: Mike Friedrich
Artist: Jerry Grandenetti

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:The Spectre TPB (2012)
Spectre:The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in Spectre #8; next appearance in Spectre #9)

Villain(s)

• Sharky and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A police sergenat (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Detective Jim Corrigan and a police sergeant track down a criminal known as Sharky. When they try to make the arrest, the sergeant is shot. This causes the Spectre to emerge, and he kills the shooter. Corrigan is upset with the Spectre and lapses into unconsciousness after denying the Spectre access to reenter his body.

The Spectre is called before the powers that created him. He is pronounced a failure and forced to relinquish his power. He is given a book and tasked with the responsibility to observe and judge the lives within.