Comic Title: Spectre #4
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: July 1987
On Sale Date: April 21, 1987 Newsstand Date April 21, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #38

Newsstand Date April 23, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #114

Shipping Date March 31, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #114

Copyright Date March 31, 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

Newsstand Date April 23, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #694, #696

Shipping Date March 31, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #694, #696

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

Title: "The Lacquer Look"
Pages: 26

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 #3; next appearance in Spectre #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Madame Xanadu (last appearance in Spectre #3; next appearance in Spectre #5)
• Kim Liang (last appearance in Spectre #3; next appearance in Spectre #5)
• Peter Quarral (last appearance in Spectre #3; next appearance in Spectre #5)

Villain(s)

• Geravis (a photographer; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Chrissie Starr (a model; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Three unnamed teenagers (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Geravis, a photographer, posts an ad for models. After taking their pictures in heavy makeup, he kills them. The Spectre and Jim Corrigan disagree on how to deal with the killer. Jim is against killing him, while the Spectre seeks vengeance. The Spectre wins out and kills Geravis. While the photographer waits for his final fate, the Spectre learns that Geravis was abused by his mother who wore heavy makeup. The Spectre returns to Corrigan, conflicted by his mission and by Corrigan's conscience.