Comic Title: Spectre #16
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: July 1988
On Sale Date: April 5, 1988 Shipping Date April 5, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #2

Shipping Date April 5, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #137

Copyright Date April 5, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date April 5, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752

Newsstand Date April 19, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Andrew Helfer

Title: "Secret Weapon"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Spectre (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Doug Moench
Penciller: Chris Wozniak
Inker: Mark Farmer
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Anthony Tollin

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in Spectre #15; next appearance in Spectre Annual #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Madame Xanadu (last appearance in Spectre #15; next appearance in Spectre Annual #1)
• Kim Liang (last appearance in Spectre #15; next appearance in Spectre Annual #1)
• Peter Quarral (last appearance in Spectre #8; next appearance in Spectre Annual #1)

Villain(s)

• Winston Scullis (dies in this story; last appearance in Spectre #15; no further appearances)
• The Cult of the Blood Red Moon (last appearance in Spectre #15; no further appearances)
• Deschanta (dies in this story; last appearance in Spectre #15; no further appearances)
• An evil spirit demon (last appearance in Spectre #3; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Spectre #15.

Synopsis:
Jim Corrigan leads detective Pete Quarrel to a body in a hotel. He then reveals that he is the host of the Spectre. after the Spectre gets information from the gunshot victim, Pete and Jim head for the lighthouse where the Cult of the Blood Red Moon await.

Winston Scullis and the others trap Jim and Pete in a ring of fire. Then a demon rises through a trap door in the floor and attacks them. The Spectre emerges from Jim and defeats the demon. During the battle, the Cult members try to escape by plane. The Spectre goes after them and kills them all. Pete and Jim then burn the body of the demon in the lighthouse.