Comic Title: Spectre #2
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: May 1987
On Sale Date: February 26, 1987 Newsstand Date February 26, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Newsstand Date February 26, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #110

Shipping Date February 3, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Shipping Date February 3, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #110

Shipping Date February 3, 1987
Source: Comics Journal, #113

Copyright Date February 3, 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 February 26, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690, #692

Shipping Date February 3, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690, #692

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

Title: "First Stirrings"
Pages: 25

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 #1; next appearance in Spectre #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Madame Xanadu (last appearance in Spectre #1; next appearance in Spectre #3)
• Kim Liang (last appearance in Spectre #1; next appearance in Spectre #3)
• Peter Quarral (a police detective; next appearance in Spectre #3)

Villain(s)

• The Cult of the Blood Red Moon (last appearance in Spectre #1; next appearance in Spectre #3)
• Winston Scullis (name revealed in this story; last appearance in Spectre #1; next appearance in Spectre #3)
• An evil spirit demon (possesses Louis Petrocci; last appearance in Spectre #1; next appearance in Spectre #3)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Phantom Stranger (last appearance in Legends #6; next appearance in Spectre #3)

Other Character(s)

• Louis Petrocci (last appearance in Spectre #1; next appearance in Spectre #3)
• Lucy Xerniak (brother of Winston Scullis; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Spectre #1 and continues in Spectre #3.

Synopsis:
While Jim Corrigan learns about his new relationship with the Spectre, the Cult of the Blood Red Moon reforms. One of the Cult members, a stamp collector, refuses to rejoin, so Louis Petrocci, now possessed, is sent to murder him.

The Spectre learns that the stamp collector is murdered. While he investigates, Jim Corrigan's first client Lucy Xerniak is killed in the same manner. The Spectre and Corrigan then reunite and visit the home of Xerniak's brother, Winston Scullis, the leader of the Cult.