10 Worst Things The Spectre Has Ever Done

10. Spectre Became A Force For Evil During The Blackest Night

The villain Black Hand realized that he need to get the Spectre out of the way for his plans to succeed. He had his Black Lantern operative Pariah create more Black Lantern rings and attach themselves to the corpse of Crispus Allen, trapping the wraith inside his host and transforming him into a Black Lantern. Transforming to giant size, the transformed Vengeance entity demanded Hal Jordan come back as his host. The Phantom Stranger and Blue Devil were able to delay the Spirit but not stop him from his pursuit of Jordan.

Because the Spectre Force protected him from the emotional light that normally destroyed the Black Lanterns, Hal needed to take drastic measures. Knowing that the Spectre feared the Parallax entity, Jordan allowed himself to become reinfected with the fear entity in order to stop him. Hal was able to free the ghost from the influence of the Black Rings.

The power of the Spectre drew the immediate interest of Atrocitus, the leader of the Red Lantern Corps. He wanted to use the power in revenge against the Guardians of the Galaxy, and he warned Atrocitus that he was God’s rage and true rage like his was not to be trifled with. The Spirit of Vengeance confronted Nekron but, having no soul, the death entity was immune to Wraith’s powers. Nekron removed him from the battlefield to an unknown location.