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The Spectre straddles two worlds, attacked by jets on Earth, and by Azmodus on the Astral Plane.
The many different advantages to your local public library are discussed and discovered.
The Spectre confronts the evil Azmodus, who has taken over the body of Paul Nevers.
Pete's father gets him to pick up all this stuff on his bedroom floor by giving him a model car racing set.
The history of the character up to this point.
On-sale date from house ad in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #158. On-sale date in copyright registration of November 15 a likely typo.
- The War That Shook the Universe! - First appearance of The Spectre in the Silver Age. Silver Age revival of a Golden Age character.
- The Magic Card! - On the inside front cover, in black and white.
- War That Shook the Universe! - Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story across 24 pages in three parts of 7.67, 9.67, and 5.67 pages. Revival of the character. This issue explains why he has not been seen in 20 years. The character Stefan Miklos is a thinly disguised rendition of real-life alleged psychic Peter Hurkos.
- - Follows page 18 of Sequence 2.
- Origin of the Spectre - After Sequence 3. Originally credited in error to Gardner Fox, as pointed out by Ted Watson.