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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published May 2003
Cover Price $2.75
Pages 36
Editing Dan Raspler (editor); Valerie D'Orazio (assistant)
Notes No letters page.

Cover Details

Characters The Spectre [Hal Jordan]
Genre Superhero; occult
Pencils P. Craig Russell (signed)
Inks P. Craig Russell (signed)
Colors Lovern Kindzierski
Notes No letters page.

22 page The Spectre [Hal Jordan] story "The Beginning of The Beginning"

Characters The Spectre [Hal Jordan]; Helen Katherine Jordan; Materna Minxx; spirit of Jack Jordan; spirit of Jan Jordan
Synopsis The Spectre reflects on his life as Hal Jordan in a soliloquy, while deciding whether to remain as Helen Jordan's guardian, and decides to do so.
Genre Superhero; occult
Script J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils Norm Breyfogle
Inks Dennis Janke
Colors Guy Major
Letters Kurt Hathaway
Editing Dan Raspler (editor); Valerie D'Orazio (assistant)
Notes The Spectre is seen as multiple aspects of himself, and as Green Lantern and Parallax in flashback.

1 page DC In Demand promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils [various]
Inks [various]
Editing Dan Raspler (editor); Valerie D'Orazio (assistant)
Notes Information on upcoming DC Comics. Replaces letters page. Art is vignettes from various comics.