Amy Beitermann (New Earth)



Real Name: Amy Beitermann Nicknames: Amy Former Aliases: No known former aliases Other Current Aliases: No other known current aliases

Status
Occupation: Social Worker, Hospital Legal Status: U.S. Citizen, Deceased Identity: Public Marital Status: Widowed Group Affiliation: No known group affiliation Base of Operations: New York City

Origin
Amy was a supporting character for the first major story arc of The Spectre (Volume 3).

Place of Birth: Unknown Known Relatives: Ted Beitermann (deceased); deceased unnamed mother and father First Appearance: The Spectre (Volume 3) (Dec 1992)

History
Amy Beitermann was a social worker at hospital in New York City when she met The Spectre (Jim Corrigan). After witnessing him "survive" a shooting, she became intrigued and sought him out, attempting to track him down at his former office next to Madam Xanadu's parlor. Xanadu was looking for Corrigan as well, and asked Amy to let her know if she found him. While visiting a friend, Nate Kane, at the police department where he worked, she learned the truth about Corrigan--that he was a ghost, and now the spirit of vengeance. When he came to her, she at first fled from him, but then he saved her from being assaulted from a gang. She insisted on knowing his origins, and he explained about his life--and his death, which made him the one to "confront and understand evil." Amy rebuked him, saying he had failed to "understand" evil, and in his anger he decided to look within her own soul, where he learned her history.

Amy's life had been marked by tragedy. Her father had died when she was young, causing a rift between her and her mother that just kept widening. Her mother died alone when Amy was eighteen, and she had only herself then. She married a man named Ted at twenty-five, but the marriage was not a happy one. Ted cheated on her constantly, and in her grief she responded by becoming a "loose woman." She would venture out many nights a week, picking up strangers and bars to sleep with. Some of them she did not even remember their names. Until she learned that Ted had contracted AIDS through one of his liasons and had given it to her--which meant she had passed it on to others, some whom she could not even remember. Ted died and Amy decided to change her life for the better. Corrigan did not know how to "confront" this, but saw a kindred spirit in Amy, as they both were lonely and felt cut off from the world at large.

Characteristics
Height: 5'9" Weight: 130 lbs (xxx kg) Eyes: Black Hair: Black Skin: White Unusual Features: No unusual features

Powers
Known Powers: None. Known Abilities: Strength Level: Normal strength for a human female in good physical condition

Miscellaneous
Equipment: No known equipment. Transportation: No known transportation. Weapons: No known weapons.

Trivia

 * None

Recommended Readings

 * The Spectre (Volume3) #1 - 12

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