Spectre (Volume 3) #60 is an issue of the series Spectre (Volume 3) with a cover date of December, 1997.
Synopsis for "Within"
Father Craemer convinces Spectre and Jim Corrigan to enter each other's souls simultaneously. Jim discovers Spectre was originally an rebel angel named Aztar, who was condemned to have his memories erased. Aztar too learns of the origins of Corrigan's lost faith. During childhood, Jim's best friend was Rafe, the son of their housekeeper, Rose. Late one night, Jim saw Jebediah forcing himself on Rose. Rafe told Jim not to tell anyone because his mother had told him that if anyone found out, he and his mother would be kicked out of the Corrigan home with nowhere to go. Though Jim kept the secret, his mother discovered what was going on. Just as Rafe feared, he and Rose were forced to leave. Rafe refused to believe that Jim had not been responsible for Mrs. Corrigan finding out. Shortly afterward, Rafe was killed in a storm. In Jim's mind, Jedediah was responsible for Rafe's death because he had nowhere to go when his father turned them out. At Rafe's funeral, Jim rejected his father and his teachings, turning his back on God. As Corrigan and Aztar's experience ends, they become one and are confronted with what seems to be God.
Appearing in "Within"
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- Gaea
- Michael the Archangel
- Jebediah Corrigan (Flashback only)
- Rafe (Dies in flashback)
- Rose (Flashback only)
- Corrigan's Perception of God (Voice Only)
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Notes
When Corrigan rejects his father at Rafe's funeral he also implies that Rafe may have been Jebediah's son saying "You run him off--Him and Rose! And he had as much right to be here as me and you know why!" This is seemingly confirmed the following issue when Corrigan is shown Jebediah's struggles with lust. Corrigan learns that Jebediah impregnated Jim's mother out of wedlock and married her to do the right thing. Later Jebediah refers to both Jim and Rafe as "the physical proof of [his] own lusts."
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