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Cover: Brian Bolland

The Spectre #42

Jun 1996 · DC · 2.25 USD; 3.25 CAD

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“The Poisoned Land”

Brian Bolland's painted cover for this June 1996 issue is quietly stunning — the Spectre looms in his deep green hood and cloak, his pallid, grimly downcast face framed by a violent burst of fire and churning smoke behind him, his feet lost in billowing clouds. There's something almost mournful in the composition, capturing the weight that comes with being DC's Spirit of Vengeance. John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake were crafting some of the most thoughtful dark fantasy in 1990s comics, and "The Poisoned Land" promises another morally complex chapter in that run.

writer John Ostrander · artist, inker Tom Mandrake · colorist Carla Feeny · colorist Digital Chameleon · letterer Todd Klein · cover Brian Bolland

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Cast · 2 characters

Jim Corrigan Spectre

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writer John Ostrander

artist, inker Tom Mandrake

colorist Carla Feeny

colorist Digital Chameleon

letterer Todd Klein

cover pencils, inks Brian Bolland

Reprints

Reprinted in Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland #[nn] (2011)

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