(For those who didnt know, after dying as Parallax, Hal Jordan came back to earth and combined with a spirit of vengeance and turned into The Spectre. He used this second chance to redeem himself, by redeeming other people from their mistakes)
Wanted to read Geoff John's Green Lantern run but decided to read the whole Parallax thing first. Got to The Spectre (2001), not expecting anything from a hero i never heard before starting this journey, and it ended up being one of my favorite comic books ever
Granted i havent read much, i'm still new to western comics. But even compared to all the manga ive read, The Spectre is definitely up there. Beautiful art by Ryan Sook and later Norm Brayfogle, and beautiful writing by J.M DeMatteis about Hal's journey in redeeming himself from the atrocities he comitted as Parallax, by helping other people in the world in finding their own redemption
I'll check out the original Spectre, though its definitely not gonna be the same because most of my attachment to the character is less to the spirit and more to Hal at this point in his life
And i'm kinda dissapointed to see his journey in that series seemed ignored in Rebirth, where the Spirit of Vengeance still exist even though Hal changed it to Spirit of Redemption. Also The Spectre just.. left. What happened to Minxx, his temple, and his niece???