Comic Title: Spectre #3
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Mar/Apr 1968
On Sale Date: January 16, 1968 Newsstand Date January 16, 1968
Source: Direct Currents, Batman #200, Page 6

Newsstand Date January 16, 1968
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V23 #2

Copyright Date January 16, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Menace of the Mystic Mastermind"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Spectre (of Earth-2)

Writer: Mike Friedrich
Artist: Neal Adams

Reprinted In:
Adventure Comics #496 (1983)
Crisis on Multiple Earths:Team-Ups Vol. 2 TPB (2007)
Showcase Presents:The Spectre TPB (2012)
Spectre:The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in Spectre #2; next appearance in Spectre #4)

Guest Star(s)

• Wildcat (last appearance in Justice League of America #56; next appearance in Justice League of America #82)

Villain(s)

• Jack Dold (a small-time crook; no further appearances)
• Dold's two partners (no further appearances)
• Two punk thugs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Two sorcerers from another dimension (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When two entities from another dimension expend their energies in a war with each other, their bolts cross dimensions. The transdimensional energy arrives on Earth and empowers small-time crook Jack Dold. When Dold discovers his powers he uses them to defeat the aging hero Wildcat.

The Spectre witnesses Wildcat's defeat and comes to the age of his Justice Society comrade. Spectre consoles his friend, then goes after Dold. When the crook uses his new powers, the Spectre is able to track him. The Ghostly Guardian is then able to remove Dold's powers completely, placing the energy in a location where it can never be used again.

Following a suggestion made by the Spectre, Wildcat opens Grant's Gym and begins teaching kids the art of boxing. The gym has given Ted Grant a new purpose and brings the old hero pride.