Comic Title: Spectre #5
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1968
On Sale Date: May 14, 1968 Newsstand Date May 14, 1968
Source: Direct Currents, Aquaman #40, Page 31

Newsstand Date May 14, 1968
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V23 #4

Copyright Date May 14, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

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

Title: "The Spectre Means Death?"
Pages: 23

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

Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

Reprinted In:
Adventure Comics #498 (1983)
Showcase Presents:The Spectre TPB (2012)
Spectre:The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in Spectre #4; next appearance in Spectre #6)

Villain(s)

• Psycho Pirate (last appearance in Showcase #56; next appearance in All-Star Comics #66)
• Gat Benson (last appearance in More Fun Comics #53; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Various bystanders (no further appearances)

Comments:
Chapter II:"Fugitive from Justice"

Synopsis:
The Psycho-Pirate steals a magic globe to locate a source of mystic energy that will enable him to remove the magic mask that Doctor Fate used to deny him the use of his powers. The globe gives the Pirate control over a drifter who becomes a giant and can focus the emotion manipulation powers of his master. When the Spectre tries to stop the giant drifter, Psycho-Pirate causes bystanders to fear him. He also siphons off the Spectre's powers.

The Spectre seeks to renew his energy by entering the body of Jim Corrigan, but Corrigan wants to arrest him. Instead the Spectre uses his remaining power in a final confrontation with the drifter. He manages to neutralize the giant, but in doing so he allows the Psycho-Pirate to overcome him.

The drifter is then revealed to be Gat Benson, the man who killed Jim Corrigan. When he sees Corrigan alive, Benson panics and accidentally smashes Psycho-Pirate's magic globe. Corrigan is then able to knock out both crooks and reverse the effects of the Pirate's emotional control on the Spectre.