Editing Spectre (DC Comics character) (section)

===''The New 52''===
Jim Corrigan is a [[Gotham City]] [[Detective|Police Detective]] whose fiancé is kidnapped. He is guided by the [[Phantom Stranger]] on the instructions of the Voice. He leads Corrigan to the abandoned warehouse where his girlfriend is being kept, but this turns out to be a trap. Corrigan and his girlfriend are killed by the kidnappers and he is then transformed into the Spectre, who accuses the Phantom Stranger of betraying him. As the Spectre is about to attack the Phantom Stranger, the Voice intervenes and sends the Spectre off to inflict his wrath on those who are more deserving of it.<ref>''The Phantom Stranger'' (vol. 4) #0 (November 2012)</ref>

It is revealed that the Voice chose Corrigan to be "the mirror of his desire for justice" (though Corrigan believes in vengeance) and imbued him with divine powers. Corrigan returns to work as a police detective in [[Gotham City]], but his rage causes him to practice vengeance rather than justice in his alter ego as the Spectre. The [[Phantom Stranger]] attacks Corrigan's police precinct, convinced that Corrigan was the one who kidnapped his family out of revenge.<ref>''The Phantom Stranger'' (vol. 4) #5 (April 2013)</ref>
 
After the two exchange blows physically and verbally, the Voice himself intervenes in the form of a [[Scottish Terrier]] (his sense of humor) and informs the Stranger of his mistake, setting him on the right path. The Voice also sets Corrigan straight on his duty, making him realize he is meant to exact justice, not vengeance.<ref>''Phantom Stranger'' (vol. 4) #5 (April 2013)</ref>

Batman calls in Corrigan and Batwing to investigate [[Arkham Asylum]], because he believes something supernatural is going on and was already busy trying to end a violent gang war in Gotham. Corrigan and Batwing investigate and discover a demonic [[Deacon Blackfire]] commanding an army of corrupted humans and demons in the sewers beneath the asylum.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Corrigan eventually joins Gotham's Detailed Case Task Force, a small precinct responsible for investigating supernatural events off the books.