Editing Spectre (DC Comics character) (section)

== Fictional history ==
The being that eventually would become the Spectre was a fallen angel named Aztar who joined [[Lucifer (DC Comics)|Lucifer Morningstar]]'s rebellion. After being cast into Hell alongside those who betrayed God, Aztar begged for forgiveness towards the archangel Michael, who through God appoints him as God's wrath but erases all his memories and lifetime experienced as punishment.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ostrander |first=John |title=The Spectre (Vol. 3) #60 |publisher=[[DC Comics]] |year=1997}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Now the new embodiment of God's wrath and replacing [[Eclipso]], Aztar as the Spectre would be responsible for various acts: the Spectre was the incarnation who carried out the destruction of [[Sodom and Gomorrah]] detailed in the ''[[Book of Genesis]]'' circa 3000 [[Common Era|BCE]],<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":0" /> the [[Plagues of Egypt]] detailed in the ''[[Book of Exodus]]'' despite [[Nabu (comics)|Nabu]] of the [[Lords of Chaos and Order|Lords of Order]]'s intervention in 1263 BCE,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Ostrander |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S8ijoAEACAAJ |title=Wrath of God |date=2014 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-5150-5 |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Fall of Jericho]] described in the ''[[Book of Joshua]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" /> However, the birth of Jesus banished the Spectre into limbo due to the former embodying forgiveness, with the embodiments of wrath and forgiveness unable to co-exist simultaneously.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" /> 

However, the [[crucifixion of Jesus]] recalled the Spectre back, whom sought vengeance but is stopped by the archangel [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]], who subdues the erratic divine force as God decrees the Spectre must be bound to a human spirit due to Jesus's example. The first incantation bonded was to an Indian man who was credited instead as a aspect of [[Shiva]] when he sought vengeance for necromancer Beltane killing his family.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":0" />  Many other incarnations followed, with them coming against reincarnated forms of Beltane as among the Spectre's many enemies.<ref name=":7" />