Editing Spectre (DC Comics character) (section)

===Hal Jordan, Spirit of Redemption===
[[Image:Green Lantern Rebirth 1 coverart.jpg|thumb|left|Promotional art for ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' #1 (December 2004) by [[Ethan Van Sciver]]]]
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Eventually, Corrigan's soul finds peace. He relinquishes the Spectre-Force and goes on to Heaven. The role of the Spectre is later assumed by Hal Jordan, the spirit of the former [[Green Lantern]], during the ''[[Day of Judgment (comics)|Day of Judgment]]'' storyline written by [[Geoff Johns]], when a [[fallen angel]] attempts to gain the Spectre's power. Corrigan is asked to come back, but refuses as he has found peace. The Spectre-Force chooses Jordan as his new host because Jordan seeks to atone for his universe-threatening actions as the villainous [[Parallax (comics)|Parallax]]. His next appearance was in a four-part story arc in ''Legends of the DC Universe'' #33–36. In the series ''The Spectre'' (vol. 4), written by [[J. M. DeMatteis]], Jordan bends the Spectre's mission from one of vengeance to one of redemption and makes appearances elsewhere in the [[DC Universe]], such as advising [[Superman]] during the "Emperor Joker" storyline or helping [[Wally West]] keep his family safe by erasing public knowledge of his true identity.

In the 2001 [[Green Arrow]] storyline "Quiver" written by [[Kevin Smith]] and the final [[Supergirl]] story arc, "Many Happy Returns" by [[Peter David]], revealed that the Spectre ([[Hal Jordan]]) is aware of the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''. He is one of the few DC Universe characters with this knowledge.

After ''The Spectre'' (vol. 4) was cancelled, Jordan was forced to return, temporarily, to the Spectre's mission of vengeance, following a confrontation between the new [[Justice Society of America]] and the [[Spirit King]]. The Spirit King had managed to "resurrect" the ghosts of all those the Spectre had damned to Hell, as Hal's attempt to turn the Spectre's mission to redemption weakened his hold on the damned. The JSA attempted to keep the spirits contained, but ultimately they were only defeated when Hal 'accepted' his original mission of vengeance, concluding that his goal of redemption was only about helping himself. In ''[[Green Lantern: Rebirth]]'', written by Johns, the Spectre-Force's decision of choosing Jordan as his host was [[Retroactive continuity|retconned]] into being not because of Jordan's worthiness, but as an effort to destroy the Parallax entity, which was infecting Jordan's soul. After the Spectre-Force was able to purge Parallax from Jordan, it departed to move on to the next recipient of the spirit.