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    The Spectre is a supernatural being of near-unlimited might whose mission is to unleash the vengeance of God upon evil men. He is bound to souls of deceased humans, his power and personality varies depending upon the anima he occupies. The Spectre has been bound to many hosts during the modern ages, his most popular and most reoccurring host being that of Jim Corrigan.

    Is there anyone stronger thatn him?

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    #1  Edited By Nighthunter

    In the DCU, just curious

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    #2  Edited By wooldridge

    Well, there's always God. But, otherwise, they've set him up, in his modern incarnation, to be all but invincible. It's always taken a team effort to do him in.

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    #3  Edited By Copy

    I think ganthet can contol him.

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    #4  Edited By lordraiden

    Nighthunter says:

    "In the DCU, just curious"

    God and mxyptlk!

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    #5  Edited By lordraiden

    ps, mxy may not actually be stronger, but he can hang with Spec! God, on the other hand, well, spectre's his servent! so that pretty much tells ya!

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    #6  Edited By Methos

    The Creator

    anyone from the 5th dimension

    Members of the quintessence are about equal in power to him

    The Fatalist about equal in power to The specter

    Ion (Original) = stronger

    Parallax (Original) = Equal

    thats all i can think of off the top of my head

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    #7  Edited By wooldridge

    We forgot The Anti-Monitor.

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    #8  Edited By Hadrelius

    The Spectre is to the DCU as The Living Tribunal is to MU. He is only second to his master. DC keeps going back and forth about his role. Sometimes he is judge of the universe then he goes to just being a avenger of injustice.

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    #9  Edited By wooldridge

    Alpha says:

    "The Spectre is to the DCU as The Living Tribunal is to MU. He is only second to his master. DC keeps going back and forth about his role. Sometimes he is judge of the universe then he goes to just being a avenger of injustice. "

    And sometimes he's really weak and other times he has power beyond understanding. In the 80s the guy could hardly do anything, now he can turn people inside out.

    However, The Spectre obviously has to be brought down a couple of pegs during a company-wide crisis, or else the event wouldn't be anymore than an issue long:

    Villain- "I'll kill you all!"

    Spectre- "No you won't."

    END

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    Isnt god in the DCU called the Presence?

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    #12  Edited By wooldridge

    Dormammu says:

    "Isnt god in the DCU called the Presence?"

    Yes.

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    #14  Edited By Green Hornet

    does anyone else find that God's servent able to do almost anything, cosmic being, is unranked in almost everything? he should be around the top 5 but hes unranked. thats really wrong

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    #15  Edited By Knightwing

    aztek_the_lost says:

    "Green Hornet says:
    "does anyone else find that God's servent able to do almost anything, cosmic being, is unranked in almost everything? he should be around the top 5 but hes unranked. thats really wrong"

    nobody wants to waste their time ranking him because everyone knows he's number one"

    You got that right.

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    #16  Edited By Apparition

    Knightwing says:

    "aztek_the_lost says:
    "Green Hornet says:
    "does anyone else find that God's servent able to do almost anything, cosmic being, is unranked in almost everything? he should be around the top 5 but hes unranked. thats really wrong"
    nobody wants to waste their time ranking him because everyone knows he's number one"
    You got that right. "

    lol whatever

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    #17  Edited By Barry Flash

    ION, Anti-Moniter and Parallax i'd say was stronger than Him.

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    #18  Edited By Night Thrasher

    Apparition says:

    "Knightwing says:
    "aztek_the_lost says:
    "Green Hornet says:
    "does anyone else find that God's servent able to do almost anything, cosmic being, is unranked in almost everything? he should be around the top 5 but hes unranked. thats really wrong"
    nobody wants to waste their time ranking him because everyone knows he's number one"
    You got that right. "

    lol whatever"

    I'll take the surfer, galactus, celestials, or living tribunal over this crappy guy anyday

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    #19  Edited By Midnight Lantern

    Well there's God and Zauriel and stuff like that.

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    #20  Edited By Zenma

    the One-Above-All or Stan Lee (if he counts that is)

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    #21  Edited By lordraiden

    Nighthunter says:

    "In the DCU, just curious"

    if he's backed by the Presence, then NO!

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    #22  Edited By White Phantom

    Night Thrasher says:

    "Apparition says:
    "Knightwing says:
    "aztek_the_lost says:
    "Green Hornet says:
    "does anyone else find that God's servent able to do almost anything, cosmic being, is unranked in almost everything? he should be around the top 5 but hes unranked. thats really wrong"
    nobody wants to waste their time ranking him because everyone knows he's number one"
    You got that right. "

    lol whatever"

    I'll take the surfer, galactus, celestials, or living tribunal over this crappy guy anyday"

    No way SS or Galactus could take him if Spectre is at full power.

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    #23  Edited By Methos

    Night Thrasher says:

    "I'll take the surfer, galactus, celestials, or living tribunal over this crappy guy anyday"

    M

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    #24  Edited By White Phantom

    Methos says:

    "Night Thrasher says:
    "I'll take the surfer, galactus, celestials, or living tribunal over this crappy guy anyday"

    M"

    LOL!
























































































    Anyway, The Brothers Yin and Yang would be far stronger then Spectre

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    #25  Edited By Nighthunter

    White Phantom says:

    "Methos says:
    "Night Thrasher says:
    "I'll take the surfer, galactus, celestials, or living tribunal over this crappy guy anyday"

    M"

    LOL!
























































































    Anyway, The Brothers Yin and Yang would be far stronger then Spectre"

    who?

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    #26  Edited By Nighthunter

    White Phantom says:

    "[The Brothers Yin and Yang:char:53411]] This should work as a link, I just made the page yesterday."

    link ain't working

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    #27  Edited By White Phantom

    Nighthunter says:

    "White Phantom says:
    "[The Brothers Yin and Yang:char:53411]] This should work as a link, I just made the page yesterday."

    link ain't working"

    Yeah, oh well you can look them up. Don't know why the link didn't work.

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    #28  Edited By White Phantom

    [[The Brothers Yin and Yang:char:53411]]This should work as a link, I just made the page yesterday
    Post Edited:2008-04-14 16:32:07

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    #29  Edited By green mage

    spectre is the frickin wrath of god! need i say more
    Post Edited:2008-05-17 09:13:34

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    #30  Edited By William Mcleod

    Nighthunter says:

    "In the DCU, just curious"

    cant believe you actually made this thread, how many times did you see him get beaten? and more specifically, his creator is definitley.

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    #31  Edited By AssertingValor
    Zenma said:
    "

    the One-Above-All or Stan Lee (if he counts that is)

    "
              HE said DCU
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    #32  Edited By AssertingValor

    He did beat Shazam and he was incredible. But there are many that could take him on.

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    #33  Edited By AssertingValor
    Alpha said:
    "

    The Spectre is to the DCU as The Living Tribunal is to MU. He is only second to his master. DC keeps going back and forth about his role. Sometimes he is judge of the universe then he goes to just being a avenger of injustice.

    "

    Yeah ok, then how come the spectre could barly hold of the Anti- Monitor?
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    #34  Edited By Barry Flash

    Didn't Captain Marvel recently beat him in a battle?

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    #35  Edited By AtPhantom

    The Spectre isn't DC's Living tribunal. He was paired with the Living Tribunal because there was no equivalent to him in DC.

    Spectre has rarely displayed power on level of Living Tribunal, and never anything that would equate their function. Even though the Spectre might be as powerful at times, Living Tribunal is higher in the celestial hierrachy.

    If I were to compare spectre and LT, I would say that LT is a manipulator, he uses his awesome power to keep the multiverse in balance, he is a nigh omnipotent entity. The spectre, I wouldn't label him as omnipotent, rather, he's an unstoppable force. He has a job to do, and not a damn thing in this universe can stop him.

    Now as for Anti-montior, he is the most powerful evil being in dc (Except maybe Lucifer, and I doubt how evil he is), So barely holding him of isn't exactly a show of weakness.

    And another thing, people always complain about how Spectre's power is so inconsistent, but even at low power, he is still one of the most powerful beings in DC. Apart from the episode with Cain in final crisis, I can't remember him being beaten since 2000.

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    #36  Edited By Nighthunter
    Barry Flash said:
    "Didn't Captain Marvel recently beat him in a battle?"
    it was the other way around

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    #37  Edited By King_Saturn
    Nighthunter said:
    "Barry Flash said:
    "Didn't Captain Marvel recently beat him in a battle?"
    it was the other way around

    "
    Correct... and that battle showed that Captain Marvel does have an actual limit of vunerablity to Magic... even though Spectre has the Highest Order of Magic
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    #38  Edited By Nighthunter

    Spectre beat and killed the Wizard Shazam, if he hadn't beaten Billy it would have been stupid

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    #39  Edited By King_Saturn
    Nighthunter said:
    "Spectre beat and killed the Wizard Shazam, if he hadn't beaten Billy it would have been stupid"
    Correct... but thats the point. Captain Marvel has a limit to his Magical Invunerability
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    #40  Edited By Nighthunter

    on a side note I want a Marvel family series :P

    I know it's random

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    #41  Edited By King_Saturn
    Nighthunter said:
    "on a side note I want a Marvel family series :P

    I know it's random"
    I wouldnt mine that either...
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    #42  Edited By AssertingValor
    Nighthunter said:
    "on a side note I want a Marvel family series :P

    I know it's random"
    There was in the 40s- 50s but it was ended
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    #43  Edited By King_Saturn
    Maybe Spawn with Divine Powers could beat The Spectre...
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    #44  Edited By Shaper
    green mage said:
    "

    spectre is the frickin wrath of god! need i say more
    Post Edited:2008-05-17 09:13:34

    "

    So is Ghost Rider. Does that make him the most powerful character? No.

    And plus what's the 5th dimension? (In Dc)
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    #45  Edited By The WeatherMan

    He is actually very powerful, the writers just want to make someone else seem more powerful by having them beat Spectre. They use him in different ways, as in either make someone else seem superbly powerful, or use him as a godly presence that puts an end to something.

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    #46  Edited By BIackFlash

    Has Geoff Johns read a single Spectre comic in his entire life?

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    #47  Edited By BlackestShite

     When he jobbers lots of people outclass him
     
    Skullhead
    Mxy 
    etc etc
     
     

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    #48  Edited By MarkPar

    in DC the presence , the entity (probably ) ,emotional embodiments ,Lucifer, Micheal.

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