Source: dccomics.com

1. The Spectre

If Twilight Zone twist endings were a weaponizable force, The Spectre would wield that force. The dude was legit impressive.

Jim Corrigan was a detective in the ‘40s, until he ran afoul of a mob boss and wound up dead. But when Corrigan ascended to heaven, he couldn’t get in. Why? Because he was pissed the hell off. SO pissed off, in fact, that the Archangel Michael took notice and gave Jim another chance. He was bonded to God’s spirit of vengeance as The Spectre. So he just went around finding evildoers and graphically murder-torturing them. Fun comics.

By the late forties, he was paired with a wacky partner named Percival Popp. When he came back in the ‘70s, it was in the critically acclaimed and criminally under-read Adventure Comics run. Michael Fleisher and Jim Aparo brought Jimmy back to his roots as a one-man Twilight Zone. Seriously, those are some A+ comics. Eventually, though, Corrigan found peace and was able to relinquish his role as The Spectre for good.

Good for him!

And there we go, my picks for the Ghost-es with the most-est. The most respectable specters. The third ghost puns of third ghost puns. Disagree? Have your own pick for the best comic book ghost? Let me know down in the comments. Just don’t invoke any mysterious deities down there, or you might find yourself well and truly haunted. You know, by g-g-g-g-ghosts!