Wrath of the Spectre #4

When reporter Earl Crawford captures shocking photos of the Spectre confronting an arsonist, his scoop turns deadly—his editor, skeptical of supernatural tales, calls the police, convinced Crawford’s behind the crime. Now caught between a man who sees the Spectre and a system that sees only a killer, Earl must prove his innocence before the truth burns too hot to save him.

In "The Maniac And... The Spectre!", a fugitive reporter named Earl Crawford, recently freed due to insanity, teams up with Gwen Sterling to evade capture—only to find himself entangled in a web of arson and deception. When the Spectre, Jim Corrigan, steps in to uncover the truth behind a string of tenement fires, he must confront a cunning villain who’s been manipulating the city’s most vulnerable.

In the shadow of a sinister board meeting, a voodoo-haunted hag emerges to strike down a Sterling Textiles executive with a doll, warning the remaining board members to abandon their scandalous peek-a-boo dress line—or face worse. As the Spectre hunts the eerie villain, reporter Earl Crawford sees a chance to finally uncover the truth behind the supernatural killings—and perhaps catch a glimpse of the Spectre himself.