So, for the first five seasons - his five years in "purgatory" - he had to become "something else." Finally in seasons six and seven, he was relatively secure in who and what he was, and served as the mayor and the Green Arrow as well as serving some time in prison. In the comics, The Spectre needs a human host to keep the wrath under control - and while it is usually Jim Corrigan, that character briefly appeared in the third part of "Crisis on Infinite Earths" and recruited Oliver Queen to replace him. His late entry into the story certainly helped to shift the balance of power away from the Anti-Monitor, though (along with various other things, including a hurting put on the villain by Supergirl and the Earth-2 Superman). The Spectre is a cosmic entity, powerful enough that writer Marv Wolfman felt the need to clarify in-story that he was significantly de-powered during the Crisis on Infinite Earths comics, likely so that he did not have to get into a larger conversation about whether The Spectre (who is often represented as the personification of God's wrath) is or is not more powerful than the Anti-Monitor. Yes, it's a part of his monologue that has been there almost every season, but this time.well, it just feels different. In order to prevent the Crisis, he has been saying, Oliver needed to become something else.and he, quite literally, has as the show closes in on its final episodes later this month. With the release of a new poster for the final night of The CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths," Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) stands revealed at the center of the action as The Spectre, and it gives a completely different context to the opening monologue that he has delivered in every episode of Arrow so far this season.
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