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Spook
Personal Info:
Real Name: Val Kaliban
Also Known As: No known Alias
Place Of Birth: Unknown
First Appearance: Detective Comics Vol.1 #434 (1984) Bronze Age Villain
Known Associates: Black Lantern Corps
Group Affiliation: Black Lantern Corps
Base Of Operations: Mobile
Grudges: Green Lantern's
Creators: Frank Robbins and Irv Novick
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Powers:

The Spook is a master escape artist second only to Mister Miracle (Scott Free) and Batman. The Spook utilized a wide array of gadgets and devices in order to simulate various supernatural effects. Some of these devices include inflatable effigies of himself that can float through the air, finger-tip and boot suction cups for scaling buildings, and smoke machines for obscuring the perceptions of others.

Hypnosis: The Spook is a master hypnotist and can easily manipulate the weak-minded.

Black Power Ring: The Black Lantern Rings are capable of wielding the black energy outside of the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum. When Black power rings choose wearers, they present themselves to the deceased without a charge. The rings (which constantly ask for "flesh") are recharged by killing living beings and removing their hearts; each heart restores .01 percent power to every ring in the Corps. Black Lanterns are also able to read the emotions of the living as a coloured aura that correlates to the emotional spectrum (red for rage, violet for love, etc.). Black Lantern Rings will regenerate a corpse each time it is damaged, they can create constructs, but this ability is rarely used and they allow flight.

Origins:

The origins of the Black Lantern known as The Spook were traced to the events highlighted in the Blackest Night Prophecy which stated that a great calamity would befall the cosmos that would bring about the end of the Guardians of the Universe as well as their great work. Over the years, this time slowly came to pass as Nekron, Lord of the Unliving set about his plans to bring about The Black onto the universe in order to purge it of all life in order to return it to its original state before The White Light emerged. Following the War of Light as the various aspects of the Emotional Spectrum were harnessed, The Blackest Night came to pass with Black Lantern Power Ring's being let loose onto the known worlds. These Power Ring's sought out the dead and reanimating them in order to turn them into undead members of the Black Lantern Corps who served only Nekron. Those that were resurrected included both heroes and villains who swelled the ranks of the Black Lanterns with Spook being one of the many recipients of the Black Power Ring.

Notes:

The Spook at DC Database

The Spook at Batman Wiki

The Spook at Comic Vine