(Spectre III #19, 21, 22) - Spectre caused immense damage to the Earth, and Naiad stirred in the water, sensing her presence was needed. Naiad killed Mr. Kasek, the head of Shogun Oil, flooding his body with water, and after killing everyone else from Shogun associated with her death she flooded the entire building. Her vengeance unsatisfied she decided to destroy Tokyo. Spectre intervened, and told the elemental she was abusing her power. They could not harm each other on the physical plane, so Spectre entered her soul, only to find that it was missing, her soul had only been a template for Gaea to exercise her power. Gaea appeared to him and said she was very unhappy. In destroying Vlatava Spectre had caused immense environmental damage, but Gaea admitted that Naiad was off-balance, and asked Spectre to help her find her center. The US government had rediscovered the Spear of Destiny, and entrusted it to Superman to control or destroy the Spectre. Superman wounded Naiad with the Spear, also injuring Gaea. Spectre tried to make Superman realize he could badly damage the Earth by hurting Naiad, and told him to back off. The curse Adolf Hitler imprinted on the Spear began to affect Superman, giving him a sense of megalomania, and he attacked the Spectre. Spectre showed him a vision of what would happen if he continued to wield the Spear, with Superman declaring himself sovereign ruler of Earth and after being fully corrupted killing all his superhero friends. Superman renounced the Spear, and Spectre promised him he would not repeat the mistake he made in Vlatava. To satisfy Naiad Spectre collected the debris and pollution his destruction of Vlatava caused, and created a tomb for the Spear of Destiny with it before tossing it into space.

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