Among the many changes made to DC Comics' characters during the later half of the 1980s (following the 12-issue miniseries "Crisis on Infinite Earths"), the Spectre (and thereby Jim Corrigan) was largely depowered. First, in the conclusion to Alan Moore's "Swamp Thing" storyline "American Gothic", the Spectre was defeated by evil incarnate as it advances to destroy Heaven. Finally, the Spectre, in "Last Days of the Justice Society of America", failed to resolve the situation and is punished by God for his failure. Under the authorship of Doug Moench, he became nearly a generic mystical figure, with Corrigan joining an occult detective agency.