I think I just killed God. 
Spectre (Volume 3) #61 is an issue of the series Spectre (Volume 3) with a cover date of January, 1998.
Synopsis for "The Face of God"
Jim Corrigan and Aztar stand before an insane being that seems to be God. This entity reveals that Heaven is empty because he devoured all that was in it. It reveals that it believes humans to be mere apes with superiority complexes. Corrigan challenges the entity saying that humans are more than that. Soon, the entity becomes Corrigan’s father. This new form of the entity reveals the dark past of both Corrigan’s father and grandfather. Corrigan’s grandfather was a United States soldier that was forced to standby helpless while his fellow soldiers engaged in the slaughter of a tribe of Native Americans. The grandfather, however, is not blameless as he did steal from the tribe. Later, the soldiers were killed by an incarnation of the Spectre, leaving only the grandfather alive with a threat that the Spectre will steal from him as he stole from the tribe. Next, Corrigan is shown Jebediah's mother. It is revealed that Corrigan’s grandmother hated Jebediah deeming all the Corrigans as sinners. It is further revealed that, as a young man, Jebediah gave in to his lust and impregnated Corrigan’s mother before they were married. It is also revealed that Jebediah was forced to marry Corrigan’s mother based upon her pregnancy. With this knowledge, Corrigan realizes that he has judged Jebediah too harshly and comes to the realization that Jebediah was merely flawed, not evil. Corrigan finally forgives his father. This causes him to realize the same thing about God, that God is flawed too, as evidenced by the flaws of his creation, man. Corrigan forgives God as well, an act which he believes has killed God. Soon, Corrigan awakens back on Earth. When Corrigan tells Father Craemer that he believe he has killed God, Craemer comforts him by revealing that he thinks that the God Corrigan encountered was merely his conception of God and that God lives. Corrigan, having forgiven God and his father, now thinks that he should be allowed to go to his final rest. Craemer asks him if he had a funeral, but Corrigan did not. Craemer decides to arrange it.
Appearing in "The Face of God"
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- Corrigan's Perception of God
- Michael the Archangel
- Jebediah Corrigan (Flashback only)
- Rafe (Flashback only)
- Jim Corrigan's grandmother (Flashback only)
- Jim Corrigan's grandfather (Flashback only)
- Jim Corrigan's mother (Flashback only)
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Notes
- The first page of story, Corrigan's perception of God is devouring Michael Demiurgos; the scene seems to be a reference to Saturn Devouring His Son, a 17th-century oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens.
- In this issue, Corrigan confronts God (later revealed to be only his conception of God) who then seemingly becomes his father Jebediah. This being shows him the history of his family including his grandfather in the later 1800s. The grandfather recalls seemingly encountering a version of the Spectre. This version has seemingly been bonded with a Native American as evidenced by it wearing a headdress reminiscent of the one worn by Flying Stag.
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