Just last month we brought you news of the deal with The CW and Eric Kripke to develop comic series Deadman for TV. Now we are able to bring you the happy news that Fox has purchased the rights to DC Comics‘ The Spectre. Brandon Camp (John Doe) will write the adaptation and will serve as executive producer along with Bill Gerber (Gran Torino).

Deadline reports that The Spectre,  co-created by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and Bernard Baily, has received a script commitment, and “centers on a former cop serving time in afterlife limbo who hunts down earthly criminals on behalf of the dead — and mortals soon to be dead if ultimate justice is not served.”  DC Entertainment’s sister TV studio Warner Bros Television will produce with Gerber Pictures.

Excellent news, and we’ll keep you posted about any developments. We’re happy that Fox is continuing to encourage comics-to-TV, and hoping that this one will fare better with the powers that be at Fox than recently-cut-loose Locke & Key and bounced-around-too-often-to-gain-traction Human Target. Come on Fox, let’s do this!