Originally posted by Omega Vision
You miss the point. The Spectre couldn't kill or absorb him. This goes back to your lulworthy "he/she/it didn't try!" argument from the IG vs CA thread. You think that because the Spectre didn't try (which is false because he most certainly did, and he failed, hence the transmuting into a mouse) that means he could have killed PS if he had really tried? No the Phantom Stranger was confident that the Spectre didn't have the power to put him down for good. The Phantom Stranger isn't a living entity, he's like Nabu, a force of pure magic and absorbing him is just as impossible as killing him. The "universe" (the Presence) won't let it happen.
He wasn't trying to absorb him so there went your point. He had to be pushed to kill Nabu and he was more powerful at that point in time. If the Spectre needed to kill Ps he could have done so he considered him so insignificant he easily took care of him and then was going to come back and kill him later on.
Spectre wasn't going to waste the energy at this point. Your point was made moot by you.
Odin wins via absorption.