(W) Warren Ellis (A) Jason Masters (CA) Dom Reardon. After World War Two, army intelligence groups created ghost cells called "stay-behinds" across Europe in the event of a Warsaw Pact surge. 'EIDOLON' is the story of a SPECTRE stay-behind structure ? ghost cells of SPECTRE loyalists acting as sleepers until the time is right for a SPECTRE reformation and resurgence. The time is now.