 Though Gerber's schedule generally prevented him from being present during shooting, he chose to miss the deadline on the first issue of "The Spectre" so he could watch the final day of shooting.Huyck and Katz began to develop ideas for the film.Early on in the production, it was decided that the personality of the character would be changed from that of the comics, in which Howard was rude and obnoxious, to make the character nicer.