Comic Title: Spectre Annual #1
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: March 29, 1988 Shipping Date March 29, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #137

Copyright Date March 29, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date March 29, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752

Newsstand Date April 12, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752

Cover Price: $2.00
Page Count: 48
Editor: Robert Greenberger

Title: "Ghost, Dead Man, Devil-Child..."
Pages: 40

Feature(s):
Spectre (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: Jim Baikie
Letterer: Annie Parkhouse (Halfacree)
Colorist: Julianna Ferriter

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in Spectre #16; next appearance in Spectre Annual #1)

Guest Star(s)

• Deadman (last appearance in Spectre #11; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #601)

Supporting Character(s)

• Madame Xanadu (last appearance in Spectre #16; next appearance in Spectre Annual #1)
• Kim Liang (last appearance in Spectre #16; next appearance in Spectre Annual #1)

Villain(s)

• A demon child (briefly assumes the guise of Karen Channing in this story; no further appearances)
• Various demons from Hell (no further appearances)
• Adolf Hitler (as a spirit in Hell; last appearance in Secret Origins #31; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An unnamed bag lady (no further appearances)
• Several movie viewers (one transformed into a werewolf; no further appearances)
• An unidentified female spirit (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Caligula (depicted in Hell)
• Charles Manson (depicted in Hell)

Synopsis:
Demons in Hell collect the bones of the worst people in human history. Using the bones they construct a womb which births a demon child. The child has been created to destroy the Chosen who have recently been identified during the Millennium event. First though, the demon goes to New York to increase its power base on Earth.

The demon transforms a man into a werewolf which then attacks a bag lady on the street. The woman is saved by Deadman and the Spectre. The demon then decides to target his foes. He kidnaps Jim Corrigan and seriously injures him. This also weakens the Spectre, allowing the demon to lure him into a trap.

Deadman assumes control of Madame Xanadu's body and helps to rescue Corrigan. He then locates the Spectre and merges with him. This strengthens the spirit until Xanadu and Kim Liang can bring Corrigan to them. Once the Spectre and Corrigan are united, they both regain strength.

The Spectre and Deadman then journey to Hell to combat the demon. The Spectre merges with the bone womb and uses its power to slay the demon. Deadman is barely able to get the Spectre to leave the bones before their evil forever corrupts him. Following the departure of the heroes, the demon child is reborn, but is forced to remain in Hell in suffering as penance for its failure.