Story: "Malicious" (24 Pages)

Credits:

John Ostrander (plot, script)
Tom Mandrake (pencils, inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Carla Feeny (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color separations)
Dan Raspler (edits)

Feature Character:

The Spectre

Supporting Character:

Father Craemer

Villains:

Lucifer Morningstar (in flashback; last in Books of Magic Vol. 1 #1; next in flashback in Demon Vol. 3 #19)
Shaitan (a lord of hell)
Blaze
Azazel
Belial (Archduke of Hell; all in flashback to 150 A.D.)
Azmodus (Charaka and Sekuba; also in flashback in between flashbacks in issues #0 and #26; see Comment below)

Guest Appearance:

Michael the Archangel (in another form)

Other Characters:

Chahandra (first appearance; a Sultan of India; in flashback; dies); the souls of Devi and Bankim (first appearance of both; the wife and son of Charaka; Devi reincarnated in the body of a leper and Bankim reincarnated in the body of a murderer; both in flashback)

Comment: Jim Corrigan does not appear in this issue. Most of this story is a flashback to events that transpired in the year 150 A.D. where Charaka is stripped of the power of the Spectre-force and is merged with Sekuba, a sevant of Shaitan.