Comic Title: Spectre #24
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: February 1989
On Sale Date: January 10, 1989 Shipping Date January 10, 1989
Source: Direct Currents, #12

Copyright Date January 10, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Shipping Date December 6, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #11

Shipping Date January 12, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #1

Direct Market Date January 12, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #82

Shipping Date December 8, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #153

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Andrew Helfer

Title: "Boyz Be Bad"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Spectre (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Doug Moench
Penciller: Tom Artis
Inker: Ralph Cabrera
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Robbie Busch

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in Invasion #3; next appearance in Spectre #25)

Supporting Character(s)

• Kim Liang (last appearance in Spectre #21; next appearance in Spectre #25)
• Cynner (last appearance in Spectre #23; next appearance in Spectre #25)
• Peter Quarral (last appearance in Spectre #21; next appearance in Spectre #25)
• Bug McGrew (last appearance in Spectre #23; next appearance in Spectre #25)
• Hassan Al Armani (last appearance in Spectre #23; next appearance in Spectre #25)

Villain(s)

• Dr. Eugene Shockley (next appearance in Spectre #25)
• Richard Redditch (first name revealed; last appearance in Invasion #3; next appearance in Spectre #25)
• Creach (next appearance in Spectre #25)
• Two men in black (both die in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Praxis (next appearance in Spectre #25)
• Tina Redditch (Richard's wife; next appearance in Spectre #26)
• Jake (a cop; no further appearances)
• Jamie (a teenage video game enthusiast; next appearance in Spectre #25)
• Luke and Matt (Jamie's friends; next appearance in Spectre #25)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Flash (on television)
• Captain Atom (on television)

Comments:
Ghosts in the Machine Part I

This story continues in Spectre #25.

Synopsis:
Richard Redditch is released from the hospital following his recovery from the effects of the meta-gene bomb. Shortly after his release, Redditch is kidnapped by two men in black. The kidnapping is interrupted by armed men who in the employ of Dr. Shockley. They take Richard to a secret laboratory where he becomes the subject of meta-gene experiments.

At police headquarters, Lt. Quarral is approached by a blond man named Praxis who has come to New York City hunting a serial killer. Quarral confirms that the killer is in New York. In Jim Corrigan's office, Richard's wife Tina hires Jim to investigate her husband's disappearance.

While undergoing the experiments of Dr. Shockley, Richard utters words which indicate that he is the killer Praxis and Quarral are hunting. The tests trigger his meta-gene which manifests by allowing him to affect technology. He kills two guards and escapes from the lab.

A side-effect of the meta-gene trigger was that energy flowed through the machine circuitry and found its way to a video game played by a teenager named Jaime. The energy causes Jaime to leave the arcade and murder a cat in a nearby alley. The incident draws the attention of the Spectre, but the spirit resists using lethal force to punish the teen.