Ghost Rider (Marvel)
The Ghost Rider is the name used by several characters in the Marvel Universe.
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Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)
- Main Article: Johnny Blaze
Johnny Blaze was born the son of Barton Blaze and Naomi Kale and spent his formative years growing up among the Quentin Carnival. Both of Blaze's parents starred alongside Craig "Crash" Simpson in a motorcycle show. This life seemed idyllic for a time, until Blaze's mother left him and took his siblings Barbara and Daniel with her and left him behind. Naomi was aware of her family curse and was afraid of the suffering that would come to Johnny as it had to her, she chose to leave him and to place his siblings into the care of Francis Ketch whose name they would take. (Ghost Rider v3 #-1)
Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch)
- Main Article: Danny Ketch
Daniel "Danny" Ketch and his sister Barbara were born to Barton Blaze and Naomi Kale, but were given away to a widowed woman named Francis Ketch when they were very young. The two grew up only knowing Mrs. Ketch as their mother, but their biological mom, Naomi Kale, continued to keep tabs on the kids until her death ten years later. (Ghost Rider v3 #-1)
On Halloween night when they were teenagers, Danny took his sister Barbara to a graveyard to give her the opportunity to take pictures of the grave of Harry Houdini. During this excursion, the siblings stumbled upon a confrontation between two gangs, one led by Deathwatch and the other made up of cronies belonging to the Kingpin. The two gangs began fighting each other, and Barbara cried out, causing Deathwatch to become aware of her presence. Barbara was shot through the chest with an arrow by one of Deathwatch's henchmen, so Danny grabbed his sister's body and ran away to a nearby junkyard. Distressed and covered in his sister's blood, he hid there with his sister's unconscious body from Deathwatch's henchmen until he noticed a pristine motorbike with a glowing gas cap.[2] Inspecting the glowing gas cap, Danny touched it with his blood-stained hand and instantly transformed into Ghost Rider, a Spirit of Vengeance whose mission was to take revenge on those who shed innocent blood. As Ghost Rider, both Daniel's mind and Ghost Rider's mind were in control, resulting in Danny being only somewhat influential in his own actions. Ghost Rider confronted and began to torture the henchmen of Deathwatch, but was interrupted by the arrival of the police. Leaving Barbara's body behind, Ghost Rider escaped the police on his flaming motorbike, which had also been transformed when Danny touched the glowing gas cap. Eventually, Ghost Rider drove into a secluded alleyway where he turned back into Daniel Ketch. (Ghost Rider v3 #1)
As a servant of Zadkiel, Danny Ketch was used to hunt down the other Spirits of Vengeance around the world where he leeched their powers to his Angelic master. (Ghost Rider v6 #28)
Ghost Rider (Alejandra Jones)
- Main Article: Alejandra Jones
Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)
- Main Article: Robbie Reyes
Overview
The Ghost Rider was considered a wonder of mystic design with god-like power available to them. Each human acted as a built-in safety that limited the Ghost Rider's power simply due to the host's mortal nature. However, if the limit was loose, then for most intents and purposes its power was boundless. (Ghost Rider v6 #13)
In reality, these entities were angels and entities from Heaven with them being the Wrath of God. (Ghost Rider v6 #18) Around the world, there were multiple Spirits of Vengeance that operated in mortal hosts with different ones on different parts of the globe. Each was tailored to the customs and the religions of the area. (Ghost Rider v6 #28)
Among the Tibetans, a Ghost Rider was known as the Khrag 'Thung or He Who Seeks Vengeance in Our Name. (Ghost Rider v6 #28)
Notes
- Ghost Rider was created by Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich and Mike Ploog where it made its first appearance in Marvel Spotlight v1 #5 (August, 1972).
Alternate Versions
- In Thanos v2 (2017), an alternate future was shown where Thanos succeeded in wiping out all life in the galaxy with him taking the name Mad King Thanos. This version had wiped out all life on Earth with the Punisher in his dying moments selling his soul for the power to defeat the Mad Titan. Mephisto appeared before him and agreed to offering terms leading to Frank Castle's transformation into a Spirit of Vengeance where bonding with Galactus's Power Cosmic turned him into the Cosmic Ghost Rider.
In other media
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Appearances
- Marvel Spotlight v1: (1972)
- Ghost Rider v6 :
- Ghost Riders: Heaven's On Fire v1:
- Thanos v2:
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