Johnny Blaze (Marvel)
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Whilst hunting down renegades in Hell, Blaze pursued a number of escapees back onto Earth where he sought to hunt them down. He attempted to recruit Danny Ketch to his side but his brother refused as he had hated his existence with the Spirit of Vengeance. (Ghost Rider v9 #1) Blaze then started tracking down demons that had taken hosts and began killing them with these being reported by the media as murders of ordinary humans. This culminated in Ketch confronting his half-brother and the two battling one another. Johnny then decided to use his powers to strip the Spirit of Vengeance from Danny so that he would not interfere in his efforts at capturing all the escaped demons. (Ghost Rider v9 #2) | Whilst hunting down renegades in Hell, Blaze pursued a number of escapees back onto Earth where he sought to hunt them down. He attempted to recruit Danny Ketch to his side but his brother refused as he had hated his existence with the Spirit of Vengeance. (Ghost Rider v9 #1) Blaze then started tracking down demons that had taken hosts and began killing them with these being reported by the media as murders of ordinary humans. This culminated in Ketch confronting his half-brother and the two battling one another. Johnny then decided to use his powers to strip the Spirit of Vengeance from Danny so that he would not interfere in his efforts at capturing all the escaped demons. (Ghost Rider v9 #2) | ||
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| + | In the battle against Strange, he nearly killed the Sorcerer Supreme until aid arrived from Danny Ketch, Wolverine, and the Punisher. This led to a fight between Johnny and Danny where the latter manifested his new powers as the host to the Spirit of Corruption. Blaze looked to kill Ketch but Danny managed to stab him with his sword that removed the corruption in his body. The Spirit of Corruption then looked to kill its foe but the other heroes stopped Danny from murdering Johnny. Taking a moment to recover, Johnny revealed he was freed from the corruption that was tainting his spirit and thanked the other heroes. He then decided to deal with Lilith who was making a move to claim leadership of Hell. (Ghost Rider v9 #7) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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[[File:GhostRiderV5-1Textless.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Spirit of Vengeance in Ghost Rider v5 #1.]] | [[File:GhostRiderV5-1Textless.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Spirit of Vengeance in Ghost Rider v5 #1.]] | ||
| − | He could manifest fiery chains that he could send to attack his enemies. A further ability he gained as the King of Hell was the '''Damnation Stare''' with those guilty being sent straight to Hell. (Ghost Rider v9 #2) | + | He could manifest fiery chains that he could send to attack his enemies. A further ability he gained as the King of Hell was the '''Damnation Stare''' with those guilty being sent straight to Hell. (Ghost Rider v9 #2) It was said that use of the stare led to a piece of the demons being absorbed into his body. Their essence and wickedness joined with him thus affecting Blaze and changing him as a result. The end result of this was his corruption by those demons and by their sins with anything left of Johnny being lost in the process. (Ghost Rider v9 #7) |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
| − | *''Marvel Spotlight v1'': | + | *''Marvel Spotlight v1'': (1972) |
*''Ghost Rider'': | *''Ghost Rider'': | ||
*''Thunderbolts v3'': | *''Thunderbolts v3'': | ||
Revision as of 15:37, 8 July 2020
Johnny Blaze is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Jonathan Blaze
Ghost Rider
King of Hell
With his death, he was transported to Hell where he and the Spirit of Vengeance were separated as the Ghost Rider sought to be free of its human host and punish the denizens of the afterlife. However, Blaze managed to convince it to join him as they went to target the throne of Hell that was empty now that Mephisto was on Earth. This led to Blaze as Ghost Rider claiming the mantle leading to him being declared the new king of Hell. (Damnation: Johnny Blaze - Ghost Rider v1 #1)
He came to learn that Carnage was targeting the remote village in Nicaruaga that was being protected by Alejandra Jones. Blaze then used astral projection to speak to Danny Ketch to convince him to travel to the village to save her. Danny reluctantly agreed and battled Carnage but despite his efforts Alejandra was killed with her soul consigned to Hell. Johnny met with her where he apologised to her for failing her though she wanted him to send her back to save the village. However, Johnny lacked the power or knowledge to do so but was convinced to try to help her possess someone in the village. Thus, Alejandra took over the body of a girl named Imara who helped rally the villagers in defence of the village thus forcing Carnage to depart as he had no further need to fight after acquiring the codice in Alejandra's body. The possession of a human host was only temporary with Alejandra's soul returning to Hell where she was content at saving the villagers. Blaze then had her join the other Spirits of Vengeance that was the fate of all slain Ghost Riders. (Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance v1 #1)
Whilst hunting down renegades in Hell, Blaze pursued a number of escapees back onto Earth where he sought to hunt them down. He attempted to recruit Danny Ketch to his side but his brother refused as he had hated his existence with the Spirit of Vengeance. (Ghost Rider v9 #1) Blaze then started tracking down demons that had taken hosts and began killing them with these being reported by the media as murders of ordinary humans. This culminated in Ketch confronting his half-brother and the two battling one another. Johnny then decided to use his powers to strip the Spirit of Vengeance from Danny so that he would not interfere in his efforts at capturing all the escaped demons. (Ghost Rider v9 #2)
In the battle against Strange, he nearly killed the Sorcerer Supreme until aid arrived from Danny Ketch, Wolverine, and the Punisher. This led to a fight between Johnny and Danny where the latter manifested his new powers as the host to the Spirit of Corruption. Blaze looked to kill Ketch but Danny managed to stab him with his sword that removed the corruption in his body. The Spirit of Corruption then looked to kill its foe but the other heroes stopped Danny from murdering Johnny. Taking a moment to recover, Johnny revealed he was freed from the corruption that was tainting his spirit and thanked the other heroes. He then decided to deal with Lilith who was making a move to claim leadership of Hell. (Ghost Rider v9 #7)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Despite ruling Hell, initially he lacked full knowledge of his powers and thus could not achieve many things such as leaving his domain to appear on the mortal plane. To speak to others, he learnt to use astral projection to make him appear to others. He also had the power to have the dead possess the soul of a living person temporarily in order for them to interact with people on Earth. (Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance v1 #1) His ability to sense sin was only amplified during his time in Hell where he could see it on every mortal when he was back on Earth. (Ghost Rider v9 #1)
Powers and abilities
He could manifest fiery chains that he could send to attack his enemies. A further ability he gained as the King of Hell was the Damnation Stare with those guilty being sent straight to Hell. (Ghost Rider v9 #2) It was said that use of the stare led to a piece of the demons being absorbed into his body. Their essence and wickedness joined with him thus affecting Blaze and changing him as a result. The end result of this was his corruption by those demons and by their sins with anything left of Johnny being lost in the process. (Ghost Rider v9 #7)
Notes
- The Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider was created by Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich and Mike Ploog where he made his first appearance in Marvel Spotlight v1 #5 (August, 1972).
- In Comic Book Artist v1 #13 (2001), Roy Thomas commented in an in interview about his time as editor-in-chief at Marvel when the character of Ghost Rider was created where he said, "I had made up a character as a villain in Daredevil—a very lackluster character—called Stunt-Master... a motorcyclist. Anyway, when Gary Friedrich started writing Daredevil, he said, "Instead of Stunt-Master, I'd like to make the villain a really weird motorcycle-riding character called Ghost Rider." He didn't describe him. I said, "Yeah, Gary, there's only one thing wrong with it," and he kind of looked at me weird, because we were old friends from Missouri, and I said, "That's too good an idea to be just a villain in Daredevil. He should start out right away in his own book." When Gary wasn't there the day we were going to design it, Mike Ploog, who was going to be the artist, and I designed the character. I had this idea for the skull-head, something like Elvis' 1968 Special jumpsuit, and so forth, and Ploog put the fire on the head, just because he thought it looked nice. Gary liked it, so they went off and did it.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider appeared in the animated television series in the episode "Spirit of Vengeance" where he was voiced by actor Fred Tatasciore.
Films
- In Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze appeared in the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Nicholas Cage who played him as an adult whilst actor Matt Long portrayed him as a teenager.
- In Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Johnny Blaze appeared in the live-action film sequel where he was once again portrayed by actor Nicholos Cage as an adult whilst the younger version of the character was not portrayed by actor Ionut Cristian Lefter.
Video games
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider appeared as an unlockable character in the video game where he was voiced by actor Nolan North.
- In Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider appeared in a cameo role in Dante's ending in the fighting video game.
- In Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider appeared as a playable character in the fighting video game where he was voiced again by actor Richard Grieco.
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider appeared as a character in the Facebook video game with his own Dossier.
- In Marvel: Future Fight, the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider appeared as a playable character in the mobile video game.
- In Marvel: Contest of Champions, the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider appeared as a playable character in the mobile video game.
- In Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, the Jonny Blaze Ghost Rider appeared in the fighting video game where actor Fred Tatasciore once more played the role.
Appearances
- Marvel Spotlight v1: (1972)
- Ghost Rider:
- Thunderbolts v3:
- Damnation v1:
- Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance v1:
- Avengers v8:
- Ghost Rider v9:
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