Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider vol. 2 #1 (September 1973). Art by Gil Kane and Joe Sinnott.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Marvel Spotlight #5 (August 1972)
Created by	Gary Friedrich Roy Thomas Mike Ploog
In-story information
Alter ego	Carter Slade Johnny Blaze Danny Ketch Alejandra Jones Alphonso 'Mack' MacKenzie Robbie Reyes Iran Baacalo
Team affiliations	Ghost Riders Midnight Sons New Fantastic Four The Defenders New Avengers Dark Avengers Champions of Los Angeles
Abilities	Immense superhuman strength, stamina, agility, reflexes, endurance and durability Enchanted hellfire chain, motorcycle and shotgun Invulnerability to fire, heat, lava and flames Penance Stare Resurrection Immortality Regeneration Accelerated healing factor Ability to project regular/ethereal flame Ability to travel between interdimensional realms and along any surface

Ghost Rider is the name of many fictional supernatural antiheroes appearing in American Comic Books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rider.

The first supernatural Ghost Rider is stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze, who, in order to save the life of his father, agreed to give his soul to "Satan" (later revealed to be an arch-demon named Mephisto). At night and when around evil, Blaze finds his flesh consumed by hellfire, causing his head to become a flaming skull. He rides a fiery motorcycle and wields blasts of hellfire from his body, usually from his skeletal hands. He eventually learns he has been bonded with the demon Zarathos. Blaze starred in the Ghost Rider series from 1972 to 1983. The subsequent Ghost Rider series (1990–1998) featured Danny Ketch as a new Ghost Rider. After his sister was injured by ninja gangsters, Ketch came in contact with a motorcycle that had somehow been mystically enchanted to contain the essence of a Spirit of Vengeance. Blaze reappeared in this 1990s series as a supporting character, and it was later revealed that Danny and his sister were Johnny Blaze's long lost siblings. In 2000s comics, Blaze again became the Ghost Rider, succeeding Ketch. In 2013, Robbie Reyes became Ghost Rider as part of the Marvel NOW! initiative.