Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch)

Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider (vol. 3) #1 (May 1990). Art by Javier Saltares.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Ghost Rider vol. 3, #1 (May 1990)
Created by	Howard Mackie Javier Saltares
In-story information
Alter ego	Daniel "Danny" Ketch
Team affiliations	Midnight Sons Secret Defenders New Fantastic Four
Notable aliases	The Spirit of Vengeance
Abilities	Superhuman strength and durability Ability to project regular and ethereal flame Ability to travel between interdimensional realms and along any surface Wields magical chain Rides flaming motorcycle Penance Stare

Ghost Rider (Daniel "Danny" Ketch) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the third Marvel character to don the identity of Ghost Rider, after Johnny Blaze, the first supernatural Ghost Rider, and the Western hero known as the Phantom Rider, who used the name in 1967.

The third Ghost Rider debuted in Ghost Rider vol. 3, #1 (May 1990). The series ended with a cliffhanger in vol. 3, #93 (Feb. 1998). Marvel finally published the long-awaited final issue nine years later as Ghost Rider Finale (Jan 2007), which reprints vol. 3, #93 and the previously unpublished #94. Ketch appears in the current Ghost Rider series alongside Johnny Blaze. In support of the series, Ketch received his own miniseries titled Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch, written by Simon Spurrier.

In their review of Ghost Rider #80-85, Wizard gave the series their lowest possible rating, citing convoluted, tangential plots, dragged out fight scenes, and inappropriately cartoonish art.

Daniel Ketch was born in Brooklyn, New York. One night, Daniel and his sister Barbara were attacked by gangsters; with his sister grievously wounded by Deathwatch, Daniel fled and hid in a junkyard, where he found a motorcycle bearing a mystical sigil. Upon touching the sigil, he was transformed into the Ghost Rider. This Ghost Rider was nearly identical to the previous, though his costume and bike had undergone a modernized tailoring. He beat the gangsters, but was unable to save Barbara, who had slipped into a coma as a result from her injury. she was eventually killed by Blackout, whom Ketch had acquired as a mortal enemy.
Ketch later learned the origin of Zarathos from the mystical dream lord Nightmare, who believed the entity to which Ketch was bound was Zarathos reborn and freed from the Soul Crystal. Ghost Rider denied this, though others, including Mephisto, believed otherwise.