Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)

Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) as seen on a variant cover of All-New Ghost Rider #2.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	All-New Ghost Rider#1 (May 2014)
Created by	Felipe Smith Tradd Moore
In-story information
Alter ego	Robbie Reyes
Team affiliations	Ghost Racers
Notable aliases	Skeleton Driver Robot Racer La Leyenda The Hellcharger
Abilities	Superhuman strength, agility, stamina, reflexes, speed, endurance and durability Proficient in hand-to-hand combat skills Highly experienced motorcyclist Invulnerability to any kind of fire Ability to project regular and ethereal flame Teleportation Immortality Regeneration Rides flaming Dodge Charger Wields magical chain

Roberto "Robbie" Reyes is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the fifth Marvel character to use the name Ghost Rider, after Alejandra Jones, Danny Ketch, Johnny Blaze and Phantom Rider.

The character quickly became popular among comic book readers and Hispanic and Latino communities. Robbie Reyes has made his live action debut on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. played by Gabriel Luna.

Robbie Reyes first appeared in All-New Ghost Rider #1 and was created by Felipe Smith and Tradd Moore.

When Marvel Comics was getting retooled as All-New, All-Different Marvel, editor Mark Paniccia approached writer Felipe Smith on creating a newer and younger Ghost Rider. Among Paniccia's suggestions were that this new Ghost Rider drive a car instead of a motorcycle, an idea that excited Smith. Tradd Moore was brought in to sketch ideas based on Smith's concept. Upon hearing that Robbie Reyes would be driving a car, Moore was inspired to make Robbie's Ghost Rider form resemble a race car driver with the skull resembling a helmet. Moore's design was to evoke a "'sleek, techno vibe' while also being 'grim and intimidating'." The character made his debut in the self-titled All-New Ghost Rider #1 (May 2014).

Robbie Reyes is a high-school student working as a mechanic at an auto body shop who lives with his developmentally disabled brother Gabe and seeks to get away from the dangerous, gang-riddled streets of East Los Angeles. To that end, he enters a street race, hoping to use the prize money to move themselves away. When mercenaries gun him down while trying to retrieve pills that caused the transformation of Calvin Zabo into the supervillain Mr. Hyde, which had been left in the trunk unbeknownst to Robbie, the teen is revived as a demonic being with a flaming, helmet-like head. He drives off in the car, now similarly ablaze.