Current Alias: Ghost Rider
Type: Human bonded with demonic spirit of vengeance Zarathos
Gender: Male
Birth: Waukegan, Illinois, USA
Base: Mobile
Universe: Earth-616
Occupation: Adventurer, Carnival Owner, Demon Hunter, Drifter, Movie Stuntman, Stunt Rider
Affiliation: Avengers, Avengers of the Supernatural, Champions, Defenders, Fantastic Four, Ghost Racers, Heroes for Hire, Legion of Monsters, Midnight Sons, New Fantastic Four, Quentin Carnival, Supernaturals, Thunderbolts
Powers: Demon Magic Manipulation, Dimensional Travel, Emphatic Reading, Expert Stunt Rider, Hellfire Manipulation, Mystical Chain Projection, Occult Knowledge, Penance Stare, Regenerative Healing Factor, Self-Size Alteration, Sin Manipulation, Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Superhuman Agility & Stamina, Superhuman Durability & Strength, Supernatural Awareness, Soul Manipulation
Weapons: Hellfire Chain, Hellfire Motorcycle, Medallion of Power
Creators: Gary Friedrich, Mike Ploog, Roy Thomas
Publisher: Marvel Comics
First Appearance: Marvel Spotlight #5 - Origin of the Ghost Rider (1972)
Comics Appearances
Marvel Spotlight (1972-1975)
#5 - Origin of the Ghost Rider (1972) | #6 - Angels from Hell (1972)
#7 - Die, Die, My Daughter (1972) | #8 - The Hordes of Hell (1973)
#9 - The Snakes Crawl at Night (1973) | #10 - The Coming of Witch Woman (1973)
#11 - Season of the Witch Woman (1973) | #12 - The Son of Satan (1973) | #22 - Journey Into Himself (1975)
Ghost Rider (1973-1983)
#7 - Die, Die, My Daughter (1972) | #8 - The Hordes of Hell (1973)
#9 - The Snakes Crawl at Night (1973) | #10 - The Coming of Witch Woman (1973)
#11 - Season of the Witch Woman (1973) | #12 - The Son of Satan (1973) | #22 - Journey Into Himself (1975)
Ghost Rider (1973-1983)
#1 - A Woman Possessed (1973) | #2 - Shake Hands with Satan (1973)
#3 - Wheels On Fire (1973) | #4 - Death Stalks Demolition Derby (1974)
#5 - And Vegas Writhes in Pain (1974) | #6 - Zodiac II (1974)
#7 - And Lose His Own Soul (1974) | #8 - Satan Himself (1974)
#9 - The Hell-Bound Hero (1974) | #10 - Ghost Rider (1975)
#11 - The Desolation Run (1975) | #12 - Phantom of the Killer Skies (1975)
#13 - You've Got a Second Chance, Johnny Blaze (1975) | #14 - A Specter Stalks the Sound Stage (1975)
#15 - Vengeance on the Ventura Freeway (1975) | #16 - Blood in the Waters (1976)
#17 - Prelude to a Private Armageddon (1976) | #18 - The Salvation Run (1976)
#19 - Resurrection (1976) | #20 - Two Against Death (1976)
#21 - Deathplay (1976) | #22 - Nobody Beats the Enforcer (1977)
#23 - Wrath of the Water Wizard (1977) | #24 - I, the Enforcer (1977)
#25 - Menace is a Man Called Malice (1977) | #26 - A Doom Named Dr. Druid (1977)
#27 - At the Mercy of the Manticore (1977) | #28 - Evil is the Orb (1978)
#29 - Deadly Pawn (1978) | #30 - The Mage and the Monster (1978)
#31 - Demon's Rage (1978) | #32 - The Price (1978)
#33 - Whom a Child Would Destroy (1978) | #34 - The Boy Who Lived Forever (1979)
#35 - Deathrace (1979) | #36 - A Demon in Denver (1979)
#37 - Night of the Flame Cycles (1979) | #38 - The Cult of Doom (1979)
#39 - Into the Abyss (1979) | #40 - The Menace of the Nuclear Man (1980)
#41 - The Freight Train to Oblivion (1980) | #42 - The Lonesome Death of Johnny Blaze (1980)
#43 - Night of the Crimson Mage (1980) | #44 - Cloak of Crimson, Soul of Dust (1980)
#45 - To Banish a Ghost (1980) | #46 - The End of a Champion (1980)
#47 - The Demon Within (1980) | #48 - Wind of the Undead (1980)
#49 - The Wrath of the Manitou (1980) | #50 - Manitou's Anger, Tarantula's Sting (1980)
#51 - The Diesel of Doom (1980) | #52 - The Sirens of Kronos (1981)
#53 - The She-Witch of Doom (1981) | #54 - Orb of Evil, Eye of Doom (1981)
#55 - Touch of Terror (1981) | #56 - The Menace of Moondark (1981)
#57 - Where Walks the Apparition (1981) | #58 - Evil is the Enforcer (1981)
#59 - Moon Over Dark Water (1981) | #60 - To Slay a Demon (1981)
#61 - Wizardous Waters Run Deep (1981) | #62 - Menace of the Oil Jinns (1981)
#63 - If the Eyes Destroy Me (1981) | #64 - Kiss of Doom (1982)
#65 - The Lair of the Loan Shark (1982) | #66 - The Witch in the Whirlwind (1982)
#67 - Holding onto Sally (1982) | #68 - The Curse of Jonathan Blaze (1982)
#69 - Personal Demons (1982) | #70 - Freaks (1982)
#71 - The Tears of Adam Henderson (1982) | #72 - Temptations (1982)
#73 - Tears of a Clown (1982) | #74 - Remnants (1982)
#75 - Beware the Steel Wind (1982) | #76 - Half a Demon, Half a Man (1983)
#77 - Ghost Rider Unleashed? (1983) | #78 - The Empire of Sleep (1983)
#79 - Shades of Gray (1983) | #80 - Stained Glass and Shadows (1983) | #81 - The End of the Ghost Rider (1983)
Ghost Rider (1991-1998)
#10 - Stars of Blood (1991) | #11 - Through a Nightmare Revealed (1991)
#12 - Strange Tales (1991) | #13 - You'll Never See What's Coming Next (1991)
#14 - Happily Ever After (1991) | #15 - Last Hope (1991)
#16 - Changes (1991) | #17 - You've Got to Have Faith (1991)
#18 - Lost Souls (1991) | #22 - Death's Eyes (1992)
#24 - Death Duel (1992) | #25 - You Can't Go Home Again (1992)
#27 - Vengeance: Pure and Simple (1992) | #28 - Rise of the Midnight Sons, Part 1 (1992)
#29 - Biting the Hand that Feeds You (1992) | #31 - Rise of the Midnight Sons, Part 6 (1992)
#32 - Fight for Life (1992) | #39 - Vengeance is Mine (1993)
#42 - Links (1993) | #43 - Inner Truths (1993)
#44 - Siege of Darkness, Part 2: Into the Mist (1993) | #45 - Siege of Darkness, Part 10: Blood (1994)
#50 - Reborn Again (1994) | #72 - Snowstorm in Hell (1996)
#73 - The Rock and the Hard Place (1996) | #74 - Friction (1996)
#75 - The Frying Pan (1996) | #76 - Blood and Judgement (1996)
#77 - Bitter Smoke (1996) | #78 - Furious Blood (1996)
#79 - Song of the Furies (1996) | #80 - Storm of Blood (1996)
#81 - Caught Between a Duck and a Hard Place (1997) | #82 - The Duck and the Amok (1997)
#83 - House of Burning Souls (1997) | #84 - Loss of Blood (1997)
#85 - Ashes of My Soul (1997) | #86 - Faultlines (1997)
#-1 - Before Blaze, Before Ketch, There Was Another (1997) | #88 - A Kind Face (1997)
#89 - Doghead and Spiked Tails (1997) | #92 - Secret Fire (1998)
#3 - Wheels On Fire (1973) | #4 - Death Stalks Demolition Derby (1974)
#5 - And Vegas Writhes in Pain (1974) | #6 - Zodiac II (1974)
#7 - And Lose His Own Soul (1974) | #8 - Satan Himself (1974)
#9 - The Hell-Bound Hero (1974) | #10 - Ghost Rider (1975)
#11 - The Desolation Run (1975) | #12 - Phantom of the Killer Skies (1975)
#13 - You've Got a Second Chance, Johnny Blaze (1975) | #14 - A Specter Stalks the Sound Stage (1975)
#15 - Vengeance on the Ventura Freeway (1975) | #16 - Blood in the Waters (1976)
#17 - Prelude to a Private Armageddon (1976) | #18 - The Salvation Run (1976)
#19 - Resurrection (1976) | #20 - Two Against Death (1976)
#21 - Deathplay (1976) | #22 - Nobody Beats the Enforcer (1977)
#23 - Wrath of the Water Wizard (1977) | #24 - I, the Enforcer (1977)
#25 - Menace is a Man Called Malice (1977) | #26 - A Doom Named Dr. Druid (1977)
#27 - At the Mercy of the Manticore (1977) | #28 - Evil is the Orb (1978)
#29 - Deadly Pawn (1978) | #30 - The Mage and the Monster (1978)
#31 - Demon's Rage (1978) | #32 - The Price (1978)
#33 - Whom a Child Would Destroy (1978) | #34 - The Boy Who Lived Forever (1979)
#35 - Deathrace (1979) | #36 - A Demon in Denver (1979)
#37 - Night of the Flame Cycles (1979) | #38 - The Cult of Doom (1979)
#39 - Into the Abyss (1979) | #40 - The Menace of the Nuclear Man (1980)
#41 - The Freight Train to Oblivion (1980) | #42 - The Lonesome Death of Johnny Blaze (1980)
#43 - Night of the Crimson Mage (1980) | #44 - Cloak of Crimson, Soul of Dust (1980)
#45 - To Banish a Ghost (1980) | #46 - The End of a Champion (1980)
#47 - The Demon Within (1980) | #48 - Wind of the Undead (1980)
#49 - The Wrath of the Manitou (1980) | #50 - Manitou's Anger, Tarantula's Sting (1980)
#51 - The Diesel of Doom (1980) | #52 - The Sirens of Kronos (1981)
#53 - The She-Witch of Doom (1981) | #54 - Orb of Evil, Eye of Doom (1981)
#55 - Touch of Terror (1981) | #56 - The Menace of Moondark (1981)
#57 - Where Walks the Apparition (1981) | #58 - Evil is the Enforcer (1981)
#59 - Moon Over Dark Water (1981) | #60 - To Slay a Demon (1981)
#61 - Wizardous Waters Run Deep (1981) | #62 - Menace of the Oil Jinns (1981)
#63 - If the Eyes Destroy Me (1981) | #64 - Kiss of Doom (1982)
#65 - The Lair of the Loan Shark (1982) | #66 - The Witch in the Whirlwind (1982)
#67 - Holding onto Sally (1982) | #68 - The Curse of Jonathan Blaze (1982)
#69 - Personal Demons (1982) | #70 - Freaks (1982)
#71 - The Tears of Adam Henderson (1982) | #72 - Temptations (1982)
#73 - Tears of a Clown (1982) | #74 - Remnants (1982)
#75 - Beware the Steel Wind (1982) | #76 - Half a Demon, Half a Man (1983)
#77 - Ghost Rider Unleashed? (1983) | #78 - The Empire of Sleep (1983)
#79 - Shades of Gray (1983) | #80 - Stained Glass and Shadows (1983) | #81 - The End of the Ghost Rider (1983)
Ghost Rider (1991-1998)
#10 - Stars of Blood (1991) | #11 - Through a Nightmare Revealed (1991)
#12 - Strange Tales (1991) | #13 - You'll Never See What's Coming Next (1991)
#14 - Happily Ever After (1991) | #15 - Last Hope (1991)
#16 - Changes (1991) | #17 - You've Got to Have Faith (1991)
#18 - Lost Souls (1991) | #22 - Death's Eyes (1992)
#24 - Death Duel (1992) | #25 - You Can't Go Home Again (1992)
#27 - Vengeance: Pure and Simple (1992) | #28 - Rise of the Midnight Sons, Part 1 (1992)
#29 - Biting the Hand that Feeds You (1992) | #31 - Rise of the Midnight Sons, Part 6 (1992)
#32 - Fight for Life (1992) | #39 - Vengeance is Mine (1993)
#42 - Links (1993) | #43 - Inner Truths (1993)
#44 - Siege of Darkness, Part 2: Into the Mist (1993) | #45 - Siege of Darkness, Part 10: Blood (1994)
#50 - Reborn Again (1994) | #72 - Snowstorm in Hell (1996)
#73 - The Rock and the Hard Place (1996) | #74 - Friction (1996)
#75 - The Frying Pan (1996) | #76 - Blood and Judgement (1996)
#77 - Bitter Smoke (1996) | #78 - Furious Blood (1996)
#79 - Song of the Furies (1996) | #80 - Storm of Blood (1996)
#81 - Caught Between a Duck and a Hard Place (1997) | #82 - The Duck and the Amok (1997)
#83 - House of Burning Souls (1997) | #84 - Loss of Blood (1997)
#85 - Ashes of My Soul (1997) | #86 - Faultlines (1997)
#-1 - Before Blaze, Before Ketch, There Was Another (1997) | #88 - A Kind Face (1997)
#89 - Doghead and Spiked Tails (1997) | #92 - Secret Fire (1998)
Cinema Appearances
Ghost Rider (2007)
Music: Christopher Young | Cinematography: Russell Boyd
Cast: Arthur Dolan (David Roberts), Barton Blaze (Brett Cullen), Blackheart (Wes Bentley), Caretaker/Phantom Rider (Sam Elliott), Ghost Rider/Zarathos (Nicolas Cage), Mephisto (Peter Fonda), Roxanne Simpson Blaze (Eva Mendes), Wallow (Daniel Frederiksen), Young Johnny Blaze (Matt Long), Young Roxanne Simpson (Raquel Alessi)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
Directed: Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine | Writing: David S. Goyer, Scott M. Gimple, Seth Hoffman
Music: David Sardy | Cinematography: Brandon Trost
Cast: Benedict (Anthony Head), Blackout (Johnny Whitworth), Ghost Rider/Zarathos (Nicolas Cage), Dan Ketch (Fergus Riordan), Grannik (Spencer Wilding), Krakchev (Jai Stefan), Mephisto (Ciarán Hinds), Methodius (Christopher Lambert), Moreau (Idris Elba), Nadya (Violante Placido), Toma Nikasevic (Vincent Regan)
