Ghost Rider #56 [Newsstand]
(May 1981)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860290005
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1973 series) #56 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Night Rider is Back... (Table of Contents)

Ghost Rider / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Budiansky (signed)
Inks
Bob Wiacek (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Storm]; Night Rider
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The Menace of Moondark (Table of Contents: 1)

Ghost Rider / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Fleisher
Pencils
Don Perlin
Inks
Mike Esposito (pages 1-15); Frank Giacoia (uncredited, pages 16-21); Al Milgrom (uncredited, pages 26, 30); Steve Leialoha ? (uncredited, page 22); ? (page 23); ? (pages 27-28)
Colors
Rob Carosella
Letters
Diana Albers (pages 1-15); Rick Parker (pages 16-30, uncredited)
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Flagg Fargo; Night Rider [Hamilton Slade] (introduction, origin, next app. in INCREDIBLE HULK #265); Moondark (villain)
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Indexer Notes

Additional credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.

Earthly Delights (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; The Thing / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Ghost Writers / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michael Fleisher
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Wilson Rivera, Jeff Johnson, Jaz Jones, David Duncan, Mike Sopp, Lise Leveillee, Dave Toftum and Jeffrey Lowndes plus The Mighty Marvel Checklist

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Night Rider is Back...
    Ghost Rider
  2. 1. The Menace of Moondark
    Ghost Rider
  3. 2. Earthly Delights
    Hostess Fruit Pies; The Thing
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Ghost Writers
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  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
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