Marvel Spotlight #5

(August 1972)

[Origin of the Ghost Rider] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas; Gary Friedrich

Pencils:

Mike Ploog

Inks:

Mike Ploog

Colors:

?

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero; Occult

Characters:

Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze] (introduction, origin); Barton Blaze (introduction, dies); Crash Simpson (introduction, dies); Mrs. Simpson (introduction, dies); Roxanne Simpson (introduction); Satan [Mephisto] (villain)

Synopsis:

To save the life of his mentor and the man who has become like a father to him, Johnny Blaze makes a deal with the devil and is transformed into the spirit of vengeance, Ghost Rider.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (February 1975) [[2 pp. edited]; 18 pages]
which is reprinted
• in Capitan America (Editoriale Corno, 1973 series) #97 (29 Dicembre 1976)
• in The Original Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)
• in Ghost Rider: Highway to Hell (Marvel, 1992 series) #[nn] (1993)
• in Marvel Milestones: Ghost Rider, Black Widow & Iceman (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn] (2005)
• in Essential Ghost Rider (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
• in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #5 (janvier 2012)

Indexer Notes

This version of Ghost Rider was co-created by Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas and Mike Ploog. In 2012, the owners of Marvel Comics, Disney Corporation, won a court case asserting their rights to the character. Disney also won the countersuit by Friedrich, the ruling of which prevents him from promoting himself as the creator of Ghost Rider for financial gain.