Marvel Spotlight #5

(August 1972)

Ghost Rider (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Gary Friedrich (credited); Roy Thomas (credited) (aid and abetment)

Pencils

Mike Ploog (credited)

Inks

Mike Ploog (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

John Costanza (credited as John Costa)

Job Number

945-Z

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rain... Engulfing the city in a damp blanket of doom...

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Barton Blaze (introduction, dies, flashback); Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze] (introduction, origin, also in flashback); Satan (villain, flashback); Crash Simpson (introduction, dies, flashback); Mona Simpson (introduction, dies, flashback); Roxanne Simpson (introduction, also in flashback); Clyde; Dingbat; Sam

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

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

• in Vampyr (Interpresse, 1972 series) #1 (1972)
• 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 Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #56 (4ème trimestre 1977) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #235 hors série (5 juillet 1989)
• in The Original Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1992 series) #1 (July 1992)
• in Ghost Rider: Highway to Hell (Marvel, 1992 series) (1993)
• in Essential Ghost Rider (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005) [black and white]
• in Marvel Milestones: Ghost Rider, Black Widow & Iceman (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
• in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #5 (janvier 2012)
• in Ghost Rider: Cycle of Vengeance (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 (March 2012)
• in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #18 - Marvel Origins: The 70s (March 2016)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #116 - Классика Marvel: 70-е Годы
• in Decades: Marvel in the '70s - Legion of Monsters (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ghost Rider (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
• in Ghost Rider Epic Collection (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 - Hell on Wheels (2022)

Indexer Notes

This version of Ghost Rider was co-created by Gary Friedrich, Mike Ploog and Roy Thomas (credited with "aid and abetment" on the splash page).

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.