Ghost Rider
#5
(April 1974)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-01-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #103, January - February 1974.
[no title indexed]
Ghost Rider / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Roulette
- Reprints
-
in Devil - Ghost - Iron Man (Editoriale Corno, 1974 series) #120 -
in Ghost Rider (Yaffa / Page, 1977 series) #2 -
in Vampyr (Interpresse, 1972 series) #14 ([1974]) -
in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #45 (3ème trimestre 1975) [Avec un arrière plan noir [With a black background]] -
in Essential Ghost Rider (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005) - 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
Romita inks per Nick Caputo, The Marvel Comics Index (1981) and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (2011). Previous indexer credited Frank Giacoia.
Crespi lettering per Nick Capurto. The Marvel Comics Index and Official Index to the Marvel Universe incorrectly credit Gaspar Saladino.
And Vegas Writhes In Flame!
Ghost Rider / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Doug Moench; Marv Wolfman (plot)
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Sal Trapani
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Rocky [Roxanne Simpson]; Satan (villain); Roulette [Dude Jensen] (villain); Slifer (villain)
- Reprints
- in Vampyr (Interpresse, 1972 series) #14 ([1974]) [page 7 and 8 of story swapped]
- in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #45 (3ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in The Original Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1992 series) #13 (July 1993)
- in Essential Ghost Rider (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Ghost Rider (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
- in Ghost Rider Epic Collection (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 - Hell on Wheels (2022)
-
[no title indexed]
Ghost Writers / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Steve Gerber ?
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema; Gil Kane (illustrations)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; Ernie Chan (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Danny Crespi; typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from Dennis Melvyn, Mark Brooks, Don Fleming; Marvel Value Stamp Series A #24 (The Falcon); house ad for Worlds Unknown #6.
Homilies, Hijink, and Happy New Year - From the Hallowed Halls of Marvel!
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Ghost Rider -
1.
And Vegas Writhes In Flame!
Ghost Rider -
2.
[no title indexed]
Ghost Writers -
3.
Homilies, Hijink, and Happy New Year - From the Hallowed Halls of Marvel!
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
Value, Value - Who's Got the Value?
Bullpen Bonus Page
This issue was modified by, among others
- David B
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jochen G.
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Richard Thomson
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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