Ghost Rider #11 [Regular Edition]
(April 1975)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1975-01-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #114.
This issue has variants:

The Desolation Run (Table of Contents)

Ghost Rider / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
Tom Palmer ?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A Gil Kane/Klaus Janson alternate cover for this issue is printed in Ghost Rider #50.

Sources for the previous Annette Kawecki letters credit and Klaus Janson inks credit were The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981) and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Jensen et al. 2011).

Gaspar Saladino letters credit confirmed by Todd Klein via The Crespi Files posted to Facebook (17 May 2018).

[Don't Be Half a Man!] (Table of Contents: 1)

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Appears on inside front cover

[The Insult That Made A Man Out of 'Mac'] (Table of Contents: 2)

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Comics-form advertising in rightmost 1/4 of page for Charles Atlas bodybuilding course.

The Desolation Run! (Table of Contents: 3)

Ghost Rider / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
John Tartaglione (credited as John Tartag); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
Phil Rachelson (credited as Phil Rache)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hulk; Inferno (villain)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Appears after page 3 of the main story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Appears before page 4 of the main story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Mrs. Penny Fisher / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Indian and Lincoln US pennies by the pound. Appears after page 5 of the main story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Powerex / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for isokinetics exercise program.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Corgi Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Corgi Formula 1 cars.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Classified ads. Appears after page 7 of the main story.

["I'm sick and tired of my job!"] (Table of Contents: 11)

Cleveland Institute of Electronics [lessons] / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Appears before page 8 of the main story.

[2 Free Books] (Table of Contents: 12)

Cleveland Institute of Electronics [lessons] / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Cut-out mail-in request form for electronics course.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Ghost Writers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella ?
Pencils
Marie Severin; Herb Trimpe (illustrations)
Inks
Marie Severin; Jack Abel ? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

The Yellow Box Gazette editorial apologizes for the previous issue's reprint and notes a change of artists in the coming months. Letters from Scott Carrica, Ken Hart, Jim Trefil and Neal Meyer. Marie Severin illustration parodies the aftermath of a Hulk vs. Ghost Rider battle. Includes Marvel Value Stamp Series A #66 (General Ross). Appears after page 10 of the main story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

North American School of Motorcycle Repair / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Appears after letters column.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Promo ad for subscription to current Marvel titles with an illustration of Spider-Man.

[Marvel Poster Masterpieces and Mighty Marvel Belt Buckles] (Table of Contents: 16)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Promo ad for Marvel related merchandise.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Universal Bodybuilding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Promo ad for exercise course. Appears before page 11 of the main story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Classified ads. Appears after page 12 of the main story.

Another Assortment of Action-Packed Ad-Libs and Astonishing Addendums! (Table of Contents: 19)

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items. Appears after page 14 of the main story.

[Kung-Fu and Karate] (Table of Contents: 20)

Demaru Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Appears after Bullpen Bulletins column.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

La Salle Extension University / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Appears after the last page of the main story.

[Never Finished High School?] (Table of Contents: 22)

Wayne School Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Desolation Run
    Ghost Rider
  2. 1. [Don't Be Half a Man!]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  3. 2. [The Insult That Made A Man Out of 'Mac']
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  4. 3. The Desolation Run!
    Ghost Rider
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    North American School of Drafting
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Mrs. Penny Fisher
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Powerex
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Corgi Toys
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
  12. 11. ["I'm sick and tired of my job!"]
    Cleveland Institute of Electronics [lessons]
  13. 12. [2 Free Books]
    Cleveland Institute of Electronics [lessons]
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Ghost Writers
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    North American School of Motorcycle Repair
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  17. 16. [Marvel Poster Masterpieces and Mighty Marvel Belt Buckles]
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Universal Bodybuilding
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
  20. 19. Another Assortment of Action-Packed Ad-Libs and Astonishing Addendums!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  21. 20. [Kung-Fu and Karate]
    Demaru Inc.
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    La Salle Extension University
  23. 22. [Never Finished High School?]
    Wayne School Courses
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David B
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore