Ghost Rider #81 [Direct]

(June 1983)

The End of the Ghost Rider! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

J. M. DeMatteis; Bob Budiansky (co-plot)

Pencils

Bob Budiansky

Inks

Danny Bulanadi (pages 1-3, 8-16, 21-22); Kevin Dzuban (pages 4-7, 17-20)

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

Michael Higgins

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Roxanne Simpson; Centurious (villain, death); Ethan Domblue [Death; Sin-Eater] (villain); Zarathos (permanently separated from Johnny Blaze and imprisoned in a soul gem, villain); Mephisto (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

Johnny Blaze is trapped in a soul gem and Zarathos takes over his body to fight the nefarious Centurious. During the battle, Zarathos and Centurious are trapped in the gem and Johnny Blaze is wholly human once again and faces a hopeful future.

Reprints

• in The Original Ghost Rider Rides Again (Marvel, 1991 series) #7 (January 1992)
• in Ghost Rider: Highway to Hell (Marvel, 1992 series) (1993)
• in Essential Ghost Rider (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

Indexer Notes

Specific inking credits per Nick Caputo. Next appearance in Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1990 series) #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Travels with Zarathos or Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

J. M. DeMatteis

Pencils

Mike Ploog (illustration)

Inks

Mike Ploog (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Announcement of the Ghost Rider's cancellation and thoughts by the author on the character.

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Ed Shukin (credited)

Letters

typeset