Ghost Rider [Dan Ketch] (first appearance); Barbera Ketch; Captain Dolan; Stacy Dolan; Cypress Pool Joker Gang; Deathwatch (villain, first appearance); Deathwatch Assassins (villains); Kingpin (villain); Kingpin's men (villains)
Synopsis
Dan and his sister go to visit Houdini's grave on Halloween Eve and run into a fight between Deathwatch's assassins and Kingpin's men. Barb is shot. Dan is hiding with his wounded sister when he finds a motorcycle with a glowing gas cap and transforms into Ghost Rider. A local gang ends up with the Kingpin's briefcase which Deathwatch was trying to steal.
Everything comes to a head as both the Kingpin's men and Deathwatch advance on the gang that stole the canisters. Blackout is disfigured as he bites Ghost Rider and is consumed by Hellfire. Kingpin recovers the canisters and everything returns to relative normalcy.
Hyde gets into a bar fight with a motorcycle gang and ends up hiding in the same parking garage where Dan Ketch is trying to stow his Ghost Rider bike.
Ghost Rider and Punisher cross paths as they try to discover who is arming youths and sending them out to do violence. It turns out to be Flag Smasher.
Scarecrow escapes the mental hospital and Ghost Rider must stop his killing spree. Blackout kills Barbera Ketch as vengeance for his disfigurement by her brother.