Ghost Rider #40 [Newsstand]
(January 1980)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860290001
Editing
Roger Stern (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1973 series) #40 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Death in the Nuclear Family! (Table of Contents)

Ghost Rider / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Budiansky (signed)
Inks
Al Gordon (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Source for letters credit is The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981).

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The Menace of the Nuclear Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Michael Fleisher
Pencils
Don Perlin
Inks
Don Perlin
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Diana Albers
Job Number
LG-633
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; The Nuclear Man [Dr. Thurgood Vance] (introduction, villain, death)
Synopsis
Ghost Rider tries to stop an old man who has created a nuclear battle suit and plans to use it to demonstrate the danger of nuclear power by blowing stuff up.
Reprints

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

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

The Icemaster Cometh (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Human Torch / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Ghost Writers / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Salicrup ?
Pencils
John Romita (illustration)
Inks
John Romita (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ken Hart, Jeffrey Lowndes, H. Bruce Valentine, Sam Hays; house ad for The Amazing Spider-Man #200.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Death in the Nuclear Family!
    Ghost Rider
  2. 1. The Menace of the Nuclear Man!
    Ghost Rider
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. The Icemaster Cometh
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Human Torch
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Ghost Writers
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