Ghost Rider #2 [Regular Edition]
(October 1973)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-07-03
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 The Comic Reader #98, June 1973.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Shake Hands with Satan! (Table of Contents)

Ghost Rider / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Satan
Reprints
Keywords
demon; motorcycle

Indexer Notes

Sources for Giacoia inks credit are The Marvel Comics Index, and Official Index to the Marvel Universe. Nick Caputo concurs. Sinnott's personal records inaccurately credit him with inks.

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Shake Hands With Satan! (Table of Contents: 1)

Ghost Rider; Son of Satan / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Friedrich
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Syd Shores
Colors
Linda Lessmann
Letters
Charlotte Jetter; Gaspar Saladino (splash page)
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Snake-Dance; Satan; Big Daddy Dawson (intro); Witch Woman [Linda Littletrees]
Synopsis
Witch Woman takes Ghost Rider to Hell to serve Satan.
Reprints
Keywords
ankh; Apache; desert; Hell; Indian reservation; motorcycle; motorcycle gang; Native American

Indexer Notes

Story continued in MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (October 1973).

Source for Saladino letters credit is The Marvel Comics Index.

Dietetic Doodlings and Dizzy Dispatches Designed to Delight! (Or: Just the Son of Satan and Me - and Satana Makes Three!) (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Ghost Writers / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters Nick Francesco, Todd Clark, Mike Collins.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Shake Hands with Satan!
    Ghost Rider
  2. 1. Shake Hands With Satan!
    Ghost Rider; Son of Satan
  3. 2. Dietetic Doodlings and Dizzy Dispatches Designed to Delight! (Or: Just the Son of Satan and Me - and Satana Makes Three!)
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Ghost Writers
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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