(December 1974)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-09-10
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 Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #110, September 1974.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Hell-Bound Hero! (Table of Contents)

Ghost Rider / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Satan
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Crespi lettering per Nick Caputo. The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981) and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Jensen et al. 2011) incorrectly credit Gaspar Saladino.

Cover Thumbnail for Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1973 series) #9 Cover Thumbnail for Ghost Rider (1973 series) #9 [British]
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The Hell-Bound Hero! (Table of Contents: 1)

Ghost Rider / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Sal Trapani
Colors
Jan Brunner
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; A Christ figure (introduction); Satan (villain); Inferno (villain)
Synopsis
Ghost Rider gains his freedom from "Satan".
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Mooney; Herb Trimpe; Marie Severin (illustrations)
Inks
Jack Abel; Marie Severin (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bob Hobart, Chuck Rice, Blackwolf, Robert Dolphin; Marvel Value Stamp Series A #81 (Rhino); house ad for Crazy Magazine.

Notes and News on a Nestful of Nebbishes! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Hell-Bound Hero!
    Ghost Rider
  2. 1. The Hell-Bound Hero!
    Ghost Rider
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Ghost Writers
  4. 3. Notes and News on a Nestful of Nebbishes!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David B
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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