(December 1975)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1975-09-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Marv Wolfman (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #122.
This issue has variants:

Vengeance on the Ventura Freeway! (Table of Contents)

Ghost Rider / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank Giacoia ?; Sal Buscema ?
Colors
?
Letters
Annette Kawecki
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; The Orb; Karen Page
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possible Sal Buscema inks added by Nick Caputo. Indexer previously listed Mike Esposito as a possible inker. Corroborating Giacoia inks credits are in The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981) and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Jensen et al. 2011); these are also sources for letters credit.

Cover Thumbnail for Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1973 series) #15 Cover Thumbnail for Ghost Rider (1973 series) #15 [British]
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Vengeance on the Ventura Freeway! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
Michele Robinson
Letters
Karen Mantlo; Irv Watanabe (page 18); Gaspar Saladino (splash)
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Stunt-Master; Katy Milner; Karen Page; Richard Pini; Wendy Pini; the Christ figure; The Orb (villain)
Synopsis
Ghost Rider saves Karen Page from kidnapping by the Orb.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Sources for Saladino letters credit are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981) and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Jensen et al. 2011).

Last page includes a house ad for The Champions # 1 and a coming attraction for the next issue.

A Hearty Helping of High-Falutin', Habit-Formin' Happenings from Your Humble House of Ideas! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Incredible Hulk and the Twins of Evil! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Vengeance on the Ventura Freeway!
    Ghost Rider
  2. 1. Vengeance on the Ventura Freeway!
    Ghost Rider
  3. 2. A Hearty Helping of High-Falutin', Habit-Formin' Happenings from Your Humble House of Ideas!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. The Incredible Hulk and the Twins of Evil!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Darci
  • Katie
  • David B
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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