Ghost Rider #44 [Direct]

(May 1980)

Cloak of Crimson - Soul of Dust! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Michael Fleisher

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Tom Sutton

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

Clem Robins

Job Number

LF-452

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; The Crimson Mage [Azaziah Hornsby] (villain, death)

Synopsis

With Johnny and Ghost Rider both weakening from their separation, Johnny has to figure out how to stop the mage Azaziah and remerge with his demonic alter ego before they both die.

Reprints

• in Le Motard Fantôme (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #1 (3ème trimestre 1981)
• in Essential Ghost Rider (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ghost Rider (Marvel, 2019 series) #4 (2022)

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

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

Thor Meets the Ricochet Monster! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Mark Gruenwald ?

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (illustration)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Novak; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jeffrey Allen, Rich Lang, Kent G. Orlando, and Matt Kaufman plus house ad for Spider-Woman