Ghost Rider / Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance #9 [Direct]

(April 1993)

Carnival of Death Part I (Table of Contents: 1)

Ghost Rider & Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Mackie (credited)

Pencils

Adam Kubert (credited)

Inks

Bill Reinhold (credited); Klaus Janson (credited)

Colors

Gregory Wright (credited as Greg Wright)

Letters

Bill Oakley (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Feel the pain of failing your master, Steel Vengeance.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Johnny Blaze; Ghost Rider [Danny Ketch]; Steel Vengeance [Sadae Tsumura] (death); Demons of Styge; Carver; Steel Wind [Ruriko Tsumura]; Wolf; Eli McIntyre; Clara Menninger; Kodiak; Timmy Woods; Miranda Woods; Mephisto; Vengeance [Michael Badilino] (origin and 1st appearance); Deathspawn [Hag; Troll]; Deathwatch's body (cameo); Centurious

Synopsis

Steel Vengeance is killed by Styge for disobedience and Steel Wind is sent to capture Blaze. John and Ghost Rider arrive back at the Carnival to find that it has been attacked by the demons while they were gone. When the demons left many of the people went out hunting them. Timmy sneaks out to look for his father. Mephisto meets with a human who wants vengeance on the Ghost Rider and when he sells his soul Mephisto transforms him into Vengeance. John and the Ghost Rider go after Timmy and save him. When they arrive back at the carnival they find it under siege by Steel Wind and the demons.

Keywords

Quentin Carnival

Indexer Notes

First appearance and origin of Vengeance.

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fabian Nicieza (signed); Barry Dutter (credited); ?

Pencils

Rick Parker (signed)

Inks

Rick Parker (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Tom DeFalco

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

Chain Reactions / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

Letters by Rick Hernandez, Tom Metkus, Steve Perram, Michael Kaye, B. Gravely, Eric Fuller, Andrew Colson and Derek Burns. Includes answers to questions and a short section regarding upcoming stories.