Ghost Rider?

Question

What can you tell me about Ghost Rider? I want to know everything there is to know about this character.

Answer 1

Ghost Rider #1 (Sep., 1973). Art by Gil Kane and Joe Sinnott.Long ago a mystical artifact was crafted by the Blood that housed the essence of the original Spirits of Vengeance. The artifact was known as the Medallion of Power. The Medallion was broken into shards and embedded into the spiritual bloodline of the Kale family. The demon Mephisto, was in search of the medallion and came across Noble, the first of the Kales to be affected by their shard of the Medallion. Noble was transformed into the Spirit of Vengeance - the Ghost Rider of the 18th century. Mephisto, wanting the medallion, tried to corrupt Noble but failed. Mephisto kept an eye on Noble and the Kale clan from then on watching as Kale manifested in the firstborn of every generation of the Kales.

Johnny Blaze a stunt motorcyclist/daredevil was the son of Barton Blaze and Naomi Kale. Johnny spent his early years in the Quentin Carnival where his parents starred in a stunt show with Craig “Crash” Simpson. Johnny’s family had ended when his mother Naomi, scared that Johnny would suffer the same way she had, abandoned Barton and Johnny and took her other two children whom she placed in the care of a woman named Francis Ketch.

Losing his mother caused Johnny to repress many of his memories of Naomi and his siblings. When Barton died in a stunt not long after, Johnny was adopted by Crash and Mona Simpson. The Simpsons helped Johnny by fabricating his past with the hope that it would be less painful than the truth. Now believing that his real mother was Clara Blaze, who had passed away, Johnny became an enthusiastic member of the Simpson Clan, growing closer to their daughter, Roxanne. The two soon became inseparable and, as they grew older their fondness for one another moved beyond familial.

As years passed, Naomi Kale returned to spy on Johnny. Naomi was glad to see him growing into a happy young man, but she still feared the curse Johnny had in him. Naomi made a deal with Mephisto to spare him. Unfortunately, Mephisto betrayed Naomi on her death bed, swearing that Johnny will not become the true Spirit of Vengeance, but still will become ‘a’ Ghost Rider.

Unaware of what was happening behind his back, Johnny followed the Simpsons into their own traveling stunt show – the Crash Simpson Stunt Cycle Extravaganza. Crash had become a real father figure in Johnny’s eyes, and when Johnny learnt of his life threatening cancer, Johnny turned to the Occult, in search of answers. His studies led him to a spell which supposedly could summon Satan himself. Johnny was unaware that he in fact had summoned Mephisto. Johnny sold his soul to Mephisto in return for Crash’s cancer to be cured. Mephisto did cure Crash, however, Crash died soon after in a stunt, trying to jump over 22 cars. Johnny, still at the mercy of Mephisto, believed he would lose his soul to Mephisto until he was saved by Roxanne. Roxanne proclaimed her love for Johnny, and drove Mephisto away with the purity of her emotion.

Johnny was unaware that Mephisto had bonded him with the demon Zarathos as an act of revenge (breaking the deal he made with Naomi Kale) for not being able to obtain Johnny's soul. Johnny, was transformed into a Ghost Rider, a leather-clothed skeleton, his head cloaked in a sheath of flame, the night after Crash’s death.

The character received his own series in 1973, with penciler Jim Mooney handling most of the first nine issues. Several different creative teams mixed-and-matched until penciler Don Perlin began a long stint with #26, eventually joined by writer Michael Fleisher through #58. This Ghost Rider's career ended when Zarathos fled Blaze's body in issue #81 (June 1983), the finale.

Blaze would mistake Noble Kale for Zarathos during the subsequent Ghost Rider series (1990-1998), and after attempting to destroy him, eventually became an ally. Johnny, like his long-lost brother Danny Ketch (see below), are direct descendants of Kale (Johnny's true last name is Blaze inherited from his father Barton Blaze. Barbara and Daniel Ketch's true last names remain unknown as their father might or might not be Barton Blaze). Johnny was supposed to have become Kale's next host, but because of a deal their mother made with Mephisto Johnny was "spared" having to be Noble's host. However, Johnny became the host for another entity (Zarathos), who had been stripped of his memories and was originally under Johnny's control. As the series progressed, that control faded and Zarathos' true personality was evident whenever Ghost Rider was unleashed.

Answer 2

Ghost Rider is complicated.... simply because there have been two different characters aho have gone by that identity and both characters looked very close.

The original Ghost Rider was Johnny Blaze and This is who the new movie is based on. Originally Blaze bargined with Mephisto and was cursed to be bonded with a demon called Zarathos. At times Zarathos would transform Blaze's form into the Ghost Rider, a demonic being with a blue jumpsuit and burning skull...

The other Ghost Rider was Dan Ketch. Ketch seemingly inherited his Ghost Rider personality when his sister was gunned down and he came into contact with a demonic medallion of "The Spirits of Vengence". The Ketch Ghost Rider was a biker who had the same burning Death's Head motiff....

Recently Marvel has "retro-conned" both characters.... and this is where it gets complex... i suggest you go to the sorce of Marvel's info, there is a link below....

Answer 3

Contrary to popular sentiment, I never cared for the bike-riding Ghost Rider. My favorite Ghost Rider was the 1967 version. He was also a Marvel character and looked like a ghostly Lone Ranger.

Answer 4

He rides a motorcycle with a flaming skull for a head.

Answer 5

Lame motorcycle riding character.

Answer 6

He's gonna be played by Nicholas Cage.

Answer 7

He is the demon named Zarathos, the spirit of vengeance.

Answer 8

Have fun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Rider_%28comics%29

Answer 9

You will never be part of that club. Only the few of us know.

Answer 10

his head is in fire and he rides on a bike