![]() In addition to being a Ghost Rider, Ketch was the host of Noble Kale, a knight of Zadkiel, and the Death Rider. It was assumed Ketch died at the end of his series, until he was seen alive and well. Danny Ketch is Blaze’s long-lost, younger brother, and unlike his predecessor, would get along well with his Spirit, the Marvel Universe’s iteration of the Angel of Death. He actually gave up his powers in 1983, and it wouldn’t be until GHOST RIDER (1990) #1 when a new person stepped in to fill the Ghost Rider vacuum. Talk about a promotion!īlaze hasn’t always been the Ghost Rider in the present era. Oh, and he was also the King of Hell for a few years. Since this pivotal life choice, Blaze has been on tons of teams including the Legion of Monsters and most notably the Midnight Sons. Of course, Mephisto couldn’t just stand by when such a deal was forged. Blaze was a motorcycle stuntman who bonded with the Spirit of Vengeance named Zarathos to save his surrogate father from death. ![]() She would be transported to the modern era with other Sorcerers Supreme to fight the Forgotten in DOCTOR STRANGE AND THE SORCERERS SUPREME (2016) and starred in her own vertical series on the Marvel Unlimited app, GHOST RIDER: KUSHALA INFINITY COMIC (2021).ĭebuting in MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (1971) #5, Johnny Blaze was the first Ghost Rider in Marvel Comics history and the second character to use the name Carter Slade, the Phantom Rider, has the honor of using the name first. During that time, she was known as the Demon Rider and was even the Sorcerer Supreme. She prayed for help from the Creator but instead received an answer from Leviathan, a Spirit of Vengeance. An Apache woman from the 19th century, her parents and her tribe were killed by the United States Army. The next prominent Ghost Rider was Kushala, AKA the Spirit Rider. Hellhawk was killed by Necrosis, on orders by Belasco of the Corrupted as a threat to Mephisto to keep all Spirits of Vengeance out of Limbo. (Kale is also the ancestor of two other Ghost Riders, Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch). Avengers, and, according to some dialogue in AVENGERS (2018) #24, had a rivalry with the Puritan Avenger/Ghost Rider Noble Kale. First appearing in GHOST RIDER (2006) #33, he was part of the 1,000 A. The following Ghost Rider was Hellhawk, a Sioux chieftain during the 11th century. ![]() Black Panther, to battle the Fallen in MARVEL LEGACY (2017) #1 and the First Host in the pages of AVENGERS (2018). Ghost Rider would later join the Stone Age Avengers, such as 1,000,000 B. Although he loses the battle and his Hell Mammoth to the Wendigo, B.C. It was during this journey that Ghost was approached by a snake and was given a Spirit of Vengeance, thus making him the 1,000,000 B. The monster named the caveman “Ghost” and challenged him to find them. was the lone survivor of a Wendigo attack. In AVENGERS (2018) #7, an intelligent caveman from 1,000,000 B.C. The legacy of the Ghost Rider is filled with “pain, punishment, and vengeance.” So, hop on your preferred Hell-Vehicle of choice, and let’s take a fiendish ride down this hair-raising highway of history. Regardless of their origin, one thing is for certain. Whereas the Spirits of Vengeance that served Mephisto directly were demonic entities, as portrayed in DOCTOR STRANGE: DAMNATION (2018) #1. This spirit, an “entity of heaven,” would be connected to a targeted human host, like stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze, whose purpose was to purify sins through fighting. According to GHOST RIDER (2006) #18, the rogue archangel Zadkiel bonded the Sprits of Vengeance to the chosen, as he was in charge of maintaining them. But it’s a little more complicated than that. Sell your soul, become a cursed, flaming skull with immense power. It was once believed that Hell-lord Mephisto was the creator of the Ghost Riders. And, one Ghost Rider is bad enough, but to face a whole army of them? GHOST RIDER: HEAVEN’S ON FIRE (2009) #6 and DOCTOR STRANGE: DAMNATION (2018) #4 showed that it was a fate worse than death. They weren’t native to America but spanned countless countries, cultures, and eras. “Heaven’s Black Ops.” They were, as told in a flashback from GHOST RIDER (2006) #33, born out of a supreme being’s will to keep depravity and wickedness in check.
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