CATALOG RECORD
Marvel Spotlight #5
first Ghost Rider
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Ghost Rider
- Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) — introduction, also in flashback · origin
- Roxanne Simpson (Black Rose, from Ghost Rider) — introduction, also in flashback
- Crash Simpson (Marvel, from Ghost Rider) — introduction
- Mona Simpson (Marvel) — introduction
- Barton Blaze (Marvel) — introduction, dies, flashback
Dates
- Cover date
- August 1972
- On sale
- May 30, 1972
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
pencils: Mike Plooginks: Mike Ploogletters: Morrie Kuramoto, John Costanzascript: Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas
Stories
- Ghost Rider · 22 pages
To save the life of his mentor and the man who has become like a father to him, Johnny Blaze makes a deal with the devil and is transformed into the spirit of vengeance, Ghost Rider.
Characters
Johnny BlazeGhost RiderLuciferRoxanne SimpsonCrash SimpsonMona SimpsonBarton Blaze
Reprinted in
Ghost Rider (1973), The Original Ghost Rider (1992), Ghost Rider: Highway to Hell (1992), Essential Ghost Rider (2005), Marvel Milestones: Ghost Rider, Black Widow & Iceman (2005), Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (2011), Ghost Rider: Cycle of Vengeance (2012), The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (2014), Decades: Marvel in the '70s - Legion of Monsters (2019), Marvel Masterworks: Ghost Rider (2019), Ghost Rider Epic Collection (2022)