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SOLD ON: Wednesday, 09/21/2022 11:04 PM
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PUBLISHER: Marvel
COMMENTS: ow/white pages
Gil Kane motorcycle cover; 1st brief app. Daimon Hellstrom (Son of Satan)
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Gil Kane motorcycle cover; 1st brief app. Daimon Hellstrom (Son of Satan)Ghost Rider's origins began in the Wild West, the original character was an eerie gunslinging horseback rider in his first iteration. Reimagined in the rough-and-tumble era of the 1970s as a motorcycle stuntman, no doubt influenced by the antics of Evel Knievel, Ghost Rider would become an instant cult success. The image of a rebel on a motorbike whose head is a flaming skull could simply not be denied, and the occult and supernatural trappings of his adventures appealed greatly to a public weaned on the grindhouse horrors of the era. This first issue of Ghost Rider capitalized on Johnny Blaze's success in the "try-out" anthology Marvel Spotlight which was spun off into this memorable and beloved series, spawning several reboots and motion pictures in the future.