Title:
Ghost Rider
Synopsis:
Featuring two ghost stories -
"The Diesel of Doom!”
The Ghost Rider takes on a gang of bikers that have kidnapped a man and are holding him for ransom. Plus, what is the mystery surrounding the truck driver Clem Barstow?
A truck runs Johnny Blaze off a cliff, he survives by turning into Ghost Rider. His bike wrecked, Johnny walks until he runs into Mitch, who’s changing a flat tire. A biker gang attacks them with the intention of kidnapping Mitch. Ghost Rider defeats them, but Blaze is struck from behind by two policemen; they kidnap Mitch. Clem Barstow, a trucker, gives Blaze a lift. Meanwhile, the gang fails to ransom Mitch to his miserly uncle. Clem drops Johnny off at the gang’s cabin and Ghost Rider quickly defeats them. Clem loads the gang into his truck and leaves, but the truck disappears as the sun rises. Later at a gas station, Blaze and Mitch learn that Clem was killed thirty years ago by bikers. He still haunts the road, killing bikers and helping good folks.
Then in...
"Graveyard of the Plendered Dead!"
Johnny Blaze visits a museum and sees a picture of the Night Rider (the Ghost Rider from the Old West)
Visiting a museum, Johnny Blaze finds a picture of one of Night Rider’s students who was a prominent physician.
"The Diesel of Doom!”
The Ghost Rider takes on a gang of bikers that have kidnapped a man and are holding him for ransom. Plus, what is the mystery surrounding the truck driver Clem Barstow?
A truck runs Johnny Blaze off a cliff, he survives by turning into Ghost Rider. His bike wrecked, Johnny walks until he runs into Mitch, who’s changing a flat tire. A biker gang attacks them with the intention of kidnapping Mitch. Ghost Rider defeats them, but Blaze is struck from behind by two policemen; they kidnap Mitch. Clem Barstow, a trucker, gives Blaze a lift. Meanwhile, the gang fails to ransom Mitch to his miserly uncle. Clem drops Johnny off at the gang’s cabin and Ghost Rider quickly defeats them. Clem loads the gang into his truck and leaves, but the truck disappears as the sun rises. Later at a gas station, Blaze and Mitch learn that Clem was killed thirty years ago by bikers. He still haunts the road, killing bikers and helping good folks.
Then in...
"Graveyard of the Plendered Dead!"
Johnny Blaze visits a museum and sees a picture of the Night Rider (the Ghost Rider from the Old West)
Visiting a museum, Johnny Blaze finds a picture of one of Night Rider’s students who was a prominent physician.
Cover Date:
Dec 1980
Publisher:
Marvel Comics Group
Barcode:
759606059706
Issue Number:
51
Month:
December
Year:
1980
Variant Number:
Comic Rack Variant
Printing:
1st
Country:
United States
Cover Price:
$0.50
Era:
Bronze Age
Genre:
Superhero
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Subgenre:
Supernatural Superhero
Language:
English
Type of Comic:
Magazine
Characters:
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)
Night Rider ( Carter Slade)
Clement Barstow
Robert Wentworth
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Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:09:31
Series:
1
Story Arc:
The Next Generation
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$8.18
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-02-28
Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:09:31
Created By:
Gary Friedrich & Mike Ploog
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Writer:
Michael Fleisher
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Artist:
Don Perlin
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Penciller:
Carmine Infantino
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Inker:
Mike Esposito
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Colorist:
Rob Carosella
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Cover Artist:
Al Milgrom
Bob Budiansky
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Letterer:
Diana Albers
Harry Blumfield
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Editor:
Jim Shooter
Denny O’Neil
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