Written by Larry Hama. Art by Vince Giarrano. Cover by Vince Giarrano.
The Spider's Kiss!; John Blaze and the Ghost Rider defeat Shelob, a demon spider that wants to have John's children and then use his body to feed them.
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$2.50 cover price edition. Black Parchment Cover. Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Adam Kubert, Joe Kubert, Dan Green, Klaus Janson, and Frank Spinks.
Dead Man's Tales; Ghost Rider and many others are killed during a battle with a magically enhanced Blade; Ghost Rider's nature threatens to destroy Blade but allows Louise Hastings time to resurrect those killed. Midnight Massacre Part 5.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Mike Manley, Tom Palmer, Jeff Albrecht, Ralph Cabrera, and Tim Tuohy.
Truth is Only Skin Deep!; Skinner attacks a truck driver so that he will have skin to wear and vows vengeance on John Blaze and Lilith; Ghost Rider helps John and his friends when they are attacked by Lilin and then asks John for help; John refuses because he has his own problems but he relents when Ghost Rider transforms back to Dan and tells John that Centurius has his mother; On their way to rescue them they are attacked by Skinner who viciously cuts John. While Ghost Rider is battling Skinner Centurius shows up and manages to spirit John (and Skinner) away before Ghost Rider can stop them; Caretaker appears and tells the Ghost Rider that Seer can help him.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Mike Manley and Tom Palmer.
Trials By Fire!; Ghost Rider has rescued John Blaze from Centurius and Lilith and brings him to Quinn's cabin for help; John has been sliced open and hellfire is pouring out of his wounds; Quinn helps John to focus and control the hellfire while he forges a new covering for the skin that has been cut away; Centurius taps into the power of Ghost Rider's chain. John learns that the hellfire and a piece of the medallion of power is contained within his body. Vengeance again comes looking for Ghost Rider thinking he is Zarathos; With John's help Vengeance is defeated and transforms back into Lt. Michael Badalino; John knocks him out and they leave him behind; Caretaker shows up to help him and says that he is needed for the assault on Centurius. Road to Vengeance crossover. Continues from Ghost Rider #42 and in Ghost Rider #43.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Henry Martinez and Keith Williams. Cover by Henry Martinez and Malcolm Jones III.
Zarathos; Zarathos defeats John Blaze, Ghost Rider, Vengeance and Caretaker as soon as he is reborn, but when he can't remember anything he grows furius, lashes out at everything around him and collapses; Caretaker and the others pick up Mrs. Ketch and retreat to "The Nightclub" (where the Blood hang out and where Seer has taken the remaining members of Quentin's Carnival); There Caretaker continues to reveal to John Blaze, Dan Ketch and Michael Badilino their heritage; Zarathos still does not know who he is and after he defeats Centerius again Lilith tries to convince him that she is his mother; Caretaker takes John, Ghost Rider and Vengeance to fight Zarathos and Ghost Rider manages to defeat him when he taps into the Medallion of Power; Zarathos, Lilith, Pilgrim and Nakota are drawn away into another dimension. Road to Vengeance crossover. Continues from Ghost Rider #43 and in Nightstalkers #14.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art and cover by Henry Martinez and Bud La Rosa.
The End of the World As We Know It! Siege of Darkness Part 8; When the Sanctum Sanctorum of Dr. Strange has been breached the Midnight Sons are left unprotected against the Lilin; Caretaker manages to take all of them to the Nightclub of the Blood for protection; There they plan their next assault on the Lilin and Zarathos; Meanwhile, Zarathos is beginning to regain his memory and he realizes that Lilith is not his mother; John Blaze, Ghost Rider and Vengeance go back to the cemetary to continue their fight with Zarathos; They are initially defeated by Zarathos but Morbius redeems himself by snaring the Medallion of Power from him; He throws it to Ghost Rider and Caretaker helps Blaze, Ghost Rider and Vengeance to access its power; They are able to defeat Zarathos and send the Lilin and the mystical mist back to their own dimension, sealing them up there; After this the Medallion of Power explodes and things are looking up before Dr. Strange senses the next problem. Continues from Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme #60 and in Nightstalkers #15.
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Written by David Quinn. Art and cover by Henry Martinez and Bud La Rosa.
Alone!
John Blaze has a dream that Dan Ketch is still alive trapped inside Zarathos; John goes back to Cypress Hills Cemetary where the Zarathos statue is; While he is there Varnae, the Lord of Vampires attacks Jay and Callie, two young lovers. He then attacks John Blaze; They battle and John eventually drives him away; Caretaker shows up after the battle to say that Seer transported Callie to safety and to tell John that he must continue to endure.
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NOT polybagged.
Written by Howard Mackie. Art and cover by Adam Kubert. Rise of the Midnight Sons Part 2: Spirits of Vengeance; Lilith is re-born and begins gathering her children; Blaze and Ghost Rider try to save John's family from Lilith's minions. Continued From Ghost Rider #31; Continued in Morbius #1.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Adam Kubert and Chris Warner. Cover by Adam Kubert.
Steel Vengeance (Steel Wind's sister) attacks John Blaze while the Ghost Rider appears to be in a coma; With the help of the members of the Quentin Carnival she is defeated; Ghost Rider wakes up from his coma and says that he knows where Dan Ketch is being kept and how to get him back to this plane of existence; Meanwhile, Lilith watches everything through Nakota's eyes.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art and cover by Henry Martinez and Bud La Rosa.
Picking Up the Pieces; John Blaze invades a top secret military base where the bodies of those killed from the Quentin Carnival are being held; John downloads the data they have gleaned from the bodies and then destroys their data and the tissue samples, DNA and blood that they were holding; When he is about to leave he is confronted by the ghosts of those who were killed; They say that they don't know why or how they stayed around as ghosts but that they followed their bodies to this base; They tell John that Steel Wind and some of the demons are alive and being experimented on; John kills the demons and rescues Steel Wind against her will; The ghosts stay behind to cover Johns escape.
38 pages, full color. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.
Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Henry Martinez and Bud La Rosa.
Change Is In the Air
John Blaze comes upon Kody fighting a creature just like him in the woods; He stops Kody from killing it and finds out that it was Kody's brother; His family has been tracking him and he disappears so that they won't kill any of his friends; Clara gets a vision that he is in danger in New York and she and John go after him; The rest of the group starts traveling again but Quinn stays behind trying to help Steel Wind; While Clara and John are in New York looking for Kody Clara kisses John; Kody sees this and attacks John because he loves Clara; John manages to convince Kody that there is nothing between he and Clara just before Kody's family attacks him again; Kody's father threatens to kill John and Clara but John and Kody fight together to defeat them; When Kody promises not to reveal their family secrets they agree to let him live but say that he is now an outcast and no longer a part of their family.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Henry Martinez and Bud La Rosa.
Change Is In the Air; John Blaze comes upon Kody fighting a creature just like him in the woods; He stops Kody from killing it and finds out that it was Kody's brother; His family has been tracking him and he disappears so that they won't kill any of his friends; Clara gets a vision that he is in danger in New York and she and John go after him; The rest of the group starts traveling again but Quinn stays behind trying to help Steel Wind; While Clara and John are in New York looking for Kody Clara kisses John; Kody sees this and attacks John because he loves Clara; John manages to convince Kody that there is nothing between he and Clara just before Kody's family attacks him again; Kody's father threatens to kill John and Clara but John and Kody fight together to defeat them; When Kody promises not to reveal their family secrets they agree to let him live but say that he is now an outcast and no longer a part of their family.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Henry Martinez, Robert Walker, Bud La Rosa, and Keith Williams. Cover by Henry Martinez and Bud La Rosa.
The Children; Uncontrollable mystical energies burst forth from Miranda Woods when her grief over her missing son Timmy overwhelms her; John manages to calm her down but doesn't know what to do about Timmy; Clara tells him that she may sense him in New York but she's not sure; She sends him to Child Inc. as the place to start; When John tries talking to them he is getting nowhere when Cardiac interrupts by attacking the organization claiming that they are not using the funds given to them to help children; John tries to stop him but gets shot in the face and then kicked out of the building for trespassing after Cardiac leaves; John goes to Dan Badilino (Vengeance) for help; He reluctantly agrees and when he and John begin their stakeout there is an explosion so Dan transforms to Vengeance and they both ride to the roof.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art and cover by Henry Martinez and Bud La Rosa.
An Ending
John Blaze is overcome with grief over the death of Roxanne; With Roxanne gone he needs to find his missing children so he goes to Clara to see if her gift can help him; Instead of locating his children she discovers that Centurius is alive; John goes after him but first he stops to tell Steel Wind that she must be gone when he returns and that her master Centurius is still alive
Centurius' demon captures John but before he can kill him Steel Wind arrives and saves him; Together John and Steel Wind defeat Centurius. John convinces Steel Wind that she can help regain her humanity by forgiving Centurius and not killing him; She agrees and leaves; John then turns and kills Centurius; At the end John vows to rebuild the Carnival so that Craig and Emma will have a life to return to when he finds them. Blaze #1 ad, art by Henry Martinez and Bud La Rosa.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art and cover by Henry Martinez and Bud La Rosa.
An Ending; John Blaze is overcome with grief over the death of Roxanne; With Roxanne gone he needs to find his missing children so he goes to Clara to see if her gift can help him; Instead of locating his children she discovers that Centurius is alive; John goes after him but first he stops to tell Steel Wind that she must be gone when he returns and that her master Centurius is still alive; Centurius' demon captures John but before he can kill him Steel Wind arrives and saves him; Together John and Steel Wind defeat Centurius. John convinces Steel Wind that she can help regain her humanity by forgiving Centurius and not killing him; She agrees and leaves; John then turns and kills Centurius; At the end John vows to rebuild the Carnival so that Craig and Emma will have a life to return to when he finds them. Blaze #1 ad, art by Henry Martinez and Bud La Rosa.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Adam Kubert and Chris Warner. Cover by Adam Kubert.
Fathers; Lilith finds one of her children, Skinner, who has given up his earlier savage ways and is living as a human; Lilith commands him to return to her and use his powers to kill John Blaze; While Ghost Rider is searching for Nakota Skinner attacks John; John holds his own until the Ghost Rider can return to help him; They think they have destroyed him and they leave to follow Nakota's trail, but Skinner is still alive and promising revenge on them.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Adam Kubert, Arthur Adams, Joe Kubert, and Tom Mandrake.
Choices; John Blaze is anxious to put the supernatural things behind him but Clara tells him that there are still greater threats to come; John decides he still has to leave the Ghost Rider behind and leaves to see Dan Ketch who has just got out of the hospital; Meanwhile, Hag and Troll decide to take Deathwatch's body back home, unfortunately, they eventually cross paths with John and the Ghost Rider; After a fight Hag and Troll escape and John agrees to help Ghost Rider pursue them to help save some humans they have trapped. Continued in Web of Spider-Man #95.
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"Chasing Shadows" Part 2 of 4. Guest-starring Spider-Man. Script by Howard Mackie. Pencils by Adam Kubert. Inks by Bill Reinhold. Cover by Adam Kubert.
Story continues from Web of Spider-Man 95. The rip-roaring battle among a host of heroes and villains continues below the streets! In the dampness and darkness of the New York sewer system, the swarming Deathspawn gain the upper hand! And carry away the web-slinger, Hobgoblin, Demogoblin, doppelganger, and parish priest!
Thus leaving Johnny Blaze, Ghost Rider, and Venom to figure out where the Deathspawn have taken their prey! However, the three anti-heroes are not overly interested in working together! But as the old expression goes…the enemy of my enemy is my friend…and so forth! Can the new trio of teammates find the amazing one and the goblins before it's too late? Story continues in Web of Spider-Man 96. Cameo appearances by Hag, Troll, and Deathwatch.
32 pages Cover price $1.75.
Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Adam Kubert and Bill Reinhold. Cover by Adam Kubert and Joe Kubert.
A Day of Vengeance A Day of Death!; John Blaze and the Ghost Rider go back to Quentin's Carnival to check on John's friends and find everybody in a state of panic because of Clara's visions of death; Steel Wind and Steel Vengeance then attack them; In the middle of the fight Mephisto shows up and transports John and the Ghost Rider away. Written by Howard Mackie.
Art by Joe Kubert. The Great Hunt; Once every ten years "The Feeders" appear in a city in the midst of a natural disaster and hunt the residents of that city; This time "The Feeders" appear in Manhattan and try to take Dan Ketch along with other victims; Dan turns into the Ghost Rider and hunts them instead.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Adam Kubert and Bill Reinhold. Cover by Adam Kubert and Joe Kubert.
Devil Dance; John Blaze and Ghost Rider are transported to somewhere else where Mephisto tells them he needs to test their powers and if they pass they will be allowed to ally with him in the upcoming fight against the forces breaking down the dimensional walls; He sends two Soulless Ones to fight them.; John and Ghost Rider are able to defeat them and Mephisto says they passed the first test. Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Joe Kubert. The Great Hunt Part II; Ghost Rider allows himself to be captured so that he can rescue the people taken by The Feeders; They brag that they have been a part of the earth since the beginning and that nothing can destroy them, but Ghost Rider defeats their most powerful member with his penance stare.
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Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Adam Kubert, Bill Reinhold, and Klaus Janson. Cover by Adam Kubert.
"Carnival of Death" Part I; Steel Vengeance is killed by Styge for disobedience amd Steel Wind is sent to capture John Blaze; John and the Ghost Rider arrive back at the Carnival to find that it has been attacked by the demons while they were gone; The Carnival was able to withstand the attack and the demons scattered around the town
When the demons left many of the people, including Timmy's father went out hunting them; Timmy sneaks out to look for his father; Mephisto meets with a human who wants vengeance on the Ghost Rider and when he sells his soul Mephisto transforms him into Vengeance; John and the Ghost Rider go after Timmy and save him just in time; When they arrive back at the carnival they find it under siege by Steel Wind and the demons.
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"Fear!" Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Lee Weeks and Al Williamson. Wraparound Cover by Lee Weeks.
A group of doctors operates on the Scarecrow, placing fear generating implants inside him. The villain awakens from his surgery and murders the surgeons. Sometime later, Capt. Dolan oversees a robbery turned hostage situation, warning his officers not to attempt a rescue until Ghost Rider arrives. When the Spirit of Vengeance shows up and stops the robbers, the police try to arrest him. Ghost Rider escapes, but Dan Ketch is angered to find newspaper headlines the next day blaming Ghost Rider for a hostage's heart attack. That night, the Scarecrow resumes his killing spree. Police officer Stacy Dolan and her partner, Ray, find him just after he has killed a young couple, but are overcome by Scarecrow's fear aura. Scarecrow kills Ray, but in his delusions believes Stacy to be his mother, abducting her. Capt. Dolan and the police are called to the scene, which also catches the attention of Captain America and Ghost Rider. Agreeing to work together, the two heroes head off, with Capt. Dolan trailing them. Cap takes Ghost Rider to the Scarecrow's childhood home, which has a murder of crows flocking over it. They find and battle the Scarecrow, who has tied Stacy to a cross like a scarecrow. Capt. Dolan arrives, and upon seeing his daughter, tries to murder the Scarecrow, until they realize Stacy is still alive. Escaping through a window, Scarecrow falls to his seeming death, impaled on a spiked fence, but later pulls himself free, and the Firm collects him.
48 pages, FC. Cover price $5.95.
Die-Cut Cover
"Crossroads!" Written by Howard Mackie and Ivan Velez, Jr. Art by Cary Nord, Bob McLeod, and Al Milgrom.
The sinister Blackheart kidnaps Danny Ketch and the villainous Scarecrow and draws them down into his abysmal realm. Then he re-bonds the demon Zarathos to the mortal Johnny Blaze with hopes of enslaving the Ghost Rider as his agent on Earthrealm. Meanwhile, Danny must somehow defeat the Scarecrow without the power of Ghost Rider or be forced to spend eternity in hell!
48 pages, FC. Cover price $3.95.
Limited (1 for 15) Variant Cover by JAE LEE. Written by JASON AARON. Art by ROLAND BOSCHI. Cover by JAE LEE.
The acclaimed GHOST RIDER run of writer Jason Aaron reaches its fever-pitched conclusion with six more issues of insanity, all jam-packed with new villains, old allies and the same old grindhouse action that Flamehead fans have come to know and love. The renegade angel Zadkiel is out to thwart Biblical prophecy by assassinating a young boy bred by Satanists to rule the world, so if Ghost Riders Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch are going to save the world, they'll first have to save the Anti-Christ. Guest-starring Hellstorm, the Son of Satan.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
