What else were you going to do with him? You couldn't put a helmet on him, so it had to be a flaming skull. Who thought of the flaming skull? To be honest with you I can't remember. The flaming skull: That was the big area of dispute. Now, there's been all kinds of dialog about who was the creator of Ghost Rider. But, to tell you the truth, it was my idea. Ploog seems to think the flaming skull was his idea. It was always my idea from the first time we talked about it, it turned out to be a guy with a flaming skull and rode a motorcycle.
#Ghost rider movie
I threatened on more than one occasion that if Marvel gets in a position where they are gonna make a movie or make a lot of money off of it, I'm gonna sue them, and I probably will. Well, there's some disagreement between Roy, Mike, and I over that. Gary liked it, so they went off and did it. I had this idea for the skull-head, something like Elvis' 1968 Special jumpsuit, and so forth, and Ploog put the fire on the head, just because he thought it looked nice. He should start out right away in his own book." When Gary wasn't there the day we were going to design it, Mike Ploog, who was going to be the artist, and I designed the character. I said, "Yeah, Gary, there's only one thing wrong with it," and he kind of looked at me weird, because we were old friends from Missouri, and I said, "That's too good an idea to be just a villain in Daredevil. Anyway, when Gary Friedrich started writing Daredevil, he said, "Instead of Stunt-Master, I'd like to make the villain a really weird motorcycle-riding character called Ghost Rider." He didn't describe him. I had made up a character as a villain in Daredevil-a very lackluster character-called Stunt-Master. Thomas, Marvel's editor-in-chief at the time, described the character's genesis: Several different creative teams mixed-and-matched until penciller Don Perlin began a long stint with issue #26, eventually joined by writer Michael Fleisher through issue #58.
#Ghost rider series
After a seven-issue tryout run in Marvel Spotlight, the character received a self-titled Ghost Rider series in 1973, with penciller Jim Mooney handling most of the first nine issues. (2017).įollowing the western comics character who originally used the name, the first superhero Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze, debuted in Marvel Spotlight #5 (August 1972), created by writer Gary Friedrich, Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas, and artist Mike Ploog, with the name Johnny Blaze coming from Stan Lee. Johnny Blaze was portrayed by Nicolas Cage in the films Ghost Rider (2007) and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011), and by Tom McComas in the fourth season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The character has been featured in various media adaptations, such as television series, feature films, and video games. With his supernatural powers, Johnny seeks vengeance as the "Ghost Rider". The character's story begins when motorcycle stuntman Johnny Blaze becomes bound to the Spirit of Vengeance Zarathos after making a deal with Mephisto to spare his surrogate father. He is the second Marvel character to use the name Ghost Rider, following Carter Slade (the Western comics hero later known as the Phantom Rider) and preceding Daniel Ketch, Alejandra Jones, and Robbie Reyes. Ghost Rider ( Jonathan Blaze) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Use of enchanted motorcycle, chain and shotgun.
Ability to travel between interdimensional realms and along any surface.Ability to project regular and ethereal flame.Proficient in hand-to-hand combat skills.Superhuman strength, agility, stamina, reflexes, speed, endurance and durability.
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