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Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) #5 (Aug. 1972):
“Origin of the Ghost Rider”
by Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich, Mike Ploog

Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) #5

Title: “Origin of the Ghost Rider”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1972

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich
Art by: Mike Ploog


5 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Ghost Rider Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: U Baptist (nominal); eclectic
Midnight Sons Marvel 306
Zarathos villain
CBR Scale: D demon
[grafted to John Blaze by Mephisto] Marvel 10
Black Rose Black Rose (Roxanne Simpson) supporting character villain
CBR Scale: M demon
[Johnny Blaze's wife; reincarnated as a demon] Marvel 78
Mona Simpson supporting character
  [adoptive mother of John Blaze (Ghost Rider)] Marvel 4
Crash Simpson Crash Simpson (Craig Simpson) supporting character
  [adoptive father of John Blaze (Ghost Rider)] Marvel 26