History ComicBook / GhostRider

* ItsPronouncedTropay: Anton Satan will insist his name is not to be pronounced how an given English speaker would reads it.

* LikeABadassOutOfHell:Continually subverted, Asmodeus kicks the Blaze/Zarathos Ghost Rider out his realm because Ghost Rider was enjoying kicking his ass. Mephisto and Lucifer used the escape from their realms to further their own goals(in different ways). Noble Kale also gets kicked out of hell because the demons found him to be too benevolent when he took over.

** OneSteveLimit Blackheart the demon, the Blackheart project started by the evil monks or the kid who calls himself Blackheart? Anton Satan or Anton Hellgate? Daniel the host of Noble Kale or Daniel the angel?

* BatFamilyCrossover: Back in the 90s, there were four series that were launched by an arc called ''Rise of the Midnight Sons'' (not surprisingly, ''Ghost Rider'' got two of the issues in that arc). The names of these series were ''Spirits of Vengeance, Morbius, Nightstalkers'' and ''Darkhold''. There was also a comic that came out called ''Midnight Sons Unlimited'', which came out once every four months. The two crossovers that happened between all of these series were ''Midnight Massacre'' and ''Siege of Darkness''. ''Siege of Darkness'' is an interesting case since it also had two issues of ''Comicbook/DoctorStrange'' and four issues of ''Marvel Comics Presents'' in it. It ended in the fourth issue of ''Midnight Sons Unlimited'', which led into [[AntiHeroSubstitute Vengeance becoming the new Ghost Rider for four issues]]. Whew.

!!Ghost Rider provides the examples of:

* AmazonBrigade:The Furies, H.E.A.R.T., The Gun Nuns

* BatFamilyCrossover: Back in the 90s, there were four series that were launched by an arc called Rise of the Midnight Sons (Not surprisingly, Ghost Rider got two of the issues in that arc). The names of these series were Spirits of Vengeance, Morbius, Nightstalkers and Darkhold. There was also a comic that came out called Midnight Sons Unlimited, which came out once every four months. The two crossovers that happened between all of these series were Midnight Massacre and Siege of Darkness. Siege of Darkness is an interesting case since it also had two issues of Comicbook/DoctorStrange and four issues of Marvel Comics Presents in it. It ended in the fourth issue of Midnight Sons Unlimited, which led into Vengeance becoming the new Ghost Rider for four issues. Whew.

* BodyHorror: Skinbender's specialty.

* BreedingCult:Project Blackheart collected and paired up the most evil human beings it could find in hopes they would produce an antichrist after enough generations. Anton Satan is supposedly the closest they got to their goal before Zadkiel destroyed it.

* {{Cyborg}}: Plenty of those in the 90s issues.

* {{Heroic Dolphin}}s: Ghost Rider was saved from a killer shark by dolphins.

* TheDrifter: Naomi, Blaze and Dan have all become one when the burden of being a Ghost Rider got a little depressing.
* TheOrder: The Blood, ancient defenders of the Earth who at one point fought alongside the spirits of vengeance. One of their modern descendents is the Caretaker.
* TheSyndicate: Like many gang related villains, Deathwatch wanted to be the Kingpin of Crime. Ghost Rider kept getting in his way of course.

* VaporTrail

* WolverinePublicity: Ghost Rider was Marvel's first really popular Anti-Hero, and throughout TheSeventies, he would pop up in some other Marvel property [[CoversAlwaysLie at least on the cover]] about once a month.

One of the more badass heroes of the {{Marvel 2099}} setting was a deceased hacker, who got uploaded into a skeletal cybernetic body, with optional holographic flames. ''Ghost Rider 2099'' was a moderate success, with a strong anti-authority message.

** In ''{{Marvel 2099}}'' timeline, this includes a cybernetic version of the ''Ghost Rider itself''!

One of the more badass heroes of the {{Marvel2099}} setting was a deceased hacker, who got uploaded into a skeletal cybernetic body, with optional holographic flames. ''Ghost Rider 2099'' was a moderate success, with a strong anti-authority message.

* BadassBiker

* EveryoneHatesHades: Pluto is a villain in Marvel and part of the shared universe Ghost Rider lives in. It was only a matter of time before they clashed. Noble Kale also fought the furies a couple times, but in that case they weren't portrayed as malicious villains so much as being really bad at their jobs.

* ColourCodedCharacters: There was a decent enough reason in the story for Dan Ketch ended up bonded to a different spirit of vengeance but the real reason was so that the readers would have an easier time telling him and Blaze apart during the heaven arc.

* CallItKarma: The Penance Stare. If you look into GR's eyes while he's within an arm's reach of you, he can force you to experience every iota of pain you ever inflicted on others without cause in your entire life. Your average hood just realizes he should go home and rethink his life. A CompleteMonster will be reduced to a vegetable - unless they [[OurSoulsAreDifferent don't have a soul]]. The latter means GR just slaughters them with his bare hands.
** Notable exception is a religious fanatic in service of Zadakiel, who has no supernatural means to protect himself from Penance Stare, yet remained unaffected - his fanaticism was so strong even experiencing every single atrocity he ever committed couldn't make him realize he is anything but God's holy warrior.

** Will ''finally'' be joining CapcomVsWhatever in the UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3''. Similarly to Doctor Strange, some of Ghost Rider's enemies popped up in the series long before hand. Blackheart appeared in [[VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes three]] [[VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter tit]][[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 les]] and an InNameOnly PaletteSwap version of Mephitso appeared in one of the games.

** And yet, in another story, trying to use the Penance Stare on Venom caused it to backfire, because... well, apparently just because of Venom's alien costume. Go figure.
*** [[FridgeBrilliance The symbiote's ideas of good and evil are too alien for him to deal with.]]
*** Alternatively, may have something to do with the host body being (mostly) innocent and merely being forced into evil by the parasite, which "confuses" the Penance Stare.

* BadassNormal: Johnny Blaze after he gets rid of the spirit of Zarathos. He later becomes a BadassAbnormal due to some {{Cyborg}}ing.

Ghost Rider is one of the earlier 'thriller' heroes of the MarvelUniverse, as in, heroes that deal with the underworld baddies like demons and the likes of Mephisto. The premise is basically: BadassBiker with a [[FlamingSkulls Flaming]] SkullForAHead. There are two famous Ghost Riders in the universe that the audience knows.

...only to have him dead in an accident at the very next stunt he performed.

[[caption-width-right:330:[[DarkIsNotEvil He's the good guy in all this.]]]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Nigh Terror had the ability to see a person's memories by drinking their blood.

* TankGoodness:Subverted. Ghost Rider's motor cycle splits it in half without even slowing down.

As of 2011 series, Johnny Blaze has officially given up the mantle of the Ghost Rider, letting Alejandra become the new host of the Spirit of Vengeance. He would go on to try to mentor Alejandra but, at the end of that series would retake the mantle of Ghost Rider back with Alejandra only retaining a portion of its power.

* AntiHero: So far we have not seen a Ghost Rider who was not. John Blaze was at first the classical antihero who despite doing heroic things did not have a very desirable life. Zarathos was a hero in name only at first but eventually softened to pay evil unto evil as a result of Johnny's influence. Dan Ketch started as a pay evil unto to evil type but softened to IDidWhatIHadToDo as he decided the penance stare was a horrific thing to put people through and he really did not like killing people either. Noble Kale is another classical antihero and Alejandra is another pay evil onto evil type.

* {{Crossover}}: Ghost Rider usually keeps to his own corner of the Marvel Universe, but Danny has been known as a member of "the New ComicBook/FantasticFour", a brief replacement for the real FF made up of Marvel's [[WolverinePublicity most popular heroes]]: himself, {{Spider-Man}}, {{Wolverine}}, and the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]. Recently there's a crossover with Alejandra, Comicbook/{{Venom}} (the Flash Thompson version), RedHulk, and {{X-23}} in an obvious New FF tribute.

* DeathGlare[=/=]EyeBeams: The Penance Stare (depending on how it's depicted), which inflicts its victims with all the pain that they have inflicted on the innocent. Unlike most [[DeathGlare Death Glares]], it ''can'' kill if the target has caused enough pain and suffering on others. Those who live are sometimes demoralized enough to wish they had. In the 90's ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' cartoon, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx8ob0BAkOs Ghost Rider floored Galactus with it.]]

* WoverinePublicity: Ghost Rider was Marvel's first really popular Anti-Hero, and throughout TheSeventies, he would pop up in some other Marvel property [[CoversAlwaysLie at least on the cover]] about once a month.

* WeakSauceWeakness: Because the Penance Stare's ability to cause pain is so powerful, it has several of these. If the victim has more than two eyes, or are blind, Ghost Rider can't use it on them. It won't hurt people who do not have souls and if they can't actually feel pain it is worthless. It also will not work on lords of hell. And if the target has a penance stare too, he'll get it right back. It also backfires or is completely ineffective against the insane and those who are bonded with a symbiote. Ghost Rider's strong enough to beat most targets regardless but these at least make him do more than look at an opponent disapprovingly to beat him.

* AntiHero: As a Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze ended up [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV]] when Zarathos gained more control and Dan Ketch is [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]].

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: There was a decent enough reason in the story for Dan Ketch ended up bonded to a different spirit of vengeance but the real reason was so that the readers would have an easier time telling him and Blaze apart during the heaven arc.

As of 2011, Johnny Blaze has officially given up the mantle of the Ghost Rider, letting Alejandra become the new host of the Spirit of Vengeance.

* {{Crossover}}: Ghost Rider usually keeps to his own corner of the Marvel Universe, but Danny has been known as a member of "the New ComicBook/FantasticFour", a brief replacement for the real FF made up of Marvel's [[WolverinePublicity most popular heroes]]: himself, {{Spider-Man}}, {{Wolverine}}, and the {{Hulk}}. Recently there's a crossover with Alejandra, Comicbook/{{Venom}} (the Flash Thompson version), RedHulk, and {{X-23}} in an obvious New FF tribute.

* {{Crossover}}: Ghost Rider usually keeps to his own corner of the Marvel Universe, but Danny has been known as a member of "the New FantasticFour", a brief replacement for the real FF made up of Marvel's [[WolverinePublicity most popular heroes]]: himself, {{Spider-Man}}, {{Wolverine}}, and the {{Hulk}}. Recently there's a crossover with Alejandra, Comicbook/{{Venom}} (the Flash Thompson version), RedHulk, and {{X-23}} in an obvious New FF tribute.

* DeathGlare[=/=]EyeBeams: The Penance Stare (depending on how it's depicted), which inflicts its victims with all the pain that they have inflicted on the innocent. Unlike most [[DeathGlare Death Glares]], it ''can'' kill if the target has caused enough pain and suffering on others. Those who live are sometimes demoralized enough to wish they had. In the 90's FantasticFour [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour cartoon]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx8ob0BAkOs Ghost Rider floored Galactus with it.]]

-->--''[[MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''

The second GhostRider is Daniel Ketch, actually the half-brother of Johnny Blaze. He first appeared in ''"Ghost Rider''" vol. 2 #1 (May, 1990). When attacked by thugs to protect his sister Barbara, a touch to his sister's pendant suddenly bonded him with a spirit [[spoiler:Kale]], turning him into the new Ghost Rider. Johnny took note of this and eventually became Dan's BigBrotherMentor of sorts in his adventures.

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