History ComicBook / GhostRider

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Centurious' flunkie Carver is always accompanied by his cyborg monkey.

* TheAntichrist: Anton Satan ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPay Pronounced Shu-tan]]), Aka Kid Blackheart, claims to be ''the'' antichrist. He has human parents but claims his father is the devil. Daimon Hellstrom is the son of a demon lord who intended for him to be the antichrist but he has no desire to be one. Anton and Daimon don't like each other.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: Anton Satan will insist his name is not to be pronounced how an given English speaker would read it. In case you were wondering, it's supposed to be pronounced Shu-tan.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Spirits of Vengeance come in different flavors. [[DarkIsNotEvil And they're all good guys]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[DarkIsNotEvil He's the good guy.]]]]

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Basically applies to Ghost Rider's victory over Lucifer; one prior comic was focused on Johnny killing various Lucifer fragments while reflecting on a good idea he'd just had, but it wasn't until the final confrontation that the reader learned that this 'good idea' was to leave one Lucifer fragment in a paralysed, brain-dead state so that he could trick Lucifer into facing him at half strength and kill the two weakened Lucifers simultaneously.

As well, 2018 also saw the introduction of ''Cosmic Ghost Rider'', a spin-off of a ''Thanos'' storyline earlier in the year, with a future version of '''[[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frank Castle]]''' who became the Rider who has gone mad, deciding to kill Thanos when he was a baby, only to realize that the kid isn't evil yet, [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong so he decides to raise the kid himself, to, you know, not be a mass-murdering tyrant.]] HilarityEnsues.

** He's also made a few cartoon appearances- a few in the 90s Marvel cartoons (a quick cameo in ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' in Gambit's memories, a longer cameo in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' (helping the FF and Thor to stop ''ComicBook/{{Galactus}}''! Kill ''trillions'' as a PlanetEater and you ''won't'' want the Penance Stare turned on you!), and a full-fledged BackdoorPilot in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk1996''- he was also supposed to appear in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', but that didn't happen), and in ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSmash.''

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The character was much more a traditional superhero when he first debuted, fighting human criminals like Water Wizard, The Orb and The Enforcer, characters more at home in the early Spider-Man comics than here.

* BatFamilyCrossover: Back in the 90s, there were four series that were launched by an arc called ''Rise of the ComicBook/MidnightSons'' (not surprisingly, ''Ghost Rider'' got two of the issues in that arc). The names of these series were ''Spirits of Vengeance, ComicBook/{{Morbius}}, Nightstalkers'' and ''Darkhold''. There was also a comic that came out called ''ComicBook/MidnightSons 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 ''Comicbook/MarvelComicsPresents'' in it. It ended in the fourth issue of ''ComicBook/MidnightSons Unlimited'', which led into [[AntiHeroSubstitute Vengeance becoming the new Ghost Rider for four issues]]. Whew.

* {{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, Franchise/SpiderMan, Franchise/{{Wolverine}}, and the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]. Later there was a crossover with Alejandra, Comicbook/{{Venom}} (the Flash Thompson version), ComicBook/RedHulk, and ComicBook/{{X 23}} in an obvious New FF tribute.

* ArtifactName: Only in Brazil, due to DubNameChange: It was translated as Motoqueiro Fantasma (Ghost ''Biker''). As Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch versions ride motorcycles, it fits them well. Then came the Robbie Reyes version, riding a ''muscle car'', but the translator kept the "Ghost Biker" name.
* ArtifactTitle: Only in Brazil, due to DubNameChange changing "Rider" to "Biker", which creates an inaccuracy when the vehicle is a car.

!!Alternate universe versions of Ghost Rider:

!!Ghost Rider in other media:

!''Ghost Rider'' provides the examples of:

Ghost Rider is one of the earlier thriller heroes of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, as in, heroes that deal with the underworld baddies like demons and the likes of ComicBook/{{Mephisto}}. The premise is basically: BadassBiker with a {{Flaming|Skulls}} SkullForAHead. There are two famous Ghost Riders in the universe that the audience knows.

* ChekovsGun: The 2006 series has a Ghost Rider from the future asking if the Earth's been [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion invaded by Skrulls]] yet.

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* HorrifyingHero: He IS a terrifying burning skeleton dressed like a thug riding a burning motorcycle. Most of the civilians in Marvel are understandably terrified of him, and even his old allies the Champions found him unsettling.

** Noble Kale, the Ghost Rider whom was bonded to Danny Ketch, was originally a human and transformed ''against his will'' by [[spoiler: his own ''father'' at the behest of Mephitso to battle the Furies. He did the job with terrifying effectiveness. However he ''refused'' to take a human life, which caused Uriel to step in and prevent him from being fully claimed by Mephisto.]] As a result, he became a Spirit of Vengeance, destined to serve both Heaven and Hell for eternity. He was further altered after the fact by Uriel, who made him [[Spoiler: the Angel of Death, as part of a plan to kill Mephisto once and for all.]]

** Noble Kale, the Ghost Rider whom was bonded to Danny Ketch, was originally a human and transformed ''against his will'' by [[spoiler: his own ''father'' at the behest of Mephitso to battle the Furies. He did the job with terrifying effectiveness. However he ''refused'' to take a human life, which caused Uriel to step in and prevent him from being fully claimed by Mephisto. As a result, he became a Spirit of Vengeamce, destined to serve both Heaven and Hell for eternity. He was further altered after the fact by Uriel, who made him the Angel of Death.]]

* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: Initially John Blaze would only, but always, become a Ghost Rider at night. Later his changes became more random and unpredictable before gaining some measure of control. Danny Ketch would always and only become a Ghost Rider when innocent blood was split around him until Caretaker helped him get over the limitation.

* ChainPain: In the original comics, a magical flaming chain manifests when Johnny Blaze or Danny Ketch transform into Ghost Rider.

* ArtifactDomination: Danny Ketch became the second Ghost Rider when he found (then-dead) Johnny Blaze's old motorcycle and touched the gas cap, becoming possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance.

The second Ghost Rider is '''Daniel "Danny" Ketch''', actually the 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 Kale, turning him into the new Ghost Rider. Johnny took note of this and eventually became Danny's BigBrotherMentor of sorts in his adventures.

** He's also made a few cartoon appearances- a few in the 90s Marvel cartoons (a quick cameo in ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' in Gambit's memories, a longer cameo in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' (helping the FF and Thor to stop ''ComicBook/{{Galactus}}''! Kill ''trillions'' as a PlanetEater and you ''won't'' want the Penance Stare turned on you!), and a full-fledged BackdoorPilot in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk''- he was also supposed to appear in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', but that didn't happen), and more recently in ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSmash.''