History Monster / GhostRider

* ''ComicBook/MidnightSonsUnlimited'' issue #1's "Eyes of the Beholder": Clarisse [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Van Ripper]] is a deeply psychotic SerialKiller who primarily preys on [[WouldHurtAChild children]]. As a young woman, Clarisse welcomed a bunch of children to her home to play, but [[ForTheEvulz decided that she needed some entertainment back]], so to this end Clarisse decided to go around the house and kill every child she came across. While chasing one child who saw her kill another, she is paralyzed and put in a wheelchair but manages to escape justice anyway. Forty years later, a demon comes and gives her demonic powers, which she instantly abuses to kill a random couple and then kill a bunch of other children. When Ghost Rider investigates, Clarisse becomes worried that he might steal her powers, so she sends a demon to kill him. Although the comic has multiple vicious cult leaders and serial killers, Clarisse stands out by being the only one who primarily targets children.

* ''[[ComicBook/GhostRiderTrailOfTears Trail of Tears]]'', written by Creator/GarthEnnis: [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain George Reagan]] used to be a rich slaveholder before the abolition of slavery led to Reagan massacring all of his slaves and shooting a Union lawman in pique. Reagan became the head of a gang of {{outlaw}}s after with a taste for RapePillageAndBurn, targeting escaped slaves and Native settlements. In one instance, Reagan [[ForcedToWatch forced a former slave named Caleb to watch]] as he and his gang raped his wife, tortured his kids, then killed his entire family and murdered him as well, leading to Caleb's tormented soul being possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance. Reagan later kills himself to bring himself and his gang back as undead spirits, laying waste to an entire town that sees [[WouldHurtAChild not even the children]] spared from rape or slaughter, while threatening a second slaughter solely so Reagan can get the Ghost Rider's attention.

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-->-- '''[[Characters/GhostRiderTitleCharacter Daniel "Danny" Ketch]]''' to [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]] on '''Blackout''', ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' Annual issue #1--"Hostage Crisis"

* [[ComicBook/GhostRider2005 Vol. 5]]--"The Road to Damnation" arc, written by Creator/GarthEnnis:

* [[ComicBook/GhostRider2006 Vol. 6]] (primarily): [[FallenAngel Zadkiel]] is a truly monstrous excuse for an angel. The lord of the [[EvilArmy Black Host]], Zadkiel was also the angel in charge of the Spirits of Vengeance and began to desire to use them to overthrow both God and humanity. Zadkiel subtly influenced the lives of Johnny Blaze and Dan Ketch, destroying those close to them to make them vulnerable to the Ghost Rider spirits. Zadkiel, as TheManBehindTheMan, negotiated multiple deals with demons and other monsters on Earth, allowing them to prey upon those they wished, while directing his other minions to murder multiple innocents in addition to those who could prove problematic--and everyone close to them as well. Even death brought no respite, as Zadkiel showed a penchant for annihilating the souls of his defeated enemies. While manipulating Danny Ketch, Zadkiel showed no remorse slaughtering and torturing his angelic brethren until he finally had the powers of the Riders and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness banished Ketch and Blaze to Earth to die in the apocalypse he would create]]. Zadkiel succeeded in [[TakingOverHeaven conquering heaven]] and began to achieve omnipotence with his final goal to [[GodhoodSeeker become the new God]] and then commence genocide on all of humanity and all other beings who didn't worship him.

** Issue #55--"Skin Games" (featuring {{ComicBook/Werewolf|By Night}}): [[{{Sadist}} Morphine]] is a sadistic one-shot foe of Dan Ketch and a friend of Calvin Zabo, aka Mr. Hyde. A former [[PsychoForHire killer-for-hire]] who got bored of the rote ways he usually killed his marks, Morphine founded a club he called "Skin & Bones" with fellow minded sadists so he could use it as a hub to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath torture random hobos to death in every way imaginable]], all for the sake of providing some live entertainment to his sick, wealthy audience.

* [[ComicBook/GhostRider1990 Vol. 3]] (primarily): [[MadScientist Anton Hellgate]] is the ArchEnemy of Michael Badilino--"Vengeance"--who admits Hellgate is one of the most depraved men he's ever fought. A CorruptCorporateExecutive who kills and resurrects his minions at his own whim, Hellgate has his fingers dipped in all sorts of crime, from systematically having cops trying to take him down murdered, to peddling immortal SuperSoldiers to the gangs of Manhattan while murdering those who refuse to take his deal. Hellgate also attempts to murder the family of Johnny Blaze as a cheap distraction; orders his PsychoForHire Choam to massacre dozens of people just to get Vengeance's attention; and has Badilino agonizingly tortured to figure out his genetic makeup. Anton ultimately intends to dissect Badilino and record the process for his amusement, all in order to use the Spirit of Vengeance to make himself supreme.

* ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJasonAaron'' issue #7--"Fire and Bone": The {{Wendigo}}, a white stranger who befriends the very first inheritor of the Ghost Rider mantle, reveals by the end of his conversation that [[ImAHumanitarian he slaughtered and ate his entire tribe]] in a bout of sadistic, evil hunger. The Wendigo promptly follows suit on every single being within Ghost's own clan, sparing the boy out only out of amusement and dubbing him "Ghost" to begin with--"a thing that doesn't even know it's dead". The Wendigo has murdered and eaten countless people, enough that Ghost can fashion a chain with them, and he proclaims he won't stop killing until he's strong enough to be a god.

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-->-- '''[[Characters/GhostRiderTitleCharacter Daniel "Danny" Ketch]]''' to [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]] on '''Blackout''', ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' Annual Vol. 1 issue #1

* ''Characters/MidnightSons Unlimited'' issue #1's "Eyes of the Beholder": Clarisse [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Van Ripper]] is a deeply psychotic SerialKiller who primarily preys on [[WouldHurtAChild children]]. As a young woman, Clarisse welcomed a bunch of children to her home to play, but [[ForTheEvulz decided that she needed some entertainment back]], so to this end Clarisse decided to go around the house and kill every child she came across. While chasing one child who saw her kill another, she is paralyzed and put in a wheelchair but manages to escape justice anyway. Forty years later, a demon comes and gives her demonic powers, which she instantly abuses to kill a random couple and then kill a bunch of other children. When Ghost Rider investigates, Clarisse becomes worried that he might steal her powers, so she sends a demon to kill him. Although the comic has multiple vicious cult leaders and serial killers, Clarisse stands out by being the only one who primarily targets children.
* ''Blaze'''s issues #1-3: [[SerialKiller Ice Box Bob]] was a murderous hick with a preference for runaway [[WouldHurtAChild children]] in life, who became unable to truly die after being stabbed with a magical nail file that kept his soul rooted to a deathless PocketDimension. The pregnant woman who stabbed him, Mary, [[DrivenToSuicide killed herself]] after Bob murdered her 3-year-old son in revenge, causing the disembodied soul of Mary's pregnant child to grow up with a lust for revenge. His only desire to return to the living world to begin his murder spree all over again, Ice Box Bob possesses a harmless storekeeper and uses his body to start torturing dozens of innocent people to death, turning the storekeeper's basement into an abattoir-maze where the gurgling, flayed bodies of Bob's victims are nailed, [[AndIMustScream still living]], to the walls. After Johnny Blaze thwarts him, Bob homes in on Blaze's two young children instead.
* Vol. 5--"The Road to Damnation":

* Vol. 6 (primarily): [[FallenAngel Zadkiel]] is a truly monstrous excuse for an angel. The lord of the [[EvilArmy Black Host]], Zadkiel was also the angel in charge of the Spirits of Vengeance and began to desire to use them to overthrow both God and humanity. Zadkiel subtly influenced the lives of Johnny Blaze and Dan Ketch, destroying those close to them to make them vulnerable to the Ghost Rider spirits. Zadkiel, as TheManBehindTheMan, negotiated multiple deals with demons and other monsters on Earth, allowing them to prey upon those they wished, while directing his other minions to murder multiple innocents in addition to those who could prove problematic--and everyone close to them as well. Even death brought no respite, as Zadkiel showed a penchant for annihilating the souls of his defeated enemies. While manipulating Danny Ketch, Zadkiel showed no remorse slaughtering and torturing his angelic brethren until he finally had the powers of the Riders and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness banished Ketch and Blaze to Earth to die in the apocalypse he would create]]. Zadkiel succeeded in [[TakingOverHeaven conquering heaven]] and began to achieve omnipotence with his final goal to [[GodhoodSeeker become the new God]] and then commence genocide on all of humanity and all other beings who didn't worship him.

* ''ComicBook/MarvelComicsPresents'' Vol. 1 issues #138-142's "Fellow Travelers" (featuring the [[Characters/IronManRoguesGallery Masters of Silence]]): [[EvilSorcerer Tsin Hark]] is a vile Chinese sorcerer seeking to [[EvilLuddite scourge the Earth of science]] to return the world to an age of tradition and [[BlackMagic dark magic]]. Tsin Hark systematically murders countless hundreds of innocent Chinese immigrants, storing their blood in huge iron drums he stores by the stack. When tempted by an outer power to forsake his humanity for more power, Tsin Hark gleefully does so, and his tainted blood destroys him when it mixes with all the innocent blood he's gathered as an expression of his sheer evil.
* Vol. 3 (primarily):

* Vol. 3 (primarily): [[MadScientist Anton Hellgate]] is the ArchEnemy of Michael Badilino--"Vengeance"--who admits Hellgate is one of the most depraved men he's ever fought. A CorruptCorporateExecutive who kills and resurrects his minions at his own whim, Hellgate has his fingers dipped in all sorts of crime, from systematically having cops trying to take him down murdered, to peddling immortal SuperSoldiers to the gangs of Manhattan while murdering those who refuse to take his deal. Hellgate also attempts to murder the family of Johnny Blaze as a cheap distraction; orders his PsychoForHire Chaum to massacre dozens of people just to get Vengeance's attention; and has Badilino agonizingly tortured to figure out his genetic makeup. Anton ultimately intends to dissect Badilino and record the process for his amusement, all in order to use the Spirit of Vengeance to make himself supreme.

* ''Trail of Tears'', written by Creator/GarthEnnis: [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain George Reagan]] used to be a rich slaveholder before the abolition of slavery led to Reagan massacring all of his slaves and shooting a Union lawman in pique. Reagan became the head of a gang of {{outlaw}}s after with a taste for RapePillageAndBurn, targeting escaped slaves and Native settlements. In one instance, Reagan [[ForcedToWatch forced a former slave named Caleb to watch]] as he and his gang raped his wife, tortured his kids, then killed his entire family and murdered him as well, leading to Caleb's tormented soul being possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance. Reagan later kills himself to bring himself and his gang back as undead spirits, laying waste to an entire town that sees [[WouldHurtAChild not even the children]] spared from rape or slaughter, while threatening a second slaughter solely so Reagan can get the Ghost Rider's attention.

* Vol. 7 issue #5: The [[ArchnemesisDad father]] of heroine Alejandra Jones is a taciturn [[HumanTrafficking human trafficker]] with no regard for human life. A man known for a silent brutality that cost his own bookkeeper his hand, Jones has sold off countless Mexican women and children as {{sex slave}}s, [[SerialRapist raping them so frequently himself]] that he inevitably has a [[ChildByRape slew of children]] from the affairs, Alejandra included. Jones simply sells off his own babies as well, and when Alejandra finally confronts him in the same business decades later, he's stone-cold in admitting he's sold every single one of Alejandra's brothers and sisters.

* Mephisto and Ebenzer "Scarecrow" Laughton can be found [[Monster/MarvelComics here]].

''ComicBook/GhostRider'', in [[Characters/GhostRiderTitleCharacter all their incarnations]], is the spirit of vengeance who [[PayEvilUntoEvil pays back evil]] in all its forms. This naturally pits them against various true monsters with the [[CompleteMonster vilest]] listed here.

* Examples from the ''Film/GhostRiderDuology'' can be found [[Monster/FilmFToG here]].

* Vol. 5 ("The Road to Damnation"):

* ''ComicBook/MarvelComicsPresents'' Vol. 1 issues #138-142's "Fellow Travelers" (featuring the Masters of Silence): [[EvilSorcerer Tsin Hark]] is a vile Chinese sorcerer seeking to [[EvilLuddite scourge the Earth of science]] to return the world to an age of tradition and [[BlackMagic dark magic]]. Tsin Hark systematically murders countless hundreds of innocent Chinese immigrants, storing their blood in huge iron drums he stores by the stack. When tempted by an outer power to forsake his humanity for more power, Tsin Hark gleefully does so, and his tainted blood destroys him when it mixes with all the innocent blood he's gathered as an expression of his sheer evil.

** Issue #55 ("Skin Games"; featuring {{ComicBook/Werewolf|By Night}}): [[{{Sadist}} Morphine]] is a sadistic one-shot foe of Dan Ketch and a friend of Calvin Zabo, aka Mr. Hyde. A former [[PsychoForHire killer-for-hire]] who got bored of the rote ways he usually killed his marks, Morphine founded a club he called "Skin & Bones" with fellow minded sadists so he could use it as a hub to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath torture random hobos to death in every way imaginable]], all for the sake of providing some live entertainment to his sick, wealthy audience.

* ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJasonAaron'' issue #7 ("Fire and Bone"): The {{Wendigo}}, a white stranger who befriends the very first inheritor of the Ghost Rider mantle, reveals by the end of his conversation that [[ImAHumanitarian he slaughtered and ate his entire tribe]] in a bout of sadistic, evil hunger. The Wendigo promptly follows suit on every single being within Ghost's own clan, sparing the boy out only out of amusement and dubbing him "Ghost" to begin with--"a thing that doesn't even know it's dead". The Wendigo has murdered and eaten countless people, enough that Ghost can fashion a chain with them, and he proclaims he won't stop killing until he's strong enough to be a god.

* Examples from the ''Film/GhostRiderDuology'' can be found [[Monster/FilmFToI here]].

''Franchise/GhostRider'' in [[Characters/GhostRiderTitleCharacter all their incarnations]] is the spirit of vengeance who [[PayEvilUntoEvil pays back evil]] in all its forms. This naturally pits them against various true monsters with the [[CompleteMonster most vile]] listed here.

* Examples from the ''Film/GhostRiderDuology'' can be found [[Monster/FilmFToJ here]].

* ''ComicBook/JasonAaronsAvengers'' issue #7 ("Fire and Bone"): The {{Wendigo}}, a white stranger who befriends the very first inheritor of the Ghost Rider mantle, reveals by the end of his conversation that [[ImAHumanitarian he slaughtered and ate his entire tribe]] in a bout of sadistic, evil hunger. The Wendigo promptly follows suit on every single being within Ghost's own clan, sparing the boy out only out of amusement and dubbing him "Ghost" to begin with--"a thing that doesn't even know it's dead". The Wendigo has murdered and eaten countless people, enough that Ghost can fashion a chain with them, and he proclaims he won't stop killing until he's strong enough to be a god.

[[AC:Multiple Ghost Riders]]
* Vol. 3 (primarily): [[BadBoss Anton Hellgate]] is the ArchEnemy of Michael Badilino--"Vengeance"--who admits Hellgate is one of the most depraved men he's ever fought. A CorruptCorporateExecutive who kills and resurrects his minions at his own whim, Hellgate has his fingers dipped in all sorts of crime, from systematically having cops trying to take him down murdered, to peddling immortal SuperSoldiers to the gangs of Manhattan while murdering those who refuse to take his deal. Hellgate also attempts to murder the family of Johnny Blaze as a cheap distraction; orders his PsychoForHire Chaum to massacre dozens of people just to get Ghost Rider's attention; and has Badilino agonizingly tortured to figure put his genetic makeup. Anton ultimately intends to dissect Badilino and record the process for his amusement, all in order to use the Spirit of Vengeance to make himself supreme.

* Vol. 3 (primarily): Anton Hellgate

** Anton Hellgate