After making a fateful agreement with the demon lord Mephisto, the former motorcycle stunt driver turned spirit of vengeance known as Ghost Rider opposes his benefactor and rides his burning motorcycle, doling out retribution to the souls of all those who would destroy the planet.

Johnny Blaze is driven to seek out vengeance against evil since he is under the control of the demon Zarathos. He uses his penance stare and superhuman hellfire to burn the souls of the evil. Ghost Rider’s human side would do anything to be free of his curse, but in the interim, he’s going to put a lot of wicked people through hell.

Spirit of Retribution

Johnny Blaze was raised in a stunt driving household. After Naomi, Johnny’s mother, abandoned the family, Barton Blaze raised Johnny and his siblings by himself. Later, Barton perished during a stunt, and Johnny was taken in by Crash and Mona Simpson, two further stunt drivers. Over time, Johnny developed love feelings for Roxanne, his adopted sister.

Johnny turned to the occult to try to heal his stepfather’s cancer when he was near death. Johnny, who thought he had called forth the real Devil from the Bible, had really called forth the demon lord Mephisto and had exchanged his soul for Crash’s life.

The devil always lies is the first rule. Crash was temporarily healed, however he passed away soon after due to a stunt gone wrong. Only Roxanne, Johnny’s girlfriend, intervened in time to briefly stave off Mephisto when he came to retrieve his soul.

Mephisto cursed Johnny by joining him with the demon Zarathos as a final act of contempt before departing, changing Johnny into the blazing spirit of vengeance, Ghost Rider.

Eldritch Strengths

Ghost Rider employs a variety of magical skills to exact revenge on the evil and protect the innocent. He learned how to use the Penance Stare, his primary weapon, from his brother Danny Ketch. Ghost Rider makes the guilty individual relive all the wrongdoing they’ve done to anyone else through the years by peering into their soul. The victim is rendered forever catatonic by this glare.

A mysterious, metal chain steeped in hellfire that Blaze can employ as a weapon and to tie his opponents is another aspect of Ketch that Blaze gradually adopts. Johnny is capable of creating a vehicle out of nothing or infusing any motorcycle with hellfire. Regardless of his strategy, Ghost Rider lives up to his name.

Finally, Ghost Rider possesses superhuman strength. Zarathos, the demon inside Blaze, is among the most powerful demons, which enables Ghost Rider to battle the toughest beings in the universe when necessary. Only the human host prevents the demon from gaining full power.

Punishment Stare

A magical entity that despises evil is certain to have many adversaries inside the material world, and Ghost Rider has more than enough to deal with.

Mephisto’s deceptions, which followed demonic trickery, are what caused Johnny Blaze to first become the Ghost Rider and his stepfather’s passing. Mephisto embodies everything Ghost Rider opposes, which is why Johnny and Mephisto are sworn foes.

Johnny Blaze’s inner monster, Zarathos, is what transforms him into Ghost Rider. The revenge demon’s curse stops Johnny from leading a regular life and forces him to continuously hunt down villains to punish. Johnny fights off Zarathos’ darkest impulses, yet he still longs to be free of the monster.

Blackheart, a formidable enemy demon, has made it his personal goal to put an end to Ghost Rider and his heroic endeavours.

Midnight Pals

Despite his curse and relentless purpose, Ghost Rider manages to find allies and even friends in the shadows.

One of the most notable of these is Danny Ketch, the Ghost Rider who pursued Blaze after his initial experience with the curse and who is later discovered to be Blaze’s brother. Although they may find themselves on opposing sides, they frequently work together and have close family ties. After witnessing his brother utilise these techniques, Johnny even adopts Danny’s use of a hellfire chain and the Penance Stare.

The Champions are the name of the first super-team that Ghost Rider joins. Hercules, Black Widow, Angel, and Iceman are among the members of this transient group who become good friends with Johnny.

A loosely-knit team of anti-heroes who battle supernatural powers is known as the Midnight Sons. The founding members are Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch, together with Morbius, Daimon Hellstrom, Jennifer Kale, Werewolf by Night, Topaz, and the Black Cat. Doctor Strange has also occasionally helped the Midnight Sons.

Robbie Reyes, the newest Ghost Rider, is mentored by Johnny, who assists Robbie in balancing his contradictory character and ensuring that goodness triumphs over evil. Robbie receives an open offer from Johnny to see him whenever he wants something.

Both Daimon Hellstrom and Ghost Rider were created as agents of the underworld, but both later turned on their creators and fought evil rather than serving it, which gives them both a lot in common. Many times when demonic threats are present, Daimon and Johnny work together.

Traded his soul for a bicycle.

Johnny was made to serve Mephisto as the Ghost Rider, changing into the character whenever evil was present and punishing evildoers. But occasionally, Johnny’s true human self would win out, enabling him to rescue innocent lives in the process.

Along with Angel, Iceman, Black Widow, and Hercules, Ghost Rider became a founding member of the superhero group known as the Champions. He collaborated with other sinister anti-heroes who had a similar aesthetic, such as Werewolf by Night, Daimon Hellstrom, Morbius, and Man-Thing.

After enduring the Ghost Rider’s curse for a while, Johnny discovered that Centurious, an eternal mystic and Mephisto’s minion, had captured his soul in crystal. With the last of its power, Zarathos broke the crystal, releasing Johnny’s soul and severing their connection so that he might resume living normally.

Wherever he could, Johnny proceeded to roam the planet and save the lives of the defenceless. After being freed from his curse and reunited with Roxanne, Johnny made up his mind to pop the question. They got married, had Craig and Emma as their two children, and she agreed. They even bought a circus, however, fittingly for Blaze’s life, it was full of ghosts.

Johnny eventually ran into Danny Ketch, the following Ghost Rider. When Johnny initially realised Zarathos had joined with a new host, he was frightened and made an attempt to kill Danny. By the time their fight was over, Johnny had discovered that Danny was Ghost Rider in a different way than he had previously been, and the two had formed an alliance. This came about just in time since it required the two of them to defeat the threat of Blackout.

The Spirits of Vengeance, a pair made up of Johnny and Danny, was then created. While still a human, Johnny developed a penchant for riding a fiery motorcycle similar to the one he rode as Ghost Rider and began to carry a mysterious shotgun loaded with hellfire shells. What’s more, he discovered that Danny was in fact his biological brother.

Blaze, who was heartbroken by Roxanne’s death at the hands of the demon Hellgate and the kidnapping of their children, decided to find and kill everyone involved. He eventually located his kids, only to re-lose them. They later passed away for reasons that are unknown. Blackheart, Ghost Rider’s archenemy, had Roxanne revived as the entity known as the Black Rose, but she died once more without a fight.

Zarathos, never one to remain down for long, revived himself inside Johnny, and Blaze was once more the Ghost Rider. Since this new form was initially brutish and unthinking, demons were able to seize him and bring him to hell, finally making good on the promise he had made to Mephisto.

When Johnny was in hell, the angel Malachi appeared to him and promised him a way out, along with his soul, if he would find a demon by the name of Kazann. He had to reach Kazaan before the archangel Ruth, who, if she discovered Kazaan first, would destroy the planet.

But it was all a ploy because Malachi needed Kazaan back before he could forcefully reveal this conspiracy to Ruth because the two were brothers who were plotting against one another in both heaven and hell.

Johnny at last made it out of hell. Unfortunately, Lucifer also fled with him and dispersed among hundreds of people, necessitating the deaths of every single one of them at the hands of Ghost Rider in order to send the devil back to hell.

Ghost Rider engaged the Hulk in combat while seeking for these pieces of the monster’s vengeful assault on humanity. The demon was restrained by Johnny’s presence inside Ghost Rider and was unable to overpower the green monster. However, Johnny eventually located the last piece and sent Lucifer to hell.

Together with Kid Blackheart, Daimon Hellstrom, and Danny’s sister, Sara, Ghost Rider battled the angel Zadkiel, who had declared himself God on earth. While doing so, Johnny was visited by the ghosts of his deceased wife and kids and offered his life in order to fight Zadkiel. Ghost Rider’s soul would be at peace if it weren’t for a scheme by the Kingpin to revive Johnny.

Then a mystery figure named Adam came up to Johnny and promised to take the curse from him and give it to an unidentified stranger. As a result of Johnny’s acceptance, Alejandra Jones became the recipient of the curse.

To save his own wicked existence, Mephisto pleaded with Johnny to find the next Ghost Rider and re-take his curse. Mephisto then reappeared to Johnny and declared that Johnny’s choice had destroyed the world.

After a struggle in hell, Johnny was able to persuade Alejandra to give up on her mission and reclaim the title of Ghost Rider, however a trace of the demon lingered inside of Alejandra. When Johnny next saw a Ghost Rider, it was actually two: the good Robbie Reyes and the bad Eli Morrow. Robbie received help from Johnny in regaining control of himself and preventing the evil part from winning.