Hitting the spinner racks on May 30, 1972 was this first appearance of the new, modern Ghost Rider in MARVEL SPOTLIGHT, with an August cover date. Earlier there was another masked character named the same in a Marvel western comic, but this new guy had a flaming skull and rode a horse of another color -- a motorcycle.
The character was co-created by Mike Friedrich and Roy Thomas. The cover and interior was drawn by Mike Ploog. The cover lettering was by Morrie Kuramoto and the interior letters were by John Costanza.