HELL ON WHEELS! FIRST APPEARANCE OF GHOST RIDER

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.

GHOST OF GOGOS

The upcoming issue of FANGORIA (#310) features a spotlight on Nicolas Cage and the new GHOST RIDER movie. Perhaps of greater interest is the full-page back cover painting of Mr. Cage as Johnny Blaze by the inimitable Basil Gogos.

The painting was commissioned by Cage for his private collection. It has not been "ouside his house" until he authorized the reproduction that appears here.
 

Stay tuned later this week for a sneak peak of FANGORIA #310 right here at MONSTER MAGAZINE WORLD.