Orphaned when his father, the star of Crash Simpson's Daredevil Cycle Show died attempting to defy the laws of gravity and physics, Johnny Blaze was adopted by the carnival's proprietor.
The youngster mastered the tricks of the motorcycle-stunt trade in short order surpassing his father. Years later learning his foster father was dying of a rare blood disease, Blaze acted on his longtime preoccupation with the occult. Reciting an ancient ritual to summon the demon Lucifer, he bartered his immortal soul for a miracle cure that would save his foster father.
The self sacrifice turned out to be for naught. A rejuvenated Simpson, like Blaze's father, plummeted to his death in the midst of the most ambitious motorcycle stunt of his storied career.
Having deceived Blaze into forfeiting his soul under false pretenses, Mephisto materialized to claim his prize. As luck would have it, Crash's daughter, Roxxane, expelled the hellspawn from the mortal plane by reciting a banishment spell she had gleaned from one of Blaze's books.
Unable to take possession of his intended bounty, Mephisto instead grafted the essence of the demon Zarathos to Blaze's soul. Thereafter, the melding of spirits would manifest itself every nightfall in the form of an avenging angel of death know as the Ghost Rider.
Hero:
Ghost Rider III
Legacy of Ghost Rider:
Ghost Rider I
Ghost Rider II
Vengeance
Villains:
Mephisto
Zarathos
Blackheart
Nightmare
Reverend Styge
Gunmetal Gray
Deathwatch
Lilith
Succubus
Suicide
Zodiak
Scarecrow
Blackout II
Demogoblin
Snowblind
Aqueduct
Madcap
Steel Wind
The Orb
