Ghost Rider is a very popular and popular anti-hero of Marvel . Many people think that Johnny Blazer is the earliest ghost rider created by Marvel, and he is called the first ghost rider.
But in fact, Johnny Blazer is not the first ghost rider created by Marvel. Before him, Marvel created a real first-generation ghost rider called Carter Slade. Carter Slade has also directed Johnny Blazer, let him understand the true meaning of the ghost rider.
Ghost Rider is not Marvel’s original anti-hero. The first Ghost Rider in the history of American comics was created in 1947 by Magazine Enterprises (referred to as ME Company).
The Ghost Rider of ME Company
However, with the prevalence of manga harmful theory and the establishment of the Comics Regulation Authority (CCA), in 1954 ME Company’s Ghost Rider comics ceased publication, and ME Company Bankruptcy in 1958.
After the expiration of the copyright and trademark of the ghost rider of ME, Marvel created the first generation of ghost rider Carter Slade.
Magazine Enterprises and Ghost Rider
Magazine Enterprises (ME Company) was founded in 1943 by former DC editor Vin Sullivan.
ME Company LOGO
Superman creators Jerry Segal and Joe Shuster led almost the entire studio to leave DC to join ME Company.
In 1947, screenwriter Ray Kronk and painter Dick Ayres jointly created the Ghost Rider.
ME's "Ghost Rider" cover
ME's comic "Ghost Rider" is a horror-themed western comic."Evil Rider" has been serialized for more than two hundred issues, and it is ME's most popular comic.
In 1954, psychologist Frederick Wortham's theory of harmful comics reached a climax, and horror comics and superhero comics were the first to be criticized.
Horror comics giant EC Corporation fell this year, and ME Corporation's "Ghost Rider" also ceased publication this year. It was not until 1958 that the ME company went bankrupt and closed.
After ME was closed, the copyright and trademark of "Ghost Rider" expired in the 1960s due to years of no new publications, and entered the public domain, but it gave Marvel an opportunity.
Marvel's first ghost rider Carter Slade
After the ME Company's copyright and trademark on the ghost rider expired, Marvel saw the business opportunity and launched the comic "Ghost Rider" V1 in 1967 , Co-created by screenwriters Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich, and Dick Ayres, creator of the Ghost Rider of ME.
Marvel "Ghost Rider" #1 cover
The protagonist Carter Slade in the comics is very similar to ME's Ghost Rider in all aspects, but it excludes ME's Ghost Rider. Horror comic elements.
Carter Slade was active in the mid-19th century. He was born and raised in Ohio , and came to the western United States during the " westward movement ". He was killed when he helped the local Indians fight against the slaughter of white robbers. The Indians took him to the priest "Fire Star". "Fire Star" resurrected Carter Slade and empowered him. Become a ghost rider.
After Carter Slade, Marvel also created ghost knights such as Jamie Jacobs, Lincoln Slade, and Renault Jones, all of whom were born before Johnny Blazer.
In the 1972 comic "Marvel Spotlight (Marvel Spotlight)" #5, Marvel created Johnny Blazer, the most popular ghost rider in the future.
"Marvel Spotlight"#5
In the 1980 comic "Ghost Rider" V2#50 Johnny Blazer traveled to the 19th century.When they met Carter Slade, the two teamed up to fight the powerful enemy and defeated the tarantula and his men.
Two evil spirits cooperate
In 2007 Nicholas Cage starring in the movie "The Ghost Rider", the scene of Carter Slade and Johnny Blazer is reproduced, the movie Middle Carter Slade is the elder Johnny Blazer, who sold his soul to Mephisto due to greed and became a ghost rider. Carterslade helped Johnny Blazer learn about the power of the Ghost Rider and lay the foundation for him to defeat Mephisto.
In summary, Johnny Blazer, known as the first ghost rider, is not Marvel’s first ghost rider. The first ghost rider created by Marvel was born in 1967. Carter Slade, in addition to Jamie Jacobs, Lincoln Slade, Renault Jones, and many other ghost knights who were born before Johnny Blazer.
And Ghost Rider is not Marvel's original hero. The first to create Ghost Rider was Magazine Enterprise, but in 1954, Magazine Enterprise stopped the comics of Ghost Rider, and the company closed in 1958.
After the copyright and trademark of the ghost rider expired, Marvel started to create the ghost rider.
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