Ghost Taxi Passenger!

In honour of his box-office smashery, here's a little look at Ghost Rider's very first issue of his own title: Ghost Rider #1. Yep, finally in his own book, time for comicdom's premiere motorcycling hero of the night to really show his stuff . . .

. . . by taking a cab. While in "fiery skeleton" mode. That seems pretty straightforward. Cabbies get demonic passengers all the time. Perfectly normal.

Unfortunately, my copy is missing the middle pages, but if you take it upon yourself to track it down, you can see ol' Burny Skull actually get in the taxicab and completely fail to impress the driver. Well, he is mildly ecxited to have a minor celebrity in his car, but that's all. Also Ghost Rider had absolutely no secret identity in those days. Yup, everybody knew who he was. That's a good idea.

Anyhow, turns out lots of Ghost Rider comics aren't that good.

panel courtesy of Ghost Rider #1 (Sept. 1973) written by Gary Friedrich, Pencilled by Tom Sutton, Inked by Syd Shores