Groovy Marvel Mystics: Ghost Rider

Earlier this year a friendly neighborhood tarot reader / hedge witch asked for some recommendations on Ghost Rider reads, based on her love of the Nick Cage films.  There are some AMAZING Ghost Rider books, and I sent her the guide below.

And away we go, Flameheads!

Way back in the 1970’s Marvel was a groovy comics publisher that pushed boundaries right after the Comics Code started cracking.  They jumped in with Ghost Rider, a chopper-riding stunt biker possessed by a demon, and pivoted quickly to Son of Satan, about a parapsychologist and occultist who may be the literal son of Satan.  The letter columns in Son of Satan are awesome.  It’s got Christians, Satanists, Wiccans, Witches, all sorts of devotions and philosophies arguing about what they see and educating fellow readers.

Here are some modern favorites:

Ghost Rider: Heaven’s On Fire- Two Ghost Riders, the Son of Satan, and a bunch of angels go to war to keep a group of occultists from recruiting the teenaged anti-Christ.  It’s big and nuts and one of my favorite series.  

Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch- Danny Ketch, the brother of the original Ghost Rider, is trying to kick the “spirit of vengeance” habit but keeps on turning into a flaming skullhead.  Not sure about this one yet, I’m actually planning on reading this one tonight.  

Damnation & Ghost Rider: King of Hell- After the Devil merges Vegas and Hell, a bunch of Marvel magicians go to sort things out, and everything goes wrong.  By the end ***spoiler alert*** Johnny Blaze becomes King of Hell, and tries to keep sane while fighting devils below and heroes above.