Marvel Comics Presents (1988) # 118

"Legion of Vengeance, Part 6: Vengeance Is Ours"

Writer: Joey Cavalieri; Artist: Shawn McManus; Letterer: Steve Dutro; Colorist: Fred Mendez; Editor: Terry Kavanagh; Editor in Chief: Tom DeFalco; Cover Artist: Steve Lightle

Ghost Rider and Iron Fist have their final battle with the Legion of Vengeance, now aware of D'Kay's plan to have the Legion supplant the heroes of Earth and then lead humanity to extinction.  Ghost Rider and Iron Fist manage to defeat the Legion by turning their powers against one another, and while they are under the fever dream of contagion they are able to convince the Legion that they must use their abilities for good and not destruction.  D'Kay appears and strips the Legion of their powers, returning them to their mundane lives in order to keep them from becoming true heroes.  Ghost Rider and Iron Fist leave the crypt, satisfied in their victory, but are unaware that the Legion still retain a vestige of their powers.  D'Kay, stating that the lust for power will always be there, swears that one day the Legion of Vengeance will return.

Marvel Comics Presents (1988) # 117

"Legion of Vengeance, Part 5: A World of D'Kay"

Cover Date: November 1992; Publication Date: September 1992

Writer: Joey Cavalieri; Artist: Shawn McManus; Inker: Jimmy Palmiotti, Ken Branch, & Shawn McManus; Letterer: Steve Dutro; Colorist: Fred Mendez; Editor: Terry Kavanagh; Editor in Chief: Tom DeFalco; Cover Artist: Steve Lightle

Ghost Rider and Iron Fist are confronted by D'Kay, the demon responsible for empowering the Legion of Vengeance.  D'Kay claims that he has created the Legion as a new breed of hero that will make Ghost Rider and Iron Fist obsolete, then invites them to Hell to see his plans.  They agree and are tricked into believing they are torn apart in Hell, though they quickly recover.  D'Kay explains that the Legion are his four avatars of doom to bring the downfall of mankind, signifying the betrayals of the mind, body, earth, and God.  He returns Ghost Rider and Iron Fist to the cave on Earth, where they are attacked again by the Legion of Vengeance. 

Marvel Comics Presents (1988) # 116

"Legion of Vengeance, Part 4: Our Name is Legion..."

Cover Date: October 1992; Publication Date: August 1992

Writer: Joey Cavalieri; Artist: Shawn McManus; Letterer: Steve Dutro; Colorist: Fred Mendez; Editor: Terry Kavanagh; Editor in Chief: Tom DeFalco; Cover Artist: Shawn McManus

Nearly dead from disease, Iron Fist is on the ground in the cavern.  While Ghost Rider is held at bay, Bacillus attempts to touch Iron Fist one last time to finally kill him, but Iron Fist is able to grab the villain and hold him.  Threatening to snap him in half if he doesn't reverse his sickness, Iron Fist is restored to full health by Bacillus' touch.  Ghost Rider uses his hellfire and Penance Stare to uncover the origins of the four members of the Legion of Vengeance, and how in each case a malevolent entity was working behind the scenes.  When Ghost Rider demands the entity show its face, the demon D'kay appears.

Marvel Comics Presents (1988) # 115

"Legion of Vengeance, Part 3: The Secret of Strontium-90!"

Cover Date: October 1992; Publication Date: August 1992

Writer: Joey Cavalieri; Artist: Shawn McManus; Letterer: Steve Dutro; Colorist: Fred Mendez; Editor: Terry Kavanagh; Editor in Chief: Tom DeFalco; Cover Artist: Shawn McManus

Vesper and her partner, Strontium-90, attack the gang of looters, who are immediately poisoned by Strontium-90's deadly radiation.  When Ghost Rider and the gravely ill Iron Fist arrive, the mob turns on them in a case of mistaken identity.  While the two heroes fight their way free, Vesper and Strontium-90 escape to their secret lair.  Ghost Rider is able to track Strontium-90's radioactive footprints back to a crypt in Cypress Hills Cemetery, where deep underground they find the four members of the self-proclaimed Legion of Vengeance, including Bacillus and Mind's Eye along with Vesper and Strontium-90.  Enraged that they claim to be heroes, Ghost Rider and Iron Fist attack the four killers.  During the fight, however, Iron Fist finally succumbs to Bacillus' lethal contagion and collapses, dying of the disease.

Marvel Comics Presents (1988) # 114

"Legion of Vengeance, Part 2: If the Mind's Eye Offends Thee..."

Cover Date: September 1992; Publication Date: July 1992

Writer: Joey Cavalieri; Artist: Shawn McManus; Letterer: Kevin Sharpe & Steve Dutro; Colorist: Fred Mendez; Editor: Terry Kavanagh; Editor in Chief: Tom DeFalco; Cover Artist: Shawn McManus

Ghost Rider has arrived at the burning church and is accused of setting the blaze by Iron Fist, who refuses to listen to Ghost Rider's claims of innocence.  Iron Fist uses his power to destroy Ghost Rider's motorcycle with one kick, but the Rider easily reassembles the bike.  The two heroes are approached by a dying man, who says that two costumed villains in Cyrpess Hills Cemetery are causing people to get sick.  The man dies and Ghost Rider realizes that his attention is needed at the cemetery, but when he drives away a furious Iron Fist jumps on the back of the motorcycle to tag along.

In the cemetery, a young couple are assaulted by the Mind's Eye and his partner, Bacillus, who is able to spread sickness with a touch.  He causes the boy to fall ill and die, but is caught by Ghost Rider's chain before he can kill the girl.  When he reaches for her, Iron Fist steps between them and is touched by Bacillus instead, causing him to grown extremely sick while the villains escape.  Ghost Rider attempts to save Iron Fist, saying that he will not call the cemetery his final resting place.  Meanwhile, a riot has broken out during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the church fire.  Out of the candle smoke comes Vesper, the woman responsible for the fire, and she attacks the mob with accusations of hypocrisy.  While she attacks the mob, a fourth villain waits on a nearby rooftop for his moment to make himself known and feared.

Marvel Comics Presents (1988) # 113

"Legion of Vengeance, Part 1: The Night Has a Thousand Eyes!"

Cover Date: September 1992; Publication Date: July 1992

Writer: Joey Cavalieri; Artist: Shawn McManus; Letterer: Janice Chiang; Colorist: Fred Mendez; Editor: Terry Kavanagh; Editor in Chief: Tom DeFalco; Cover Artist: Sam Keith

Under a speeding elevated train, Daniel Ketch rides his motorcycle and thinks about the latest events in his life. His attention is caught by change falling from the sky, and when he looks up he sees a man lifted into the air by a creature with a giant eyeball in his chest. The creature, who calls himself the Mind's Eye, tells his victim that he sees the guilt hidden within the man and is sentencing him to death by throwing him onto the railway as a train heads toward them. Daniel transforms into the Ghost Rider and barely rescues the man before the train runs him down. He pursues the Mind's Eye, but the villain is able to disappear in the shadows of the night, leading the Rider on a chase through the city.

Meanwhile, in a church filled with parishioners, Daniel Rand sits in a pew and reflects on his near-death experience and the lost religion of K'un L'un, the mystical city that transformed him into the Iron Fist. Suddenly, a young woman begins to scream out about the hypocrisy of the church-goes before she bursts into flame. Calling herself Vesper, goddess of the candlelight, the woman begins to burn the church down around them. Rand changes into Iron Fist and confronts Vesper, but is unable to stop her before she brings the church down in flames. Iron Fist escapes the blaze with as many innocents as he could gather, but when he gets outside he finds the Ghost Rider waiting for him. Mistaking the Rider for a villain, Rand declares that if he should raise a hand against the innocent people he stands first against Iron Fist.