Cover Date: December 1976
On Sale Date: September 1976
Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist: Gil Kane
Inker: Sam Grainger
Letterer: Irv Watanabe
Colorist: Jim Shooter & Roger Slifer
Editor: Gerry Conway
Cover Artist: Jack Kirby
The next day, Blaze looks up the name "Stryke" in the studio's files and finds information on Leopold Stryke, a consultant hired for aquatic knowledge to be used in the Stuntmaster television show, and recognizes him as a villain called the Eel. Johnny goes to Stryke's apartment and tries to talk with him, but is rudely told to leave, but not before he spies a strange piece of machinery on Stryke's dresser. Outside, Johnny transforms into Ghost Rider, then spies the Eel shimmying out the window and down into an alley. Blaze attempts to follow silently on his mystical motorcycle, but Eel feels the heat of the hellfire and attacks, electrocuting Blaze into unconsciousness. When Johnny awakens, several hours later, he finds the Eel's dead body, the villain having been murdered by the Gladiator for the device he was holding. A witness in an apartment above the alley sees Ghost Rider and screams that he's the killer, which causes Johnny to flee the scene. When he turns the corner he runs straight into the Gladiator, who claims that the Eel didn't have the device, so Ghost Rider must have it. A battle breaks out, during which Gladiator slices through a light post. Ghost Rider picks up the post and uses it to hit Gladiator's helmet, knocking the man unconscious just as the police arrive. Johnny explains what happened to the police, then forms his flame cycle and leaves. He ponders that someone else must have taken the device from the Eel before Gladiator killed him, and it's up to Johnny to solve the mystery.
Early evening at Delazny Studios, the Gladiator breaks in looking for a device that had been given to someone named Stryke, a device that someone named the Enforcer has sent Gladiator to find. Instead, Gladiator finds the Ghost Rider, and after a brief battle that sets the studio on fire, Gladiator runs away in terror. The danger passed, Ghost Rider transforms back into Johnny Blaze and is discovered by director Coot Collier and Karen Page. Collier tells Blaze to stay quiet when studio security arrives to question them about the fire, and after they leave Karen tells Johnny about the Gladiator. Blaze recalls his origin story and declares that he's nothing special, which Karen refutes by giving him a kiss.
The next day, Blaze looks up the name "Stryke" in the studio's files and finds information on Leopold Stryke, a consultant hired for aquatic knowledge to be used in the Stuntmaster television show, and recognizes him as a villain called the Eel. Johnny goes to Stryke's apartment and tries to talk with him, but is rudely told to leave, but not before he spies a strange piece of machinery on Stryke's dresser. Outside, Johnny transforms into Ghost Rider, then spies the Eel shimmying out the window and down into an alley. Blaze attempts to follow silently on his mystical motorcycle, but Eel feels the heat of the hellfire and attacks, electrocuting Blaze into unconsciousness. When Johnny awakens, several hours later, he finds the Eel's dead body, the villain having been murdered by the Gladiator for the device he was holding. A witness in an apartment above the alley sees Ghost Rider and screams that he's the killer, which causes Johnny to flee the scene. When he turns the corner he runs straight into the Gladiator, who claims that the Eel didn't have the device, so Ghost Rider must have it. A battle breaks out, during which Gladiator slices through a light post. Ghost Rider picks up the post and uses it to hit Gladiator's helmet, knocking the man unconscious just as the police arrive. Johnny explains what happened to the police, then forms his flame cycle and leaves. He ponders that someone else must have taken the device from the Eel before Gladiator killed him, and it's up to Johnny to solve the mystery.
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| Know the true meaning of terror! |
THE ROADMAP
Ghost Rider made his last full appearance in The Champions (1975) # 10 then made a cameo appearance in Marvel Treasury Edition # 13.
CHAIN REACTION
To read my review of Ghost Rider (1973) # 21 see my book Wheels On Fire: An Unofficial Guide to Marvel Comics' Ghost Rider: 1972-1983!
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| No, Spider-Man he definitely is not. |
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