Cover Date: June 1977
On Sale Date: March 1977
Writer: Jim Shooter
Artist: Don Heck
Inker: Dan Green
Letterer: Denise Wohl
Colorist: Karen Klaczak
Editor: Archie Goodwin
Cover Artist: Gil Kane
At his headquarters, the Enforcer talks with the Water Wizard about his plan to use Delazny in a money laundering scheme. The Enforcer then turns on the elderly scientist that created the villain's disintegration ring, deciding to kill the man for knowing too much. Ghost Rider arrives in time to save him and engages the Enforcer in battle. The Water Wizard creates a giant water creature and commands it to attack, but it dissolves when Ghost Rider knocks the Water Wizard unconscious. Ghost Rider defeats and unmasks the Enforcer, but does not recognize the college-aged young man under the mask. When Galton attempts to hit Blaze from behind, the scientist in turn knocks out Galton, but then runs screaming from the Ghost Rider. When Blaze makes his way back to Delazny Studios he fails to notice Roxanne and Roger walking in an embrace on a nearby beach.
Ghost Rider will again encounter the Enforcer in Ghost Rider (1973) # 58 and Water Wizard in Ghost Rider (1973) # 59.
It is revealed in passing in Ghost Rider (1973) # 26 that the Enforcer is actually the son of Charles Delazny, but later writers will confuse matters by having the Enforcer take on the identity of Carson Collier, Jr., who appeared in Ghost Rider (1973) # 22.
Movie producer Charles L. Delazny stands in front of his home looking over the unconscious body of Johnny Blaze. Delazny is confronted by the Enforcer, who threatens Delazny's family to get the man to cooperate. Taking a motorcycle belonging to Delazny's son, the Enforcer and his hired man Jim Galton tie Blaze to the bike and send it off edge of a cliff, hoping to make his death look like an accident. Blaze wakes up and manages to transform into the Ghost Rider before he hits the ground, but the explosion convinces the Enforcer that Blaze has died. He and Galton leave, not seeing the Ghost Rider emerge from the flames below the cliff. Blaze creates his flame cycle and silently follows the Enforcer to his hidden lair. Meanwhile, Roxanne Simpson is afraid for her life when she notices someone following her, only to discover that it's Roger Cross from the Stuntmaster show's special effects department. Frustrated with Johnny, Roxanne agrees to go out with Roger and the two depart.
At his headquarters, the Enforcer talks with the Water Wizard about his plan to use Delazny in a money laundering scheme. The Enforcer then turns on the elderly scientist that created the villain's disintegration ring, deciding to kill the man for knowing too much. Ghost Rider arrives in time to save him and engages the Enforcer in battle. The Water Wizard creates a giant water creature and commands it to attack, but it dissolves when Ghost Rider knocks the Water Wizard unconscious. Ghost Rider defeats and unmasks the Enforcer, but does not recognize the college-aged young man under the mask. When Galton attempts to hit Blaze from behind, the scientist in turn knocks out Galton, but then runs screaming from the Ghost Rider. When Blaze makes his way back to Delazny Studios he fails to notice Roxanne and Roger walking in an embrace on a nearby beach.
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| Skeletal Ghost Rider for the win! |
THE ROADMAP
Ghost Rider appears next in Marvel Team-Up (1972) # 58.
Ghost Rider will again encounter the Enforcer in Ghost Rider (1973) # 58 and Water Wizard in Ghost Rider (1973) # 59.
It is revealed in passing in Ghost Rider (1973) # 26 that the Enforcer is actually the son of Charles Delazny, but later writers will confuse matters by having the Enforcer take on the identity of Carson Collier, Jr., who appeared in Ghost Rider (1973) # 22.
CHAIN REACTION
To read my review of Ghost Rider (1973) # 24 see my book Wheels On Fire: An Unofficial Guide to Marvel Comics' Ghost Rider: 1972-1983!
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| The mystery is...solved? |
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