tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886436041533706632.post5353612926417543116..comments2023-08-20T11:26:26.612-04:00Comments on Once Upon A Time In The West In Comics: A Field Guide to Ghost Rider(s)Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03555047330587368279noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886436041533706632.post-34153287513946569902021-09-01T21:51:21.615-04:002021-09-01T21:51:21.615-04:00Ghost Rider game linkGhost Rider game linkRedmi note10https://www.blogger.com/profile/00106798201456950143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886436041533706632.post-79338244419040018982013-07-12T16:09:23.134-04:002013-07-12T16:09:23.134-04:00My mistake-- that was GREAT AMERICAN WESTERN #5 (&...My mistake-- that was GREAT AMERICAN WESTERN #5 ("Presents SUNSET CARSON"). It was really a Sunset Carson story, but Haunted Horseman turned up as a guest-star.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Bill Black reminds me of this...<br /><br />"As HAUNTED HORSEMAN, Ghost Rider appeared in all 71 issues of AC Comics' BEST OF THE WEST title. That's correct... seventy-one issues. You neglected to mention this. A minor oversight."<br /><br />Rex Fury also appeared in (according to my research)...<br /><br />PARAGON PRESENTS #2 (1972)<br />MACABRE WESTERN #1-2 (1972-73)<br />FUN COMICS #1 (1980)<br />THE PRESTO KID #1 (1989)<br />BLACK PHANTOM #1, 3 (1989-90)<br />BLAZING WESTERN #1-2 (1989, 2000)<br />GREAT AMERICAN WESTERN #5 (1991 / NEW story)<br />DURANGO KID #1 (1990)<br />WALL OF FLESH #1 (1992)<br />HORRORS OF THE HAUNTER #1 (1994)<br />GOLDEN AGE GREATS #7 (1995)<br />GOLDEN AGE MEN OF MYSTERY #1-3 (1996)<br />BEST OF THE WEST #1-71 (1998-??)<br />HAUNTED HORSEMAN #1 (1999)Henry R. Kujawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886436041533706632.post-65658586533001114332013-07-11T23:38:22.250-04:002013-07-11T23:38:22.250-04:00I've done restorations of all the TIM HOLT cov...I've done restorations of all the TIM HOLT covers and most of the GHOST RIDERs so far...<br /><br />http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2012/05/tim-holt.htmlHenry R. Kujawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886436041533706632.post-10617853145662405142013-07-11T23:36:14.687-04:002013-07-11T23:36:14.687-04:00Additions...
There was a short-lived character, &...Additions...<br /><br />There was a short-lived character, "The Phantom Rider", in STAR COMICS v.1 #16 and v.2 #1-2 from Centaur (1938-39).<br /><br />Then there was "Bill Colt The Ghost Rider" in MIRACLE COMICS #3-4 (1940-41) from Hillman.<br /><br />U.S. Marshal Rex Fury appeared in TIM HOLT / RED MASK #6-50; GHOST RIDER #1-14; BEST OF THE WEST #1-12; BOBBY BENSON'S B-BAR-B RIDERS #13-15; and BLACK PNAHTOM #1, all from Magazine Enterprises (1949-55).<br /><br />Reprints have been going on almost as long as the character existed; Bill Black's Paragon Publications and AC Comics have been reprinting his stories, most under the name "Haunted Horseman", since 1972!!!<br /><br /><br /><br />"Carter Slade" was clearly one more "Roy Thomas-ism", the name a tribute to Hawkman (Carter Hall). Sadly, Marvel's "Ghost Rider" (the book initiated, no doubt, by Martin Goodman) was designed as a "western version of Spider-Man", rather than "The Lone Ranger plus supernatural elements". EVEN Dick Ayers was disappointed with the new version, and HE wrote the stories (dialogued by Thomas & Gary Friedrich). Carter appeared in GHOST RIDER #1-7 and WESTERN GUNFIGHTERS #1-6, being killed in #6.<br /><br />Others who have taken up the persona include Jamie Jacobs, Lincoln Slade, Hamilton Slade, and Reno Jones, either under the name "Night Rider" or "Phantom Rider".<br /><br />Appearances have included GIANT-SIZE KID COLT #3, THE AVENGERS #142-143, GHOST RIDER #50 (1980), several issues of WEST COAST AVENGERS, and THE ORIGINAL GHOST RIDER #3-20 (1992-94). The latter were all-new back-ups in a Johnny Blaze reprint series, all illustrated by Dick Ayers!<br /><br />There were also at least 2 brand-new appearances of Rex Fury, in GREAT AMERICAN WESTERN #1 (1991) and BEST OF THE WEST #31 (2002), both illustrated by Dick Ayers.Henry R. Kujawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886436041533706632.post-82582781633901795682011-12-31T15:45:32.942-05:002011-12-31T15:45:32.942-05:00As a child growing up in Oklahoma from 1949-57, I ...As a child growing up in Oklahoma from 1949-57, I bought and read the original series. At the time, Ghost Rider seemed inimitable. After he more or less disappeared, I gravitated to Batman (Superman was a TV show by then and the SM comics didn't have any appeal). Over the years, I have noticed the reincarnations of Ghost Rider and the loathsome series of movies with Nicholas Cage. None have had the same aura (perhaps, I should say 'spectre') of the original Rex Fury era. It would be really great to see Marvel revive the Rex Fury Ghost Rider, I've had it with motorcycle outlaws. In fact, in the era of Lost, the X-Files and Fringe, it would make a fantastic TV series.michael carmichaelhttp://www.michaelcarmichael.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886436041533706632.post-47608993431539107032011-03-19T07:04:42.385-04:002011-03-19T07:04:42.385-04:00Hey guys, I run a Ghost Rider fansite (http://ghos...Hey guys, I run a Ghost Rider fansite (http://ghostrider.omegacen.com) and I've just added a link to your blog here. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article, and it was helpful to me as well since I'm gearing up to do more work on the various western Riders. So, yeah, liked the article and site as a whole. Keep it coming, gang!Chris Munnhttp://ghostrider.omegacen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886436041533706632.post-88877924081084173442010-08-10T09:10:26.102-04:002010-08-10T09:10:26.102-04:00Booksteve: Nope, it was mentioned- In between Nigh...Booksteve: Nope, it was mentioned- In between Night Rider and Ghost Rider :)Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555047330587368279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886436041533706632.post-42632020365324453102010-08-10T08:23:59.373-04:002010-08-10T08:23:59.373-04:00You missed one! The Carter Slade version was conti...You missed one! The Carter Slade version was continued in one of Marvel's 25 cent mags--WESTERN GUNFIGHTERS I think--and Slade was killed! He was then replaced by his brother (or was it his son?) As far as I know any and all revivals since then were of Carter, though, and the new guy wasn't heard from again after his brief run in WG.Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.com