The Phantom Rider is the name of several fictional Old West heroic gunfighters in the Marvel Comics universe. The character name was originally the Ghost Rider, then he became the Pale Rider, and was changed following the introduction of Marvel's motorcycle-riding supernatural character of the same name. Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Great Basin region, typical American West The Western United States has played a significant role in history and fiction. ... Categories: Stock characters | Stub ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Ghost Rider is the name of several fictional supernatural anti-heroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

The Western Ghost Rider #1 (Feb. 1967), cover art by Dick Ayers.

Marvel's first Ghost Rider look was based on the television series Lone Ranger and the Magazine Enterprises character Ghost Rider, created by writer Ray Krank and artist Dick Ayers for editor Vincent Sullivan in Tim Holt #11 (1949). The character appeared in horror-themed Western stories through the run of Tim Holt, Red Mask, and A-1 Comics up until the institution of the Comics Code. After the trademark to the character's name and motif lapsed, Marvel Comics debuted its own near-identical, horror-free version of the character in Ghost Rider Vol. 1, #1 (Feb. 1967), by writers Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich and original Ghost Rider artist Ayers. After this series ended with issue #7 (Nov. 1967), the character went on to appear in new stories in the omnibus title Western Gunfighters (1970 series) and in new backup stories in the otherwise reprint title The Original Ghost Rider Rides Again. Image File history File links GhostRider_western_1. ... Image File history File links GhostRider_western_1. ... Richard Dick Ayers is a comic book artist and cartoonist, born April 28th, 1924, in Ossining, New York. ... The Lone Ranger was an early, long-running radio and television show based on characters created by George W. Trendle of Detroit, Michigan and developed by writer Fran Stryker of Buffalo, New York. ... Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and childrens comics, with virtually no superheroes. ... Richard Dick Ayers is a comic book artist and cartoonist, born April 28th, 1924, in Ossining, New York. ... Vincent Vin Sullivan (born circa 1911[1], died February 3, 1999) was a pioneering American comic book editor, artist, and publisher. ... The Comics Code Authority (CCA) is an organization founded in 1954 to act as a de facto censor for American comic books. ... Roy Thomas (born November 22, 1940, Missouri, United States) is a comic book writer and editor, and Stan Lees first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. ... Gary Friedrich (born 1943, Jackson, Missouri, United States) is an American comic book writer best known for his Silver Age stories for Marvel Comics Sgt. ... An omnibus is a book or video collecting two or more previous works by the same author or director. ... Western Gunfighters was the name of two Western comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ...

With the introduction of Marvel's supernatural Ghost Rider in the 1970s, Marvel renamed its Western Ghost Rider — first, to the unfortunate Night Rider (a term previously used in the Southern United States to refer to members of the Ku Klux Klan) in a 1974-1975 reprint series, and then to Phantom Rider. At least five men have been the Phantom Rider, one of whom is active in the modern day. Historic Southern United States. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ...

The Magazine Enterprises library of characters, including its version of Ghost Rider, was acquired by AC Comics in the 1980s. The company renamed the Ghost Rider as the Haunted Horseman, due to Marvel having maintained the Ghost Rider trademark. AC Comics evolved out of Paragon Publications, and was known as Americomics in its first year of existence. ...

The Riders

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Carter Slade

Carter Slade, the first to wear the mask, debuted in Ghost Rider #1 (Feb. 1967). He battled evil while dressed in a phosphorescent white costume, complete with a full-face mask, cape, and the requisite white hat. Slade received his outfit and his white horse from Flaming Star, a Native American medicine man. Chief Quanah Parker of the Quahadi Comanche Native Americans in the United States (also Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Original Americans) are those indigenous peoples within the territory which is now encompassed by the continental United States, and their descendants in... Medicine man is an English term used to describe Native American religious figures; such individuals are analogous to shamans. ...

He was never called the Phantom Rider in these original appearances. In Marvel continuity, it was not until after Slade's death that the name Phantom Rider was given to the character, and reprints now retroactively use that name for Slade. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Jamie Jacobs and Lincoln Slade

After Slade's death in Western Gunfighters #7 (Jan. 1972), his sidekick Jamie Jacobs became the second Phantom Rider. He was promptly killed in action, after which Slade's brother, U.S. Marshall Lincoln Slade, became the third Phantom Rider. Lincoln Slade was driven mad, to the point that he used a potion to control and rape the time traveling Avenger Mockingbird. Once the potion wore off, she fought and defeated him, but in the course of the battle he fell to his death from a cliff.^[1]. Western Gunfighters was the name of two Western comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... A potion (from Latin potio, potionis, meaning beverage, potion, poison) is a drinkable medicine or poison. ... Mind control (or thought control) has the premise that an outside source can control an individuals thinking, behavior or consciousness (either directly or more subtly). ... Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... The Avengers is an elite fictional comic book superhero team in the Marvel Universe. ... Mockingbird (Barbara Bobbi Morse-Barton) is a Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the Avengers and West Coast Avengers. ...

Reno Jones

In the miniseries Blaze of Glory, the African American gunslinger Reno Jones used the Ghost Rider identity briefly in a battle with the Klan-affiliated mercenaries called the Nightriders. Jones had been half of the team called the Gunhawks, along with his former friend, Kid Cassidy, whom Jones had believed dead. Cassidy was revealed to be alive and the leader of the Nightriders; he was killed, and Jones retired. Blaze of Glory was a four-issue Marvel Comics miniseries published in 2000. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... The Gunhawks was the name of a pair of fictional characters in the Western genre that were published in a self-titled comic book by Marvel Comics. ... The Gunhawks was the name of a pair of fictional characters in the Western genre that were published in a self-titled comic book by Marvel Comics. ... The Gunhawks was the name of a pair of fictional characters in the Western genre that were published in a self-titled comic book by Marvel Comics. ...

Hamilton Slade

In present-day continuity, Lincoln Slade's distant descendant Hamilton Slade was an archaeologist who found the burial site of his legendary ancestor, in issue #56 of the supernatural-motorcyclist series Ghost Rider. As he explored the site, he found a large burial urn and from it appeared the ghostly garb of his ancestors Carter and Lincoln Slade. Possessed by the spirits of his ancestors, he became the new version of the Phantom Rider. Hamilton Slade is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. ... Look up Supernatural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ...

Other media

• In the 2007 film Ghost Rider, actor Sam Elliott plays Carter Slade, a.k.a. Caretaker, though they are not the same characters in the comic book series. In the movie version of the story, Slade is Johnny's predecessor, who 150 years ago did not deliver a contract of hellbound souls to Mephistopheles. In the modern day, Slade awaits the arrival of the next Ghost Rider so he can be freed of his curse. Instead of the traditional Phantom Rider outfit, he looks more like the Johnny Blaze/Daniel Ketch Ghost Rider form, but in western attire and with a fire-breathing horse. This Ghost Rider closely resembles the spirit of vengeance from the new Garth Ennis/Clayton Crain series that was the slave Caleb whose family was slaughtered while his friend Travis Parham who tried to help may have become a part of the legend.(Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears).
• The video game Marvel Ultimate Alliance has a Phantom Rider costume (labeled "Western") as one of the alternate outfits for the Ghost Rider character. While wearing this alternate costume, Ghost Rider retains his original move set, but when paired with other such characters in specific alternate costumes (e.g. Iron Man wearing the War Machine costume), the team is referred to as "Alternate Identities".

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Bibliography

• Ghost Rider #1-7 (Feb.-Nov. 1967)
• Night Rider #1-6 (Oct. 1974 - Aug. 1975; shortened reprints of Ghost Rider #1-6)
• Western Gunfighters #1-7 (Aug. 1970 - Jan. 1972; as Phantom Rider in omnibus series)
• The Original Ghost Rider #3, 5-12, 15, 19 (Sept. 1992, Nov. 1992 - June 1993, Sept. 1993, Jan. 1994; as Phantom Rider in backup feature)

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Footnotes

The West Coast Avengers was a spin-off superhero team of the Avengers, as well as the title of their comic book series. ...

References

• International Hero: Magazine Enterprises' Ghost Rider
• Don Markstein's Toonopedia: The Ghost Rider (Magazine Enterprises)

External Link

• http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/phantomridercarter.htm