ESSENTIAL GHOST RIDER VOL. 1 SC B&W. (Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman & Mike Friedrich/Michael Ploog, Jim Mooney, Tom Sutton & Herb Trimpe) Collecting Marvel Spotlight #5-12, Ghost Rider #1-20 and Daredevil #138. When orphaned stunt-show star Johnny Blaze discovers his adoptive father Crash Simpson is dying of a rare blood disease, he barters his immortal soul for a miracle cure. The trade-off leaves him bound to the demon Zarathos, and their melding of spirits manifests itself every night in the form of Ghost Rider. 560 pp. T+
Essential Ghost Rider Vol. 01 SC
