Debuted at Marvel Comics in the 1970s, his debut ushered in Marvel Comics' age of the antiheroes.

Unlike the majority of superheroes who appeared in the comics at the time, Johnny Blaze was a motorcycle stuntman who made a deal with the devil aka Mephisto, the ruler of hell.

One fateful day, after the deal between Blaze and Mephisto was completed, an act made Mephisto felt that Johnny had cheated him. So to punish him, Mephisto had bonded Johnny's soul with the soul of a demon named Zarathos which resulted in his horrifying skeletal appearance and terrifying variety of powers.

Thus, Johnny became the Ghost Rider. The legendary spirit of vengeance, forever cursed to scour the entire human world. His task. Punishing the wicked humans and deporting any loose demons back to hell.