Welcome back. Please log in.

white pages
Gil Kane motorcycle cover; 1st brief app. Daimon Hellstrom (Son of Satan) COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)



Ghost Rider #1 takes a character originally revamped from the Wild West and lands him into his own comic title — after the demonic alter-ego of stunt biker Johnny Blaze had found a following in issues of Marvel Spotlight. The character was a perfect mix for the '70s, bringing together the notion of a flaming Evel Knievel with a demonic grindhouse vibe even as The Exorcist had a massive influence on pop culture.

It was also a pretty big deal that the Comics Code Authority was lightening up on horror elements in comics. That allowed Ghost Rider #1 to also offer readers the first appearance of Daimon Hellstrom as the Son of Satan, who has his own role to play as the Ghost Rider takes on the Witch-Woman in a story continued from Marvel Spotlight #11 — with a nod to one of Mr. Knievel's most notorious stunts to create a true Bronze Age collectible!
____________________________________________________



Artists Information

Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name Is... Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.

Joe Sinnott is an American comic book artist. Working primarily as an inker, Sinnott is best known for his long stint on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, from 1965 to 1981, initially over the pencils of Jack Kirby. During his 60 years as a Marvel freelancer and then salaried artist working from home, Sinnott inked virtually every major title, with notable runs on The Avengers, The Defenders and Thor.

James Noel Mooney was an American comics artist best known for his long tenure at DC Comics and as the signature artist of Supergirl, as well as a Marvel Comics inker and Spider-Man artist, both during what comics historians and fans call the Silver Age of comic books. He sometimes inked under the pseudonym Jay Noel.