The second time Daniel Ketch was killed was by Zarathos, but, as previously, was resurrected. He was soon revived by the Darkhold Redeemers, along with everyone else killed by Blade. The first person who killed Ghost Rider was the vampire hunter Blade, who was at the time possessed by the mystical book the Darkhold. When Ghost Rider becomes a part of the team the Midnight Sons, he dies twice. Ghost Rider denied this, though others, including Mephisto, believed otherwise. Ketch later learned the origin of Zarathos from the mystical dream lord Nightmare, who believed the entity to which Ketch was bound was Zarathos reborn and freed from the Soul Crystal. She was eventually killed by Blackout, whom Ketch had acquired as a mortal enemy. He beat the gangsters, but was unable to save Barbara, who had slipped into a coma as a result from her injury. This Ghost Rider was nearly identical to the previous, though his costume and bike had undergone a modernized tailoring. Upon touching the sigil, he was transformed into the Ghost Rider. One night, Daniel and his sister Barbara were attacked by gangsters with his sister grievously wounded by Deathwatch, Daniel fled and hid in a junkyard, where he found a motorcycle bearing a mystical sigil. Fictional character biographyĭaniel Ketch was born in Brooklyn, New York. In support of the series, Ketch received his own miniseries titled Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch, written by Simon Spurrier.
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Ketch appears in the current Ghost Rider series alongside Johnny Blaze. 3 #93 and the previously unpublished #94. Marvel finally published the long-awaited final issue nine years later as Ghost Rider Finale (Jan. The series ended with a cliffhanger in vol. The third Ghost Rider debuted in Ghost Rider vol. Publication history File:GhostRider vol 2 issue 1.jpgĭanny Ketch's debut on Ghost Rider (vol.
He is the third Marvel character to don the identity of Ghost Rider, after Johnny Blaze (the first supernatural Ghost Rider and brother to Danny) and the Western hero known as the Phantom Rider, who used the name in 1967.Ī younger version of the character appeared in the 2012 film Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, portrayed by Fergus Riordan. Ghost Rider ( Daniel " Danny" Ketch) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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