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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: Ghost Rider #4 (331)
Publication Date: January 2002
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Issues: #4 (331) of 6 Issues (12 Printings)
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Rating: T
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/23/2022
Volume: 4
Pages: 312
ISBN: 9781302933234
UPC/EAN: 978130293323457500
Price: $93.75 CAD
$75.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: T
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
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Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Death in the Nuclear Family!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]
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Marvel Masterworks Ghost Rider Volume 4

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Marvel Masterworks

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Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself...

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In Denver Dwells a Demon!

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A Demon In Denver!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; VILLAIN: Barney (introduction, villain, A construction worker); Roxanne Simpson (cameo flashback)
Synopsis: Finding his Ghost Rider persona harder and harder to control, Johnny Blaze picks a fight with a construction worker in Denver and Ghost Rider has to deal with the consequences.
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High Road to Hell!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Dirk Varden
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Night of the Flame Cycles!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; the Flame Cyclists [Davey, Davey's Parents] (introduction, death); Dirk Varden (introduction, villain, death)
Synopsis: Catching a circus act where a pair of cyclists try to break Johnny Blaze's long jump record, Ghost Rider is set on a path of vengeance as a mob boss sabotages the stunt and kills the participants. Ghost Rider stops Davey from making a pact with Satan before he brings down the same sort of curse that unleashed the spirit of vengeance on the world.
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Cult of Doom!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Death Cult; Karen Sterling
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The Cult of Doom

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Karen Sterling; Death Cult; Mark Crain
Synopsis: Ghost Rider finds himself up against a motorcycle cult that worships death.
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Job Number: LG-515
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Into the Abyss!

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Into the Abyss!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Karen Sterling; Death Cult (villain); Mark Crain (villain, death)
Synopsis: Ghost Rider puts a stop to the gang of death cultists.
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Death in the Nuclear Family!

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The Menace of the Nuclear Man!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; The Nuclear Man [Dr. Thurgood Vance] (introduction, villain, death)
Synopsis: Ghost Rider tries to stop an old man who has created a nuclear battle suit and plans to use it to demonstrate the danger of nuclear power by blowing stuff up.
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The Man Who Was the Ghost Rider!

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Character(s): Johnny Blaze; Ghost Rider
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The Freight Train to Oblivion!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Gina Langtrees (introduction); The Jackal Gang [Carl Travis; Andy; Tepper] (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Ghost Rider has a run in with the Jackal gang. After the excitement, Johnny is trying to catch some rest by riding the rails when a pair of hoboes knock him on the head and steal his wallet. Waking up without his memory, Johnny stumbles upon a professional race-car complex and is taken in by the owner's hot-rod daughter.
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The Lonesome Death of Johnny Blaze!

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The Lonesome Death of Johnny Blaze!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Gina Langtrees; Jackal Gang (villain); Carl Travis (villain)
Synopsis: With his memory wiped, Johnny works for Langtree Motors by day and is unaware that he turns to Ghost Rider by night. During a testosterone laced race with one of Langtrees' mechanics for the hand of the lovely Gina, Johnny regains his memory just as Travis is trying to kill him and he turns into Ghost Rider in the nick of time. Unaware of anything that happened after he got knocked on the head, Johnny takes off forgetting all about Gina.
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Ghost Rider vs. Johnny Blaze

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Night of the Crimson Mage!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; The Crimson Mage [Azaziah Hornsby] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The evil mage Azaziah succeeds in separating Johnny Blaze from Ghost Rider and, freed of his human host, the demon biker goes on a rampage.
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Ghost Rider #44

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Character(s): Ghost Rider; Johnny Blaze; Crimson Mage
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Cloak of Crimson - Soul of Dust!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; The Crimson Mage [Azaziah Hornsby] (villain, death)
Synopsis: With Johnny and Ghost Rider both weakening from their separation, Johnny has to figure out how to stop the mage Azaziah and remerge with his demonic alter ego before they both die.
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To Banish a Ghost!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Storm]
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To Banish a Ghost!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Flagg Fargo (introduction)
Synopsis: Being called out by a young hot-shot cyclist, Johnny Blaze emerges from semi-retirement to defend his title of stunt cycle champion of the world.
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Loser

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The End of a Champion

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Flagg Fargo
Synopsis: Despite trying to prove that Fargo is cheating and in league with a gang of crooks, Blaze loses his stunt cycle title to the square dealing Flagg Fargo.
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"Already, They Wish They'd Never Been Born..."

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Raz; Zooie; Sparky
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The Demon Within!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Raz (introduction, villain); Zooie (introduction, villain); Sparky (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: Despondent over losing his stunt cycle title to Flagg Fargo, Blaze vows never to become Ghost Rider again. His resolve is challenged by a trio of rough-house bikers and Johnny finally comes to grips with the fact that the Ghost Rider is with him for good.
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Ghost Rider #48

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Vampire Bats
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Wind of the Undead!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Tabitha Arcanne (introduction, villain, death); Dalton Cartwright (introduction, villain, death)
Synopsis: Ghost Rider frees a town from a deadly plague of vampire bats and their evil master.
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Ghost Rider #49

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Manitou
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The Wrath of the Manitou!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; The Manitou [Wisa'ka]; Spotted Doe [daughter of Flaming Star]; Ed Pollard (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: Ghost Rider tries to stop the plot of Pollard and his flunkies in blowing up a dam and burying a sacred indian burial ground. The bomb goes off and GR is blown right into the past.
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...Ghost Rider's Strangest Adventure Ever!

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Manitou's Anger...Tarantula's Sting!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Night Rider [Origin; Carter Slade; Marvel's 1st Ghost Rider; Western hero]; Flaming Star; Spotted Doe; Manitou; The Tarantula (villain; from GHOST RIDER (1st Marvel series #2, 5); Ed Pollard (villain)
Synopsis: Johnny finds himself trapped in the Wild West and helps the Night Rider take on a gang of bandits. Returning to his own time, Ghost Rider makes it back in time to stop Pollard from blowing up a dam and flooding an ancient indian burial ground.
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Ghost Rider's Gallery of Guest Stars!

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Ghost Rider's Gallery of Guest Stars!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]
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Ghost Rider's Gallery of Guest Stars!

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Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Phantom Eagle
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Ghost Rider #50 Cover Original Art

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Biographies

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Marvel Masterworks

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Disclose Notes: Promo ad for other issues in the Marvel Masterworks series of titles.
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