Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch)

Ghost Rider (Daniel "Danny" Ketch) is a comic book character, a supernatural superhero in Marvel Comics' main shared universe. He is the third Marvel character to use the name Ghost Rider, following the Western hero later known as the Phantom Rider, and Johnny Blaze, the first supernatural Ghost Rider.

Publication history

The third Ghost Rider debuted in Ghost Rider vol. 2, #1 (May 1990). The series ended with a cliffhanger in vol. 2, #93 (Feb. 1998). Marvel finally published the long-completed final issue nine years later as Ghost Rider Finale (Jan 2007), which reprints vol. 2, #93 and the previously unpublished #94.<!-- Note: While the cover reads Ghost Rider #94, the comic's postal indicium lists the official title as Ghost Rider Finale. --> Ketch appears in the current Ghost Rider series alongside Johnny Blaze. In support of the series, Ketch received his own miniseries Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch, written by Simon Spurrier., Newsarama, June 27, 2008, Comic Book Resources, June 29, 2008 Danny and Johnny are also currently involved in a miniseries entitled Ghost Riders: Heaven's On Fire.

Fictional character biography

Daniel Ketch was born in Brooklyn, New York. 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......
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