Who Is Phantom Rider? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Phantom Rider is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Carter Slade, with over 196 comic issue appearances. An identity used by a number of western and modern crime fighter. One of the Phantom Riders, Lincoln Slade, besmirched the name as he was responsible for drugging and raping Mockingbird when the Avengers became stuck in the past.

Who is Phantom Rider?

Creation The Ghost Rider The Phantom Rider is the name of several fictional Old West heroic gunfighters in the Marvel Comics universe. The character name was originally the Ghost Rider, and was changed following the introduction of Marvel's motorcycle-riding supernatural character of the same name. Marvel's first Ghost Rider look was based on the television series Lone Ranger and the Magazine Enterprises character Ghost Rider , created by writer Ray Krank and artist Dick Ayers for editor Vincent Sullivan in Tim Holt #11 (1949). The character appeared in horror-themed Western stories through the run of Tim Holt, Red Mask, and A-1 Comics up until the institution of the Comics Code. After the trademark to the character's name and motif lapsed, Marvel Comics debuted its own near-identical, horror-free version of the character in Ghost Rider Vol. 1, #1 (Feb. 1967), by writers Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich and original Ghost Rider artist Ayers. After this series ended with issue #7 (Nov.

Key facts

Phantom Rider is of human origin and first appeared in "The Origin of the Ghost Rider; The Menance Of The Mask Maker!". The character is published by Marvel. With 196 recorded issue appearances, Phantom Rider ranks among the most featured characters in comics.