Who Is Zarathos? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Zarathos is a Marvel comic book character, with over 368 comic issue appearances. Zarathos is an extremely powerful being bound to mortals by Mephisto, creating what is known as The Ghost Rider.

Who is Zarathos?

Origin Zarathos is a demon first brought into the mortal world by a Native American priest named K'Nutu to help his tribe in exchange for souls. Creation Zarathos is a Marvel character created by Gary Friedrich and Mike Ploog , first appearing in Marvel Spotlight Issue #5. Character Evolution First brought forth from Hell by a tribal sorcerer, Zarathos was deemed too dangerous a rival by Mephisto and was contained in the Soul Chamber before being bonded with mortals, most notably of which would be Johnny Blaze. Wanting to be free, Zarathos sought to obtain the powerful Medallion of Power to rule Hell (and Earth) and whilst continuing to feed on the negativity of souls required for his strength and power levels, would align himself with various demons in attempts to reach this goal. Major Story Arcs Zarathos fought the ancient Spirits of Vengeance and corrupted some of their overseers, The Blood. The Blood siding with Zarathos were promised greater power and were referred to as The Fallen. They were betrayed by Zarathos who instead used them to increase his own power in order to challenge Mephisto for ownership of his realm. Mephisto tricked Zarathos using Centurious whose lack of a.

Key facts

Zarathos is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "Origin of the Ghost Rider". The character is published by Marvel. With 368 recorded issue appearances, Zarathos ranks among the most featured characters in comics.