Ghost Rider – Definitive Reading Order and Collecting Guide

Updated May 8, 2025! The definitive issue-by-issue comic book collecting guide and reading order for Marvel’s Ghost Rider – Johnny Blaze, Danny Ketch, Robbie Reyes, and more – in omnibus, hardcover, trade paperback, and digital. Part of Crushing Krisis’s Crushing Comics. Last updated May 2025 with titles scheduled for release through September 2025.

Ghost Rider is the rare classic Marvel hero whose name is just a title given to a skull-headed, vengeance-seeking rider (or sometimes driver) possessed by a demonic spirit. Over the years, at least five Marvel characters have carried the title, as well as several spirits.

• Reading Order
  • The Phantom Rider: Ghost Rider (1967) #1-7
  • Johnny Blaze / Zarathos: Ghost Rider (1973) #1-81
  • Danny Ketch / Noble Kale: Ghost Rider (1990) #1-93, Annual 1-2, & Finale
    • Ketch: Ghost Rider (1990) #1-27 (1990 – 1992)
    • Ketch & Blaze, The Midnight Sons (1992 – 1994)
      • Ghost Rider (1990) #28-50 & Annual 1
      • Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1992) #1-22
    • Ketch & Blaze, Separate Roads (1994 – 1998)
      • Ghost Rider (1990) #51-93, Annual 2, & Finale
      • Blaze (1994) #1-12
  • Johnny Blaze / Zarathos: Ghost Rider (2001) #1-6 & 1/2 AKA “The Hammer Lane”
  • Johnny Blaze / Zarathos: Ghost Rider (2005) #1-6 AKA “The Road to Damnation” by Garth Ennis & Clayton Crain
  • Caleb / Spirit of Vengeance: Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears (2007) #1-6 by Garth Ennis & Clayton Crain
  • Blaze & Ketch: Ghost Rider (2006) #1-35 & Annual 1-2 by Daniel Way & Jason Aaron
    • Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch (2008) #1-5
  • Blaze & Ketch: Ghost Riders: Heaven’s on Fire (2009) #1-6 by Jason Aaron & Roland Boschi
  • Alejandra Blaze: Ghost Rider (2011) #0.1 & 1-9 (2011 – 2012)
  • Marvel Now: All-New Ghost Rider – Robbie Reyes (2014 – 2015)
  • All-New, All-Different Marvel: Ghost Rider & Spirits of Vengeance
  • Marvel Fresh Start
    • Ghost Rider (2019) #1-7 by Ed Brisson
      • Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance (2019) #1
      • Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother of Demons (2020) #1
    • King in Black: Ghost Rider (2021) #1 & Ghost Rider: Return of Vengeance (2021) #1
    • Ghost Rider: Kushala Infinity Comic (2021) #1-8
    • Kushala, The Spirit Rider in Midnight Suns (2022) #1-5
    • Ghost Rider (2022) #1-(ongoing) by Benjamin Percy
      • Ghost Rider: Vengeance Forever (2022) #1
      • Ghost Rider/Wolverine (2023) Alpha & Omega
    • Danny Ketch: Ghost Rider (2023) #1-5 by Howard Mackie
    • Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance (2024) #1-6 by Ed Brisson
    • Midnight Sons: Blood Hunt (2024) #1-3 by Bryan E. Hill
    • Spirits of Vengeance (2024) #1-6 by Sabir Pirzada, Paul Davidson, Andrew Dalhouse, & Travis Lanham
    • Hellhunters (2024) #1-5 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson & Adam Gorham (Dec 2024 – April 2025)
• Cosmic Ghost Rider

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Ghost Rider Reading Order

The Phantom Rider
Ghost Rider (1967) #1-7

Though he was called Ghost Rider at the time, this character was later retconned to be named Phantom Rider – as well as made part of the modern Ghost Rider legend. This character originated in a Magazine Enterprises comic in 1951-52, which Marvel took advantage of after the trademark had lapsed.

The Ghost Rider #1-7: Not collected.

Phantom Rider made further appearances in the 1970s in Western Gunfighters (1970) #1-7, Giant-Size Kid Colt (1975) #3, Ghost Rider (1973) #50 & 51 (2nd story), and Avengers #142-143.

Later, Marvel added origin stories in back-ups in the reprint title Original Ghost Rider (1992) #3-5, 7-12, & 15-20 – much of which was written by Dan Slott!

Johnny Blaze / Zarathos
Ghost Rider (1973) #1-81 (1972 – 1983)

The modern concept of Ghost Rider debuted in Marvel Spotlight in 1972. The series was acting as a horror anthology at the time, having just launched both Red Wolf and Werewolf by Night into their own series. Johnny Blaze graduated into his own title in September 1973.

in Marvel Masterworks…

Marvel Masterworks Volume 1 (2019 hardcover, ISBN 978-1302918170 / digital)
Collects Marvel Spotlight (1971) #5-12, Ghost Rider (1973) #1-5, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #15.

Marvel Masterworks Volume 2 (2020 hardcover, ISBN 978-1302922146 / digital)
Collects (1973) #6-20, Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #8, and Daredevil (1964) #138.

Marvel Masterworks Volume 3 (2021 hardcover, ISBN 978-1302929299 / digital)
Collects (1973) #21-35 and Marvel Premiere (1972) #28.

Marvel Masterworks Volume 4 (2022 hardcover, ISBN 978-1302933227 / digital)
Collects (1973) #36-50

Marvel Masterworks Volume 5 (2023 hardcover, ISBN 978-1302949358 / digital)
Collects (1973) #51-62

Marvel Masterworks Volume 6 (2024 hardcover, ISBN 978-1302955427 / digital)
Collects (1973) #63-72 and Avengers (1963) #214.

Marvel Masterworks Volume 7 (2025 hardcover, ISBN 978-1302962616 / digital)
Collects (1973) #74-81, a story from Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #11, Defenders (1972) #145 (and material from #146), and material from What If? (1977) #17 & #28

in Epic Collections…

Epic Collection Volume 1: Hell On Wheels (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302946111 / digital)
Collects Marvel Spotlight (1971) #5-12, Ghost Rider (1973) #1-11, and Marvel Team-Up (1972) #15

Epic Collection Volume 2: Salvation Run (2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302955496 / digital)
Contents Ghost Rider (1973) #12-28, Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #18, Daredevil (1964) #138, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #58, Marvel Premiere (1972) #28, and material from Marvel Tales (1966) #255

Epic Collection Volume 3: Deathrace (2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302960575 / digital TBA)
Collects Ghost Rider (1973) #29-50, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #91, and material from What If? (1977) #17 and Marvel Tales (1966) #256

as collected by single issue with guest appearances integrated…

Marvel Spotlight #5-11 & Ghost Rider (1973) #1-20: Essential, Vol. 1 b&w
Also collects Daredevil #138, which continues from #19. Issues #19-20 are also collected in Essential Daredevil, Vol. 6. Issues #1-2 are also collected in Essential Marvel Horror.

#1-2: Son of Satan Classic
Collects Ghost Rider (1973) #1-2, Marvel Spotlight (1971) #12-24, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #32, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #14, and Son of Satan (1975) #1-8

#12: Marvel Ghost Stories
Collects Captain America (1968) #326, Ghost Rider (1973) #12, Hellstorm: Prince of Lies (1993) #6, Silver Surfer (1968) #8, Silver Surfer (1968) #9, Tomb of Dracula (1972) #23, War Is Hell (1973) #9, West Coast Avengers (1985) #41

After #2: Marvel Spotlight (1971) #12
After #5: Avengers (1963) #118, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #15
After #11: Marvel Two-in-One (1972) #8
During #14: Champions (1975) #1-2
After #15: Champions (1975) #3
After #16: Champions (1975) #4
During #17: Marvel Premiere (1972) #28
After #19: Daredevil (1964) #138
After #20: Avengers (1963) #151, Champions (1975) #7, From the Marvel Vault: Gambit & The Champions, Champions (1975) #8-10

#21-50: Essential, Vol. 2 b&w
Issues #17 and 23 feature the Champions.

#27 & 50: Ghost-Rider Team-Up
Collects Marvel Team-Up (1972) #91, Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #80, Marvel Premiere (1972) #28, Avengers (1963) #214 and Ghost Rider (1973) #27 & #50.

#35: Collected in color in Ghost Rider, Vol. 3: Trials and Tribulations and Ghost-Racers, both below.

After #21: Marvel Treasury Edition #13, Champions (1975) #11-13
After #24: Marvel Team-Up (1972) #58, Champions (1975) #14-15
After #25: Human Fly #2, Iron Man Annual 4, Super-Villain Team-Up #14, Champions (1975) #16, Giant-Size Hulk, Champions #17, & Sensation Spider-Man #17-18
After #40: Marvel Team-Up (1972) #91

#51-65: Essential, Vol. 3 b&w
Also collects Marvel Two-in-One (1973) #80, a story from Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #11 (Fall 1992), and Avengers #214.

After #57: Defenders (1972) #96
After #60: Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #80
After #62: cameo in Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) #1 – The Death of Captain Marvel, Avengers (1963) #214

#66-81: Essential, Vol. 4 b&w
Also collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #274 and Defenders (1972) #145-146

#68-81: Reprinted in color in The Original Ghost Rider Rides Again (1991) #1-7

After #74: Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #11, Team America #11
After #81: As Johnny Blaze in Defenders (1972) #145-146

Danny Ketch / Noble Kale
Ghost Rider (1990) #1-27 (1990 – 1992)

Marvel was nearing its peak of sales in 1990, with vigilante characters like Wolverine and Punisher surging in popularity. Ghost Rider was the perfect addition to the anti-hero mix, and Marvel made the masterful move of maintaining the character’s legacy while introducing a new host for the Rider – Danny Ketch.

Despite Johnny Blaze’s lengthy history in comics, for many readers introduced to Marvel in the 90s with no access to the 70s series it is Ketch who is the one true Rider. Want to learn more about this run? Read my post on the potential to collect it as an omnibus.

in Omnibus oversize hardcover…

Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Omnibus Vol. 1 (2024 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302959753 / digital)
Collects Ghost Rider (1990) #1-24; Spider-Man (1990) #6-7; Marc Spector: Moon Knight (1989) #25; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #28; Punisher War Journal (1988) #29-30; Ghost Rider/Wolverine/Punisher: Hearts of Darkness (1991) OGN; and material from Marvel Holiday Special (1991) #1 and Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #64-71 & 90-118.

Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Omnibus Vol. 2 (2025 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302965440 / digital TBA)
Collects Ghost Rider (1990) #25-40; Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits Of Vengeance (1992) #1-13; Morbius: The Living Vampire (1992) #1 & 12; Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins (1992) #1 & 11; Nightstalkers (1992) #1 7 10; Ghost Rider / Captain America: Fear (1992) OGN; X-Men (1991) #9; Web of Spider-Man (1985) #95-96; Midnight Sons Unlimited (1993) #3; material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #119-130; Midnight Sons Unlimited (1993) #1-2; and Marvel Holiday Special (1991) #3

in Epic Collections…

Danny Ketch, Epic Collection Volume 1: Vengeance Reborn (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302954055 / digital)
Collects Ghost Rider (1991) #1-12; Marc Spector, Moon Knight (1989) #25; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #28; material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #64-71

Danny Ketch, Epic Collection Volumes 2-5: Not yet announced, but these will collect Ghost Rider (1990) #13-43 & Annual 1 and likely also Ghost Rider / Wolverine / Punisher: Hearts of Darkness OGN (1992), Ghost Rider / Captain America: Fear (1992) OGN, Spider-Man (1990) #6-7, Punisher War Journal (1988) #29-30, X-Men (1991) #8-9, and Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1992) #1-16, and possibly material from Marvel Holiday Special (1991) #1 and Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #64-71 & 90-118.

Danny Ketch, Epic Collection Volume 6: Siege of Darkness (2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302964085 / digital)
Collects Ghost Rider (1990) #44-45; Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1992) #17-18; Nightstalkers (1992) #14-15; Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #143-146; Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins (1992) #15-16; Morbius: the Living Vampire (1992) #16-17; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #60-61; and Midnight Sons Unlimited (1993) #4

Danny Ketch, Epic Collection Volumes 7 & on: Not yet announced, but will collect Ghost Rider (1990) #46-94, -1, Annual 2, Crossroads, and other related material.

as collected by single issue with guest appearances integrated…

#1-10: Danny Ketch Classic, Vol. 1

#1-12: Vengeance Reborn (Epic Vol. 1)
(2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302954055 / digital)
Collects Ghost Rider (1991) #1-12; Marc Spector, Moon Knight (1989) #25; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #28; material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #64-71

After #6, Fantastic Four #347-349 is an infamous sequence where the FF is replaced by Rider, Wolverine, Spider-Man, and Hulk.

After #6 or 9 (unclear): Marvel Comics Presents #64-71

#11-18: Danny Ketch Classic, Vol. 2
Collects #11-20, though #19-20 comes after the next few guest apperances.

After #9: Thor #429-430

After #12: Dr. Strange #28, Moon Knight #35, Spider-Man #6-7, Damage Control, Vol. 3 #4, Daredevil #294-295

During #18: Cloak & Dagger, Vol. 3 #17-18, Quasar #22-24, Punisher War Journal #29-30

After #18: Marvel Comics Presents #90-97, Spirits of Vengeance #7-8, Marvel Holiday 1991 (may just be a pin-up?), Marvel Comics Presents #98-100

Ghost Rider / Wolverine / Punisher: Hearts of Darkness OGN (1992)
Reprinted in a 2017 TPB.

#19-20: In Classic Vol. 2, above

#21-25: Not collected

After #20: Slapstick #4, Spider-Man #18 & 22-23, Deathlok #9-10

After #21: Sleepwalker #11

After #24: Marvel Comics Presents #101-118, Marvel Collector’s Edition (Charleston Chew giveaway)

#26-27: A famous X-Men/Rider Brood crossover with covers from Jim Lee. The sequence is X-Men #8, GR #26, X-Men #9, GR #27. This was collected in an ancient TPB, but more recently has been collected alongside the X-Men issues.

Ketch & Blaze
The Midnight Sons (1992 – 1994)
– Ghost Rider (1990) #28-50 & Annual 1
– Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1992) #1-22

Ghost Rider & Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance starts here!

Since Johnny Blaze is also a primary Rider, this guide will continue to thread his appearances with Danny Ketch’s from this point forward. Spirits of Vengeance issues are denoted with SOV and the remainder of this run of Ghost Rider with GR.

The launch of Spirits of Vengeance and the other Midnight Sons titles is a crossover that doesn’t really cross over – you can read all of the #1s in sequence and then return at GR #31 for the conclusion. From Spirits of Vengeance #1 it continues to Morbius #1, Darkhold #1, Nightstalkers #1, and then to issue#31.

GR #28 & 31 & SOV #1-6: Spirits of Vengeance: Rise of the Midnight Sons
These don’t all fit here in reading order – see below for the breakout. Collects Ghost Rider (1990) #28 & 31; Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1992) #1-6; Morbius: The Living Vampire (1992) #1; Darkhold: Pages From The Book of Sins (1992) #1; Nightstalkers (19920 #1; Web of Spider-Man (1985) #95-96; and material from Midnight Sons Unlimited (1993) #1

GR #28-31 & SOV #1-3: All but GR #29-30 are collected, directly above above. Issues #28 and #31 are part of Rise of the Midnight Sons, as is Spirits of Vengeance #1, though GR #29-30 and SOV #2-3 are not. In sequence, it is GR #28 (pt1), SOV #1 (pt2 – both Blaze and Ketch appear), GR #29, Morbius #1 (pt3), SOV #2 (continues during #30 and Darkhold #1), GR #30, Darkhold #1 (pt4), SOV #3, Night Stalkers #1 (pt5), and GR #31 (pt6)

GR #32: Not collected

Optionally, read Darkhold #2-4 here (no GR). All of Darkhold is collected in Darkhold: Pages From The Book Of Sins – The Complete Collection

After #32: Darkhold #5, Dr. Strange #50, Midnight Sons Unlimited #1 (Blaze does not appear again until Mys-Tech Wars #2), and Darkhawk #22

Ghost Rider / Captain America: Fear (1992) OGN (ISBN 978-0871359476)
Cap appears here directly from Infinity War, in which Rider does not participate

After Fear: Marvel Comics Presents #119-122 with Cloak & Dagger in “Let There Be Light”

GR #33-38: Not Collected

During 33: Sleepwalker Holiday Special

After #38: Nightstalkers #7, Marvel Comics Presents #123-130 in a multi-part story with Typhoid Mary, Mys-Tech Wars #2 (UK) (includes Blaze, though he skips the next appearance), and Shadow Riders #2

SOV #4-6: Collected above. Spirits of Venom crossover as SOV #4, Web of Spider-Man #95, SOV #5, Web of Spider-Man #96.

SOV #7-10: Not collected

GR #39 & SOV #12-11: Not collected. Yes, these SOV issues are meant to be read out of order.

After GR #39 & SOV #11-12: Marvel Holiday Special 1993, Fantastic Four #374, Punisher War Journal #57-58, Terror Inc. #13, Midnight Sons Unlimited #2, Marvel Comics Presents #131-136 in “Heart and Soul”

GR #40 & SOV #13: Not collected. Midnight Massacre crossover as Nightstalkers #10, GR #40, Darkhold #11, Morbius #12, SOV #13

After Midnight Massacre: Midnight Sons Unlimited (1993) #3

GR Annual 1: Occurs during #41, below.

During/After #41: Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #137-142 in “Fellow Travelers,” Gun Runner #1-2

GR #41-43 & SOV #14-16: Not collected. Road to Vengeance: The Missing Link crossover as GR #41, SOV #14, (they appear in Morbius #15 – not part of the crossover), GR #42, SOV #15, GR #43, SOV #16

GR #44-45 & SOV #17-18: Siege of Darkness (Epic Vol. 6:)
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302964085 / digital)
Collects Ghost Rider (1990) #44-45; Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1992) #17-18; Nightstalkers (1992) #14-15; Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #143-146; Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins (1992) #15-16; Morbius: the Living Vampire (1992) #16-17; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #60-61; and Midnight Sons Unlimited (1993) #4

Siege of Darkness reading order is: Nightstalkers #14, GR 44, Marvel Comics Presents #143, Darkhold #15, Morbius #16, Marvel Comics Presents #144, Dr. Strange Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #60, SOV #17, Nightstalkers #15, GR #45, Marvel Comics Presents #145-146, Darkhold #16,  Dr. Strange #61, SOV #18, Midnight Suns Unlimited #4

Vengeance takes over as lead character in this title from Danny Ketch / Noble Kale. Blaze continues to Blaze: Legacy of Blood

GR #46: Not collected

Blaze: Legacy of Blood (1993) #1-4: Not collected

SOV #19: Not collected. Features Vengeance

After SOV #19: Vengeance in Marvel Comics Presents #147-151 in “Tower of Blood

GR #47 & SOV #20: Not collected. SOV does not feature Vengeance, but comes before Midnight Sons Unlimited #5 so should be read here.

After #47: Vengeance next appears in: Midnight Sons Unlimited #5, Marvel Comics Presents #152-159 in “Dangerous Games”, and Dr. Strange #65-66

GR #48-50 & SOV #21-23: Not collected. Reading order is GR #48, SOV #21 (does not feature Vengeance), GR #49, SOV #22, (Vengeance is not longer the lead character), GR #50, SOV #23

Vengeance ends his run as lead character in GR issue#49. After SOV #22, he takes over one quarter of Marvel Comics Presents until the end of that series, starring in #160-163 in “Diab0lique,” #164-166 in “Once and Future Spirits,” #167-169 in “Old-Time Religion,” #170-171 in “Shrink to Nothing,” and one-off stories in #172-175. He next appears in Venom: Nights of Vengeance #1-4 before returning in GR #70.

Ketch & Blaze
Separate Roads (1994 – 1998)
– Ghost Rider (1990) #51-93, Annual 2, & Finale
– Blaze (1994) #1-12

Spirits of Vengeance (1992) ends here. Danny Ketch returns to lead character status in Ghost Rider (1990) #51 while Blaze continues to his own self-titled series, Blaze (1994).

GR #51,  Blaze (1994) #1-3, GR Annual 2: Not collected

After GR Annual 2: Midnight Sons Unlimited #7

GR #52-57 + Blaze #4-9: Not collected

After GR #58: Wolverine #89

Ghost Rider / Wolverine / Punisher: Dark Design OGN (ISBN 978-0752206912)
Reprinted in a 2017 TPB.

After Dark Design: Morbius #29, maybe in Midnight Sons Unlimited #8 (need to check appearance and placement)

GR #58-61 + Blaze #10-12: Not collected The Blaze issues have no intersection w/GR, but they begins after #61

Blaze ends with issue #12, but Blaze continues to appear in the next arc.

GR #62-65: Not collected. Blaze appears next in Crossroads, below.

After #65: Double Edge: Omega, DC vs. Marvel #1-2 (not in continuity)

GR #66-82 & Crossroads: Not collected. Crossroads is effectively an annual and comes between #68-69

After #66: Over the Edge #4
After #69: Ketch & Blaze in Over the Edge #9
After #82: Marvel Fanfare, Vol. 2 #3

GR3 #83-89 & -1: Not collected. The minus one issue was released between 86-87, but the story falls before either Blaze or Ketch was the Rider. Naomi Kale begins to appear from #89

After #85: Cyblade/Ghost Rider and Ghost Rider/Ballistic (neither in continuity – see Guide to Cyberforce)
After #89: Co-stars in Venom: Sign of the Boss #1-2
During #90: Daredevil #372

GR3 #90-93 & Finale (AKA #94): Not collected. Weirdly, #94 was never released when the series originally concluded in February 1998, and was eventually released in 2007 along with a reprint of #93. #94 is collected in Danny Ketch: Addict, below.

• Johnny Blaze appears next in X-Force/Champions Annual 1998
• Noble Kale appears next in Werewolf by Night #6 (1998)
• Danny Ketch appears next in Peter Parker: Spider-Man #93 (1998), where he is re-bonded with Noble Kale, followed by Thunderbolts #57.

Johnny Blaze / Zarathos
Ghost Rider (2001) #1-6 & 1/2 AKA “The Hammer Lane”

This is Johnny Blaze’s next appearance after X-Force/Champions Annual 1998. There is no in-story explanation of how he is once again the Spirit of Vengeance.

Ghost Rider: Highway to Hell (2001): Reprint of Marvel Spotlight (1971) #5 and Ghost Rider (1973) #35 & #81.

#1-6: The Hammer Lane (2002 paperback, ISBN 978-0785109105)

#1/2: A Wizard Magazine #1/2 issue. A standalone story that can be read as a prologue or a continuation from #6. Marvel officially treats it as coming after issue #6 in story order. Johnny Blaze (or any Rider) does not reappear in the Marvel Universe until the next volume in 2005.

Johnny Blaze / Zarathos
Ghost Rider (2005) #1-6 AKA “The Road to Damnation” by Garth Ennis & Clayton Crain 

This present day series was released prior to Trail of Tears, directly below, which is its retcon prequel.

#1-6: The Road to Damnation
(2007 hardcover, ISBN 978-0785115922 / 2007 paperback, ISBN 978-0785121220 / digital)

Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears (2007) #1-6 by Garth Ennis & Clayton Crain 

Despite releasing after “The Road to Damnation” (directly above), this is prequel to that series and can be read first. It features a former slaver named Caleb as the Rider, and an unnamed Spirit of Vengenace.

#1-6: Trail of Tears
(2007 hardcover, ISBN 978-0785120032 / 2008 paperback, ISBN 978-0785120049 / digital)
Though not in present-day continuity, this acts as a prequel to Road to Damnation.

Blaze & Ketch
Ghost Rider (2006) #1-35 & Annual 1-2 & Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch (2008) #1-5 by Daniel Way & Jason Aaron

in oversize hardcover…

#20-35: by Jason Aaron Omnibus
(2010 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-0785143673 / 2024 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302957599 / digital)
Also collects Ghost Riders: Heaven’s on Fire #1-6

as recollected in a 2017-2020 paperback line…

by Daniel Way Ultimate/Complete Collection
(2012 “Ultimate” paperback, ISBN 978-0785164470 / 2017 “Complete” paperback, ISBN 978-1302908089 / digital)
Note that this does not contain Annual 1, as it wasn’t written by Way.

The War For Heaven Book 1 (2019 paperback, ISBN 978-1302916251 / digital)
Collects Ghost Rider (2006) #20-32 & Annual 1-2 and Ghost Rider Saga (2008)

The War for Heaven Book 2 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302923419 / digital)
Collects Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch (2008) #1-5, Ghost Rider (2006) #33-35, Ghost Riders: Heaven’s on Fire (2009) #1-6.

as originally collected…

#1-5: Vol. 1: Vicious Cycle (2007 paperback, ISBN 978-0785122968 / digital)

#6-11: Vol. 2: The Life and Death of Johnny Blaze
(2007 paperback, ISBN 978-0785122975 / digital)
Some online sources have this containing #12, but I verified it ends with #11 in my own copy.

#12-13 & Annual 1: Vol. 3: Apocalypse Soon (2008 paperback, ISBN 978-0785125563 / digital)
Issues #1-12 are a part of World War Hulk; see Guide to Marvel Universe Events – World War Hulk

#14-19: Vol. 4: Revelations (2008 paperback, ISBN 978-0785129653 / digital)

Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch (2008) #1-5: Danny Ketch – Addict (2009 paperback, ISBN 978-0785132868 / digital)
Reintroduces Danny Ketch prior to his reappearances in the main series. Includes Ghost Rider (1990) Finale (AKA #93 plus what would have been the contents of #94).

#20-25: Vol. 1: Hell Bent and Heaven Bound (2008 paperback, ISBN 978-0785130178 / digital)
Annual 2 is not included in this collection, but it is the next chronological issue after this run.

After Annual 2: X-Force (2009) #9-10, Wolverine #73

#26-32: Vol. 2: The Last Stand (2009 paperback, ISBN 978-0785131755 / digital)

#33-35 & Annual 2: Vol. 3: Trials and Tribulations (2009 paperback, ISBN 978-0785139119 / digital)
Annual 2 is placed after #25 and before X-Force #9-10, above. Briefly features Danny Ketch as the Rider in issue #34

Blaze & Ketch
Ghost Riders: Heaven’s on Fire (2009) #1-6 by Jason Aaron & Roland Boschi

in oversize hardcover…

#1-6: by Jason Aaron Omnibus
(2010 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-0785143673 / 2024 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302957599 / digital)
Also collects Ghost Riders: Heaven’s on Fire #1-6

as recollected in paperback…

The War for Heaven Book 2 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302923419 / digital)
Collects Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch (2008) #1-5, Ghost Rider (2006) #33-35, Ghost Riders: Heaven’s on Fire (2009) #1-6.

as originally collected…

#1-6: Heaven’s On Fire (2010 paperback, ISBN 978-0785142355 / digital)

• Blaze is next in Deadpool Team-Up #897, Dr. Voodoo #3-5, Strange #34, Deadpool #26,
• Ketch is next in Deadpool Team-Up #897

Johnny Blaze takes part in the street-level heroes event Shadowland. See Guide Marvel Universe Events – Shadowland. Blaze appears Shadowland #2-3, Shadowland: Moon Knight #2, Shadowland: Ghost Rider #1, Shadowland #5, & Daredevil #511. (Also, in Shadowland: Powerman #3? Need to check)

Blaze also appears in Chaos War: Chaos King (need to check this appearance – if it is significant it is likely directly following Shadowland) – see Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Chaos War.

After Shadowland, both Blaze and Ketch appear in Wolverine (2010) #2-6. Then, Blaze appears in X-Men: To Serve and Protect #2, Heroes for Hire #2, and in the digital series Spider-Man: Big Time #6-8. I’m unclear on if this was collected along with Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #658-660, where it appeared as a backup in print. It was later collected in single issue format as Amazing Spider-Man/Ghost Rider: Motorstorm (2011) #1.

Alejandra Blaze
Ghost Rider (2011) #0.1 & 1-9 (2011 – 2012)

This series introduces a new Rider to the family – Alejandra Blaze.

collected in a single paperback…

#0.1 & 1-9: The Complete Series by Rob Williams
(2012 paperback, ISBN 978-0785157342 / digital)

as originally collected…

#0.1: Johnny Blaze’s final appearance as Rider before the spirit inhabits Alejandra, though he appears in nearly every issue of this series as himself.

#0.1 & 1-5: Fear Itself: Ghost Rider
(2012 hardcover, ISBN 978-0785158097 / 2012 paperback, ISBN 978-1846534997 / digital)

Fear Itself: See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Fear Itself for more information. In additional to Alejandra, Ketch appears in Fearsome Four #2-3 & the parody book Shame Itself.

After #3: X-Men (2010) #15.1

#6-9: Not collected, except in the “Complete” paperback, above

Venom: Circle of Four
(2o12 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-0785164500 / 2012 paperback, ISBN 978-0785164517 / digital)
This storyline in Venom #13, 13.1-4, 14 was originally meant to be a crossover with Red Hulk, Rider, and X-23, but the impending cancellation of the latter two series made it more expedient to wrap this up in a series of .1 issues rather than as a crossover. It fits prior to #9.

After the end of her series, Alejandra goes on to appear in Venom #23, 25, & 42 (need to check – these might just be flashbacks. Blaze next appears in Wolverine and the X-Men #19, which is the beginning of Marvel Now.

Marvel Now: All-New Ghost Rider – Robbie Reyes (2014 – 2015)

An all-new, Latino teen named Robbie Reyes debuts as the Rider in All-New Marvel Now. This series is tremendous fun, with angular mid-00s Saturday morning cartoon art and vivid coloring.

And, it doesn’t mean our old favorites are gone – Johnny Blaze begins to appear in Thunderbolts starting with issue #20. See Guide to Thunderbolts for collection information.

in a single complete collection…

Robbie Reyes – The Complete Collection (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302925345 / digital)
Collects All-New Ghost Rider (2014) #1-12, Ghost Rider (2016) #1-5, What If? Ghost Rider (2018) #1.

as originally collected…

#1-5: Vol. 1: Engines of Vengeance (2014 paperback, ISBN 978-0785154556 / digital)

#6-12: Vol. 2: Legend (2015 paperback, ISBN 978-0785154563 / digital)

Blaze appears in Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe #2-3, which is of dubious continuity, and briefly in Deadpool: The Gauntlet digital comic #11 & 13. From there, he stars in Thunderbolts #20-29 & 32. Somewhere in that period, he makes a significant appearance in Uncanny Avengers Annual 1. He then appears in All-New Ghost Rider #7-11.

Ketch appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #699.1 (a prelude to Morbius’s Marvel Now series) and Superior Spider-Man Annual 1.

This title continues to a Secret Wars tie-in series, Ghost-Racers (2016 paperback, ISBN 978-0785199212 / digital)

All-New, All-Different Marvel, Marvel Legacy, & Fresh Start (2016 – present)

Author Felipe Smith continues the story of Robbie Reyes as Rider.

in a single complete collection…

Robbie Reyes – The Complete Collection (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302925345 / digital)
Collects All-New Ghost Rider (2014) #1-12, Ghost Rider (2016) #1-5, What If? Ghost Rider (2018) #1.

as originally collected…

Ghost Rider: X-Mas Special (2016): This digital special has not been collected.

Ghost Rider (2017) #1-5: Vol. 1: Four on the Floor (2017 paperback, ISBN978-0785196648 / digital)

Reyes next appears in The Unbelievable Gwenpool (2016) #14-15 and Iceman (2017) #6 (along with Johnny Blaze!). He then makes a very ominous appearance in Marvel Legacy #1 (along with an ancient, mastodon-riding version of Rider) before joining Jason Aaron’s Avengers in Marvel Fresh Start.

Spirits of Vengeance (2017) #1-5: Spirits of Vengeance: At the Gates of Hell
(2018 paperback, ISBN 978-1302910518 / digital)
This Johnny Blaze starring series likely occurs after his appearances in Iceman (2017) #6 and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2016) #24.

Finally, Alejandra Blaze makes a rare re-appearance in Venom #154.

Johnny Blaze: Ghost Rider (2018) #1: Doctor Strange: Damnation – The Complete Collection
(2018 paperback, ISBN 978-1302912604 / digital)
Johnny Blaze plays a brief but pivotal role in this event which sees a major change in his status quote. Collects Damnation (2018) #1-4, Johnny Blaze: Ghost Rider (2018) #1, Doctor Strange #386-389, Iron Fist #78-80, Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider (2017) #15-17

Marvel Fresh Start:
Ghost Rider (2019) #1-7 by Ed Brisson,
Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance (2019) #1,
& Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother of Demons (2020) #1

In 2019, Ed Brisson brought both Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch back to their first ongoing series in many, many years!

as recollected…

by Ed Brisson (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302953317 / digital)
Collects Ghost Rider (2019) #1-7, Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance (2019) #1, Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother Of Demons (2020) #1, King In Black: Ghost Rider (2021) #1, Ghost Rider 2099 (2019) #1, and material from Incoming (2017) #1 and Marvel Comics Presents (2019) #6. Note that this does not collect the “Return of Vengeance” one-shot.

as originally collected…

#1-4: Vol. 1: King of Hell (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302920050 / digital)
Also collects Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance (2019) #1 and material from Marvel Comics Presents (2019) #6 and Incoming! (2019) #1.

#5-7: Vol. 2: Hearts of Darkness II (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302920067 /digital)
Also collects Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother of Demons (2020) #1 and Ghost Rider 2099 (2019) #1.

King in Black: Ghost Rider (2021) #1
& Ghost Rider: Return of Vengeance (2021) #1

A pair of one-shots reestablishing Johnny Blaze as the main Spirit of Vengeance.

as recollected…

King in Black: Ghost Rider (2021) #1: by Ed Brisson (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302953317 / digital)
Collects Ghost Rider (2019) #1-7, Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance (2019) #1, Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother Of Demons (2020) #1, King In Black: Ghost Rider (2021) #1, Ghost Rider 2099 (2019) #1, and material from Incoming (2017) #1 and Marvel Comics Presents (2019) #6. Note that this does not collect the “Return of Vengeance” one-shot.

as originally collected…

The Return of Blaze (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302944995 / digital)
Collects three one-shots – Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother of Demons (2020) #1, King in Black: Ghost Rider (2021) #1, and Ghost Rider: Return of Vengeance (2021) #1

Ghost Rider: Kushala Infinity Comic (2021) #1-8

A digital comic that follows the Sorcerer Supreme of the 1800s who is also the Spirit Rider on a trip through time that connects her to the modern day.

#1-8: Not collected

Kushala, The Spirit Rider in Midnight Suns (2022) #1-5 by Ethan Sacks (Nov 2022 – Mar 2023)

This series featured a peculiar hodgepodge of a team of supernatural heroes… and Logan, with a cast of Magik, Wolverine, Blade, Spirit Rider – Kushala, and Nico Minoru. [Marvel Unlimited]

#1-5: Midnight Suns (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302947187 / digital)
This was later recollected in Agatha Harkness: The Saga of the Salem Witch (2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302960070 / digital) alongside Fantastic Four (1961) #94, 185-186, & 222-223; Avengers (1963) 128; Midnight Suns (2022) #1-5

Ghost Rider (2022) #1-21 & Annual 1/2023 by Benjamin Percy,
Ghost Rider: Vengeance Forever (2022) #1, & Ghost Rider/Wolverine (2023) Alpha & Omega

Then, starting in 2022, Benjamin Percy launched a new volume starring Johnny Blaze (though the third arc featured Danny Ketch).

#1-5: Vol. 1: Unchained (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302927820 / digital)
Collects (2022) #1-5 (but not 50th Anniversary Special (2022) #1 as listed in some solicits, which became “Vengeance Forever” and is in the next volume).

#6-10: Vol. 2: Shadow Country (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302947972 / digital)
Collects (2022) #6-10 and Ghost Rider: Vengeance Forever (2022) #1

 #11-16: Vol. 3: Dragged Out of Hell (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302948627 / digital)

#17: Ghost Rider/ Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302952372 / digital)
Collects Ghost Rider/Wolverine Alpha (2023) #1, Ghost Rider (2022) #17, Wolverine (2020) #36, Ghost Rider/Wolverine Omega (2023) #1

In Fantastic Four (2022) Annual 1/2023, Johnny Blaze is compelled to fight Johnny Storm as part of the “Contest of Chaos” annuals event. Johnny is the co-star but it is not a significant story for him – though it does feature him being Ghost Rider significantly more than the rest of this run does!

#18-21 & Annual 1/2023: Vol. 4: Rite of Passage (2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302952358 / digital)
Only collects the A-story from issue #21

Danny Ketch: Ghost Rider (2023) #1-4 by Howard Mackie

This is a retcon series set in the continuity of the 1990 Danny Ketch series written by original creator Howard Mackie

#1-4: Blood & Vengeance (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302952167 / digital)

Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance (2024) #1-6 by Benjamin Percy

Brisson’s run continues to a new series with a new rider inhabited by the Spirit of Vengeance – and it’s a familiar Marvel villain!

#1-6: Vol. 5: Final Vengeance (2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302957070 / digital)

Also in this period: a Rider not associated with Blaze or Ketch is involved in Hellverine (2024) – see Guide to Wolverine – Logan.

Midnight Sons: Blood Hunt (2024) #1-3

It’s Blade versus The Ghost Riders in this event tie-in continuing Bryan E. Hill’s run on Blade.

#1-3: See Marvel Universe Events – Blood Hunt for more information.

Spirits of Vengeance (2024) #1-6 by Sabir Pirzada, Paul Davidson, Andrew Dalhouse, & Travis Lanham

A series that attempts to catch up with several different past Riders – not just Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch! This teased a continuation into a subsequent series, but it was cancelled before the first issues could be solicited. [Marvel Unlimited]

#1-6: Spirits of Vengeance: Vengeance Unchained (2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302960698 / digital)

Hellhunters (2024) #1-5 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson & Adam Gorham (Dec 2024 – April 2025)

A series following the birth of a World War II Ghost Rider in France with a vendetta against Nazis as he teams up with Captain America, Bucky, and Logan. [Marvel Unlimited]

This Ghost Rider debuted in the present day in the pages of Incredible Hulk (2023) #1 & 6-8 and was next in Thunderbolts: Doomstrike (2025) #2.

#1-5: (2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302960988 / digital TBA)

Cosmic Ghost Rider (2017 – Present Day)

Far in the future, Donny Cates introduces a somewhat-insane Cosmic Ghost Rider in the pages of his Thanos Wins run in Marvel Legacy.

That version graduates to his own five-issue limited series in Marvel Fresh start, collected in Cosmic Ghost Rider (2018) #1-5: Baby Thanos Must Die and in oversize hardcover in Thanos by Donny Cates, followed by Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History (2019) #1-6, appearances in Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers, and Revenge of the Cosmic Ghost Rider (2019) #1-5.

He returns once again in Cosmic Ghost Rider (2023) #1-5, collected as Duel Identity (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302948122 / digital)

These comics have been recollected as…

Omnibus Vol. 1 (2021 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302929633)
Collects Thanos (2016) #13-18 and material from Annual 1, Cosmic Ghost Rider (2018) #1-5, Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History (2019) #1-6, Guardians of the Galaxy (2019) #1-6, Avengers (2018) #22-25, Revenge of the Cosmic Ghost Rider (2019) #1-5; and material from Thanos Legacy (2018) #1 and Wolverine: Black, White & Blood (2020) #3

by Donny Cates (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302949891 / digital)
Collects Thanos (2016) #13-18; Cosmic Ghost Rider (2018) #1-5; Guardians of the Galaxy (2019) #1-6; and material from Revenge of the Cosmic Ghost Rider (2019) #1, Thanos (2018) Annual 1, Thanos Legacy (2018), and Wolverine: Black, White & Blood (2020) #3.

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