Ghost Rider Vol 2 1

Ghost Rider Vol 2 #1 Published September, 1973 Editor-in-Chief Roy Thomas Cover Artist Gil Kane Joe Sinnott John Costanza "A Woman Possessed!" Writer Gary Friedrich Penciler Tom Sutton Inker Syd Shores Colourist George Roussos Letterer John Costanza Editor Roy Thomas Previous Issue Next Issue [[(Story) Marvel Spotlight 11|(Story) [[Marvel Spotlight #11|Marvel Spotlight 11]]]] Ghost Rider Vol 2 #2

A good thing I remembered to disguise my voice! The raspy tones of Satan coming from a girl might have proved disastrous!

-- Satan possessing Witch-Woman

Appearing in "A Woman Possessed!"

Featured Characters:

•  Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)  (Appears in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Johnny Blaze's Daredevil Show
  •  Roxanne Simpson  (Appears in flashback)
  •  Bart Slade 

Antagonists:

•  Satan  (Possesses Witch-Woman's body)

Other Characters:

•  Daimon Hellstrom  (First appearance)
•  Spirit of Vengeance (Zarathos)  (Behind the scenes in main story and flashback)
•  Unnamed doctor (Last appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Unidentified Police Department (Only appearance)
  • Unnamed agents (Only appearance)
  • Unnamed Police Chief (Only appearance)
•  Snake Dance (Last appearance)
• Sam Silvercloud (See chronology)
• Witch-Woman (Linda Littletrees) (Possessed by Satan) (See chronology) (Main story and recap)
• Victoria Hellstrom (First appearance; photo) (Mentioned as deceased)
• Satan (Hellstrom's Father) (Referenced)
• God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• Miss Ames (a nurse) (Only appearance)
• Howard Gifford (a reporter) (Voice)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Demons (Main story and behind the scenes in flashback)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
    • Massachusetts
      • Greentown (First appearance)
        • Greentown Cemetery (First appearance)
      • Boston
    • Arizona (Main story and flashback)
      • Copperhead Canyon
      • Unidentified town (Only in flashback)
        • Unidentified Hospital (Only in flashback)
• Hell (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

• Hell Cycle (Main story and recap)
  
  

Synopsis for "A Woman Possessed!"

As Daimon Hellstrom visits his mother's grave, John Blaze races across the Arizona desert to check on Roxanne in the hospital, however Blaze wipes out and gets in an accident and lands himself in a hospital bed. Meanwhile, Sam Silvercloud and Snake Dance recover the near comatose Witch Woman to find her still possessed by Satan. They call in Daimon Hellstorm to help out with his paranormal expertise. However, after the call, Witch-Woman revives and walks out searching for John Blaze.

While at the hospital, Roxanne is visited by Bart who demands to make the Copperhead Canyon jump, and when both learn that Johnny is injured in the hospital that prevents any further argument. While Bart prepares for the jump, night falls and Johnny awakens becoming the Ghost Rider. He arrives at Copperhead Canyon just as Bart is making the jump, however Bart doesn't make it and is killed in the crash. The police then spot him, he then takes Roxanne and flees into the desert in a truck. While elsewhere, Witch Woman arrives at the hospital to find that John is gone, and Hellstrom arrives at Snake Dancer's home to find that he is too late and Witch Woman has left before he could arrive.

Notes

Continuity Notes

• Although Daimon Hellstrom's father, Satan, and the Satan who made a deal with Johnny Blaze, were at this time considered to be the same entity, this fact was first retconned in Ghost Rider Vol 2 #68, where it was revealed that the latter was Mephisto, and again in Ghost Rider Vol 6 #5, where the Judeo-Catholic Devil, Lucifer, claimed to have been the Satan with whom Blaze made the pact.
  • According to Chaos War: Chaos King #1, it is possible that Satan and Lucifer are actually the same being. It is also possible that Lucifer impersonated Hellstrom's father or, vice versa, he was impersonating Lucifer in Ghost Rider Vol 2 #1-2 and Marvel Spotlight #12.

Chronology Notes

A flashback in this story affects the chronology of the following characters:

•  Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) 
•  Roxanne Simpson 

Characters in this story also appear in other stories between this issue. The affected characters are:
Sam Silvercloud

•  Pag. 1-6 
•  Pag. 7, Panels 1-3 
•  Pag. 7, Panel 4 - Pag. 19 

Witch-Woman (Linda Littletrees)

•  Pag. 1-6 
•  Pag. 7-19 

Publication Notes

• This issue has been reprinted in Original Ghost Rider #8 and Marvel Essentials: Ghost Rider #1.

See Also

• 3 Image(s) from Ghost Rider Vol 2 1
• 7 Reprints of Ghost Rider Vol 2 1

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