Ghost Rider Vol 5 1

Part of the "The Road to Damnation" story arc Alternate Covers: Textless Variant Cover Retailer Variant Cover Director's Cut Ghost Rider Vol 5 #1 Published November, 2005 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist Clayton Crain "The Road to Damnation Part One" Writer Garth Ennis Penciler Clayton Crain Inker Clayton Crain Colourist Clayton Crain Letterer Chris Eliopoulos Editor Warren Simons Axel Alonso Previous Issue Next Issue — Ghost Rider Vol 5 #2

Appearing in "The Road to Damnation Part One"

Featured Characters:

•  Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) 

Supporting Characters:

• Daniel (First appearance)
• Malachi (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Hoss (First appearance)
• Kazann (Behind the scenes)
• Ruth (First appearance)
• Minions of Hell
  • The Nightcomers (Mentioned)
  • The Blackpires (Mentioned)
  • The Gutting Crew (Mentioned)
  • The My Lai Air Cavalry (Mentioned)
  • The Womb-Squabs (Mentioned)
  • The Shining Klan (Mentioned)
  • The Gang of Nine (Mentioned)
  • The Ribbon Kings (Mentioned)
  • The Old Horned Gentry (Mentioned)
  • The Rhymers (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

• Jesus (Invoked)
• Buttview (First appearance)
• The Devil (Main story and flashback)
• Crash Simpson (Main story and flashback)
• Belial's Cavalry (Mentioned)
• Belial (Mentioned)
• Royal Firekind (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Demons
• Angels

Locations:

• Hell
  • Badlands
  • Judas' Neck
  • Drowned Masada
  • Acheron (Mentioned)
  • Styx (Mentioned)
• United States of America, Earth
  • Manhattan, New York City
  • Houston, Texas

Vehicles:

• Ghost Rider's Motorcycle
  
  

Synopsis for "The Road to Damnation Part One"

In Hell, Johnny Blaze, the Ghost Rider, rides to escape, with the hordes of Hell hot on his trail. But they catch him, and rend him limb from limb, as they always do every night. On Earth, Daniel and Malachi, two angels, are going over their plan to save Malachi from something he did. And now Kazann is loose on Earth, and they need to Ghost Rider to help. Too bad he's in Hell.

Notes

• Ghost Rider (Volume 5) is a six-issue limited series published under Marvel's Marvel Knights imprint. All six issues are reprinted in the Ghost Rider: Road to Damnation trade paperback.
  

Trivia

• This issue includes a three page preview of Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #1.

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Recommended Reading

• Ghost Rider (Volume 2)
• Ghost Rider (Volume 3)
• Ghost Rider (Volume 4)
• Ghost Rider (Volume 5)
• Ghost Rider (Volume 6)
  

Links and References

• Ghost Rider article at Wikipedia
• Ghost Rider article at the Marvel Universe
• Ghost Rider article at the Marvel Directory

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