Ultimate Ghost Rider
In the
Ultimate Marvel Universe, Ghost Rider made his debut in
Ultimate Comics: Avengers Volume 2 #2.
[9] Ultimate Ghost Rider's origin is explained in "
Ultimate Comics: Avengers" Volume 2 #4. Young twenty-something couple
Johnny Blaze and
Roxanne Simpson decided on a cross-country trip across the United States. One day they came across a bar where they befriended a biker gang, who kept buying them beer. The friendship was a ruse as they killed an intoxicated Blaze as part of a satanic ritual. During the ritual they bartered their souls with Satan in exchange for wealth and power. Satan granted their request, but kept the upper hand. The deceased Blaze also made a deal,
Satan will get his soul in exchange for the assured safety of Roxanne. For twenty years Blaze trained to become the Ghost Rider, burning away his Christian baptism. and searing away anything that was soft on the inside, and was sent into the world to get his revenge. He tracks down and kills the members of the motorcycle gangnow rich and in positions of powerindividually. Due to these deaths an executive order comes down from the White House, kill the Ghost Rider. The Avengers are recruited into the mission with no knowledge of the Ghost Rider except that he is 7 ft. tall and has the strength of Thor.
[10] When the Avengers were unsuccessful in stopping the Ghost Rider from killing his next target, the truth behind the Ghost Rider is learned, and the leader of the motorcycle gang is now the Vice-President.
Michael Blackthorne, the Vice President sold his soul to become a Ghost Rider aka
Vengeance himself, the two got into a fight in the city which the Avengers were unable to stop. Johnny dragged the Vice President into a church which turned them both back into human form, allowing the
Punisher to finish off the Vice President, pleading his case, Johnny was allowed to leave. He is later seen in a park with Satan watching, Roxanne, who was brought back to life with no memory of what was done. Satan agrees to let her live her life if Johnny continues to be his Ghost Rider, to which he agrees.
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