How Tall Is Ghost Rider

Johnny Blaze was the son of a motorcycle stunt rider named Barton Blaze. Working for a man by the name of Crash Simpson, Barton Blaze and his son Johnny became accustomed to the life of a carnival. When Barton Blaze suddenly died, Johnnys world was turned upside down as he lost the last of his family. Not long after the stunt accident that killed his father, Johnny Blaze was adopted by Crash Simpson. Upon his adoption, Johnny lived with Crash, his wife Mona, and his daughter Roxanne.

Making a pact with the devil who later became to be revealed as the arch-demon Mephisto, Johnny Blaze sold his soul to spare Crash Simpson from the disease that was killing him. The Devil agreed to make the pact on one condition, the condition was the one day he would return to collect his fee for curing Crash of the disease. Lives continued on and no one knew of the pact Johnny had made. Crash Simpson not caring for his life anymore and not knowing of the cure that had ridden the disease from his body, decided to make a giant stunt and jump over twenty-two cars, however when he attempted this, Crash collided into the ground and died.

As the Ghost Rider, Johnny uses a length of heavy chain approximately 3 feet long which possesses magical properties. For instance, when it is thrown it is able to separate into individual links which behave like shuriken, later reintegrating and returning to the Ghost Riders hand. The chain can grow in length, is supernaturally strong, and can transform into other weapons such as a spear. He can also spin it fast to be used as a drill.

Blaze and Zarathos often battle for dominance and control over their shared body. Kale had a compassionate side and while there were times that he seemed tempted to simply take over completely, he refused to do so, though he felt anger at condemning Daniel to only being able to live his life out half the time, while he dominated the other half. Kale and Ketch, like Blaze and Zarathos, could sometimes communicate through dreams, and in at least one issue communicated via messages written on a mirror in lipstick.

Keeping his promise to Mona, Johnny never rode in a motorcycle show. However he continued to practice and improve his riding, despite the promise he had made. He kept his riding a secret. One day as Johnny was practicing, Roxanne stumbled into the tent where he was. Upon doing so, she discovered that Johnny knew how to ride. While practicing continuously, the Crash Simpson stunt show continued and prospered. Not long after the Crash Simpson Stunt Show had gained in popularity, Crash Simpson discovered that he had cancer and was going to die soon. Johnny felt as though her were not able to bear the loss of another fatherly figure in his life. Therefore, he decided the he would do whatever was needed to save Crash Simpsons life – no matter the cost.

Gone, gone the form of man…

There are some limits to Blaze’s alter-ego. He can only become the Ghost Rider when a request for vengeance is made in his presence (though the request doesn’t have to be addressed to Blaze). When not on a mission of vengeance, Blaze is but a mortal.

The demonic entity may also refuse the transformation if Blaze is trying to game the system. One example is wanting to turn into the Rider to save his own life. In such cases, Blaze and Ghost Rider can confront each other in Blaze’s mindscape, and Blaze can attempt to persuade the Ghost Rider to trigger the transmogrification .

Gaming the system can also be difficult outside of this. A scruffy maniac demanding from random bystanders that they express a wish for a serious mission of vengeance seldom encounters much success.

Events that used to trigger the transformation (such as innocent blood being shed) no longer seem to work.

During the mid-2000s, Johnny Blaze attempted to leave everything behind and have a normal life. His wife Roxanne had died and one of several powerful mystical entities interested in their children had kidnapped the kids, leaving no clue and little hope of ever finding them.

Blaze worked as an accountant for three years and lived with a younger but somewhat needy woman named Chloe.

As time went by Blaze came to miss his days as a stuntman and adventurer. And one day he just turned into the Ghost Rider again. He assumed that some fragment of Zarathos must have been left in him, though this Ghost Rider operated differently than the previous Zarathos-powered form.

This return of the curse was a serious shock for Blaze. He initially reacted like some alcoholic, unwashed lunatic. As time went by he became able to roughly remember what had happened while he was the Rider and things started to make more sense. He calmed down and started to relearn how to cope.

He broke up with Chloe as he could no longer give her the sort of life that she wanted. Blaze started drifting, riding along America’s roads. It usually doesn’t took long for him to stumble upon a situation that turns him into the Rider.

The Ghost Rider’s massive, silent, staring presence redefines the word “ominous”.

Blaze sees his reflection in the mirror as the Rider. Presumably other persons with mystical perceptions would perceive this reflection, but ordinary people definitely don’t.

Blaze left behind his often tragic life. He’s now a wanderer letting the roads and highways redefine him. After his initial nervous breakdown, he accepted that he’s again the receptacle for the spirit of vengeance, and even came to enjoy it. It makes for a weird life, but it’s a rush to be on the road again, having adventures and often ending up in crisis situations.

Blaze is no longer a grim leather-clad, shotgun-wielding, shades-wearing badass. He’s now a slightly flippant, confident nomad who flows along with whatever weird events his unique life throws at him. He enjoys himself when he can, and prefers not to dwell on the angsty aspects.

Blaze considers himself a part of the biker and wanderer culture, and enjoys that lifestyle. He’s quite friendly and relaxed with complete strangers. Blaze rarely spends more than a few minutes in a bar or truck stop without striking a conversation with someone.

Blaze usually wakes up disoriented after a Ghost Rider spell. But he has learned to quickly get his bearings and roughly recall what happened while the Rider was in control – emphasis on the word “roughly”.

Furthermore the Ghost Rider can leave Blaze with detailed instructions on what it wants to be done next. For instance Blaze will know that he is to ride to such and such town and locate such and such person, and will have a vague sense of the reasons.

When this “downtime” is over, the Rider resurfaces.

This version of the Ghost Rider is a single-minded, violent, one-track agent of vengeance. An occult, burning, silent Terminator. It doesn’t hesitate to kill its prey and their accomplices. The Rider doesn’t seem to really care about collateral damage. If it has to blow up a building or crash a trailer rig across the road, it will.

This will probably not kill or maim innocents, but may well result in considerable material damages and several people wounded. Perhaps this Rider considers that no one is truly innocent.

It’s essentially a mystical machine, solely focused on its mission but having a choice as to how to execute on it.

Blaze would have been manipulated long ago by Baron Winters, and have operated at the fringes of the DCU for a while. He would have encountered the Swamp Thing a few times, and have been a member of the Hellenders.

This version of the Rider, compared to the one popping up every night when the blood of innocents is shed, makes fewer waves. It travels a lot, is less powerful, and often operates in backwater places. It is thus easier than most versions of the Ghost Rider to port over to the DC Universe. It could easily have been there all along.

The Rider could also be inserted in the Demon’s biography. For instance Zarathos was conjured to oppose Etrigan after Etrigan was bound to Jason Blood’s soul. Jason Blood and Johnny Blaze might even be contemporaries from Arthurian times, both immortal as a result of their possession.

Jonathan Johnny Blaze was once a daredevil in his early years of Quentin Carnival, and was the apprentice, as well as foster son, of Craig Crash Simpson. At the young age of 17, Johnny had discovered that Craig had cancer. In order to cure his mentor, Johnny met a demon known as Mephisto, and made a deal with him. If Johnny sells his soul to Mephisto, hell cure Craigs cancer in, which Johnny accepted without any hesitations. Despite the fact that Craig started to recover, during one of Craigs stunts, Craig has a freak accident and dies, with Johnny realising that despite Mephisto curing the cancer he set Craig up to die in another way. Johnny Blaze then forcefully decided to leave his stunt job and start a new career as a bounty hunting demonic being bound to the demon Zarathos, who goes around and hunts down sinners to send their souls to hell. This fusion of human and demon was known as the Ghost Rider.

When Johnny relinquishes control of Ghost Rider to Zarathos, the limits on the demons power become released, granting his boundless power. Zarathos is strong enough to incinerate the entire planet if he wants to, can use telekinesis to move objects with his mind, can manipulate the elements, and conjure hellish storms that rain down fire.

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