Saturday, December 6, 2008

Ghost Rider Vol 5

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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. It wasn't until he witnessed the death of his father Barton Blaze that Johnny had lost his whole family. Not long after the stunt accident that killed his father, Johnny Blaze was adopted by Crash Simpson, his wife Mona and his daughter Roxanne.

Johnny and Roxanne became very attached to one another, one day while Johnny and Roxanne were practicing a motorcycle stunt, the motorcycle caught on fire and was about to explode. Roxanne jumped off the motorcycle but Johnny continued to ride it so that it would not hurt the circus tent they were practicing in. Mona had run over to see if Johnny was alright, but as she approached Johnny the motorcycle exploded putting Mona into the hospital. At the side of Mona Simpson's hospital bed, she had one request for Johnny Blaze, and that was to never ride in the motorcycle shows. After her last words she passed away.

Keeping his promise to Mona, Johnny never rode in a motorcycle show, however he continued to practice and get better at riding despite the promise he made. He kept his riding a secret. One day as he was practicing, Roxanne had stumbled into the tent he was in and 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, not being able to bear the loss of another father decided that he needed to save his Crash's life one way or another.

Making a pact with the devil, 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 know 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.

After Johnny Blaze saw Crash die, his world had crumbled down, he did not think that life could get any worse. Just as he thought that the Devil appeared. Johnny began yelling at the Devil and telling him that he double crossed him, the Devil stated that he had cured Crash Simpson’s disease and that he wanted to claim his reward. With that statement heard he declared that Johnny Blaze would become his Emissary in the dark hours and in the light he would join him in Hades. The pact was made, by day Johnny Blaze would walk among the living, but by night he became the Ghost Rider.

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