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Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) comic books 1955 or before

  • Issue #1
    Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 1
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4189514020

    (A-1 Comics #27) Cover by Dick Ayers. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Gardner Fox, C. W. Winter, Howard Larsen and Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #27. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. The masked gunslinger formerly known as The Calico Kid (actually Marshal Rex Fury) takes on a new identity, using special effects to fool evildoers into thinking he is a vengeful spirit; Outlaws face the various tricks Ghost Rider uses to appear as if he is an actual ghost. This was the first character to use the name and the very cool Western-themed Ghost Rider design, both of which have remained in use to the present day, but for different characters. The Ghost Rider; The Fire Ghost!; The Saga o' Sagebrush Sam; Spook Justice; Western 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,999 Ghost Rider #1 - Magazine Enterprises 1950 CGC 7.5 Origin of Ghost Rider retold.

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  • Issue #2
    Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 2
    • Cover, first wrap and centerfold detached at one staple.
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    #2 (A-1 Comics #29) Cover by Frank Frazetta. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Dick Ayers and others. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #29. Adventures of the original Ghost Rider, a Western marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. A ghostly stagecoach means death for the four benevolent ranchers who have been targeted by a bizarre ritual; GR tames the untamable Wild-Man Feeney; The Ghost Rider battles a secret society of white-robed, hooded figures terrorizing migrant farmers. Death's Stagecoach; The Taming of Wild-Man Feeney; Death Wears a White Mask; The Haunted Castle! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 5

    (A-1 Comics #37) Cover by Frank Frazetta. Art by Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #37. Adventures of the original Ghost Rider, a Western marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. A sadistic rancher tries to cheat his niece out of the land she inherited; A corrupt white man tries to gin up conflict between Natives and settlers for his own agenda; A cavalry stalked by an Apache war party becomes a Doom Patrol (years before the superhero team of that name). The Spirit Speaks!; Laughing Boy!; The Tyrant of Brimstone!; Doom Patrol! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 7
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4467613002
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    (A-1 Comics #51) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #51. Adventures of the original Ghost Rider, a Western marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. With this issue, the series takes on horror elements to fit with the horror trend in 1950s comics. A cursed Native tomb seems to be guarded by a winged serpent whose bite means death; The Ghost Rider seeks the truth about zombie gunfighters that are murdering ranchers in a small town, so he creates some zombies of his own; In Tales of the Ghost Rider, a rancher battles a white wolf that he soon learns is actually a werewolf. The Haunted Tomb!; The League of the Living Dead!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Bloody Fangs of Fear!; The Murder in Wax! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 9
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4412525002
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    (A-1 Comics #67) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #67. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. A monstrous vulture is attacking villagers, but turns out to be a man in a vulture costume, much like the later Spider-Man villain; Settlers ill-advisedly move into Hate Town, heedless of the curse that turned it into a ghost town; A hanged outlaw returns from the dead to continue robbing stagecoaches. Also featuring an ad for an official Ghost Rider scarf/mask for kids to wear. The Vulture Swoops; Hate Town, USA; The Left Boot Murders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 10

    (A-1 Comics #71) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #71. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. The Ghost Rider investigates after the Monster of Frankenstein itself suddenly begins terrorizing his little Western town; Jed Gunner sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for a gold mine; Ghost Rider learns that the tiger terrorizing a traveling circus is actually two contortionists in a bullet-proof tiger suit. Ghost Rider vs. Frankenstein; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Devil and Jed Gunner; The Spirit Spurs; Tales of the Ghost Rider: My Friend the Hangman; The Devil Tiger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $800 GHOST RIDER #10 1952 CGC 5.5 FRANKENSTEIN COVER BY DICK AYERS!

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  • Issue #14
    Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 14
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4412525003
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    (A-1 Comics #112) Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #112 . Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. A mystery killer leaves his victims bare-chested for some reason; A vulture narrates a macabre tale of murder and death in the desert; Outlaws band together and hire a specialist to take out the Ghost Rider once and for all. The Treasure Chest Murders!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: My Two Friends!; The Man Who Hated!; Target: Ghost Rider!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Fastest Gunman in the Cemetery! Final issue of the series; the Ghost Rider continued to appear in Tim Holt/Red Mask (1954). Marvel's similar (Western) Ghost Rider debuted in 1967. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.