Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) comic books 1951

(A-1 Comics #31) Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #31. Adventures of the original Ghost Rider, a Western marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. The Ghost Rider sets out to stop a train robbery, but he's not prepared for the gang's dynamite; When outlaws target the woman who inherited The Bar-O Ranch, Rex Fury must become Ghost Rider to protect her; GR steps in when an outlaw tries to take over Linda Perry's silver mine. The Blasts of Doom!; Dead Man's Bluff!; The Ghost Rider Strikes By Day; Grim Treasure! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

(A-1 Comics #34) Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #34. Adventures of the original Ghost Rider, a Western marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. Outlaws dress as ghosts and hide out in a graveyard, but GR out-haunts them; A dying man's last words warn Ghost Rider of the Looking-Glass Killer; A woman sought by killers puts Rex on the trail of the Ghost Train full of dead men. Cool creepy cover by Frazetta offers a hint of what was to come. The Greedy Ghosts of Boot Hill!; The Looking-Glass Killer!; The Ghost Train of Golden Gorge!; Black Magic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

(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.

(A-1 Comics #44) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #44. Adventures of the original Ghost Rider, a Western marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. Ghost Rider learns a startling secret about two feuding families that puts their long-standing grudges in a new light; A tough outlaw and a canny con man join forces to take on the Ghost Rider; Outlaws hopped up on loco weed believe they have killed Rex Fury, the Ghost Rider's secret identity. The Heritage of Hate!; The Menace of the Midget!; The Hermit of Howling Gap!; The Death of Rex Fury! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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(A-1 Comics #57) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #57. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. A ghoulish innkeeper robs and murders the hapless passengers of any stagecoaches that stop at The Inn on Skull Mountain; Beautiful vampire Ysabella sets up shop in an old ranch house and soon begins to prey on the townspeople; A modern version of an old folk tale, as the Grim Reaper is surprised to see a man whose death has been foretold by a fortune teller. The Inn on Skull Mountain!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: A Thirst for Blood!; The Knife in the Night!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: Death Came Calling; The Haunted Girl! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

(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.