Ghost Rider

: "And you're right. There was someone there when I came to. But it wasn't a Good Samaritan. It was the Devil."
: ―Robbie Reyes to Gabe Reyes[src]
Johnathon "Johnny" Blaze is a former host of the Spirit of Vengeance who was able to transform into the demonic Ghost Rider. He rescued Robbie Reyes and Gabe Reyes after they were attacked by the Fifth Street Locos, dragging Gabe from their burning car and passing the Spirit of Vengeance to Robbie.
== Biography ==
At some point, Blaze was witnessed escaping from Hell by S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson.
=== Resurrecting Robbie Reyes ===
One night in Los Angeles, Robbie Reyes and his brother Gabriel were attacked, their car crashed and Robbie was sent flying through the windshield. He begged and pleaded with God, and whoever else would listen, to please save his brother.
Robbie hit the ground and was killed, but a voice called out to him through the darkness. It asked if he would truly do anything to save his brother and punish the men who attacked them; Robbie said yes. Blaze arrived at the scene on his Hell Cycle, pulled Gabriel from the car, and resurrected Robbie, transferring the Spirit of Vengeance into him, so he can fulfill his deal and punish the souls that did him wrong. Blaze then left the scene.
== Powers ==
* Demonic Empowerment: Johnny Blaze was imbued with the Spirit of Vengeance, granting him incredible supernatural powers at his disposal.
** Transformation: Blaze was able to transform into the "Ghost Rider", a powerful being with the appearance of a skeletal humanoid engulfed in flames.
*** Superhuman Strength: Blaze gained incredible strength as a result of the Spirit of Vengeance.
*** Superhuman Durability: Blaze was shot in the head, with the bullet even leaving a hole right in the forehead of his skull. Despite this, he continues to live and work as if it had no effect.
*** Superhuman Agility: Blaze's agility was also greatly heightened due to the power from the Spirit of Vengeance.
*** Superhuman Stamina: Blaze could exert his energy for a great period of time without tiring or breaking a sweat.
*** Regenerative Healing Factor: The Spirit of Vengeance was able to heal Blaze's wounds. However, he was not able to heal a wound to the head as there is still a hole above his eye.
*** Hell-Fire Manipulation: Blaze was able to manipulate fire which even radiated from his body around him and gave Blaze a flaming skull look.
**** Incineration: Whole possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance, Blaze was able to incinireate beings and objects into ashes.
**** Heat Generation: As the Ghost Rider, Blaze could generate heat through the Spirit of Vengeance as well as hellfire.
**** Heat Immunity: The Spirit of Vengeance's powers allowed Blaze to be immune to heat.
*** Empathy: Blaze judged people on their morals and decided whether they should live or die. He did this to Robbie Reyes and decided to resurrect Reyes in order to make him the Ghost Rider.
*** Power Inducement: Blaze had the ability to imbue his power into inanimate objects, doing so with the motorcycle he used to travel.
== Equipment ==
=== Vehicles ===
* Hell Cycle: Johnny Blaze has a personal motorcycle. He used it when he met Robbie Reyes.
== Relationships ==
=== Allies ===
* Spirit of Vengeance - Former Power Source
* Robbie Reyes - Successor
* Gabe Reyes
== Trivia ==
* In the comics, Johnny Blaze was a member of the Quentin Carnival before he became Ghost Rider.
* The bullet hole in Blaze's skull is likely a reference to the comics in which Blaze got shot in the head by a dying priest with a holy bullet and was sent back to Hell in Ghost Rider Vol 5 #5.
* There are several references to Johnny Blaze in the episode Lockup. When Lucy and Joseph Bauer find the Darkhold in an abandoned basement, there is a poster for Quentin Carnival, an old stunt bike, a black leather jacket and a chain. In the comics, Johnny Blaze worked at the carnival with his father as motorcycle stuntmen.
* In the Luke Cage episode Manifest, Zip refers to Domingo Colon's guns as "that John Blaze shit". "John Blaze" is a nickname of Method Man, which he took from the character Johnny Blaze.
== Behind the Scenes ==
* Johnny Blaze in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the second live-action incarnation of the character, following an incarnation portrayed by Nicolas Cage.
* Even though this character's real name was not revealed on screen, visual clues provided within the storyline's flashbacks confirm that it is an adaptation of "the original" Ghost Rider from the comics, as later also affirmed by Clark Gregg on Twitter. Additionally, behind the scenes poster props reveal the motorcycle stuntman at Quentin Carnival to be Johnny Blaze.
== References ==
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# ↑ Jump up to:1.0 1.1 Clark Gregg on Twitter - November 1, 2016
# ↑ Jump up to:2.0 2.1 Quentin Carnival Advertisements
# ↑ Jump up to:3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 4.06: The Good Samaritan
# ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 4.08: The Laws of Inferno Dynamics
== External Links ==
* Ghost Rider on Marvel Database
* Johnny Blaze on Marvel Database
* Ghost Rider on Wikipedia
* Johnny Blaze on Wikipedia