Red Ghost

Ivan Kragoff, a Soviet scientist obsessed with surpassing the Fantastic Four, deliberately exposed himself to cosmic rays during a space mission, gaining the ability to become intangible. He shares his powers with his trained Super-Apes, making them persistent foes of the Fantastic Four.

A creature of the Copper/Modern Age, Red Ghost made their debut in X-Men Special #5 (1998) under the hands of Tom DeFalco, Reinhard Schweizer, and Carlos Pacheco, stepping onto the page in the pages of a German-market Marvel publication from Hachette. Over a surprisingly long arc stretching from 1998 to 2025, this character has turned up across Marvel Origins, Marvel Klassik, and X-Men Special — a quiet but persistent presence in the catalog. The company Red Ghost keeps is genuinely distinguished: sharing issues with the likes of Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic, and the cosmic watcher Uatu speaks to stories of real Marvel ambition and scale. Five appearances may be a modest tally, but for the dedicated collector hunting the corners of Marvel's international publishing history, Red Ghost is exactly the kind of discovery that makes the chase worthwhile.