Ghost Rider #10

Feb 1991 · Marvel · 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP

📊 ~43,941 copies sold its debut month

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“Stars of Blood”

★ 1st appearance — Zodiak

About this Issue

Ghost Rider (vol. 3) #10 marks the first appearance of Zodiak (Norman Harrison), a serial killer who would become a recurring antagonist in the Ketch-era supernatural corner of the Marvel Universe, deepening the street-horror atmosphere that made this series one of Marvel's defining books of the early 1990s. Equally significant is this issue's role as the formal re-introduction of Johnny Blaze into the relaunched series: writer Howard Mackie had originally been prohibited from using the original Ghost Rider, and bringing Blaze back — initially as a suspicious, antagonistic pursuer heading east to confront what he regards as a dangerous impostor — set the stage for one of the decade's richest legacy-character dynamics. The issue caps the first arc of the Danny Ketch era (issues #1–10 are collected together in trade) and represents the creative team's pivot from pure origin-and-villain-establishment toward a larger, interlocking mythology that would eventually spawn the entire Midnight Sons publishing line.

writer Howard Mackie · artist Javier Saltares · inker Mark Texeira · colorist Gregory Wright · letterer Janice Chiang · cover Javier Saltares

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (VF) $3

CGC 9.8 $44*

CGC 9.6 $21

CGC 9.4 $20*

CGC 9.2 $20*

CGC 9.0 $20*

CGC 8.5 $20*

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CGC 8.0 $20*

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CGC 5.5 $20*

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CGC 4.5 $20*

CGC 4.0 $20*

CGC 3.5 $20*

CGC 3.0 $20*

CGC 2.5 none in existence

CGC 2.0 $20*

CGC 1.5 $20*

CGC 1.0 none in existence

CGC 0.5 $20*

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History

The Danny Ketch Ghost Rider series was created by writer Howard Mackie and penciller Javier Saltares, with Mark Texeira providing finishes, under the editorial oversight of editor Bobbie Chase and then-Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco. Mackie has stated in interviews that the relaunch was initially greenlit without permission to use Johnny Blaze, which is precisely why Blaze's cameo re-entry in issue #10 represented a deliberate creative escalation — Mackie's own words describe bringing Blaze back as 'first thing I did' once editorial appetite for more Ghost Rider material grew. The series was launched as part of Marvel's early-1990s push into darker, anti-hero-driven titles and quickly exceeded expectations, becoming one of the publisher's best-selling ongoings of the speculator era. Issue #10's story, titled 'Star of Blood!', was illustrated by the same Saltares/Texeira art team that defined the series' visual identity from the outset.

Trivia · 7 facts

First appearance of Zodiak (full name: Norman Harrison), a serial killer villain who stalks New York City and returns as a recurring antagonist in the Ketch-era Ghost Rider stories.
Re-introduction of Johnny Blaze into the 1990 Ghost Rider series — appearing as a cameo pursuer heading east to confront Danny Ketch — fulfilling writer Howard Mackie's plan to restore the original Ghost Rider after editorial restrictions initially barred Blaze from the relaunch.
Written by Howard Mackie with interior art by Javier Saltares (pencils) and Mark Texeira (inks); cover artist is listed as Javier Saltares per Marvel.com, with MyComicShop attributing the cover to Michael Bair (see Flagged).
Editor on the issue is Bobbie Chase, who oversaw much of the Ketch era's development.
Deathwatch and H.E.A.R.T. also appear (the former in cameo), maintaining the ongoing crime-and-supernatural-conspiracy plot threads established from Ghost Rider vol. 3 #1.
A JC Penney Vintage Pack reprint of this issue exists (identifiable by 'The Amazing Spider-Man' printed in the UPC box), making it one of a small group of Copper Age Marvel issues distributed through that department-store catalog program.
Issue #10 is the capstone of the run collected in Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Classic Vol. 1 (2009) and the Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Epic Collection: Vengeance Reborn (2023), cementing it as the natural end-point of the series' opening chapter.