Ghost Rider #17

Ghost Rider #17 blazes with tension as the flaming-skulled Spirit of Vengeance squares off with both Spider-Man and the Hobgoblin on Mark Texeira's striking cover. Ghost Rider's chains crackle with hellfire while glowing jack-o'-lantern pumpkin bombs fill the frame, and the speech bubbles — "Keep your distance, Spider-Man…" and "Hobgoblin is mine!" — make it clear this three-way confrontation is anything but friendly. Howard Mackie and Texeira were delivering some of Marvel's most kinetic supernatural action in 1991, and this issue is a vivid reminder of why this era of Ghost Rider had readers hooked.