Ghost Rider #9

The cover of this December 1974 issue says it all — a towering, leering Satan reaches out an enormous hand toward Ghost Rider, whose flaming skull blazes defiantly as he guns his motorcycle through a wall of fire, while a distressed woman looks on in the background. Billed as "The Final Fearful Showdown with Satan," the cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer crackles with hellish energy and genuine menace. "The Hell-Bound Hero!" promises exactly the kind of supernatural dread that made Ghost Rider one of Marvel's most distinctive voices of the era.