Marvel Spotlight #7

Marvel Spotlight #7 from December 1972 puts Ghost Rider front and center in all his flaming-skulled, motorcycle-riding glory, as the cover — penciled and inked by Mike Ploog — depicts him in a tense supernatural confrontation with a cloaked demonic figure looming over a struggling woman in green. The tagline "They Who Serve Satan!" and the question "Is He Alive… or Dead?" set a genuinely eerie tone that pairs perfectly with the story title "Die, Die, My Daughter!" Written by Gary Friedrich with interior art by Mike Ploog, this early entry in Ghost Rider's run captures exactly why Marvel billed him as "The Most Supernatural Superhero of All!