{"product_id":"ghost-rider-epic-collection-deathrace-isbn-9781302960575","title":"Ghost Rider Epic Collection: Deathrace","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the biggest stars to come out of the 1970s era of Marvel continues his Epic Collection journey - the Spirit of Vengeance, Ghost Rider!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Fleisher and Don Perlin begin their long tenure behind the handlebars on \u003ci\u003eGhost Rider \u003c\/i\u003ein this \u003ci\u003eEpic Collection\u003c\/i\u003e! And they make sure there’s no rest for the road-weary Johnny Blaze. When the Ghost Rider rears his fiery skull, a death-worshiping biker cult, a crazed nuclear scientist ready for meltdown and the soul-stealing Crimson Mage will pay for their transgressions! Then, Johnny Blaze enters into a feud with Flagg Fargo for bragging rights as America’s premiere stunt cyclist. Both the mortal and demon side of the Ghost Rider have a reckoning—one that comes in issue #50 and a time-traveling team-up with original Western Ghost Rider. Also featuring a tale by comics legend Jim Starlin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOLLECTING:\u003cb\u003eMichael   Fleisher\u003c\/b\u003e notched an indelible place in comics history in   1974, writing a series of Spectre stories that were some of the most   graphically violent tales ever published at the time. During that time,   Fleisher also collaborated with Steve Ditko on Shade the Changing Man, an   offbeat hero bearing a reality-altering M-Vest. He also enjoyed a long run on Ghost Rider with artist Don Perlin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim   Starlin\u003c\/b\u003e introduced not only Thanos but also Shang-Chi and   many other memorable characters. After seemingly killing both Adam Warlock   and Thanos in one of Marvel’s earlier multi-title cosmic arcs — for which he   won two Eagle Awards — Starlin wrote Marvel’s first graphic novel, The Death of Captain Marvel.   Returning to Marvel to write Silver Surfer, he resurrected Adam Warlock and   Thanos, both of whom figured prominently in a veritable franchise of   miniseries he wrote and\/or penciled: Infinity   Gauntlet, Infinity War, Infinity Crusade, Infinity Abyss and more, plus the Warlock and the   Infinity Watch and Thanos monthlies. Starlin continued to chart the saga of the Mad   Titan in a recent series of original graphic novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA   creative stalwart that put his all into his work on long-running series like Ghost Rider and Defenders, \u003cb\u003eDon   Perlin\u003c\/b\u003e plied his talents in virtually every   discipline in the comic-book field — penciling, inking, creating new   characters and sometimes editing and writing. A student of Burne Hogarth’s,   Perlin launched his career in 1951, drawing horror comics for various publishers   and also penciling Will Eisner’s The Spirit. After serving in the Army, Perlin returned to comics with   Harvey in the late ’50s as well as Charlton in the ’60s. In 1973, he began   his long association with Marvel, finishing John Buscema’s art on Thor and inking several titles. He   took over Werewolf by Night from Mike Ploog, penciling and inking the book for much of the   next two years. He also penciled and inked the supernatural adventures of   Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider, his name becoming very closely identified with Marvel’s   monster biker. In the ’80s, he drew Defenders for a long run before turning his attention to Marvel’s   adaptation of Hasbro’s Transformers. His early ’90s work on Valiant’s Solar,   Man of the Atom and Bloodshot   was extremely popular, after which Perlin went   into semiretirement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing   Golden Age work at Marvel predecessor Timely Comics — as   well as at Fawcett, Hillman and others — \u003cb\u003eCarmine   Infantino\u003c\/b\u003e (d. 2013) made history at DC Comics,   helping usher in the industry’s Silver Age with the reintroduction of the   Flash, within whose title he cocreated the Elongated Man and several members   of the hero’s famed Rogues’ Gallery. His 1961 story “Flash of Two Worlds,”   which literally reshaped the DC Universe by introducing the Earth-1\/Earth-2   concept, won Infantino two of his eventual 12 Alley Awards. After serving as   DC’s art director and publisher, Infantino returned to penciling on several   titles; for Marvel, he provided notable runs on Nova, Spider-Woman and Star Wars, along with brief stints on Daredevil, Ghost Rider and Iron Man. He also drew Superman vs. the   Amazing Spider-Man, the historic first Marvel\/DC   crossover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring   the 1970s, \u003cb\u003ePat Broderick\u003c\/b\u003e depicted cosmic sagas on literally multiple levels as artist on Captain Marvel and Micronauts. At DC, he penciled Captain Atom, Firestorm and Green Lantern, among others; on Batman, he co-created Tim Drake, the   third and current Robin. Returning to Marvel in stints on Alpha Flight and Doom 2099, he also worked for the   short-lived Future Comics and revisited Micronauts in a newly licensed variant at Devil’s Due Publishing.","brand":"Marvel Universe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233191768293,"sku":"NP9781302960575","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781302960575.jpg?v=1767728112","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ghost-rider-epic-collection-deathrace-isbn-9781302960575","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}