{"product_id":"marvel-masterworks-ghost-rider-vol-7-isbn-9781302962616","title":"Marvel Masterworks: Ghost Rider Vol. 7","description":"\u003cb\u003eGhost Rider's rampage through the 1970s era of Marvel continues!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eMarvel Masterworks\u003c\/i\u003e proudly present the finale of the \u003ci\u003eGhost Rider\u003c\/i\u003e series that burned through pages for a decade and made the demon biker an icon. In this volume, series artist Bob Budiansky is joined by then-up-and-coming and now-lengendary writer J.M. DeMatteis. They’ll make Johnny Blaze’s struggle to contain the vengeance-obsessed demon as compelling as ever with adversaries like the stunning Steel Wind. The true test comes when Asmodeus compels Mephisto to split Blaze and Zarathos. It’s pedal to the metal from there as Zarathos’ origin is revealed and Roxanne Simpson returns, setting up a final showdown that will prove the high cost of vengeance. Also featuring two rare Ghost Rider \u003ci\u003eWhat If?\u003c\/i\u003e tales and an encounter with the Defenders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOLLECTING: GHOST RIDER (1973) #74-81, MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (1990) #11, THE DEFENDERS (1972) #145 and material from WHAT IF? (1977) #17 \u0026amp; #28 and THE DEFENDERS (1972) #146A   native New Yorker, writer \u003cb\u003eJ.M. DeMatteis\u003c\/b\u003e has been one of comics’ most respected writers for nearly   three decades. Ranging from the introspective psychological drama of Moonshadow to the offbeat comedy of Justice League to the   autobiographical Brooklyn Dreams, he’s written from nearly every perspective in graphic   storytelling. His long list of credits includes Captain   America, Defenders, Justice League International, the groundbreaking Spider-Man   storyline “Kraven’s Last Hunt,\" Spectre and more. His recent work   includes the acclaimed children's novel Imaginalis and the popular comics-prose hybrid Abadazad books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter B. Gillis\u003c\/b\u003e began as a 1970s freelancer on Marvel Two-in-One, Super-Villain Team-Up and other titles. Later, he became regular writer on Defenders, Eternals and Strange Tales, in which he subjected Doctor Strange to a soul-searching gamut of good and evil magic. Elsewhere in the Marvel multiverse, he wrote Micronauts: The New Voyages and launched Strikeforce: Morituri with Brent Anderson, telling tales of a universe in which superhumans must embrace death to protect the Earth. He has also written for First Comics, TSR Games and others; he co-created Shatter, the first digital comic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven   Grant\u003c\/b\u003e has written Captain   America, Incredible   Hulk, Master of Kung Fu, Spidey Super Stories and more. In 1985, he penned the first Punisher miniseries, revisiting the   character in several Holiday Special stories and the graphic novel Return   to Big Nothing. Grant has also written First   Comics’ American Flagg,   Shatter and his   creator-owned Whisper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Budiansky\u003c\/b\u003e began his comics career on Ghost Rider — first as a cover artist, and later as both co-writer and artist. However, he is best known for his work on the Transformers franchise, naming most of the original characters and writing the Tech Specs blurbs for the toys’ packaging. Budiansky soon began writing Marvel’s Transformers comic, which he helmed for nearly 50 issues and several spin-offs. During the 1990s, Budiansky launched Sleepwalker. He also served as a Marvel editor, overseeing the Spider-Man titles.\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\u003eArtist \u003cb\u003eGreg LaRocque\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for his   DC Comics work on titles including Legion of   Super-Heroes and Flash. At Marvel, he helped bring the long-running Marvel Team-Up to a close and   launched the replacement series Web of Spider-Man. His other credits include Avengers and Power Man and Iron Fist.","brand":"Marvel Universe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233372025061,"sku":"NP9781302962616","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781302962616.jpg?v=1767732314","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/marvel-masterworks-ghost-rider-vol-7-isbn-9781302962616","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}