Genoshans
FIRST APPEARANCE i ncanny X-M«c *235 (Octooe* 1968}
BASE Th* otond ot Gonosha. mowin Octan SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES The mhabitants o( Genoshj were a mnrture ot (Kdinary humans and thoae with mutant ab*f *s The latter were ealled ‘Mutatea' and were condrfMned to fUN spectfc. tasks tailorcd to thełr particulor mutant aUlity From time to timo Muiate* manaood to rebei agamst tner human master*
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Centuries ago. Mephisto enslaved a demon,
Zarathos. In the 18th ccntury. Mephisto used a shard of the Medallion of Power to transform Noble Kale into a "spirit of eengeance” the Ghost Rfder. Noble s descemlant Naoini Kale and her husband. Barton Bla/e, had three children.John.
Daniel and Barbara. Alter Barton s death.John was raised by “( !rash” Simpson. who taught John to bccome a stunt motorcyclist like lumsclf.
Posing as "Satan.” Mephisto offered to cure Simpson ofa fatal disease in exchangc lor Blazes soul. Simpson died performing a stunt. and Mephisto bondcd Zarathos to Blazes body,causmg him to transform into Ghost Kider. Blazc was freed of the curse when Zarathos beeame trapped in a *Yry>tal of souls.”
When crimuuls wounded Barbara Ketch. her brother Dan carried her to a junkyard. With Barbara s innocent blood on his hand. Dan touched a mysterious motorcycle and bccamc Ghost Kider II.
Dan and John Blazc l*)(cr|§| learncd they were brothers.
John w.i\ agam honded to Zarathos and beeame a (ihost Kider orne im»re. PS
FACTFILE
REAL NAME
John “Johnny* Bla/o
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Tlić Ocnoshiiis Iivc on the island of Gcnosha
OCCUPATION
Stunt moforcyclisl BASE MoMe
HEIOHT (Ghost R«to) 6 ft 2 m WEIOHT (Ghost RideO 220 Ibs EYES (Ghost Rkto) flaming red HAIR (Ghost Rider) nono
FIRST APPEARANCE
Marvol SpoUtęht Zol. 1 $5 (August 1972)
Th# Ghosl Ruters aro 0r*ant motorcydsta md can portom nooOUtt stunt*. The# myMicrt Ukos onahto thom lo ndo up walc and rrv«n across walor.
Ghost Rider
U Katod ncar the Scychelles in the Indian Ocean, rheir cconomy was based on c\ploiting the labors of enslaved mutants. (Icnoshan adolesccnts were tested to sce if*thcy h.ul mutant abilities.
I boso th.it Uid were gcnetically engineered to alter or enhancc their abilities, had numbers tattoocd on their foreheads. and lost their personal identilies. A militia ealled the Magistratem enforced the enslavement laws and hunted down nuitates who tried to escapc.
I he UN plaeed Magneto iii charge ofthc Genoshan government. but a tnutate ealled the Zealot leads a faction th.it opposes his rule. MT
Tun* Wo o •uftĘtUjma i rnysteol Dong fhal pro»octs •hoUfiro’. Ghost Rkk>r i can ciooto n mysticol motocydo from *hoBf«ł * Ghost F**r lii “Pononc# Staro* okjsos wongdow* io sufto iho samo wnotonal pam lhoy mlbcl#d
Ghaur
The product of a ccnturies-Iong breeding programine run by Dcviant Priests. Gluur camc to łiead this pricstly order. His ambition did not end there. for Ghaur was dctcrniiued to rule the Dcviant race and to challenge the nught of the ahen (Ylestials themselves. These hubristic ambitions alinost led to his death. For a time his disembodied comciousness tloated through space. umil a passing Silvf.r Suiu hr inadecrtently enablcd him to regain corporeal form. Becoming a servant of the F.lder God, Set, Ghaur sought to enable Set s return to Earth but his oftorts came to naught. His whereabouts are currently unknown. AD
FIRST APPEARANCE I wnota Vol II. *2 (Nov«mber 1965!
REAL NAME Ghaur OCCUPATION Pn#»ttord BASE "City of Toods'. Oevionl l#mu*ia
HEIGHT 6 ft a ii WEIGHT 210 *» EYES Yelłow HAIR BJue-E&OCk SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Th# o*t«nt of Ghaur’* powty o currontly unknown.