{"id":28781,"date":"2025-12-23T23:02:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rustbeltcomics.com\/store\/index.php\/product\/ghost-rider-1973-1983-57-1981\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T23:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:02:54","slug":"ghost-rider-1973-1983-57-1981","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/rustbeltcomics.com\/store\/index.php\/product\/ghost-rider-1973-1983-57-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Rider (1973-1983) #57 (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;max-width: 800px;margin: 0 auto;border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #b7410e;padding: 20px;border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;gap: 15px\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rustbeltcomics.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cropped-RBClogo2.png\" alt=\"Rust Belt Comics\" style=\"height: 50px;width: auto;flex-shrink: 0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-grow: 1;min-width: 250px\">\n<h1 style=\"color: #ffffff;margin: 0;font-size: 22px;line-height: 1.2\">Ghost Rider (1973-1983) #57 (1981)<\/h1>\n<p style=\"color: #ffccbc;margin: 5px 0 0 0;font-size: 14px\">Marvel<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fdd835;color: #333;padding: 8px 15px;border-radius: 4px;font-weight: bold;text-align: center;white-space: nowrap\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px;text-transform: uppercase;letter-spacing: 1px\">Grade<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: 1\">7.5<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px\">Very Fine &#8211;<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #b7410e;border-bottom: 2px solid #b7410e;font-size: 18px;padding-bottom: 5px;margin-top: 0\">Comic Specifications<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;font-size: 14px\">\n<div style=\"flex-wrap: wrap;border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;padding: 8px 0\">\n<div style=\"width: 30%;min-width: 140px;font-weight: bold;color: #555\">Series Title<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-grow: 1;width: 60%;min-width: 200px\">Ghost Rider (1973-1983)<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-wrap: wrap;border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;padding: 8px 0\">\n<div style=\"width: 30%;min-width: 140px;font-weight: bold;color: #555\">Issue Number<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-grow: 1;width: 60%;min-width: 200px\">#57<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-wrap: wrap;border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;padding: 8px 0\">\n<div style=\"width: 30%;min-width: 140px;font-weight: bold;color: #555\">Publication Year<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-grow: 1;width: 60%;min-width: 200px\">1981 (undefined)<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-wrap: wrap;border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;padding: 8px 0\">\n<div style=\"width: 30%;min-width: 140px;font-weight: bold;color: #555\">Publisher<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-grow: 1;width: 60%;min-width: 200px\">Marvel<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-wrap: wrap;border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;padding: 8px 0\">\n<div style=\"width: 30%;min-width: 140px;font-weight: bold;color: #555\">Creatives<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-grow: 1;width: 60%;min-width: 200px\">Writer: Michael J. Fleisher <br \/> Penciller: Jim Shooter <br \/> Artist: Don Perlin <br \/> Cover: <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-wrap: wrap;border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;padding: 8px 0\">\n<div style=\"width: 30%;min-width: 140px;font-weight: bold;color: #555\">Format<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-grow: 1;width: 60%;min-width: 200px\">Comic<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-wrap: wrap;border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;padding: 8px 0\">\n<div style=\"width: 30%;min-width: 140px;font-weight: bold;color: #555\">Printing<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-grow: 1;width: 60%;min-width: 200px\">1st<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"color: #b7410e;border-bottom: 2px solid #b7410e;font-size: 18px;padding-bottom: 5px\">The Story<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.6;color: #444\">Johnny joins the Sonny Tremont Stunt Team to help prepare for his rematch with Flagg Fargo. On death row, &#8216;Shocks&#8217; Marley walks the last mile; the murderous stuntman&#8217;s last wish is to wear his old costume. The woman who made it assured him while wearing it, he couldn&#8217;t die. And, he can&#8217;t! Electrocuted, he returns as an Apparition. Johnny borrows Pete Catrone&#8217;s car to return to the garage, only to have the Apparation blast it out from under him! Pete was one of the people who put &#8216;Shocks&#8217; Marley on death row, and therefore one of the people The Apparition means to kill! When Johnny explains what happened, the team tells him the story of how Shocks sabotaged a car to win Nora, the girl Johnny&#8217;s falling for. Shocks went to prison and swore revenge. Ghost Rider discovers the Apparation can hurt him, and the Apparition discovers the reverse is also true, and flees. Next, Johnny replaces Sonny Tremont during a stunt, suspecting the Apparation will attack. 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