TALES OF THE GHOST RIDER "A Thirst for Blood!"

Besides frightening and apprehending owlhoots and blackguards...

...the original Ghost Rider also narrated a series of supernatural-themed Western tales he didn't actually appear in!

This chapter of the ongoing Tales of the Ghost Rider strip from Magazine Enterprises' Ghost Rider #8 (1953), like almost all of the Tales series, has never been reprinted!

Pity, because it's pretty damned good!

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Countdown to Halloween 2016: GHOST RIDER "Tales of the Ghost Rider: Tortures of the Damned"

Welcome to our weekly contribution to Countdown to Halloween 2016...

...a never-reprinted tale from Magazine Enterprises' Ghost Rider #11 (1953)!

Penciled by Ghost Rider co-creator Dick Ayers and inked by his cousin, Ernie Bache, this story plays with the "is it only a dream?" trope to good effect.
Sadly, the writer is unknown...
Ironically, most of these "Tales of the Ghost Rider", relating non-Rider Western ghost stories, had actual supernatural elements, while only a few of the Ghost Rider stories did!
They tended to feature criminals pretending to be supernatural beings...just like the Ghost Rider himself!
Note: the first version of the Rider's origin had no mystical aspects as shown HERE.
But the revised version from the premiere issue of his own book did introduce supernatural elements as shown HERE!

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TALES OF THE GHOST RIDER "Fastest Gunman in the Cemetary"

While the Ghost Rider himself rarely faced actual supernatural foes...

...there was no shortage of specters in this ongoing backup feature!

(BTW, the word "cemetery" is misspelled in the title, but not in the story itself!)

This supernatural story from Ghost Rider #14 (1952) was illustrated by Dick Ayers

The writer is unknown, but probably was either Ray Krank or Gardner Fox.

This was the final story in the final issue of Ghost Rider's title.

Ghost Rider returned to the back of Tim Holt's comic, which had been renamed Red Mask after the costumed identity Holt had adapted.

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