In 1950, Magazine Enterprises launched a comic book called Ghost Rider. 1 / 8
Drawn by Dick Ayers, the comic book was a mixture of horror and westerns. 2 / 8
It had beautiful art by Dick Ayers, but it came out at a weird time for comics. 3 / 8
The anti-comics hysteria caused by Fredric Wertham especially affected horror comics. 4 / 8
A horror comic like Ghost Rider was too much and the company went under. 5 / 8
Over a decade later, Marvel decided to pick up the defunct character! 6 / 8
Without any licenses or permission, Marvel just did their own Ghost RIder comic by Ayers. 7 / 8
The comic folded after #7, but Marvel made great use of the Ghost Rider name! 8 / 8