Editing Phantom Rider (section)

==Publication history==
[[Marvel Comics]]' first Ghost Rider look was based on the [[Magazine Enterprises]] character Ghost Rider (Rex Fury), created by writer Ray Krank and artist [[Dick Ayers]] for editor [[Vincent Sullivan]] in ''[[Tim Holt]]'' #11 (1949). The character appeared in horror-themed Western stories through the run of ''Tim Holt'', ''Red Mask'', and ''A-1 Comics'' up until the institution of the [[Comics Code]].<ref name=toonopedia>[http://www.toonopedia.com/ghrider1.htm Ghost Rider (Magazine Enterprises)] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20240527152408/https://www.webcitation.org/6ddLFbngu?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/ghrider1.htm Archived] from the original on December 8, 2015.</ref>

After the trademark to the character's name and motif lapsed, Marvel Comics debuted its own near-identical, horror-free version of the character in ''[[Ghost Rider (comic book)|Ghost Rider]]'' #1 ([[cover-date]]d February 1967), by plotter and original ''Ghost Rider'' artist Ayers, and writers [[Gary Friedrich]] and [[Roy Thomas]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=270}}</ref>

In an interview, Ayers recalled how the character was conceived, "Vin would come in and sit down and describe what he wanted in The Ghost Rider. He told me to go see Disney's [[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad|Sleepy Hollow-Ichabod Crane]], The Headless Horseman, and then he told me to play the [[Vaughn Monroe]] record, "[[(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend|Ghost Riders in the Sky]]." And then he started talking about what he wanted the guy wearing."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/articles/10ayers.html | title=TwoMorrows Publishing - Alter Ego #10 - Dick Ayers Interview }}</ref>

With the introduction of Marvel's supernatural Ghost Rider in the 1970s, Marvel renamed its Western Ghost Rider&nbsp;— first, to the unfortunate '''Night Rider''' (a term previously used in the [[Southern United States]] to refer to members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]) in a 1974–1975 reprint series, and then to '''Phantom Rider'''. At least five men have been the Phantom Rider, one of whom is active in the modern day.

The Magazine Enterprises library of characters, including its version of Ghost Rider, was reprinted by [[AC Comics]] in the 1980s. While the copyrights have lapsed due to non-renewal, AC renamed the Ghost Rider as the Haunted Horseman, due to Marvel having maintained the Ghost Rider trademark.