Zarathos is the former fallen angel; who took possession of Johnny Blaze after the latter had made a deal; with Mephistopheles. He is the source of Johnny's power as Ghost Rider. During his early career as Ghost Rider, Johnny christened Zarathos simply as the Rider.
The Ghost Rider is the result of a human becoming the chosen vessel of a dark angel, whom are commonly known as spirits of vengeance, and uses them as their divine tools to exact their merciless vengeance against the sinful and malevolent on Earth.
Zarathos is the demon inside Johnny Blaze that causes him to turn into Ghost Rider. The curse of this vengeance demon prevents Johnny from living a normal life and compels him to always seek out villains to punish.
It has recently been stated that Johnny Blaze and the Spirit that was supposedly the Ghost Rider are in fact agents of Heaven. The power of the Ghost Rider depends on who is in control of the Ghost Rider (effectively Johnny's body).
So long as the Spirit of Vengeance resides inside them, their human host has the potential to physically live forever. As an added bonus, they remain ageless. In Ghost Riders: Heavens on Fire #6, Johnny Blaze states that since God created the Ghost Riders, only God can destroy them.
Technically another Ghost Rider should be able to beat him if they absorb him similarly to how Ketch was doing to other riders during the Zadkiel storyline or how Blaze did to him recently.
And Hela kind of beat him by taking away his power..
The title Ghost Rider has been used by individuals indwelled by a Spirit of Vengeance or similar demonic entity such as Zarathos; most famously Johnny Blaze, who sold his soul to the demon-lord Mephisto.
The character's story begins when motorcycle stuntman Johnny Blaze becomes bound to the Spirit of Vengeance Zarathos after making a deal with Mephisto to spare his surrogate father. With his supernatural powers, Johnny seeks vengeance as the "Ghost Rider".
The Horde that had infected the Dark Celestials and was seeping through the Earth was finally defeated when the Avengers used the Uni-Mind, channeling all of their powers into the Celestial-possessing Ghost Rider. With the Horde laid dormant, the heroes joined forces with the Celestials to defeat the Dark Celestials.
A Ghost Rider, or Phantom Rider, is a human, be it normal or magical, who made a contract with a high ranking demon using their Soul. The only way to be allowed to have their soul again, is to take the souls of evil mortals to bring them to Hell before their time.
After several years, it was confirmed that the Ghost Rider was actually a demon called Zarathos, a former rival of Mephisto's who was rendered amnesiac and forced into his service, related in Ghost Rider (Vol. 2) #77.
In any event, the main thing is that no, being a demon without a soul does not mean that you can lift Thor's hammer and Ghost Rider cannot lift Thor's hammer (but hey, Ghost Rider has plenty of his own cool weapons, so he should be fine with that).
The Hulk is considered the strongest character in the Marvel universe, but there are some characters that can match the Hulk's strength and power, such as Ghost Rider. The Ghost Rider, however, is not the strongest of the two, and he is able to defeat the Hulk in Banner form.
Deadpool is virtually immortal thanks to an array of different factors, but Ghost Rider's abilities come straight from Hell. There are many ways Ghost Rider can hurt Deadpool, but one way he did it in the comics was with the penance stare, which caused Deadpool to feel the pain of those he's hurt in the past.
Hulk would most likely win if he is fighting the human side of ghost rider as it have been shown in there encounters. immortal hulk # 7 hulk beats Robbie reyens ghost a win for hulk.
This would be a interesting fight if it was against regular Thor but this is RUNE KING THOR. RKT would definitely be able to take out Ghost Rider with ease. RUNE KING THORS power level surpassed his father ODIN by a large margin. RKT showed no mercy and he did not hold back at all when he obtained his new powers.
Yes. Ghost Rider can beat Goku. He/She's literally unkillable to Goku. The first supernatural Ghost Rider is stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze, who, in order to save the life of his father, agreed to give his soul to "Satan" (later revealed to be an arch-demon named Mephisto).
History. Alejandra Jones is the daughter of an American human trafficker and an unknown Mexican woman. Like her brothers and sisters, Alejandra was sold by her father and ended up with Adam in Nicaragua, where she and other orphans were trained within the confines of a temple to become the next Ghost Rider.
The first Ghost Rider to appear in Marvel Comics is stuntman Johnny Blaze, who cuts a deal with Mephisto to save the life of his adopted father, Crash Simpson. But Mephisto curses Johnny to become his eternal servant by having the mad demon, Zarathos, possess Johnny's body and soul.
