R.I.P. Gary Friedrich, Marvel Comics writer and "Ghost Rider" co-creator

[Miles Archer]

https://www.cbr.com/ghost-rider-gary-friedrich-passed-away/

Longtime Marvel Comics writer Gary Friedrich, co-creator of Ghost Rider and Son of Satan, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 75.

Tony Isabella posted the following statement on Facebook from Friedrich’s longtime friend and colleague, Roy Thomas:

I won’t go into details at this point, but I wanted to mention that one of my oldest and dearest friends, Gary Friedrich, passed away last night, from the effects of Parkison’s, which he had had for several years. That and his near-total hearing loss had left him feeling isolated in recent years, and his wife Jean seems content that he is finally at peace. As many of you will know, he did considerable work for Marvel during the late 1960s and 1970s, and for Charlton in the 1960s, including a remembered run on SGT. FURY, stints on CAPTAIN AMERICA, DAREDEVIL, SHIELD, and others, and of course the basic concept/creation of the motorcycle-riding Ghost Rider at Marvel. I’d know Gary since I was in college and he still in high school, when he came to work at the Palace Theatre in Jackson, MO, and some of my happiest memories of our days in the rock band he founded circa 1962 and which existed for a couple of years.

Friedrich filled in on a number of Marvel’s superhero titles before co-creating Ghost Rider in 1973’s Marvel Spotlight #5. Friedrich also wrote the Ghost Rider ongoing series that spun out of Marvel Spotlight. During this time, he also co-created Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan.

[MrScorpio]

1. Every day, some of my childhood slips away

May Gary rest in power.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. I read where we lost Marie Severin yesterday, too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Severin