Īlongside Galactus, Cosmic Ghost Rider traveled across the cosmos on a quest to halt Thanos' systematic annihilation of every living being in existence, which led them to become legends. Bestowed with the Power Cosmic, Ghost Rider became Cosmic Ghost Rider. When a badly injured Galactus arrived on Earth seeking help against Thanos, unaware that the population of Earth had already been killed by him, the Ghost Rider offered the dead planet to him in exchange for the chance of punishing the Mad Titan as his herald which the Great Devourer accepted. He eventually began to lose his mind when even Mephisto fell silent to his calls. Roaming endlessly and undying with no one to kill or love, the Ghost Rider spent the next countless years alone. When he returned to Earth, however, Thanos was already gone and everything on the planet was dead. Willing to give anything in order to punish Thanos for slaughtering his planet, the Punisher signed a demonic deal with Mephisto and became the Ghost Rider. However, when Thanos came to Earth, the Punisher was one of the last casualties during the last stand of the heroes and his soul was subsequently sent to Hell. In the alternate reality of Earth-TRN666, where Thanos conquered all the Universe, Frank Castle's early life was seemingly similar to that of the Frank Castle of the Earth-616 Universe. His origin story was revealed in Thanos #16 by writer Donny Cates and artist Geoff Shaw. He made his debut as Thanos' right-hand man in Thanos #13. Following the end of "The Final Gauntlet" he found himself the thrall of the Asgardian death god Hela and sent to Hell, where he was welcomed by Johnny Blaze.Cosmic Ghost Rider was created by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw, in Thanos #13 (Jan 2018). He made his presence known during the reading of Thanos' will following the Mad Titan's death and became embroiled in the hunt for Gamora. Recently, Cosmic Ghost Rider has been seen as an inhabitant of the current era of Marvel Universe history. Thanos (2017) Annual # 1 (rescued by Odin)Ĭosmic Ghost Rider (2018) # 1 (sent to the past)Ĭosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History (2019) # 1Ĭosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History (2019) # 2Ĭosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History (2019) # 3Ĭosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History (2019) # 4Ĭosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History (2019) # 5Ĭosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History (2019) # 6 Following a return to the past, where baby Thanos was returned to his home, Castle found himself with a new life sans a purpose. This resulted in another bout of time travel, this time to an alternate reality ruled by the Thanos he raised. At first intending to murder Thanos as a toddler, Castle instead chose to kidnap him, intending to raise him to be a better person. Castle chose the distant past, specifically shortly after the birth of Thanos on the moon of Titan. However, due to his antisocial actions in Valhalla, Odin gave Castle back his powers and offered to send him anywhere in time to live again.
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Seeing Castle as a valiant warrior, Odin rescued him from the dying timeline that was subsequently erased by the actions of Thanos and gave him a life in Valhalla free from the Ghost Rider curse. Thanos (2017) # 15 (identity revealed as Frank Castle)Ĭastle found himself inhabiting a strange afterlife realm, where he was met by Odin, Allfather of the Asgardian Gods. Despite his vast power, during the battle at the end of time Cosmic Ghost Rider was killed by the Silver Surfer. Finally, on the eve of the final battle between Thanos and the last living being in the universe, the Silver Surfer, Castle used a shard of the Infinity Time Gem to travel back in time to the present day Marvel Universe with orders to retrieve that era's Thanos and bring him to the future.
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He later fell into a partnership with Thanos, becoming his "Black Right Hand", and that lasted for several more centuries. In the centuries that followed, Castle became the Herald of Galactus, which transformed him into the "Cosmic" Ghost Rider and gave him the abilities of the Power Cosmic along with those of the Spirit of Vengeance.
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The character's origin was established via flashback in Thanos (2017) # 16, which told the story of how Frank Castle, the Punisher, became the host of the Spirit of Vengeance following Thanos' destruction of Earth in the near future (probably about 20 years from the present day, at a guess). For a character created as recently as 2018, Cosmic Ghost Rider has amassed an extremely convoluted timeline that features time travel to the far future and the distant past before the character finally settled in the present day Marvel Universe.