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Ghost Rider (2017) #4.|thumb|upright|left Robbie Reyes is a high-school student working as a mechanic at an auto body shop who lives with his
developmentally disabled brother
Gabe Reyes and serves as their primary caretaker after their parents abandoned them two years earlier. Seeking to escape the dangerous streets of Los Angeles, he enters a street race, hoping to use the prize money to move themselves away. He is gunned down by mercenaries trying to retrieve pills that caused the transformation of
Calvin Zabo into the supervillain Mr. Hyde, which had been left in the trunk of the 1969 Dodge Charger he "borrowed" from the auto body shop for the race. He is revived as a demonic being with a flaming, helmet-like head. He drives off in the car, now similarly ablaze. Later, the spirit bound to the car introduces itself to Robbie as the ghost of a man named
Eli Morrow, who says he had been killed by gang members. Eli offers to help Robbie clean up his neighborhood in exchange for Robbie helping him avenge his death. Robbie becomes a local hero whose fame catches the attention of Johnny Blaze, who travels to Los Angeles to confront the new Rider. Eli is later revealed as Robbie's estranged uncle, a Satanic serial killer who kidnapped and murdered at least thirty-seven people in rituals before being fatally shot by police in 1999. A possessed Robbie later encounters Johnny Blaze, who uses the Penance Stare on Eli's spirit. In addition to confronting Mr. Hyde and his criminal underworld, Robbie and Eli fight for dominance over Robbie's body. Robbie eventually permanently bonds with Eli and agrees to sate Eli's thirst for murder, but only by killing people with evil souls. Following a vivid nightmare involving an ancient gathering of heroes that include a previous Ghost Rider, Robbie awakens in
South Africa with no memory of how he got there. He is attacked by
Star Brand, who seeks to keep him from finding a buried
Celestial. Robbie defeats Star Brand by using the Penance Stare, an ability he previously had no idea he possessed, but accidentally kills Star Brand as well. Robbie then joins a new team of Avengers formed by Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America to fight off the Celestial Final Host. Sometime later, word of Star Brand's death reaches
Odin. The long-time ally of the original pre-historic Star Brand thought that Robbie killed the current Star Brand purposely. Robbie explains to the All-Father of Norse Gods about his accidental murder of the latter Star Brand when his Penance Stare first awakened, thus easily winning forgiveness and making friends. In light of the threat caused by the multiversal
Masters of Evil, Ghost Rider travels the multiverse with a
Deathlok working for
Avenger Prime that became his companion as they look to find allies to fight them. They end up recruiting Ant-Man of Earth-818,
Star Panther, several alternate universe versions of Captain America, the
Thor of Earth-56377, who wields the power of Iron Fist; the
Carol Corps; and several versions of Iron Man. On an alternate Earth, Ghost Rider, Deathlok, and Ant-Man arrive on an alternate Earth to assist Captain Fury in fighting the Goblin Corps. With time being up, Ghost Rider, Deathlok, and Ant-Man can finally head to the Avengers Tower at Infinity's End. Ghost Rider is contacted by the souls in his Hell Charger asking why he has forsaken them and that another Spirit of Vengeance has fallen. As Ant-Man and Deathlok start to voice their concern, Ghost Rider uses his chains on them and drives off.
Doom Supreme, who starts to overpower him. Deathlok and Ant-Man arrive, with Ant-Man shrinking Doom Supreme to microscopic size. When Dark Phoenix goes on the attack, Deathlok instructs Ant-Man to get Ghost Rider away while he buys them time to escape. After Deathlok is killed, Doom Supreme states that they need to regroup before they visit where Ghost Rider and Ant-Man have fled to. Robbie Reyes and Ant-Man arrive at the Avengers Tower in the Quarry of Creation where the Hell Charger drives into some of the attacking members of the Council of Red. Robbie states to Ant-Man that he cannot transform into Ghost Rider. Robbie Reyes was in the Avengers Tower at the time when Doom Supreme arrived at the God Quarry with Doom the Living Planet and the Doctor Doom variants that are loyal to him. As the fight between the different Avengers team against
Mephisto and Doom Supreme rages on, Robbie Reyes watches the battle with an older Star Brand as they talk about how their powers have not been working right. As some Doom variants move in to attack them, Robbie holds Star Brand's hand as he regains his powers to incinerate a Doom variant. When the ancient Multiverse energies leak out, Ghost Rider takes his Hell Charger and sacrifices himself to block the leak from the other side. Ghost Rider survives in the sea of darkness and rebuilds his Hell Charger to return to Earth. ==Powers and abilities==