Carter Slade aka Phantom Rider (originally Ghost Rider) was technically the first version of Ghost Rider to appear in Marvel Comics, who made his debut in 1966’s Ghost Rider #1. However, the fact that they wielded the Spirit of Vengeance’s hellfire, meaning even these 'Ghost Riders' are more in-line with the modern version of Ghost Rider than the original Phantom Rider - much like many other ‘Ghost Riders’ on this list. Debuting in 2008’s Ghost Rider #21 by Jason Aaron and Roland Boschi, Deputy Kowalkski is a Ghost Rider villain who only attained a fraction of the demonic antihero’s power after he shot Ghost Rider with a mystical shotgun that was supposed to kill him.