Hamilton Slade (Rangers)

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comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Hamilton Slade
real_name=Hamilton Slade
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publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Ghost Rider" #56 (May 1981)
creators=Michael Fleisher and Don Perlin
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances=Rangers
aliases=Phantom Rider, Ghost Rider, Night Rider
powers=Normal human with excellent horsemanship and sharpshooting skills, costume provides phosphorescent glowing effect.|

Hamilton Slade is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He first appeared in issue #56 of the supernatural-motorcyclist series "Ghost Rider."

Fictional character biography

Hamilton Slade was born in Reno, Nevada, and was a distant descendant of Lincoln Slade. Hamilton became an archaeologist, and found the burial site of his legendary ancestor. As he explored the site he found a large burial urn and from it appeared the ghostly garb of his ancestors Carter and Lincoln Slade. Possessed by the spirits of his ancestors, he became the new version of the Phantom Rider.

In his first appearance as the Phantom Rider, Slade helped the Ghost Rider defeat the sorcerer Moondark. ["Ghost Rider" #56]

Slade later joined the short-lived superhero team, the Rangers. Cite comic
Writer = Sal Buscema (plot) | Cowriters = Bill Mantlo (plot, script) | Penciller = Sal Buscema | Inker = Sal Buscema | Story = You Can't Always Get What You Want, But If You Try Sometime You Just Might Find You Get What You Need! | Title = Incredible Hulk, The | Volume =
Issue = 265 | Date = November 1981 | Publisher = Marvel Comics | Page = | Panel = | ID = ] [ Cite comic | Writer = Steve Englehart | Penciller = Al Milgrom | Inker = Joe Sinnott | Story = A Bird In The Hand | Title = West Coast Avengers | Volume = 2 | Issue = 8 | Date = May 1986 | Publisher = Marvel Comics | Page = | Panel = | ID = ]

Civil War/The Initiative

Weeks after the conclusion to the Civil War event, Phantom Rider was seen as a member of Texas' new government-sponsored superhero team, the revived Rangers, as part of the 50 States Initiative Program. [Cite comic | Writer = Mark Millar | Penciller = Steve McNiven | Inker = Dexter Vines | Story = | Title = Civil War | Volume = 1 | Issue = 7 | Date = | Publisher = Marvel Comics | Page = | Panel = | ID = ]

Notes

This Hamilton Slade should not be confused with the other Hamilton Slade, a mutant and member of Clan Akkaba, and later a vampire serving Count Dracula.

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