Jonathan 'Johnny' Blaze was once a daredevil in his early years of Quentin Carnival, and was the apprentice, as well as foster son, of Craig 'Crash' Simpson. At the young age of 17, Johnny had discovered that Craig had cancer. In order to cure his mentor, Johnny met a demon known as Mephisto, and made a deal with him. If Johnny sells his soul to Mephisto, he'll cure Craig's cancer in, which Johnny accepted without any hesitations. Despite the fact that Craig started to recover, during one of Craig's stunts, Craig has a freak accident and dies, with Johnny realising that despite Mephisto curing the cancer he set Craig up to die in another way. Johnny Blaze then forcefully decided to leave his stunt job and start a new career as a bounty hunting demonic being bound to the demon Zarathos, who goes around and hunts down sinners to send their souls to hell. This fusion of human and demon was known as the Ghost Rider.