Johnny accepts the offer, but there is so much more to the story than he ever realized. If he succeeds in his plan a hell on earth will be created and there is no one that could stop it once it begins. Mephistopheles’ son, Blackheart, is attempting to take on human form by processing the souls of 1000 humans. The goal is to defeat Mephistopheles’ son who wishes to create a hell on earth or die trying.
He’ll happily give Johnny back his soul if he becomes the Ghost Rider. Mephistopheles, meets back up with Johnny and offers to release his contract. That’s the plot that fuels “Ghost Rider” as Johnny Blaze meets back up with his former lover and then the man who stole his soul for an interesting proposition that will surely change the course of history forever. He is known for high-flying, extremely dangerous stunts that no other rider is willing to try. Sometime later Johnny emerges as a man on a mission to avenge his father’s death through motorcycle racing.
Johnny’s fear is that his stolen soul will come back to haunt him and those he loves if he doesn’t disappear. He leaves Roxanne, his long-term girlfriend, to disappear into nothingness. Johnny Blaze takes off from his small town and disappears from the lives of everyone he once knew. After Johnny’s father, Barton Blaze, dies in a motorcycle accident despite the trade that was made. Johnny Blaze gives up his soul to keep his father alive, but the plan goes astray and he was deceived by the devil.
