Robbie Reyes
Robbie Reyes is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Roberto Reyes
Reyes was a hardworking high school student and a brilliant auto mechanic living in a dangerous, gang-ridden neighborhood in East Los Angeles, serving as the sole caretaker for his disabled younger brother, Gabe. Desperate to secure enough money to buy Gabe a better wheelchair and move his family away from local criminal violence, Robbie secretly borrowed a classic 1969 Dodge Charger from his auto repair shop to compete in a lucrative, illegal street race. Unbeknownst to him, the trunk of the car contained a massive stash of highly valuable, military-grade mutation pills belonging to the ruthless supervillain Mister Hyde. Seeing that he was being pursued, he attempted to escape what he thought were the authorities but ended driving into a dead end. He then exited the vehicle and surrendered to the police where he lamented on how he failed his brother. It was then that he was gunned down by mercenaries who were the people actually chasing him where they wanted access to his vehicle and money that was secretly hidden within it. They abandoned the dying Reyes who was then possessed and became the Ghost Rider as a result who drove away in the magically transformed Hell Charger. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #1)
All-New Ghost Rider
Robbie awoke the next morning, believing the events had simply been a nightmare; however, he soon found that one of his eyes was now orange. Concerned, he returned to the workshop where the car had been, Canelo's Auto and Body. While attempting to take it out for another drive, he was confronted by two thugs, who worked for the owner of the car. Robbie became the Ghost Rider again and attacked them, before driving to a junkyard and reverting. The Ghost Rider appeared as Robbie's reflection, and Robbie asked the Rider what it is, to which it responded; "The real question is... what are we?". (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #2) The demon revealed itself to be a spirit named Eli, and offered Robbie a chance to seek vengeance towards those who have done wrong. After some brief thought, Robbie ultimately decided to accept the offer of the spirit. Robbie later returned to the garage where he worked, to find his boss murdered and the car stolen. Eli claimed to know who had done this, and Robbie transformed into the Ghost Rider. The Rider teleported to the car and merged with it, attacking the drug cartel who had stolen it. He prepared to finish them off, when their leader suddenly took some mysterious pills and mutated into a massive, hulking creature. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #3) A brutal fight ensued where with the powers of the Ghost Rider Robbie was able to win. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #4) Reyes was soon confronted by Mr. Hyde where he managed to defeat the supervillain as well. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #5) In the aftermath, Robbie quickly became a protector in the eyes of local residents. Unwilling to become a vigilante, Robbie began using his powers to make money off of street races, which allowed him to work less and spend more time with Gabe, much to Eli's dismay. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #6)
Reyes faced worsening domestic anxiety upon learning about an expensive new medication required to treat his disabled younger brother, Gabe Reyes. Discussing the financial burden with his bonded entity, Eli Morrow, Robbie Reyes initially rejected the spirit's proposal to exploit his dark, supernatural gifts to win a local street race, stubbornly insisting that his baseline driving mechanics were entirely sufficient to secure the cash prize. During the high-stakes automotive competition, Robbie Reyes found his route violently obstructed by aggressive mutant animals deployed by the opposing cartel forces. Desperate to salvage the vehicle and protect himself from the unfolding physical assault, he formally accepted Eli Morrow's assistance and yielded entire psychological control over his body, triggering a sudden transformation into the Ghost Rider to effortlessly annihilate the mutated creatures. Despite neutralizing the immediate threat, Robbie Reyes lost the actual race and relinquished his baseline entrance funds to the winner, Guero Valdez. Prompted by Eli Morrow's manipulative reminders regarding Gabe's critical medical needs, Robbie Reyes tracked the victorious racers to an isolated mountain pass, transformed once more, and deliberately used his vehicle to run Guero Valdez's car entirely off the road and over a deep cliff. His attempts to scavenge the stolen cash prize from the wreckage were abruptly halted when the veteran vigilante Johnny Blaze materialized at the scene, aggressively questioning Robbie Reyes's identity and illegal actions. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #7)
Robbie became locked in a fierce physical throwdown when Johnny Blaze aggressively initiated a vehicular and supernatural confrontation to determine the true nature of his newfound identity. During the brief yet highly destructive duel, Robbie Reyes struggled to retain operational autonomy while Johnny Blaze deployed his veteran Spirit of Vengeance attributes to expose a deeper, underlying corruption within the boy's bonded entity. Johnny Blaze's sensory perception detected that Robbie Reyes was not hosting a traditional, ordained Spirit of Vengeance, but was instead actively possessed by a deeply malevolent, satanic entity. Exploiting the brief tactical opening provided by Johnny Blaze's investigation into his supernatural background, Eli Morrow permanently shattered Robbie Reyes's active internal defenses and completely usurped absolute physical control over his human body. Completely suppressing Robbie Reyes's consciousness into a hallow state, Eli Morrow piloted the boy's physical shell directly back to his East Los Angeles residence. Operating within Robbie's body, the malevolent spirit proceeded to violently tear the house apart to uncover a tightly hidden storage box from his past human life, completely disregarding the mounting street violence perpetrated by the local Blue Krüe gang. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #8)
The Ghost Rider remained completely trapped within his own subconscious mind as the spirit of Eli Morrow maintained a hostile physical possession over his body to systematically execute a personal vengeance campaign against old criminal associates. Piloting Robbie Reyes's physical shell, the murderous entity tracked down a heavily guarded stronghold belonging to a localized branch of the Russian mob, effortlessly tearing through the stationed guards to aggressively settle his historic accounts. Meanwhile, Johnny Blaze aggressively pursued the possessed youth across East Los Angeles, determined to stage a critical intervention and permanently liberate the boy's soul from the demonic clutches of his deceased uncle before Eli Morrow could exact total, irreversible damnation. The escalating conflict drew the attention of rival street factions and enhanced threats, transforming the local urban neighborhoods into an active combat zone as Johnny Blaze attempted to forcefully breach the facility, confront Eli Morrow, and save Robbie Reyes from complete internal erasure. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #9)
Avenger
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 somehow accidentally kills Star Brand as well. (Marvel Legacy v1 #1) 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 somehow 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. (Avengers v8 #10)
He participated in the Avengers mission into the Shi'ar prison galaxy Ravenstarr where they became trapped in the maximum security artificial galaxy. (Avengers v8 #27)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Robbie Reyes was a lean, athletic Mexican-American teenager who possessed short, dark hair styled with a distinctive white streak along the top of his forehead. Upon triggering his demonic transformation, his entire biological structure dramatically altered, replacing his human features with a terrifying, supernatural entity whose head took the physical form of a polished, white-and-black metallic skull that mirrored a sleek racing helmet. In his transformed state, a brilliant crest of white-hot hellfire erupted from the top of his metallic cranium, and his hollow eye sockets flared with intensely bright orange circular lights. He rejected traditional motorcycle leather jackets, instead wearing a sleek, form-fitting black racing jacket featuring a massive, stylized white rectangular emblem stretched across the center of his chest, paired with dark trousers and reinforced combat boots. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #1) He came to be known as La Leyenda (The Legend) among the Mexican community and also as the Legend of Hillrock Heights. (Ghost Rider v8 #1)
Robbie Reyes was born the eldest son of Alberto Reyes and his wife Juliana Reyes. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #11)
Alberto Reyes was the brother of Eli Morrow, who was secretly a devil worshiper and serial killer. Alberto at some point married Juliana Reyes and the two had a son they named Robbie, with a second son, Gabe on the way. One day, Eli had an argument with Juliana, in which Alberto took his wife's side. This greatly angered Eli who began resenting his brother. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #11)
He had a younger brother named Gabe Reyes who suffered from a developmental disorder that confined him to a wheelchair. Robbie was shown to care deeply for Gabe and looked after him where he often fought against bullies picking on Gabe. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #1)
His uncle was Eli Morrow who was his fathers brother and had a tumultuous relationship with his sibling. This stemmed from the fact that Morrow was secretly a devil worshipper and a serial killer. Juliana Reyes would one day have an argument with her brother-in-law with Alberto taking his wife's side in the incident. This angered Eli who later came to push a pregnant Juliana down the stairs which resulted in her second born son being born with a developmental disability in his legs. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #11)
The Reyes family were known to have cat that was named Coal. (Marvel Meow and Pizza Dog Infinity Comic v1 #3)
Powers and abilities
Originally, Robbie Reyes was an ordinary human being with no special powers though he came to be a talented mechanic. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #1)
Reyes possessed an array of devastating, supernatural powers achieved entirely through his unique physical fusion with a restless, hell-born spirit. He could instantaneously manifest and weaponize glowing, superheated chains from his sleeves, swinging them with supernatural leverage to cleave through reinforced metal and bind opponents. He wielded absolute control over high-temperature hellfire, allowing him to project concussive blasts of demonic energy and manipulate nearby inanimate objects. Furthermore, this demonic bond granted Robbie immense superhuman durability, allowing him to effortlessly absorb blunt force kinetic impact and survive direct stabbings without injury. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #1)
Upon becoming the Ghost Rider, he would transform the 1969 Dodge Charger into the Hell Charger. His primary power was centered on his unique Hell-Charger Linkage, which allowed him to imbue his 1969 Dodge Charger with hellfire. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #1) Unlike previous Ghost Riders who rode on motorcycles, Robbie drives a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T which he refers to as the Hell Charger. The Hell Charger was linked to the Ghost Rider, allowing Robbie in his Ghost Rider form to instantly teleport to and/or merge with the car. It also acted as a warp hub which he can shadowmeld with to warp things such as himself or others over varying distances using shadows. (All-New Ghost Rider v1 #5)
During his battle with Star Brand, Robbie discovered that he possessed the Penance Stare, which allowed him to force anyone who makes eye contact with him to experience all of the pain and suffering they have ever inflicted on others. (Marvel Legacy v1 #1)
Notes
- The Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider was created by Felipe Smith and Tradd Moore where he made his first appearance in All-New Ghost Rider v1 #1 (May, 2014).
Alternate Versions
- In Ghost Racers v1 #1 (2015), an alternate version of Robbie Reyes as Ghost Rider appeared in the Battlerealm reality that was designated as Earth-15513 in the Multiverse. Robbie Reyes once lived a normal life with his brother Gabe in the south of Doomstadt. But, on one hot day of summer, Robbie's brother opened a fire hydrant in Doomrock Heights to freshen up; however, by doing so, Gabe broke one of the laws of God Doom and caught the attention of a D.P.D. Patrol Bot. When the Patrol Bot tried to arrest Gabe, Robbie intervened and it was then that the Patrol Bot detected a Igniter Spirit within him and called for reinforcements, the Thors. Soon afterwards, Robbie and some of his friends were arrested by them. Robbie was taken to the Killiseum, where he was informed that he was possessed by an Igniter Spirit and that from that moment on, he would be forced to race in Arcade's Ghost Races just like the others possessed. Later on that night, after talking for the first time with his Igniter Spirit, "Eli," Robbie participated in his first Ghost Race, but lost due his lack of experience. He was taken along with the other Ghost Racers who lost to the Killiseum's dungeons, where they would be tortured for loosing the race. While being tortured, Robbie made a deal with Eli that he would never loose again and the Igniter Spirit would find a way out of that Hell. In the following races, Robbie managed to win every race of the season and achieved the record for most consecutive victories by a single competitor in Ghost Racer history, quickly becoming famous among the Killiseum's audience. After winning one more race, Robbie went to celebrate his victory with his brother Gabe in the Jekyll & Hyde Club, unknowing that Arcade was planning his death.
- In Edge of Venomverse v1 #3 (2017), an alternate version of Robbie Reyes known as the Host Rider appeared in the new Venomverse reality that was designated as Earth-53912 in the Multiverse.
- In Heroes Reborn v2 #1 (2021), an alternate version of Robbie Reyes appeared in the new Heroes Reborn reality that was designated as Earth-21798 in the Multiverse.
In other media
Television
- In Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Robbie Reyes appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe live-action television series season 4 where he was portrayed by actor Gabriel Luna. This version gained his powers after he and his brother, Gabe, were attacked by a street gang called the Fifth Street Locos, who mistook Robbie for his uncle Eli Morrow. Gabe came to be paralyzed while Robbie's injuries were fatal. However, a 'good Samaritan' that was actually the Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze rescued Gabe and revived Robbie by giving him the spirit of vengeance. As Robbie only saw Johnny in his Ghost Rider form, the former believed that he sold his soul to 'the Devil' and goes on to hunt down and kill members of the Fifth Street Locos as well as other people he believed 'deserve it'. He later came into conflict with rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Daisy Johnson, but eventually allied himself with her and S.H.I.E.L.D. to combat Morrow's former co-worker turned ghost, Lucy Bauer, and others like her after discovering he was capable of exorcising them. He later came to confront Morrow himself over his crimes and dragging him into another dimension. Months later, Reyes returned to help the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents defeat AIDA and her LMDs before taking the Darkhold and leaving to find a place to hide it.
Video game
- In Marvel Heroes, the Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider was introduced as a playable character in the MMORPG video game.
- In Marvel Avengers Academy, the Robbie Reyes appeared as a playable character in the mobile video game.
- In Marvel: Future Fight, the Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider appeared as a playable character in the mobile video game.
- In Marvel Future Revolution, the Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider appeared as an NPC and character summon in the setting of the mobile video game.
- In Marvel's Midnight Suns, the Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider appeared as a playable character in the setting of the video game where he was voiced by actor Giancarlo Sabogal and Darin De Paul respectively.
- In Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, the Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider appeared as a playable character in the setting of the video game where he was voiced by English actor Giancarlo Sabogal and by Japanese actor Katsuyuki Konishi.
Appearances
- All-New Ghost Rider v1: (2014)
- Ghost Rider v8:
- Avengers v8:
- Moon Knight:
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