* 1st APPEARANCE "NIGHT RIDER" aka "PHANTOM RIDER" (Hamilton Slade)

Hamilton Slade is an archaeologist associated with the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. He becomes obsessed in his ancestors Lincoln and Carter Slade, his great-great-grandfather and great-great-uncle, respectively, after finding out about their exploits in the Old West as the costumed hero known at various points in time, as the "Ghost Rider", the "Night Rider" and the "Phantom Rider".
Discovering the burial place of Lincoln Slade, where he had been laid to rest by Indians of the tribe that first befriended Carter Slade, Hamilton finds the costume of the Ghost/Night/Phantom Rider. Soon after, Lincoln's spirit possesses Hamilton's body, transforming him into the form of Night Rider. In addition, the new transformation also grants him the spirit form of their faithful Steed, BANSHEE.
Now possessed and leveled up, Hamilton/Lincoln journeys to the aide of Johnny Blaze, a.k.a. Ghost Rider, who is being menaced by a soul-stealing occultist named Moondark. Since Blaze had once saved Lincoln's brother Carter's life when Carter was the original Phantom Rider, Hamilton/Lincoln is able to repay that debt.

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