Marvel Holiday Special #1991

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Synopsis

A MIRACLE A FEW BLOCKS DOWN FROM 34TH STREET A CHRISTMAS CODA MIDNIGHT DREAR T'WAS A MID-WINTER'S NIGHT PRECIOUS GIFTS GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT A gang of thugs kidnaps a blind 4-year old boy from a wealthy household on Christmas Eve for ransom. The boy manages to escape from the thugs' car near a graveyard. It's very cold & snowing. The thugs fan out to recapture him. One thug finds the boy and strikes him, giving the boy a bloody nose.  Ghost Rider comes upon the scene and takes out the thug with his chain. The boy, being blind, can't see Ghost Rider and mistakes him for Santa Claus, because Ghost Rider's chain sounds like bells, and Ghost Rider is wearing boots, which the boy touches. The boy asks 'Santa' to rescue him.   The other four thugs catch up to the scene and misidentify Ghost Rider as a crazy person who mistakenly dressed up for Halloween. The thugs threaten to see what's under Ghost Rider's 'costume'. Ghost Rider complies and gives them all his Penance Stare.   Afterwards, Ghost Rider returns the boy to his home. The blind boy mistakes the roar of Ghost Rider's Hell Cycle for hungry reindeer. Ghost Rider leaves, and the parents and the boy are reunited. IT CAME AND WENT ON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR! A SPIDER CAROL