Jim Grayson (Earth-30012004)

·        Jim Grayson ''was once a police officer with a wife (Wanda) and two sons (William & Wally), but after gangsters kill his family, Jim quit the police force, blaming them in part for his family death; the law not being harsher on criminals. Trying to rediscover his happiness and distract himself from the murder of his wife and son, he joined Quentin & Haly’s Carnival & Circus as a stuntman known as “Johnny Blaze”.''

''One day during the landing of one his performances, Jim saw the gangsters that had killed his family. Enraged by the fact that they were free, Jim lost control on the landing and crashed – Jim Grayson had died. Awakening in an inverted (colour inversion) version of the circus tent, Jim lay in front of two figures; one was dressed in a suit and bowler hat with a gold shine emanated from it, whilst the other figure looked like an adult male but with wings and a green mist circling around it’s body. The figures told Jim that they have chosen him to become an agent of heaven and hell. Jim considered the thought but said no, stating that he wanted to join his family. The figures look disappointed, but as the glowing figure when to leave (his body glowing brighter), the winged figure quickly asked Jim if he didn’t want to get revenge on the criminals that killed his family – Jim looked conflicted, the temptation of revenge was stronger than to pass over to the afterlife; the thought of letting those criminals doing the same thing to another family filled him with fiery rage. The winged figure smirked as it saw that Jim’s mind had changed. A door appeared, the same godly shine and mist as that of the figures spud out of it – the figures stated that when Jim walked through that door he would become someone else, something else; an agent of God’s wrath and agent of Lucifer’s Vengeance – The Spirit Rider.''

''Jim opened the door and walked through. Reborn, Jim rose from the crash, startling the bystanders. Now standing, Jim eyed down the leader of the gangsters Tony Zucco and started walking towards him, the gang members jumped up from their seats and ran towards Jim trying to shot – fists, bats, metal bars and rods, and even bullets crumbled against his body. The closer Jim got, the more his body morphed; vines of ashy white fibric wrapped around his torse and lower body, fire explode from his back produced a misty green hooded cape, and his head burst into a fireball, leaving his head as just a skull. Zucco leaped up and tried to run, however Jim’s stunt bike, now a hellish in appearance, drove around him creating a ring of fire. Jim, now full transformed, walked through the fire and put his flaming skull inches from Zucco’s. Jim asked if Zucco remembered who he was and if he ever felt remorse for the people he killed, Zucco, although clearly scared, with remorse said no, and that God has a plan for everyone and him killing Jim’s family was part of God’s plan for him. Jim, with an eerie calmness, said “well you won’t like the end of his plan”. The next panel shows the circus tent burning down with Zucco screams coming from the tent.''