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| The Great Vincenzo | |
| Aliases: | The Great Vincenzo |
| Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
| Notability: | Recurring character |
| Type: | Psychic |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Associations: | Quentin Carnival |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | Ghost Rider #75 |
The Great Vincenzo is a fictional psychic and a minor recurring character featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is associated with the Ghost Rider line of comic titles and first appeared in the "Beware the Steel Wind" story from Ghost Rider #75 in December, 1982.
Biography[]
The Great Vincenzo was a psychic and a carnival mentalist. He was employed by the Quentin Carnival. While many such "swamis" were flim-flam artists, Vincenzo was an actual psychic.
Following a clash between the carnival and the Circus of Crime, the Great Vincenzo kept steady watch over the mentally infirm Eliot Franklin. He used simple tricks of conjuration to make Eliot smile and to give him hope.
When Steel Wind arrived to replace Johnny Blaze as the carnival's top stunt rider, the Great Vincenzo was the first to discover that the was actually a cyborg. [1]
When Roxanne Simpson and Johnny Blaze were preparing to engage up on road trip to the town of Holly, Vincenzo received a psychic flash of danger. He warned Johnny that something terrible would happen if he made the trip. [2] Vincenzo's cryptic warning bore fruit, as Johnny Blaze was captured by Centurious, who trapped his soul inside of the Crystal of Souls where it remained for many years. [3]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Great Vincenzo was created by writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Bob Budiansky.