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| Naomi Kale | |
| Aliases: | Clara Blaze Ghost Rider |
| Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
| Notability: | Recurring character |
| Type: | Stunt rider |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | New York Hell |
| Associations: | Quentin Carnival |
| Relatives: | Noble Kale Joshua Kale Barton Blaze Johnny Blaze Danny Ketch Barbara Ketch Craig Blaze Emma Blaze |
| Status: | Deceased |
| First: | Ghost Rider #78 |
Naomi Kale is a fictional motorcycle rider and a recurring character featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is associated with the Ghost Rider line of comic book titles and first appeared as Clara Blaze in a dream sequence from Ghost Rider #78 in March, 1983. Her actual first appearance was in a flashback story from Ghost Rider, Volume 3 -1 from July, 1977.
Biography[]
Naomi Kale as the Ghost Rider.
A descendant of Noble Kale, Naomi Kale was the wife Barton Blaze and mother of Johnny Blaze. She apparently changed her name to Clara. While her children Danny and Barbara were young and with Barton badly hurt in an accident, the Caretaker asked that the children be separated to protect them. Naomi reluctantly agreed. Dan and Barbara were placed in the care of the Ketches, while John was taken to the Quentin Carnival.
Naomi traveled the country on her motorcycle, placing a medallion (a symbol of the actual Medallion of Power contained in the family) on it.
After approximately ten years had passed, and suffering from a terminal illness, Naomi decided to visit her children. She saw John at the carnival and helped him with a bully, but Crash Simpson had her removed from the grounds. She then went to see Dan and Barbara on Barbara's birthday. A suspicious police officer asked her to leave.
Naomi then went to visit an unknown grave, but was confronted by Mephisto. She grabbed the medallion from her bike and attempted to battle Mephisto as the Ghost Rider. Naomi was killed, and Destin Kale was summoned to dig a grave for her body and her motorcycle.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Naomi Kale was created by writer Ivan Velez, Jr. and artists Javier Saltares and Keith Aiken.
- Naomi Kale received a profile in the Marvel Encyclopedia, Vol. 5: Marvel Knights published in 2004.
- The first reference to Naomi Kale was in Nightmare's realm in a dream sequence from Ghost Rider, Volume 2 #78 in March, 1983. She was identified as "Clara Blaze" in the dream sequence and is shown as a resurrected corpse (along with that of her husband, Barton Blaze). Later stories, specifically Ghost Rider, Volume 3 -1, did away with the Clara Blaze identity and established her as Naomi Kale.
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