Hoss The Demon

Hoss The Demon's History

Hoss was a Demon from Hell in service of Lucifer.

He made the grandiose claim that he was sent to Hell after committing suicide in life out of sheer embarrassment. He is one of Hell's best bounty hunters and trackers, rivaling only the Ghost Rider himself. He travels the Earth looking for rogue demons and souls to drag back to Hell. Whilst driving through the state of Texas, he was assaulted by a gang of bikers; in retaliation, Hoss killed them all and revived them as a single terrible amalgamation which he named Buttview, who now served him as his assistant.

It was on one of the hunts was he met the current Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze. Hoss was tracking the fallen angel and now rogue Demon Kazann. Hell had ordered Hoss to find Kazann whilst the angel; Malachi dragged the Ghost Rider back from Hell, to track him down as well. The two of coursed clashed on their first meeting but eventually decided to work together as they are on the same mission. The pair was then ambushed by the Archangel Ruth, who hurled a bus full of people and the bounty hunters. The three finally decided to team up to return Kazann back to hell.

The three bounty hunters defeated Kazan, and he was returned to Hell, along with the Ghost Rider. Ghost Rider realized that he had been betrayed by his angel benefactor Malachi. The truth is revealed that the two angels Malachi and Kazann had been secretly plotting together since Lucifer's original rebellion. The pair was playing both sides against each other to boost their careers and power.

Malachi left Heaven and arrogantly descended into to Hell to confront the Ghost Rider. Malachi was taken by surprise when he was ambushed by Ruth and Hoss, who along Ghost Rider defeated the Angel. Ruth ripped his wings off, and he was converted into a mortal state. He was then killed and his sole was dragged back to Hell.

Hoss actually apologized to the Rider as he did not have the power to release him from Hell. Hoss tried to console the Rider by offering a consolation prize, the shared torture of Malachi.