"We were hated by everybody," Alan Vega proudly declares. "Everybody " Hostile audiences seemed to only fortify the frontman. Punk before punk, Suicide was the ultimate dangerous band in the 1970s downtown New York scene. Armed only with amplified AC current, Suicide terrorized their audience out of a state of complacency. While Suicide has always had a dedicated cult following for within the musical community, the band is still relatively unknown outside their musical coterie. This book looks at the influence comic antiheroes, specifically Ghost Rider, had on the creation of Suicide as a band. This is the story of the myth behind both the motorcycle-riding superhero and the notorious noise band.