

Their most notable abilities are mostly pyrokinetic in nature. Ghost Riders have a vast array of powerful abilities such as being able to control the elements, manipulate souls, sins, and much more. It is due to this that they have been shown engaging in combat against many powerful individuals ranging from high-ranking demons, monsters, angels, and even eldritch gods. It is possible that they are genuinely immortal, as it is said that God created them and thus only God can destroy them. They virtually indestructible and notoriously difficult to injure by any conventional means, as bullets and knives usually pass through them without causing pain (knives are shown to melt while in their body). The Ghost Riders are some of the most powerful supernatural entities ever to roam the Earth. The term "Ghost Rider" is also said to have been coined by the Americans, borrowing the legend of the Wild Hunt itself where powerful spectral spirits ride through the dark skies in an eternal hunt against an unconquerable game. Be it a horse, a car, or a motorcycle, the mode of transportation they use actually changes along with them.

The reason they are called "Ghost Riders" is due to the fact that throughout the centuries Ghost Riders have been reported using various types of transport attributed to the era that they were in. In the case of the Ghost Riders and Hellspawn, their conflicts are due to the fact that the latter kills sinners for them to be added into Hell's legions whereas Ghost Riders destroy sinners and prevent them from joining Hell's legions. Hellspawn and Riders have warred against one another whenever they crossed paths due to the fact that Hellspawn were created by Satan and the Riders by God and thus represent the eternal spiritual warfare between good and evil much like angels and demons. Ghost Riders are also the natural enemies of Hellspawn, the agents of Satan. According to one rider, dark angels do not possess on random for instead the humans they inhabit are chosen based on their views against the world as well as the hardships they endured from an unfair and unjust society. A human can transform into a Ghost Rider only when they are near malevolent forces and it has been stated numerous times to be near impossible to suppress the insurmountable urges that the dark angel which resides within its host wishes to unleash upon a sinful human or supernatural beast.
