Ghost Rider Appreciation

[FirestormTheNuclearMan]

Well when you $h!t on ghost rider fans over the years the way marvel does( I mean really ghosties continuity got more and more jacked with every relaunch) They tend to not care as much. Plus female ghost rider just looked like a joke ,so I'm glad blaze is becoming ghost rider again. It's a shame marvel isn't promoting the new movie at all.

There promos during commercials of the Bronocs Pats playoff game, and Giants Packers playoff game also.

[FirestormTheNuclearMan]

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There promos during commercials of the Bronocs Pats playoff game, and Giants Packers playoff game also.

That's sony, I'm talking about how every other marvel hero who gets a movie get's that push from marvel i mean hell look at hawkeye

[marshal99]

[Relkavin]

Mark Teixeira was one of my favorite Ghost Rider artists. HIs artwork was so dark and his faces were excellent.

[Willow616]

Ghost rider is one of Marvel's best looking characters, it's always amazed me how it can't maintain a book long term. I tried the latest one but it hasn't set my head on fire.

So suprised that Marvel try so hard to keep their properties so close to the movie versions and yet decided to make GR in the comic vastly different from the upcoming film. Bizarre.

Aaron's run was beautiiful, but I think the early nineties Danny Ketch stuff was the best the character ever recieved.

I'd like to see Blaze back in the flaming bones and then have GR (one of Marvel's most recognised creations outside of the comics industry) on a team. Defenders would be an excellent fit.

[FirestormTheNuclearMan]

Ghost rider is one of Marvel's best looking characters, it's always amazed me how it can't maintain a book long term. I tried the latest one but it hasn't set my head on fire.

So suprised that Marvel try so hard to keep their properties so close to the movie versions and yet decided to make GR in the comic vastly different from the upcoming film. Bizarre.

Aaron's run was beautiiful, but I think the early nineties Danny Ketch stuff was the best the character ever recieved.

I'd like to see Blaze back in the flaming bones and then have GR (one of Marvel's most recognised creations outside of the comics industry) on a team. Defenders would be an excellent fit.

I think the Firm should return, and has to do with not having rogues being amazing. With the right writer they could be amazing.

Saw the TV Spots for Ghost Rider THe Spirit of Vengeance, and it looks amazing.

[Series2GhostRider]

If you believe all that was said in the current Ghost Rider comic. Zarathos is inhabiting inside Alejandra. Jonny Blaze can NEVER be Ghost Rider again and was thinking of mentoring Alejandra.

I think there were some possibilities that were wasted in this series, as sort lived as it was. I would just like to see a serious attempt to bring Danny Ketch back in a series. I doubt they will, but I can hope.

[JTG]

I read Aaron's run not too long ago in the Omnibus someone bought me, and I was very, very impressed with everything about it. So you guys are saying lots of stuff from that run was ignored? That's a shame, I would have read more Ghost Rider.

[Tiamatican]

I'm apparently alone in this, but I was interested in Alejandra. I'm disappointed her series got canceled, and that odds are good she's never going to be seen again after the current Venom arc. There was some good potential there.

I've been reading a lot of the old Ghost Rider comics. Blaze was an idiot. There was a lot that was stupid in his series.

I read a few of the '90s Ghost Rider comics at the time, but not enough. He was great. Total bad-ass.

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If you believe all that was said in the current Ghost Rider comic. Zarathos is inhabiting inside Alejandra. Jonny Blaze can NEVER be Ghost Rider again and was thinking of mentoring Alejandra.

I think there were some possibilities that were wasted in this series, as sort lived as it was. I would just like to see a serious attempt to bring Danny Ketch back in a series. I doubt they will, but I can hope.

Well blaze was never supposed to be able to be ghost rider again back in the 90's series because his body is infused with hellfire

[Series2GhostRider]

Actually in the 90's series his hellfire was re-awakened after he tried hunting down Danny Thinking Zarathos was the loose again.

The Caretaker explained that even though he couldn't change he still had it inside of him. That was why, after Ghost Rider tried to destory Blaze's shotgun, it started shooting Hellfire.

The gun was a conduit for Blaze's hellfire.

Still, I agree with you. They keep re-launching the series and we are supposed to ignore facts and things from previous series.

[UltimateMarvel Dude]

Posted this some time ago in the Marvel Hardcover thread, but nobody really commented on it...
Anyways I'll just paste it here and hope it will get enough attention (and answers!):

"Just finished the Ghost Rider omni. Wow. A really fun take on the character and I think krisis got it right: feels like an insane grindhouse action flick from start to finish. I'd almost call it a guilty pleasure if it wasn't so good.

Though I have to say that I would've liked to see a bit more about Zadkiel, his motivation and past. He just seems like your typical villain who just is evil for the sake of it, albeit I liked him kind of.

Another thing that confused me, as someone who is mostly into "Ultimate Marvel" and hasn't read any Ghost Rider stories before, was the use of god - aren't there mutliple gods/deities/whatnot in the multiverse? Why does no one really question this "divine wrath" of his? Sure Ghostie doesn't really like doing what he does, but I would've liked someone to speak out against god.
Also, why did the gravekeepers had to keep the origins of the Ghost Riders a secret?
At one point (in Sara's little retelling of the Ghost Rider myth) it's mentioned that they are "the CIA of the afterlife". Personally I wouldn't call Earth the afterlife."

[Willow616]

Another thing that confused me, as someone who is mostly into "Ultimate Marvel" and hasn't read any Ghost Rider stories before, was the use of god - aren't there mutliple gods/deities/whatnot in the multiverse?.

I think in the MU as there are so many different pantheons etc that the Christian god might just be one other or (as I took it) there is a 'God' who is the 'One Above All', not necessarily a god of any particular religion but the basis for all and perceived and understood in the manner that the onlooker has been educated or brought up as. So to others the Angels might look completely different and the gates of heaven be a door into another named paradise.......but thats just my attempt to explain it all away so it fits in with my version of the MU...

Why does no one really question this "divine wrath" of his? Sure Ghostie doesn't really like doing what he does, but I would've liked someone to speak out against god.

Same here or is that tricky ground for a mainstream Marvel book?

Also, why did the gravekeepers had to keep the origins of the Ghost Riders a secret?
At one point (in Sara's little retelling of the Ghost Rider myth) it's mentioned that they are "the CIA of the afterlife". Personally I wouldn't call Earth the afterlife."

Maybe it's just all part of the 'he works in mysterious ways' deal.....if you tell every detail it puts a spanner into the grand plan. I think the CIA of the Afterlife may have just been written wrong, maybe CIA from the Afterlife would have been a better discription? Or maybe originally they only hunted escaped souls and demons etc but slowly there role changed as evil spread?

[FirestormTheNuclearMan]

Posted this some time ago in the Marvel Hardcover thread, but nobody really commented on it...
Anyways I'll just paste it here and hope it will get enough attention (and answers!):

"Just finished the Ghost Rider omni. Wow. A really fun take on the character and I think krisis got it right: feels like an insane grindhouse action flick from start to finish. I'd almost call it a guilty pleasure if it wasn't so good.

Though I have to say that I would've liked to see a bit more about Zadkiel, his motivation and past. He just seems like your typical villain who just is evil for the sake of it, albeit I liked him kind of.

Another thing that confused me, as someone who is mostly into "Ultimate Marvel" and hasn't read any Ghost Rider stories before, was the use of god - aren't there mutliple gods/deities/whatnot in the multiverse? Why does no one really question this "divine wrath" of his? Sure Ghostie doesn't really like doing what he does, but I would've liked someone to speak out against god.
Also, why did the gravekeepers had to keep the origins of the Ghost Riders a secret?
At one point (in Sara's little retelling of the Ghost Rider myth) it's mentioned that they are "the CIA of the afterlife". Personally I wouldn't call Earth the afterlife."

I'll agree with you about wanting to see more of Zadkiel. A major underrated super villain that should be shown more.

I think they should also make a new firm.