When I first got into Ghostrider it was through Garth Ennis and Clayton Crain’s Marvel Knights book “The Road to Damnation” I’d heard of Ghostrider before and always wanted to know more about him but I just could not find the older back issue’s everywhere I looked the stack or trades were incomplete.
Upon reading the Marvel Knights book I had to know more and in the 616 universe Marvel was putting out a new Ghostrider title and I enjoyed that run as well, yes I did see the movie but I hated that it was PG-13 and the movie was just a train wreck from start to finish, but the special effects for GR himself was not half bad and the second movie looks to be at least better than the first although I’m not expecting much from it.
So getting back on the character, I find that I like Dan more than I do Johnny his character is more relatable and Johnny is just more of a standard badass type, I also think the blue flame is a nice touch to distinguish Dan from Johnny.
His overall appearance just screams badass biker, but the flaming skull is just cool and I mean come on, his bike has flaming wheels you can’t get any better than that. The thing I find most interesting about the Spirit of Vengeance has to be Zarathos who’s pretty much an a demon that tortures and devourers souls, without Zarathos being bonded to Johnny’s soul there would be no Ghostrider, I love the idea of a man struggling with something inside him it makes for a good contrast.
Ghostrider has some pretty cool powers up his arsenal such as the Penance Stare, all he has to do is lock his eyes on you and the victim will experience all the pain and suffering that they have inflicted on everyone in their lifetime, this will causes their soul to be permanently damaged. Dr. Strange said that while fighting the Hulk in the World War Hulk story line that GR powers are limitless, his powers are weaker while Johnny is in control but once Zarathos takes over the power becomes unlimited.
Overall he is a pretty awesome character and Marvel has brought Dan back and it seems there are more Ghostriders out there in the Marvel universe, I’m really intrigued by this idea and I hope Marvel capitalizes on it more. Well that is the character of Ghostrider and why I like him, if you want to know more check out his wiki page here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Rider_(comics)
