Hell on Wheels - For Real...

I can remember a great many days reading comic books but many of my favorires were the ones where it's basically an "encyclopedia" of heroes, baddies and all around "who's who" in the Marvel Universe (DC had it's own as well, but Marvel had their shit together first :) ) that were not so strangely called "Marvel Universe."



I have an entire old-school set of these and they've come out with newer more fleshed-out versions recently, but one I remember reading about specifically was "Ghost Rider". Why? VENGEANCE. Who here hasn't at least once thought about "getting even" with someone that's done us wrong?

(Looks for anyone without a hand up) That's what I thought.

For those unfamiliar, here's the breakdown for Ghost Rider from the Marvel.Com Site:

"Real Name: John

Height: 5'2"

Weight: 180Lbs as Blaze, unrevealed as Ghost Rider

Eye Color: Blue as Blaze, None as Ghost Rider

Hair Color: Red-blonde as Blaze, None as Ghost Rider

Base of Operations: Mobile

Occupation: Drifer, former motorcycle stuntman/Spirit of Vengeance, Angel of Death

"When innocent blood if spilled, bad-boy biker Jonny Blaze finds himself transformed into a skeletal fire demon thundering throught the night on a mystical motorcycle of pure hellfire. As Ghost Rider, he avenges just soulds tarnished by the tough of evil!""

"Where the hell are you going with this, Mike?"

A great question indeed. Recently while scouring the Internet for more news about Superhero movies coming up, I saw a note about "Ghost Rider" and a link to some super cool on-set pictures that were posted. A couple showed the actual Ghost Rider Bike and it's back-up bike, but they were pretty hard to make out. I took them and ran them through some software to get the image quality up and here they are!

While I'm not a giant fan (he's often a tool) of Nicholas Cage, I do like many of his movies and this one just might be the one that gets me a bit more in his corner. There is also some outstanding casting choices that have occured and so the potential suck factor is still hovering at "perhaps not so much suckage.

Time will tell :)

Many thanks to "Fish8Me" for posting the pics and I look forward to more!