Ghost Rider Visual Guide

by Andrew Darling

Enter the hellish world of Marvel's darkest hero, Ghost Rider. When innocents are harmed, bad-boy biker Johnny Blaze finds himself transformed into a skeletal fire demon thundering through the night on a mystical motorcycle. As Ghost Rider, he avenges just souls, tarnished by the touch of evil! This definitive guide shows you the flame-skulled motorbike rider, his friends and enemies from Blackheart to Mephistopheles as you've never seen them before. Explore over 400 spectacular images, including stills from the movie and discover intriguing insights into "Marvel" artists and writers through the decades. It includes a Foreword by comic creator and ex-"Marvel" editor-in-chief Roy Thomas. It is a hell of an addition to any fans collection.

Genres: Nonfiction, Superheroes

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[A Voracious Reader (a.k.a. Carol) · Rating 4 out of 5]

*Book source ~ Library

The history of Ghost Rider told in graphic novel form.

This is quite a lot of Ghost Rider history in one book. In a lot of places it repeats information where the characters overlap, but overall I found this to be an excellent source. Considering I knew next to nothing about Ghost Rider when I started this book I can now say I’m fairly well versed about his back story. Also, the artwork is awesome.

[Michael Beyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love comic books. And this book is a retrospective of the entire Ghost Rider comic book from the 1970's to 2007 when it was published. The comic book itself is a vast and complicated surreal work of art. Some of its creators are giants in their field. Mike Ploog is an incomparable comic-book artist. Roy Thomas, the editor/writer is a comic-book creator behind much of the story-factory that is Marvel Comics that I love most. And there is a multitude of others this book gives credit to for their contributions to Ghost Rider. This is not the best retrospective that I have read and own a copy of. But it is competent. And it is well worth the re-reading.

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another one of the DK visual guides this time its the Ghost Rider - I must admit I am no comic book expert (though I would love to be - although it would cost me a small fortune to catch up on what I have missed) I am familiar with the name and the bare essentials. Like many such characters though their back story (and back catalogue) is far more involved than I realised and there is much more to this character than I first thought.
The book is not up to date (it goes as far as 2006 comic wise and to the first film) so I am sure that by now there is much more added to the story (like how he got back out of Hell) but it has given me much to think about and keep an eye out for. The book is thinner than some of the other guides I have read but I think that is from lack of coverage rather than lack of material. This is one comic book character I will be adding to my watch list to see what I can find.