With Blade on the way, Agatha Harkness set for a spin-off series and Werewolf by Night rumored to show up in Moon Knight, Marvel seems ready to get the supernatural side of the MCU into swing. Can it be long before Ghost Rider makes an appearance in some form or other? I can see Marvel watching DC planning a cinematic Justice League Dark and wanting to beat them to the punch with a supernatural team of their own. Bring on Gargoyle, Man-Thing, Son of Satan and Jennifer Kale.
Where did that costume come from? Is that Ghost Rider in disguise?
ReplyDelete@Anon: That's Johnny Blaze's original look from the late 1970's. The magic chain-whip ensemble was created for his successor (later promoted to long-lost half-brother) Danny Ketch.
ReplyDelete@Ross: I think I remember this cover! Didn't this mad scientist turn out to be one of those charlatans Dr. Thirteen was always trying to expose?
A even better question; isn't getting DH on TV--under the original title--going to be protested by the Protestant far right?
Oops! Sorry. That should've read "An even better question..." Haste does indeed make waste.
ReplyDeleteMarvel knows which Ghost Rider it will use in the MCU but until it happens is not saying which one yet.
ReplyDeleteI recognize the DC portion of this cover from a Brave & Bold issue when Batman teamed up with the Phantom Stranger. I like the pairing of the Stranger with Ghost Rider. I have often thought that, in the event of another DC/MArvel crossover, these two should be paired in some way or other.
ReplyDeleteFirst, regarding this cover itself, this is nicely done, with the Phantom Stranger voodoo doll. And I think the title would turn out to be misleading; the Phantom Stranger can't die, but he can suffer. Either way, this guy is toast.
ReplyDeleteI know that there are many people who were disappointed that the Ghost Rider show with Gabriel Luna as Robbie Reyes (as a spin-off from the fourth season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was abandoned, and I for one agree that his performance in the role was excellent. I'd love to see Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. canonized to the MCU in general (in the same way that Daredevil just was last week), including letting Gabriel return as Robbie.
(I'd also prefer to see the first Ghost Rider movie with Nicolas Cage canonized... but not its sequel. I watched it a couple of weeks ago, and while it's not quite horrible it doesn't lend itself well to further adventures.)
On a semi-related note, while I did enjoy Hulu's Hellstrom series, it mainly works as a stand-alone work. I could see a crossover, maybe with America Chavez paying a visit to that world, but I wouldn't put it in the main MCU.
I don't really think that Kevin Feige really cares about "beating DC to the punch," though. He seems more interested in doing it better, even if that's not a difficult task these days (notwithstanding Wonder Woman and Shazam!).
And since you mentioned Gargoyle, what I've mainly heard regarding him in the MCU is a wish for fans to bring him in so Doctor Strange can form a proper Defenders non-team, with Valkyrie and the Hulk.
I think this is the longest comment I've made on this blog without a team-up suggestion, so without checking to see if it's been done I'll just wonder out loud how Phantom Stranger and Howard the Duck would work out.
A less-likely combination would be Zoot (of the Electric Mayhem) and Pinky. A one-page conversation between those two would be worth the cover price all by itself. Throw Bizarro and/or Freakazoid into the mix, and virtually anything could happen!
And make them the REAL Defenders, not the Luke Cage ones, helping Dr. Strange repel extra-dimensional invaders!
ReplyDeleteBob is right about that GR sequel having been a great disaster. Speaking of which...how about Kamandi meeting Cornelius, Zira, or someone else from the 1968-73 "Planet of the Apes" film franchise?
ReplyDeleteCary at 8:07, I was just making a pun. Read my comment aloud: Ghost Rider in disguise.
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@my namesake: as someone who just saw "Spider-Man: No Way Home," I must congratulate you. Your pun was only slightly less cringe-worthy than the first half-hour of the movie. ;-)
ReplyDelete@Anon@7:48: There does seem to be a consensus that the movie only really gets interesting when Doc Ock shows up, and while I can't really argue against it, in my own opinion "cringe-worthy" is an exaggeration.
ReplyDelete(I don't see the writing, directing, or the movie as a whole earning any Academy Award nominations, but I still consider it overall to be the second-best MCU movie to date, after Black Panther.)
@Bob: I assure you, my cringing was quite literal.
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