Honestly my top favorites are all not Catra or Adora but I feel like they're all people talk about, it feels so limited. I 100% think they're the most well written characters, but PLEASE someone talk about my precious girl Scorpia (and the ship of Scorfuma pls)
And what might you want if they ever added another Ghost Rider? (Theyre never gonna add another...)
Don't mention the ri-durr skin shhhhh
I notice that a lot the experience of being a Ghost Rider fan is complaining, about stuff that did happen or didn't happen. About how characters have been treated and how they should be treated. I have done TOOOONS of this in the past couple years, but for once I wanna just be positive about the different Ghost Rider characters.
Johnny Blaze - Johnny is the main guy, we all know him, we mostly all like him.
Johnny has of course had issues with not being the most authentic version of himself since he returned in modern comics. But I still love those original stories with Johnny, especially issues 68 onward, and his origin is still legitimately one of my favorites in Marvel history. He's a character with heart, and I love him when he's written well.
Danny Ketch - The co-lead. Danny was the Ghost Rider of a generation and an icon in the 90s.
Or was he? Danny always played 2nd fiddle to Noble Kale, and since his return he's mostly been tossed aside and even now killed. But I still LOVE Danny, to see how his life devolved since the death of his sister and to see how he tries to live through it is so fun. You could never make me hate Danny. He's representative of the 90s era of Ghost Rider which I am a SSSSUCKER for... so much so that I'll even defend-
Michael Badilino - The most 90s character to ever 90s.
Michael is so funny to me. His design, his traits. It's a character bred in a test tube to be the most 90s thing ever. "Oh yeah, what if we had a EDGIER and SPIKIER version of this character and he was an epic ANTI-HERO". I don't necessarily think he's a good character, or think he has many great storylines, but I enjoy him nonetheless. Overall, I wouldn't want to REMOVE him or anything.
Alejandra Jones - The most unfortunate collateral damage.
I have gone on record to say I actually really like Alejandra, she was just given such an unfair hand with a bad writer and an unpopular comic that resulted in her tenure as Ghost Rider not even lasting 2 years. Alejandra's role as a socially stunted teen raised in a cult is FASCINATING and can be so much fun, I love her at her best. If given a better comic, she could have been one of the best in my opinion.
Robbie Reyes - The new kid. You either love him or hate him.
I see this kinda divide with Robbie in the GR fanbase. A lotta people either love him for how different he is, or hate him for the same reason. And he's also objectively been really damaged by Jason Aaron, and the amount he's been pushed in adaptations is REALLY weird... but why dislike him? When theres so many Ghost Riders, let us have a really different and weird one. I LOVE how Robbie looks different, acts different, deals with different threats and struggles. And that god damn "Ghost Driver" complaint is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
There are a lot of other Ghost Riders I could talk about like Izzy or Akihiro or Kushala or Zero, but I'd like to leave it on that note: It's okay to accept different characters. Over at DC my favorite IP is Green Lantern because of how many there are and how everyone has their favorite. I wish that Ghost Riders were given as much opportunity as Green Lanterns are. Gimme a mainline 'Ghost Rider' series with Robbie running alongside a 'Ghost Riders' series with Johnny and Danny.
Will it ever happen? Probably not. But it's a nice sentiment, y'know? I enjoy Ghost Rider.
I got a physical copy of Ghost Rider #53 of the 90s series, and found this fan survey. It's such an interesting time capsule, to see what marvel fans wanted in the 90s. Only 30% of fans liked Michael, LMAO. Yet still more wanted him to be Ghost Rider than Johnny Blaze!
Here's a tier list of most GR comics, or at least the ones I bothered to add. Since making this I have begun GR 2099 and I'm loving it so far! And I'd move the main Ketch series to A tier... I am SUCH a sucker for the 90s stuff I can't lie, I just love it. I'd probably also move Cosmic Ghost Rider (2023) down to C, I had just read it when I made this and was impressed because "woah, this CGR series has an actual plot, thats crazy" but in hindsight it still doesn't have much to it. I'd also move Damnation all the way up to A, honestly, upon re-reading it I LOVE that thing. Mythos: Ghost Rider would probably go in B, its a nice retelling and the art is gorgeous but I wish it went into Crash's abusive tendencies.
There is no S tier, RIP
I've been revisiting the Rob Williams run a bit since I've been mourning Alejandra as a character, she was so wasted. And, by far the biggest con of this run is the AWFUL characterization of Johnny. Like, most of this guys dialogue is NOT Johnny Blaze. But then I saw this scene again and like... goddamn that's nice. Where the hell was this in the rest of the series? There's even 1 or 2 other moments like this, before he suddenly shifts again into being an asshole and having cringe dialogue.
Specifically for an ongoing run, like at least 10 issues, hopefully longer. Maybe even up to 30! What are some tonal decisions, character inclusions, plot ideas that'd be present in YOUR ideal Hellcat comic?
Now with the Robbie figure I have the main 3 Ghost Riders! Hopefully they'll sell the hellcharger separately or something so Robbie has a ride.
Couldn't make Kamala because I didn't have a shade for her hair, but here's Sam, Viv, Riri, Nadia, and Miles! They were the first thing I wanted to make when I got my perler bead set, I love this team. I did literally start this hobby yesterday so if they look a little shoddy, please excuse me.
So, as we all know, one of the most confusing things about Ghost Rider lore is the definition of what a Spirit of Vengeance is.
After Aaron retconned it (again) in Avengers it seems literally anything goes. Zarathos, Kale, Morrow, The Leviathan, they're all completely different things.
So, does Bagra-Ghul count as one? Does Akhiro count as a Ghost Rider? I've seen some people say he doesn't, but... why? Is it just because he doesn't have a signature vehicle?
I feel like for a title that's existed since the 70s, we shouldn't be asking what a Ghost Rider even is after all these years of reading these stupidly confusing comics... but I'll keep reading.
I thought it'd be super fun to make them in the game, and I hadn't seen anyone else add them. Besides the hair not being fully accurate I think I did pretty well! They may be my favorite mii on my island tbh, and a top 3 fav of the show.
If I'm being totally honest, the imagery and sequences with the Hellcharger are so much cooler and more meaningful than anything with the motorcycles. The way Robbie can stand on top of it when it's going, teleport to it, and morph through it, it is the most badass thing ever. And it's relevant to his character, since he's a mechanic and yk, he died in it. Comparatively the hellcycle doesn't have as much meaning after Marvel forgot Johnny was a daredevil and Danny doesn't really have any connection to bikes (Unless you count him being a paper boy as a kid I guess)
On top of that, it just being a car leads to more characters and more variation with how its used. Like when Cecil the Ghost Hacker gets trapped in the trunk with Eli in the Unbelievable Gwenpool crossover, or when Fantasma rides with him in Spirits of Violence (terrible comic but I'm glad it brought Robbie back)
Overall I think the Hellcharger has a lot more variety and striking imagery. BTW this comes from someone whose favorite is Danny so this isn't biased.