![]() We traveled across the river to a little outdoor mall, which had a variety of dinning choices. Friday was an early day, however, so we broke down and went out to dinner. After 5pm, however, it started to pick up a bit. The first day was a little slower, which wasn’t surprising considering school was in session and people were working. We had amazing placement, and therefore amazing sales and traffic. I was lucky enough to land a corner pod over by the Kids Corner. There were six exhibitors per pod, four on each corner and then two in the middle section. Instead of artist alley being in rows, it was instead in pods. ![]() Once there, we checked into our hotel (and met up with his friends, who would also crash with us in the hotel), and then went to the convention center to set up. This worked out well for me, since 1) it saved on hotel costs for a night, and 2) we got to hang out and catch up in the car ride down. Having spent the night at my buddy’s (Justin Castaneda – When I Was Little, Aw Yeah Comics) house, we got up super early and drove all the way from his place to Cincinnati with few stops in between. So without further delay, let’s get to it! The show was a ton of fun, an opportunity to hang out with friends I don’t normally get to see and to meet some new friends, and also had some incredible attendance – and some really awesome attendees. GHOST RIDER #46 When your alter ego calls you a loser, it's time to rethink your superhero adventures.I was invited out as a guest for a show I’ve never done before, Cincinnati Comic Expo (not to be confused with Cincinnati Comic Con, which is something totally different). I could be wrong on a couple, but those two did most of the Ghost Rider heavy lifting.ġ0. The older ones are mostly by Don Perlin or Bob Budiansky, the second series ones are mostly by Mark Texeira. Without further rambling, here is my list of my 10 favorite Ghost Rider covers. Ghost Rider did appear on "Agents of SHIELD" but it wasn't Johnny Blaze or Danny Ketch so I have trouble giving a shit. Deep down, it's probably Nicholas Cage's fault. Marvel relaunches Ghost Rider from time to time but he doesn't always catch on. Lots of things got cancelled in the 90's. The second Ghost Rider series died off too, as did all the Spirits of Vengeance books. I have an Orb t-shirt, mostly to impress the ladies. They don't make super villains like they used to, my friends. I think he's horribly disfigured under his helmet. But he did have The Orb who was another bike rider who had a helmet that was a giant eyeball. The Ghost Rider never had the best rogues' gallery, I mean, other than SATAN. Eventually they teamed up, though, that's how comics worked in those days. He wasn't happy that Ghost Rider was back. In fact, as the series got popular it spun off a whole line of mediocre super hero action books under the banner of 'Spirits of Vengeance.' Johnny Blaze showed up too but he was angry and had long hair. His look was a bit more heavy metal (leather and chains) and the stories had a little more supernatural action involved. In the 90's Ghost Rider was reborn as Danny Ketch and moved to Brooklyn. I know why: Because it had a badass dude with a flaming skull riding a fiery motorcycle on every cover. There's a story that the comic sold well on newsstands, better than expected and no one knows why. The first series died after 80 issues or so. ![]() Ask Dave about them, I'm sure he's read every comic they ever appeared in. Somewhere in here Ghost Rider joined a team called The Champions. The flaming skull on a motorcycle is always awesome. You know what doesn't look silly? Ghost Rider. Some of it was good, some of it looks a little silly in hindsight. There were times when the book felt a bit like a dusty 70's exploitation movie but, generally, it felt like a pretty standard super hero comic. In the 70's Ghost Rider was Johnny Blaze and was a bit of an Evel Keneval homage as he was a stunt rider who was turned into the Spirt of Vengeance and his adventures generally took place across the American Southwest. These will all come from the first two series, which isn't inherently intentional, other than I haven't read a lot of the more recent Ghost Rider books. ![]() In the spirit of the season (the season being Halloween, of course) I thought I'd post my favorite Ghost Rider covers.
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