Ghost Rider Poster Book

Cover Artist: Blechman

Published: Jan. 2003
Original Price: N/A

SYNOPSIS

This poster book features the following 14 pin-ups:

 

- Poster image by artist I don't know
- The cover to Ghost Rider (2001) # 2 by Trent Kaniuga
- An edited version of the cover to Doctor Strange/Ghost Rider Special # 1 by Michael Golden
- A pin-up by Mark Texeira
- A pin-up by Michael Bair
- The cover to Daredevil (1964) # 372 by Ariel Olivetti
- A pin-up by Joe Jusko from the Marvel Masterworks trading card set
- The cover image to this issue by an artist named Blechman
- The cover to Ghost Rider (1990) # 24 by Mark Texeira
- The cover to Ghost Rider (2001) # 4 by Trent Kaniuga
- The cover to Ghost Rider (2001) # 5 by Trent Kaniuga
- A pin-up from Ghost Rider (2001) # 2 by Trent Kaniuga
- A pin-up from Paradise X # 9 by Doug Braithwaite
- A pin-up by Nelson DeCastro

 

ANNOTATIONS 

This poster book came packaged with the Marvel Legends Wave 7 Original Ghost Rider action figure manufactured by Toy Biz.

 

REVIEW

Not much to talk about here, so I'll make this review quick.

 

Ghost Rider is a character that has had a ton of amazing artists working on his comics, and Marvel was able to release a previous poster book about ten years before. This poster book was included as an extra to the Ghost Rider action figure from the Marvel Legends line, which usually packaged their figures with reprints of character-appropriate comic books. Instead of a reprint, the Original Ghost Rider figure came with this poster book, which is much cooler than another copy of a comic I already own.

 

The time it was released naturally influenced what artists were featured, with Trent Kaniuga being the heavy favorite due to the then-recent release of "The Hammer Lane". I was surprised, though, at the number of art pieces that I'd actually never seen before (namely the images from Michael Bair and the cover image) and ones that weren't used as covers (like the images from Joe Jusko, Nelson DeCastro, and Mark Texeira).

 

So, yeah, neat little extra addition for people (like me) who bought the Ghost Rider action figure. Not much more I can say about it (though if you know who painted the pin-up on the first page or the first name of the Blechman artist, please let me know).

 

Grade: N/A