Ghost Rider | 
 enlarge | Author: Greg Cox
Publisher: Pocket Star
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 718255
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 1416538186
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416538189
ASIN: 1416538186
Publication Date: January 23, 2007
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Condition: Some slight wear on book from reading, binding and pages are in very good shape.
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Product Description
When he was seventeen, motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze proved he would do anything to save his terminally ill father -- even make a deal with the sinister Mephistopheles that would cost him everything, from the woman he loved, the beautiful Roxanne Simpson, to Johnny's own immortal soul. Years later, as Roxanne reenters Johnny's life, Mephistopheles returns to collect on his part of the deal . . . and as night falls and evil rises, Johnny Blaze becomes his bounty hunter -- the Ghost Rider -- a flaming host of vengeance and twisted justice annihilating anything daring to escape from the depths of the abyss. Now charged with destroying Mephistopheles' greatest nemesis, Blackheart, Johnny Blaze's curse becomes his power, and perhaps his destiny. . . .
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 Super Reader July 3, 2008
Double Devil shotgun ride.
This is just ok, really. An introductory story that takes a fair while to get going, and maybe takes up too much time with an earlier Ghost Rider. The actual plot of course is not on the author in this case for the majority.
A few Marvel geek additions by Ghost Rider fan Cox - an exorcist book by Daimon Hellstrom, a Darkhold for Dummies, and a lawyer that helps out in Matt Murdoch.
 Awesome Book April 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was very enjoyable, it was true to the movie and the screenplay, it just put a little more detail to the characters personality and thoughts. If you liked the movie you'll like the book. check it out.
A good read February 9, 2007
I enjoyed the book a good read. Being a big fan of Ghost Rider for years now, I also can not wait for the movie, Looks like its going to be great. If you want good insight into the movie, get this book.
why me February 1, 2007
This story is one of the best movie based stories of all that I have read.
It is not a narrative style story. It is very emotional and deep. But it follows the character of ghost rider before and after he became the wheels of hell. I enjoyed it very much and recommend to all. Can't wait to see the movie.
Looking Forward to the Movie! January 19, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ghost Rider has been a Marvel Comics superhero since the seventies. The comics company brought out a lot of supernatural heroes in those days. WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER, SON OF SATAN, MAN-THING, and others. But there was something special about Johnny Blaze, the young motorcycle daredevil who sold his soul to save the life another another and was betrayed in that bargain. Ghost Rider became a supernatural force constantly at war, caught between the forces of good and evil inside himself.
Ghost Rider broke out of the pages of MARVEL SPOTLIGHT and grabbed his own title magazine, which lasted for about ten years or so, with sporadic frequencies. Johnny Blaze's character and the nature of Ghost Rider went through a lot of retconning.
Greg Cox's book is a novelization of the movie coming out in February, and I was torn between waiting to be surprised with the film or reading the book. I passed it by twice, then picked it up and read it in two sittings. Ghost Rider was one of my favorite characters because he looked so cool and I rode a motorcycle for a while.
The book/movie is essentially a re-envisioning of Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider's origin. It follows some of the retconning, like being with his father, Barton Blaze, and progresses from that spin. Of course, there's a girl in the movie version: Roxanne Simpson, who had been the daughter of the circus owner where the Blazes performed their death-defying motorcycle stunts.
The book/movie starts out with a prologue featuring the first Ghost Rider, a man named Slade who was a Western hero in Marvel Comics (he got retconned into the mythos as well later). This Western Ghost Rider hid a contract worth 1000 souls and rode off into the sunset.
Fastforward to the tragedy that left Johnny Blaze's soul exposed. Mephistophles returns for Johnny's soul and transforms him into the Ghost Rider to battle Blackheart. Blackheart is actually Mephistopheles's son and intends to take over his dad's rule because he thinks his dad is being too cautious.
The Ghost Rider in the book/movie is an interesting blend of Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch, who was the second modern Ghost Rider. Ketch first had the spirit chain of fire used to flail bad guys, but it looked way too cool too pass up for the movie.
Greg Cox's book is a great treatment of the script. I cruised through the pages and had a great time living the adventure. It's narrative-heavy because it's from a movie script, and there isn't much dialogue occasionally, but overall it's a solid read.
I may have lost the mystery of what's going to happen in the film, but I'm still looking forward to all the special effects and seeing Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider on the big screen.
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