It's going to be a monstrous week for me. The only thing that can make it better is a week of Michael Golden covers...starting off with my favorite hell-raiser, Ghost Rider!
This 1991 cover appeared in the Doctor Strange Ghost Rider special. The interior story wasn't that great, but the cover alone justified the buck fifty. I love how Golden draws that hellcycle climbing up that mystic bridge.
Surprisingly, Doctor Strange is very small, even though he's the co-star. I am sure the editors wanted Ghost Rider to be the focal point, since his popularity was much greater. The version above was the Danny Ketch Ghost Rider.
Golden did draw the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider 10 years earlier in this cover to Defenders 96. Blaze's hellcycle is literally ablaze in flame, which Golden details in utter delight. Doctor Strange and Daimon Hellstrom appear in the background.
Which Ghost Rider do you prefer? Ketch's bike is cooler, but Blaze's uniform, an ode to Evel Knivel, simply can't be beat. Nuff Said!
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