Ghost Rider Comic To Movie Comparison

It is pretty much a given that when a movie, T.V. show, game, or even a toy is made based on a comic book, the new creator feels the need to tweak with the base material. Just about every instance of the comic book movies as of late have had this, with few exceptions. For comic fans, this can be quite annoying and with the advent of the interent, fans have become quite vocal about their disdain for how the movie or game has portrayed their favorite comic book character.

The latest Ghost Rider movie is no exception. Check out a comparison of the Ghost Rider movie with the Marvel Comic and see for yourself how close or far they came to portraying the original character of Johnny Blaze - the Ghost Rider.

Comic and Movie Compared

	Movie	Comic
Johnny Blaze	Eats jelly beans out of a martini glass, listens to The Carpenters, and is very quirky.	Guzzles whiskey, listens to hard rock, and is very depressed.
Ghost Rider	An amalgam of the two versions of Ghost Rider. The look and powers the second Ghost Rider with the origin of the first.	The original had powers over hellfire and rode a hell cycle. The second Ghost Rider had the penance stare, and hell chain.
Mephistopheles	Alluded to being the devil.	Known as Mephisto and is some sort of demon, but not the biblical devil.
Blackheart	Son of Mephistopheles and trying to create hell on earth.	Son of Mephisto and trying to destroy his father and take his place.
Origin	Made a deal with Mephistopheles to save his father from cancer.	Made a deal with Mephisto to save Roxanne's father from cancer. His father had already died in a motorcycle accident.
Job as Ghost Rider	Devil's Bounty Hunter	Supernatural Hero
Source of Power	Granted by Mephistopheles.	Comes from being fused with the demon Zarathos.
Control over Ghost Rider	Johnny Blaze learns how to control Ghost Rider’s powers.	Johnny Blaze cannot use the Ghost Rider's powers when he is in human form.