Great site, very exciting! And that picture of Nic as Johnny Blaze makes my heart go pitty pat!

That`s really a great site! His look is so NIColicious and really hot as Johnny Blaze! Thanks for posting it, Lula!

How interesting is this... The new Ghost Rider series will be a FEMALE Spirit of Vengenance!!!  Wow!!!  I had know idea! Now that's interesting!!!

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/marvel-wins-court-battle-over-rights-to-ghost-rider/

A federal judge in New York has ruled that Marvel Entertainment owns the rights to Ghost Rider, a supernatural character possessed by a spirit of vengeance who first appeared in 1972. The character was the subject of a lawsuit by a writer seeking to cash in on lucrative movie rights, according to a report by The Associated Press. United States District Judge Katherine Forrest threw out on Wednesday the four-year-old claims by ruling that Gary Friedrich, a freelance writer, gave up all ownership rights when he signed checks including language-relinquishing rights to the predecessor companies of Marvel Entertainment.

“The law is clear that when an individual endorses a check subject to a condition, he accepts that condition,” she wrote. On his MySpace page, Mr. Friedrich sets up a distinction between the comic book appearances by Ghost Rider and his use in other media, including a film starring Nicolas Cage in 2007. “That movie and related products,” he writes, “were made and sold without any authorization or participation” by him.

The ownership of superhero characters continues to be a contentious topic for the comic book industry. In July a federal judge in New York ruled that comics and characters created by Jack Kirby, who co-created the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk and the X-Men, were works for hire under the Copyright Act of 1909, and cannot be reclaimed by the Kirby family. In 2008 a federal judge ruled that the heirs of Jerry Siegel, a creator of Superman, were entitled to claim a share of the United States copyright of the character. Time Warner, which owns DC Comics, would retain the international rights.

Ghost Rider is one of the lower-to-mid-tier characters in the Marvel library. The 2007 film starring Mr. Cage grossed around $116,000,000 domestically. The actor returns to the role early next year when “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” lands on the big screen in February. In the comic book world, July marked the debut of a new Ghost Rider series, with a female host for the spirit of vengeance. The series is scheduled to end next month. Comic book fans lamented its loss, along with the end of X-23, as they were the only continuing Marvel Comics titles with female leading characters.