Predicting Marvel's New Guardians Of The Galaxy

6. Cosmic Ghost Rider

The Guardians Of The Galaxy teaser image has been revealed gradually, with Silver Surfer, Groot, Star-Lord and Adam Warlock recently completing the 11-strong lineup. However, back when the teaser was first teased at New York Comic Con, there was a single figure in the centre with the rest of the potential Guardians blacked out.

That figure was Cosmic Ghost Rider, a reimagining of Frank Castle, a man most famously known as the Punisher. You have to think he'll make the final cut after having such an obvious spotlight shone upon him. There's been a wickedly dark sense of humour to Cosmic Ghost Rider's recent appearances, with some sequences so vantablack they rival Deadpool.

More important, however, is that he definitely has the style to take the Guardians to exciting new places, and would provide a refreshing change to the older crew.

In Cosmic Ghost Rider #3, Castle murders all of the Guardians. When they're replaced, he kills all of the new ones too. Having Cosmic Ghost Rider on the roster isn't so much as 'if you can't beat them, join them' as it is 'when you've killed them all, you may as well join them'.