MCU: 10 Supernatural Characters Who Will DOMINATE Phase 5

3. Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze Dan Ketch
Marvel Comics

Ghost Rider's had a bit of a turbulent history in live action over the last couple decades. Nicolas Cage - and bless him, truly and deeply, for genuinely loving that character - had two unfortunate turns as Johnny Blaze in 2007 and 2011 respectively, and while Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. yielded better results with Gabriel Luna as Robbie Reyes, a spin-off series involving the character was canned shortly after its announcement in 2019.

There's still a definite chance that Luna's Reyes could have a part to play in the MCU's future, and although Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fans are no doubt hoping for that outcome, it might be time for Marvel to start again and introduce another Rider to the on screen canon in Danny Ketch.

Johnny Blaze might be Marvel's most iconic Rider in terms of big screen appearances, but Ketch is actually the longest running character to bear the Spirit of Vengeance and the one who most influenced the two big screen adaptations to date.

It'd be great to see him in the MCU, sporting the gnarly blue flame skull introduced during Simon Spurrier and Javier Saltares' run on the character, and given he's such an icon of Marvel Comics, you have to think a big screen revival can't be far.

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