Five Characters Who Have Defeated Ghost Rider's Penance Stare
Ghost Rider's Penance Stare is one of the most powerful weapons in his arsenal, but there are a few characters who aren't affected.
Comics Should Be Good (CSBG) is a series of recurring features by Brian Cronin about comic books that spotlights comic book history, with both features on the behind-the-scenes aspects of comic books and the creators behind them, as well as in-depth looks at the comic book universes themselves, especially stories involving comic book contintuity.
Ghost Rider's Penance Stare is one of the most powerful weapons in his arsenal, but there are a few characters who aren't affected.
Comics Should Be Good (CSBG) is a series of recurring features by Brian Cronin about comic books that originated as a blog that originally launched in 2004 and was then hosted on CBR from 2006-2016 before merging into the larger site as a whole in 2016. The features generally spotlight comic book history, both features on the behind-the-scenes aspects of comic books and the creators behind them, as well as in-depth looks at the comic book universes themselves, especially stories involving comic book continuity. Some of the most popular recurring features include: *Comic Book Legends Revealed - A look at unbelievable true stories about the world of comic books, as well as some believable false ones that we debunk. *The Line it is Drawn - A weekly collection of comic book art based on suggestions from readers on social media to different prompts each week. *Top 100 Comic Book Runs/Top 100 Comic Book Storylines/Top 100 Writers and Artists/Top 100 DC and Marvel Characters - Every year, we do one of four rotating reader polls listing fan favorites in different categories, like top comic book runs or top writers and artists. *When We First Met - A spotlight of the first appearances of the various characters, phrases, objects or events that eventually became notable parts of comic lore. *Abandoned an' Forsaked - An examination of comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically "overturned" by a later writer (as if they were a legal precedent). *Drawing Crazy Patterns - A spotlight on at least five scenes/moments from within comic book stories that fit under a specific recurring theme (like "Five times Superman happened to meet somebody who looks exactly like him"). *I Love Ya But You're Strange - A celebration of bizarrely wonderful comic book stories. *Remember to Forget - A spotlight on comic book stories that we wished we could forget, but since we can't, we at least force others to share in our pain.
A look back to ten years ago, when Peter Parker finally returned to prove that he was, in fact, the "Superior" Spider-Man
It's the 15th annual CSBG DC/Marvel Tournament! This time around, you will be voting on your favorite DC/Marvel TV shows. The Sweet Sixteen begins!
Unfamiliarity with book terms led comic book fans to adopt a standard book term, "trade paperback," as a comic book term
In their latest spotlight on awesomely bizarre comics, CSBG looks at a strange Legion of Super-Heroes' 1969 anti-drug story
In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, discover whether Iron Fist and Colleen Wing were originally meant to be a romantic couple in the comics
In a brand-new Line it is Drawn, our artists drew your suggestions for comic book characters taking over as the new James Bond
Often, what we think are comic book titles are not their "official" titles, so sometimes they can change without people even noticing
In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, discover the obscure Jack Kirby and Joe Simon character who helped inspire Iron Fist's character design
In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, discover which Golden Age superhero saw their origin "borrowed" for Iron Fist's origin
It's the 15th annual CSBG DC/Marvel Tournament! This time around, you will be voting on your favorite DC/Marvel TV shows. Here's the rest of Round 2
In a feature spotlighting some of the less famous jobs of superheroes, CSBG looks at Wonder Woman's ill-fated attempt to run her own mod boutique
Back before she was Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers had a surprising lot of trouble with cars in her civilian identity, and as Ms. Marvel
It's the 15th annual CSBG DC/Marvel Tournament! This time around, you will be voting on your favorite DC/Marvel TV shows. Here's the start of Round 2
Did Superman and Batman's creators ever work on a comic book story featuring the other iconic superhero?
Norman Osborn is the most famous Green Goblin, but Harry Osborn's 1990s stint as Green Goblin was the most affecting and unsettling for Spider-Man
It's the 15th annual CSBG DC/Marvel Tournament! This time around, you will be voting on your favorite DC/Marvel TV shows. Here's the rest of Round 1
If a comic book character appears in a promotional ad before they appear in a story, does that ad count as their first appearance?
In a feature about 'permanent' changes later being reversed, CSBG shows how the Transformers' Bumblebee became Goldbug, and then changed back
It's the 15th annual CSBG DC/Marvel Tournament! This time around, you will be voting on your favorite DC/Marvel TV shows
In a new feature about companies "pushing" certain characters, see how Superman's first thought when aliens invaded Earth was to go to...Deathstroke?!