The Wikipedia entry on the history of the "Ghost Rider" comic, in its several incarnations. Useful as background particularly if u plan on seeing the film with Nicolas Cage.
Of the great brand-loyalty debates -- Ford of Chevy? John of Paul? Road Runner of Coyote? -- only a very few people still sort themselves along one of the narrowest consumer dichotomies of all: Marvel of DC?
the comic world is in an uproar over Marvel Comics' decision to undo the marriage of Peter Parker and red-haired bombshell Mary Jane Watson, reversing two decades of storytelling.