Top 5: Literal Hot Heads

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5. Jack O’Lantern

Jacky-boy’s a fairly unoriginal Spider-man villain when you get right down to it. He stole a most of his image from Green Goblin. Then he saw a poster for Return to Oz and thought “Yeah, a pumpkin head! I will just set mine on fire. Yeah, yeah that’s ticket.”

 

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4. Dormammu

A nemesis of Doctor Strange who goes by many names: Lord of Chaos, The Dread One, Easily Extinguished with a Fire Hose.

 

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3. Flaming Carrot

A weird, awesome character. If it wasn’t for Flaming Carrot we would have never gotten Mystery Men. If we hadn’t gotten Mystery Men, then we would have not gotten the music video to Smashmouth’s All Star. So, be thankful. Be very thankful for Flaming Carrot.

 

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2. Firestorm

I just want to say, this is the highest Firestorm has gotten on any list.

 

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1. Ghost Rider

When it comes to having your head on fire, Ghost Rider really knocks it out of the park. Sure,there are other skeleton, fire heads in the Marvel Universe (Blazing Skull) but do they ride motorcycles? Were they former stunt men cursed to become a demon of vengeance? Were they played by Nic Cage? Twice? No. No, they weren’t.  Ride on Fire Skull Head. Ride on.


Comments

  1. I miss Ghost Rider. He is still my all time favorite comic character.

    • Probably my biggest complaint about Marvel Now!, none of the B list characters have a book (Iron Fist,Moon Knight,GR,) but like someone pointed out below Morbious got one. If Marvel would make another GR book I would be so there.

    • I also love GR(I even got Marvel Spotlight #5 😀 )and I’m disappointed they haven’t done a damn thing with him.
      BUT, my biggest complaint about Marvel Now is that they took the Punisher away from Rucka(basically told him to fuck off) just to put him in a piece garbage book like Thunderbolts.
      And for all the dog piling onto to DC at EVERY turn about how they “mistreat” talent, nobody really talks about, to my knowledge, how Marvel TOTALLY FUCKED RUCKA.
      when discussing this topic I become worthy of the #6 spot on the “literal hot heads” list. 😉

    • I like Ghost Rider too. I think he would be very difficult to write though. He would be challenging in the same way Silver Surfer is challenging…first you’ve got the challenge of giving them credible villians that have a chance of actually putting them in peril. A vague powerset that focuses on a vehicle, which requires a bit of imagination to put to good use. It all adds up to a headache to me.

      How many spirits of vengeance does the MU have anyway? I think they should do a four issue mini where Punisher, Ghost Rider, and Moon Knight have a murder competition.

    • I guess Marvel did not get the memo about Moon Knight being bumped to first tier.

    • @Sitara119, the clerk at my LCS talks/rants about Rucka being taken off Punisher alot, but based on just causal observation I think Rucka has been fucked over by the Big 2 more once.

      @Bub64882, I think GR is a challenge to write for but Surfer is much harder IMO. GR just needs a cool villain, some fiery fight scenes, motorcycle jumps, Rinse, and repeat. There’s currently 2 Spirits of Vengeance right now: Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch (the GR brothers as they’ve been called). There is a new Vengeance but he’s sort of busy. I’m not sure if the GR has ever out and out killed anyone, but I think Punisher would win most kills followed by GR then Moon Knight.

      @Invincipal, good one! But I think it takes more than Patton Oswalt to up a character’s status. Hell Jason Aaron and Bendis wrote GR and MK respectively but I still consider then both B-list. I think they’re both awesome, but nobody’s managed to bring them to “Iron Man” or even “Hawkeye” status IMHO.

    • @IthoSapien
      It’s true or so I’ve read. But, this is the first time it’s ever affected me directly. Thus, I care.

  2. I figured Marvel would have given Ghost Rider his own series when they started up Marvel NOW!, but I guess they figured his book wouldn’t sell. On the other hand, they DID give Morbius his own series…

  3. I own the first six issues of Flaming Carrot from Aardvark-Vanaheim (’84 – ’85) and every one made me laugh out loud! It was some sick, beautiful stuff!

  4. I never really thought about it, but Marvel really does love this look, don’t they?

  5. Atomic Skull?

  6. Coincidentally, Ghost Rider is also in the “Top 5 Books 10-year-olds Reach For and When Their Moms Look at Me I Slowly Shake My Head” list.

  7. ……….no Human Torch? For shame!

  8. Surely The Black Flame from BPRD deserves to be on this list. Dormammu, really? REALLY?

  9. Nice to see some love for Flaming Carrot

  10. I’ll always have a spot in my heart for The Flaming Carrot. Rarely have comics been such absurd fun . . .

  11. So….if Flaming Carrot didn’t happen we wouldn’t have Smash Mouth?

    Time Travel is available right?