The Wikipedia entry on the history of the "Ghost Rider" comic, in its several incarnations. Useful as background particularly if you plan on seeing the film with Nicolas Cage.
Of the great brand-loyalty debates -- Ford or Chevy? John or Paul? Road Runner or Coyote? -- only a very few people still sort themselves along one of the narrowest consumer dichotomies of all: Marvel or 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.