Dark new fan art of Toy Story's Woody sees him possessed by Marvel's Spirit of Vengeance, becoming a toy-sized Ghost Rider who still looks like he could drag sinners straight to hell. Marvel's Ghost Rider may be best known for his Hell Cycle, but the role actually goes back to 1,000,000 BC, and has belonged to heroes who have ridden everything from sharks to big rigs.
Thanks partly to Jason Aaron's ongoing expansion of the Ghost Rider mythos, modern heroes like Johnny Blaze, Robbie Reyes, and Danny Ketch have been reimagined as the latest in a supernatural legacy of killer heroes who punish the guilt and (where they can) safeguard the innocent. Taking on major threats like Blackheart and Mephisto, the Ghost Rider is one of Marvel's most powerful heroes - capable of defeating the Hulk - but that doesn't mean comic creators can't have fun with each new iteration.
Artist Drew Moss has done exactly that in new art shared on Twitter, turning Toy Story's Woody into a Spirit of Vengeance. The illustration joins similar pieces Moss has created of a Ghost Rider Buzz Lightyear, and while both beloved characters look scarily awesome with flaming skulls, Woody actually makes the most sense, given he's already a "rider." Thankfully, Moss doesn't reveal what this transformation would do to lovable horse Bullseye, but a Ghost Rider's chosen mount does tend to combust right along with them. Moss has worked with Dark Horse, IDW, Image Comics, and Oni Press on projects like MASK, Creepy, and Copperhead, but also sells amazing character portraits independently, as in this Toy Story/Ghost Rider mash-up.
Woody wouldn't be the first Wild West Ghost Rider. In fact, Carter Slade - the first Marvel hero to bear the Ghost Rider name - appears as a Spirit of Vengeance in the Ghost Rider movie, where Nicolas Cage plays the titular hero. Meanwhile, as Ghost Rider's history has been explored, other cowboy versions have been seen in and among the woolly mammoth-riding original and the ancient Spider Rider of Conan the Barbarian's Hyborian Age. Ultimately, the Spirit of Vengeance expresses itself uniquely through different riders, and it's likely a Ghost Rider Woody would come complete with a flaming lasso, and may even get a fiery weapon for the character's empty holster.
Drew Moss' Toy Story/Ghost Rider art shows just how unique the Spirit of Vengeance can be despite the prerequisite of a burning, featureless skull for a head. Woody's cowboy hat is the perfect addition to Marvel's iconic design, while the flames licking up from the character's shoulders make it clear that fans aren't just seeing a possessed cowboy, but a possessed toy (somehow way scarier, despite the character's diminutive size.) While it's unlikely Tom Hanks will be rasping out demonic threats as his Toy Story character anytime soon, Moss' skill and love of Ghost Rider will hopefully catch Marvel's eye - especially since the publisher just announced that it will celebrate the hero's 50th anniversary by making 2022 the Year of Vengeance.
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