{"id":2622,"date":"2010-12-14T11:26:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T15:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2010-12-14T11:26:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T15:26:19","slug":"superhero-pinup-the-red-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=2622","title":{"rendered":"Superhero Pinup: The Red Ghost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, here&#8217;s yet another of my mini-superhero pinups of a B-list Marvel character: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Ghost\" target=\"_blank\">The Red Ghost<\/a>.\u00a0 Once again, I didn&#8217;t know a whole lot about the character before setting out to draw him.\u00a0 I did know the important things, though: 1) created by Jack Kirby 2) super-powered apes. Like 94% of all Marvel characters from the 60s* The Red Ghost and his apes got their powers via exposure to cosmic rays. Those things were all over the place back then, apparently. I think the Ghost himself turned out pretty well.\u00a0 The apes&#8230; well, I need to get better at drawing apes.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2624\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?attachment_id=2624\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"812,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"red_ghost\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost1-243x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost1.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2624\" title=\"red_ghost\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost1-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost1-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost1.jpg 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the original from Handbook of the Marvel Universe:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2625\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?attachment_id=2625\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost_001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"234,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"red_ghost_001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost_001-175x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost_001.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2625\" title=\"red_ghost_001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost_001-175x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost_001-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/red_ghost_001.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>*Actual statistic may not be true.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/benzilla.storenvy.com\/products\/46563-the-red-ghost\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2522\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?attachment_id=2522\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/10\/socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM.png\" data-orig-size=\"32,38\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/10\/socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/10\/socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2522 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 4px;\" title=\"socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/10\/socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">The original art for this is for sale <a href=\"http:\/\/benzilla.storenvy.com\/products\/46563-the-red-ghost\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, here&#8217;s yet another of my mini-superhero pinups of a B-list Marvel character: The Red Ghost.\u00a0 Once again, I didn&#8217;t know a whole lot about the character before setting out to draw him.\u00a0 I did know the important things, though: 1) created by Jack Kirby 2) super-powered apes. 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