Don’t forget about issue #2!
GHOST RIDER #2
MONSTER SQUAD! The all-new fanfare following the Ghost Rider heats up! Robbie Reyes isn’t exactly a team player, so what’s he supposed to do with Amadeus Cho, a.k.a. the HULK, following him around? And who’s that hot on their heels? None other than the WOLVERINE!
JUSTICE LEAGUE vs SUICIDE SQUAD #2
The first major event storyline of DC’s Rebirth era begins with a day Amanda Waller always knew would come: the Justice League discovers the existence of the Suicide Squad! This government-sponsored black-ops team of super-villains with bombs implanted in their brains is obviously a deal-breaker for Earth’s paragons of truth and justice! But you can bet the Wall and her Task Force X won’t go down without the fight to end all fights as this weekly series gets under way!
M.A.S.K. #2
M.A.S.K. vs. V.E.N.O.M. for the very first time! After being lured into a trap, Matt Trakker and the M.A.S.K. team must survive in order to stop Miles Mayhem from leaking their secret technology to terrorist cells around the world. Matt and Gloria Baker go undercover to infiltrate a black market weapons ring but what they discover will change Matt’s life forever!
MOTHER PANIC #2
Mother Panic is on the hunt, which means Violet Paige is out on the town, making a splash among Gotham City’s elite. But what role do missing kids play in her thirst for vengeance? And what does her target have to do with the mysterious death of her father?
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GHOST RIDER #1, by Felipe Smith, Danilo Beyruth, and Tradd Moore
Ghost Rider returns with the release of Ghost Rider #1. An object from space, Amadeus Cho and the all-new, all-different Wolverine make an appearance in this new story for the Spirit of Vengeance.
The issue has a lot going on, and being unfamiliar with the character, left many questions. It is not an origin, which for a #1 is refreshing to see. Instead, this takes place at some random point after the character has been established. [Editor’s note: Check out All-New Ghost Rider for Robbie Reyes’s Ghost Rider origin story!] There is an endearing scene at the beginning where Robbie is teaching his younger brother about car mechanics and for most of the issue, the Spirit of Vengeance is not vengeance-ing; he is being a brother. Of course, SOME conflict needs to be introduced and it is, in the form of some odd purple space-goop.
Perhaps the strangest point of this issue is the part with Amadeus Cho. In a story about Ghost Rider, why is the Ghost Rider not involved with an object that has crashed from space in his town? Instead, Cho (as the Hulk) takes on a mutated mouse who then escapes and wreaks havoc. While this alien menace is stirring trouble, Robbie and his brother get ice cream and run into a gang. While it provides an interesting aside, why are the Hulk and Wolverine there? The next issue will certainly go into this further so I would like to see how it all plays out.
My familiarity with Ghost Rider comes from the hilariously awkward Nicholas Cage films, so I went into this issue thinking it would be similar. It was not. It was confusing at times, but it was a fun read, especially with the Smith/Moore adventure at the end. It is worth a read.
Dane Cypel’s only involvement with ghosts was busting them with a proton pack. The Ghost Rider, though, seems like he would fight back if he was going to be busted.
GHOST RIDER #1 is new today!
ROBBIE REYES IS BACK! It’s hell on wheels as the Spirit of Vengeance makes his roaring return! A mysterious object from space crash-lands in southern California, drawing some of the brightest minds in the Marvel Universe to Ghost Rider’s backyard – including Amadeus Cho, the Totally Awesome Hulk! What mayhem will be unleashed as the High-octane Hothead comes face-to-face with the Jade Genius? And with Robbie still possessed by the ghost of his evil uncle Eli…who’s really in the driver’s seat? Then, meet the newest speed trap in Ghost Rider’s life as his original creators Felipe Smith and Tradd Moore reunite for a special backup story and the debut of an all-new villain. Strap in and start your engines, True Believer, this one’s gonna be a scorcher!
Yeah, this is pretty much what it’s like to drive on the 101 in Downtown LA. Really wish I’d had a bulletproof car when I lived there. Or, you know, was Ghost Rider.
(via suicide- ghost rider (live 1977-1978) - YouTube)
RIP electronic music pioneer Alan Vega. He wasn’t a comic creator, but he did take a lot inspiration from comics, particularly Ghost Rider, from which he took the name of his band (Suicide, from a story called “Satan Suicide”), general aesthetic (black leather jacket, he was also known to swing a chain around at the band’s early shows) and the title of perhaps his most famous song (”Ghost Rider”- see video above. The main riff was also sampled in “Born Free” by MIA).
Vega was an innovator and a visionary, a provocateur and an icon…and a comics fan!
(Source: youtube.com)
i want to help you, kid. i want to give you the power to fight back…..let me give you the power.
The first six issues of Ghost Rider are on sale today only for just 99¢ a piece.
Marvel Monday: Ghost Rider by Daniel Way & Jason Aaron
Superstar writer Jason Aaron’s searing take on the Spirit of Vengeance finds Johnny Blaze facing off against the forces of heaven itself in an epic saga that sends Ghost Rider down a blazing new road! When the rogue angel Zadkiel tries taking over the world’ Ghost Riders–that’s right, there’s more than one!–Blaze and his flame-headed alter ego are in for the fight of their lives! Featuring the return of the OTHER Ghost Rider, Danny Ketch, in a team-up you never imagined and a showdown that had to happen! Plus, Daniel Way takes Ghost Rider through some of the more hellish places in Marvel Universe - and ends up in the middle of World War Hulk!
