Next year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most iconic characters in comics—GHOST RIDER! To celebrate this milestone, Johnny Blaze, the original Ghost Rider, will be returning this February in an all-new ongoing series written by Benjamin Percy with art by Cory Smith.
Known for his thrilling work on titles such as WOLVERINE and X-FORCE, Percy will put his own devilish spin on the Ghost Rider mythos, evoking all the frightening elements of Ghost Rider’s most classic stories while driving the Spirit of Vengeance towards a new age. And Cory Smith, known for his brutally beautiful artwork on titles such as CONAN THE BARBARIAN, is eager to bring the scorching action and hellish horror that only Ghost Rider can deliver! Together, this team of creators are hellbound to make this Ghost Rider’s most explosive era yet!
Johnny Blaze has the perfect life: a wife and two kids, a job at an auto repair shop and a small-town community that supports him… But Johnny isn’t doing well. He has nightmares of monsters when he sleeps. And he sees bloody visions when he’s awake. This life is beginning to feel like a prison. And there’s a spirit in him that’s begging to break out!
Here’s what Percy had to say about taking the reins:
“I’m a horror head. I grew up reading Stephen King, watching John Carpenter, and listening to Black Sabbath, and when it came to comics, I always reached first for the dark and weird which means I read a hell of a lot of Ghost Rider. That flaming skull. That spiked leather jacket. That monstrous bike coughing out clouds of sulfurous exhaust. To this day, the sight of the character blazing along a midnight highway makes my heart rev like a four-stroke engine.
“Ghost Rider is arguably the best designed, but inarguably, the most heavy metal character in all of comics. It would be badass to write this series at any point in my life, but launching on the 50th anniversary feels especially (un)holy. Cory Smith is killing it on art, and we're going to honor the past while burning rubber into a terrifying future packed with mystery, action, and shadow-soaked emotion. Prepare yourself for the ultimate in road horror.”
“I'm incredibly excited to be riding shotgun with Ben Percy as we bring Ghost Rider screaming into his 50th anniversary,” Smith added. “As a comic nerd and a horror nerd, Ghost Rider has always been a favorite of mine so this project is a dream come true. Johnny Blaze, the Spirit of Vengeance is BACK. We're firing on all cylinders and I can't wait for everyone to see the hellfire we're bringing! It's about to get crazy!”
Start your engines and be there when GHOST RIDER #1 hits stands in February.
GHOST RIDER #1
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY
Art by CORY SMITH
Cover by KAEL NGU
Just as an aside, with the incidents of figures breaking these days, the Toybiz Ghost Rider was the first figure I had that broke. None of my others did, nor did the DCU Classics. Its funny but everytime I think of Ghost Rider, I think of that figure, and that broken arm still lying around here somewhere.
The last Legends version is great. Right off the page. Love it.
On 2/23/2022 at 1:35 AM, tarot said:they have given him Dan look for decades now. It's not a new thing.
and all of Dan's powers
tarot -
2022-02-23 @ 1:35 am
On 2/23/2022 at 1:20 AM, Hordak Rules said:Dammit, they've spend the last couple of years setting up Blaze's Ghost Rider as he is and now they're "going back to basics" and probably ditching all that. Worse, they're giving Johnny's Ghost Rider Danny's Ghost Rider's look. Don't get me wrong, the Noble Kale version is my favorite but why do they have to put Blaze in and not Ketch?
they have given him Dan look for decades now. It's not a new thing.
On 2/22/2022 at 5:20 PM, Hordak Rules said:Dammit, they've spend the last couple of years setting up Blaze's Ghost Rider as he is and now they're "going back to basics" and probably ditching all that. Worse, they're giving Johnny's Ghost Rider Danny's Ghost Rider's look. Don't get me wrong, the Noble Kale version is my favorite but why do they have to put Blaze in and not Ketch?
It's what I'm saying. Get tired of constantly rebooting a series as Back to basics. Wouldn't that mean back to be a motorcycle daredevil stunt performer?Back to basics means back to the beginning right?
Dammit, they've spend the last couple of years setting up Blaze's Ghost Rider as he is and now they're "going back to basics" and probably ditching all that. Worse, they're giving Johnny's Ghost Rider Danny's Ghost Rider's look. Don't get me wrong, the Noble Kale version is my favorite but why do they have to put Blaze in and not Ketch?
Ok first YES! I love a Danny Ketch Ghost Rider and his 90's bike set.
Now as far as this article I'm a lil confused. It says where has he been the last few years? Wasn't he just the ruler of hell after defeating and replacing Mephisto? Everything bleeds together for me sometimes so it could have been a year ago. I guess I forgot when he gave up the throne. I know Mephisto had been all over Avengers for awhile. But he got a wife and kids? I see him marrying a women with kids. OR is he in hell and this is his torment? Give me a sec. He gets everything he wants then starts losing it all. Plauged with demons and nightmares. Think he's going insane. Then Mephisto has a crazy insane Ghost Rider on a leash.
On 2/22/2022 at 5:35 PM, SpiderS said:New 90s style Ghost Rider Marvel Legends would be hella awesome, especially if it paid tribute packaging wise to old toybiz line.
I've been thinking of something like this, it would be amazing to see them give us something like this and in this packaging that was a 90's figure line tribute
but it seems we have no new Ghostrider figure in sight for this year at this point, and I gotta say it kinda makes me mad, I REALLY NEED A GHOSTRIDER HASBRO!
since 2014 and we got this current Infinite Line, how can there have only been 2 ghost rider figures? one of the biggest and coolest characters Marvel has, only 2 figures? and look how well they sold, which is why I don't have one, and one didn't even come with a bike, and no Cosmic Ghostrider does not count.
New 90s style Ghost Rider Marvel Legends would be hella awesome, especially if it paid tribute packaging wise to old toybiz line.
JayC -
2022-02-22 @ 10:05 pm
While Johnny Blaze is my GR.. I admit that both Ketch and Reyes versions are sharp designs.
Ive got the Blaze GR Rider and the solo fig ( got both on discount! Glad I got them when I did.. prices for both are through the roof!) but Id take a Ketch as his design was an excellent upgrade/ homage.. and of course I need a Reyes for my Avengers collection
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