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Ah, another new direction for Ghost Rider, another new miniseries. Admittedly, this one does seem to be more what I was wanting, with "Ghost Rider busts up an undersea gulag" being the sort of bonkers elevator-pitch I can get behind, but...

BUT...

It also feels the need to throw in something that Ghost Rider has done way too much, which I can rant about under the cut, as well as something where I feel the need to ask all my fellow essdeez "what was that reference? I don't get it!"



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For those wondering what happened to Skrymir's corpse after Immortal Thor #1, or pondering where Danger is during this whole fall of Krakoa business, turns out they're in Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #1 this month, an overall very strange issue.




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As with the Punisher, Ghost Rider works best when going up against the most deplorable adversaries.



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So, this issue reveals a hitherto undisclosed part of the Ghost Rider curse: in addition to being compelled to punish those who spill innocent blood, GR must also always act the Good Samaritan, and pick up any hitchhiker they come across. Naturally, this results in a wacky escapade with sliced off faces, bereft of dialogue or sound effects.

On the final two pages, we are introduced to a member of ORCHIS' supernatural division, proving once and for all that the organisation is the friendly face of human superiority.

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Well, the good news is that Johnny has cut back on the goth poetry internal monologue. In its place, he is choosing to use his outdoor voice to go FULL EDGELORD.

On the other side, Danny is instead going Full Wolverine. Yes, that's right, Danny is actually seen in this issue!




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Yeah, that cool-looking fight on the cover? Resolved off-panel.

Well, page space is at a premium, isn't it? So they must have other things more important to show.

Check out the price on the cover. This is a pricier issue, with 150% regular page count. Space is not an issue here. Indeed, they devote much time to exploring who it is that is responsible for the current state of the U.S.

( It was demons, all along! )

Also, the final, thrilling showdown between Johnny Blaze and Blackheart!

( After five ESSENTIAL pages of Blackheart fighting the 'council of night magicians', natch )

So, we finally learn what fiendish, diabolical scheme allowed the forces of darkness to subvert the Ghost Rider's power through the first arc of this volume. How could they possibly trick veteran demon-fighter and former ruler of Hell Johnny Blaze?

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So, the first issue of Ghost Rider (volume 10!!! Yet only legacy #247 - that can't be a good sign...) is double-length, as is Marvel's way these days, and yet much page space is wasted on Johnny being in some 'what if' life that he wakes up from in time for a final splash page.

But we do get some new characters, a mis-matched pair of FBI agents dedicated to investigating the supernatural:
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