for me the johnny stuck in suburbia was over too quickly, i woulda liked to see the weird dialled up and maintained for a few issues to make the escape have more of a pay off eventually
What if Crash Simpson really WAS Crash Simpson, the foster father he sold his soul to save? What if Johnny was able to keep him living in a more-or-less Earthlike life instead of continued damnation, but only as long as he remained trapped in the fraudulent Suburbia, and once he rejected it, Crash sank back into unmitigated brimstone and fishhooks? That would make rejecting his Hellhole trap a terrible choice, requiring Johnny to harden his heart - or tear it from his chest.
I"m actually glad it only lasted a little while. I've kind of tired of the "was my time as a superhero really just a HALLUCINATION?" trope so I'm glad that Percy sped through it quickly.
Ohhhh, I get it now, it's like, a horror movie version of Moon Knight, but Ghost Rider themed. Is it real, was he never truly his alter ego... I mean, yes, but the story is what keeps I fresh.
I feel like Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch have a similar relationship to Barry Allen and Wally West in that while yes, Johnny and Barry were the original and the most iconic versions of the characters the fact that Danny and Wally had such long, well remembered tenures after them also places it in a position where the two characters need to exist in some kind of equilibrium. Not discounting the other Ghost Riders I feel like Johnny and Danny have to always find some way to coexist as Ghost Rider, almost as if the two of them are like a heroic duo like how Peter Parker and Miles Morales have had to find a way to share the Spiderman name. Also Ghost Rider standing up in a cloud of smoke saying "Who did this, who caged me here?" Is one of the most legit intimidating superhero moments I've seen in a long time.
Also Danny was more of a innovator for the Riders from what I understand, everything they do (fighting with chains, using the penance stare) Danny did first.
I'd almost argue that Danny is the truly iconic Ghost Rider, since it's HIS iconography, the black leather, spikes, chains, that have been stolen for every other Ghost Rider that followed him, INCLUDING Johnny Blaze!
Honestly if I didn’t know how wandavision ended and the Mephesto theory was still valid, I would’ve thought that this is the same town that Wanda and Vision were staying in and Mephesto just uses the same town with a different name to mess with traumatized heroes.
I quite enjoyed it. I like Danny Ketch but Johnny Blaze will always be the Ghost Rider to me. I've always really appreciated the horror element in Ghost Rider comics. I recall a storyline in the original run from the 1970's. In which he'd been captured and the plan was to turn Johnny Blaze into some kind of half man/half motorcycle. Where his legs were removed and his torso was permanently attached to the bike. It was something that really stuck with me after first reading it as a child. I've still got the comic somewhere around here I think. I thought Johnny Blaze was even cool after he quit being Ghost Rider. Back in the early 1990's when he had a shotgun that shot hellfire and his hair was red for some reason.
It’s too bad that Brisson never got to finish his run. He seemed to have had a war between Blackheart, Ghost Rider, Mephisto and a few others in mind . I would have loved to have read that .
My favorite Ghost Rider is Ghost Rider 2099, but seeing this version of Johnny is interesting. The bike on the cover looks like Danny's Ghost Rider though.
It would be interesting if they expanded on the idea of his demon wife *actually* wanting to protect Johnny. Like if they went down the route of “yes she’s evil, but played a role for a greater good.”
Very much enjoyed this issue. My only complaint is that I really wish we got to truly finish the Ghost Rider arc that was started in 2019. Blaze as the King of Hell, Ketch as the Spirit of Corruption, and the impending war in all 7 hells. What a run that could’ve been. [x]
As a giant Ghost Rider fan I'd love to see you do work on the other Riders like Robbie and how Johnny Blaze became King of Hell and the general crazy lore expansion of the Ghost Riders.
I enjoy the mixing of horror in and Ghost Rider can easily do it, but nothing really stood outside of expected horror tropes. Nothing surprising sadly. Ghost Rider has always been one of my favorites as I came to it randomly in the middle of a storyline, when I was a kid. Ghost Rider #44 in the middle of a Midnight Sons story, with Danny Ketch as the Rider, the cover is what grabbed me. Anyway I feel this is more of a wait and see.
They could have gone a really interesting route of the demons desperately trying to keep Jonny in suburbia so they could enjoy a life out of hell. It might have been an interesting look at how people idolize certain lifestyles over others or how much people are willing to sacrifice to gain their perfect life.
Ok, no fair! If Gwen can cosplay Emma Frost on a Ghost Rider Cover, I wanna cosplay Nick Cage from the sequel on the cover of Simpsons Comics. When the Dog acts up, I’d get to transform it into a Hellhound! Guess how…? Bart would get it.
18:01 but hasn't the Spirit not been like that in straight up ages? This isn't like Immortal Hulk where you can always pull a new monster out of Banner's Psyche. The Spirit's been on the side of the (Edgy) Angels for a while now IIRC.
The cover for the first issue caught my eye and I jumped right in without knowing much about Ghost Rider beyond there were two movies and that there would be a skull with flames on it. I definitely like that this run is going a more horror route which makes it stand out against other comics I'm keeping up with and I'm happy to read this run and other Ghost Rider comics that I come across since the concept is a really cool one.
As an old fan of the original run of Ghost Rider I really enjoyed it. From my understanding Zeb was there to release the illusion of the town. Johnny could see glimpses of the demons but when Zeb showed up it was all revealed. Just happy there is a Ghost Rider comic again!
I have an idea on what the symbolism of the dog was. The dog was a demon, and the sheriff was taunting the Ghost Rider because he knows the Spirit of Vengeance is a hunter and slayer of demons. When he talks about the dog being murdered, he's poking the Rider in Johnny.
So, if I'm following the subtext with the pig painting right, I'm guessing this story ends with Ghost Rider working for Jimmy Dean sausage. Or he gets turned into bacon. Am I symbolism-ing right?!
Roxxy is his adopted sister, not step. Step would be if Crash Simpson married Johnny's mom. Crash merely took the boy in and raised him after his own dad Barton died. Nothing legal happened. It's was more of a honorary fostering.
I am super in favor of a real horror version of GR, but this looks like weak sauce Hellblazer. The illusionary demon family actually happened to Constantine once. However, I am rooting for this. Also, for what it is worth, I hope you cover more horror.
Robbie Reyes needs more love...out of all the new lineup of legacy heroes, he had a pretty cool character and design. Yeah, his art was inconsistent...but the story and characters were strong.
Robbie Reyes was the best! He was from my hometown, East LA, he was also not a generic, “I joined a gang because I needed to,” storyline either. He was a regular kid who took care of his younger brother. Worked at a mechanic shop and raced to make some extra money. Best Legacy character in Marvel if not runner up if not Top 3 only behind Morales and Khan. Really wish they did more with him. Glad they are finally doing something with him but to be Frank, Jason Aaron, gave him a soft retcon which I am not a fan of. [x]
@KevonLeTH-cam I literally only watched Agents of Shield because Robbie Reyes was announced to show up. Not the biggest fan of that interpretation, he’s not a teenager, 18/19, other characters like Guero don’t show up, etc, but I was just happy to see him. I stopped watching once he left and only watched the episodes that I found out he returned for a cameo. [x]
As a kid I remember reading issue 77 of the first Johnny Blaze series. Some evil dude with his henchmen consisting of deformed freaks wants to turn Johnny into a half-man-half-motorcycle. Truly weird.
Personally for the 'are you mad or is all the scary stuff under a veneer of comfortable normalcy real' type stories a slow build up works better. It felt like I had jumped in at the final issue of a run that would have slowly built up the unease & actually made Johnny part of the community (& his family) so his turn against them would have had a bigger impact.
You mentioned the Cosmic Ghost Rider, but you didn't mention (or if you did, you waited until much later) that that character is also Frank Castle (aka the Punisher), a former Galactus herald, and a time traveler... Comics!
Coupled with other biblical imagary I might read the pig like the one in the story where demons were drawn out of a man and put into a pig that could be killed. Since letting demons in/out of the head was a theme… Hm, I’m not sure 🤔
1. I find it funny the whole Johnny Blaze and pig symbolism is that Nicholas Cage stars in movie involving a pig (PIG btw) 2. Pitch Meeting- Gwen Stacy as a Ghost Rider (suggestive name: Gwen Rider, Ghost Gwen) going after Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) 3. It was Agatha All Along since she is known for killing dogs.
As a Ghost Rider fan, I like the goal here. I really want it to go back to Johnny and Zarathos at odds. Because... Zarathos straight up ruined his life. Not even a little bit like.. full on ruined his life. Also... His family is dead. They have to be.
I love ghost rider so I was very happy to have more. While it may not have done many "new" things, I do think that what it did do, it did well. I loved the escalation to the ghost rider coming and thought the pay off was serviceable. As far as the ring is concerned, we get to see it on "Roxanne's" finger when she slaps Johnny and cuts him with it. For me, I figured that was enough to show this thing is an important piece. And is the moment he actually considered the ring. I'm definitely all in on the series, myself.
Although it might suffer in sales, it’s really smart what marvel is doing to involve their series past the old comic book days. From this comic to strange University, it seems like marvel is trying to bring out their inner eclipse comics with more adult non-spandex superhero types of titles
Cosmic Ghost Rider kinda rules. I wish it wasn't who it was but overall it was a very fun read. I should try the new Ghost Rider serious. Comics can use more horror-theme.
I haven't really followed Marvel continuity for at least a decade, but it's fun watching you talk about it. I remember Garth Ennis did a miniseries starring Johnny Blaze awhile back and Ennis's take was that Johnny was an idiot. Which I kind of agree with, as his origin from way back when really did portray him that way. The character looks great so he keeps coming back, but he doesn't seem to have legs. He needs a writer with a fresh take to reimagine him.
Darn, they already pulled and shipped an online order I made yesterday after my usual retailer informed me they wouldn't be able to get the specific Moon Knight 9. I filled out my order with tries of the first two issues of the new She-Hulk but this definitely sounded interesting even though Ketch is my Ghost Rider.
What if Crash Simpson really WAS Crash Simpson, the foster father he sold his soul to save? What if Johnny was able to keep him living in a more-or-less Earthlike life instead of continued damnation, but only as long as he remained trapped in the fraudulent Suburbia, and once he rejected it, Crash sank back into unmitigated brimstone and fishhooks? That would make rejecting his Hellhole trap a terrible choice, requiring Johnny to harden his heart - or tear it from his chest.
Thanks for posting this, I've been tossing up whether or not to check this out. My little brother and I used to read Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider comics together back when the first movie came out. Also, thirst! (That's what I'm supposed to say, right? )
Now THAT was a review...It actually made me interested in the character. I mean, I agree ; the tropes were over used and that part was pretty tired, but it was still a mystery with a truly suffering main character so...interested. You want to see if he gets out of it, right? Anyway, lovely video
“His high school sweetheart” aww “And step-sister”… wait what? I know next to nothing about Ghost Rider, just what’s been in the movies and AoS so anything else is very new to me.
It’s his adopted sister not his step-sister. They are not related. And, Blaze was adopted when he was 13. So he had a crush on her since he was “adopted.” Moreover, he was never truly adopted. More like he was taken in and taken care of. [x]
Neat. I just read Damnation: Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider num 1. He gets a piggyback ride on Elephant-man (who's already dead and in hell) turning him into... Elephant-man, but on fire. As if cybernetics, super-soldier serum, exo-suit, and being a bearer of The Crimson Gem of Cyttorak wasn't enough, he's now a flaming double-damned ghost... still in hell.
I enjoyed this, but have the same sort of feelings as I did about the previous iterations of Blaze's GR (all the way back to Alejandra); Jason Aaron's run felt like such a capstone to the stories of Blaze and Ketch that subsequent relaunches haven't really done much to bring anything new or particularly interesting to the character. That's why Robbie Reyes worked so well; without all that backstory and convoluted/ rewritten origins and continuity fudges, his Ghost Rider felt new, different and fresh. Which is why his book got cancelled after 12 issues. Blaze is a GR I've struggled to get into (I grew up with Danny Ketch and Zero Cochrane). I love his origin - selling his soul to save a friend, only to end up bound to the demon Zarathos - and the ending of his original run, but much of the middle sixty issues of that run are him just faffing about in search of a direction for his series. Never understood why his supporting cast were written out so early on, leaving him a bit aimless. The retconning he's had this century to basically steal the powers and look of Ketch's GR (arguably the better of the two 'classic' Riders - still love what Ivan Velez did with Ketch) hasn't sat right with me, and I wish Blaze wasn't constantly written as some sort of dumb-ass. I miss the sharper and more assured characterisation he got in the '90s. I'm interested to see where this goes for as long as it lasts (Ghost Rider hasn't done well in recent years) and I wonder, if we're building this back up, that Blaze could get actual Roxanne, Emma and Craig back. I'm sad that they're always now shown as dead - adds emotional weight as a loss, I suppose, but not when we've seen so little of them in 50 years of GR comics.
The eye in the scar was cool, but I think it would have been better if it was a set of teeth, the scar even seemed to contort into a smile for the eye. Reason why I say teeth is it could be a possible symbol for the ghost rider trying to "get out" or something along those lines, whereas the eye doesn't really do that for me (ghost rider doesn't have eyes) and in the story it doesn't seem to have much importance (Johnny seemed unaware of it, it was only for the audience) so it just seems to be spooky for the sake of being spooky.
Despite some of the flaws in the storytelling, this still looks awesome! I love the Johnny Blaze/Danny Ketch versions of Ghost Rider and I love this is inspired by John Carpenter and David Lynch! =D Need to check this one out! =)
Great recap of the anniversary issue and it’s backdrop. I’m reminded of a Swamp Thing issue where he wakes up and everything is suburban bliss and he even looks non monster. Honestly, I’m excited about his, much like the EC style Wrightson / Wein Swamp Thing (or even the Saga of Swamp Thing run) ran with the horror and supernatural storylines; that the Marvel Universe doesn’t always have to be stories about the end of the world or titanic fight in tights. Horror is better as a personal story that cuts to the visceral emotional level than “Ghost Rider in Spaaaaace!” and I might go pick this up if it sticks to this. I’m definitely moved to reread some of my Marvel Ghost Rider phone book collections (b&w and thick as a phone book). Totally agree that there isn’t that emotional wrenching like say Superman in “for the man who has everything” realizing his son isn’t real. Also, props for giving credit to the letterer and colorist, oft overlooked and invisible when it works, jarring when it doesn’t.
Who killed the dog? AGATHA, it was Agatha all along!
How is it that Casually Comics has a better wig budget than many movies and TV shows?????
for me the johnny stuck in suburbia was over too quickly, i woulda liked to see the weird dialled up and maintained for a few issues to make the escape have more of a pay off eventually
Ya true
It would definitely make Johnny’s decision a lot more dramatic to the scene.
What if Crash Simpson really WAS Crash Simpson, the foster father he sold his soul to save? What if Johnny was able to keep him living in a more-or-less Earthlike life instead of continued damnation, but only as long as he remained trapped in the fraudulent Suburbia, and once he rejected it, Crash sank back into unmitigated brimstone and fishhooks?
That would make rejecting his Hellhole trap a terrible choice, requiring Johnny to harden his heart - or tear it from his chest.
I"m actually glad it only lasted a little while. I've kind of tired of the "was my time as a superhero really just a HALLUCINATION?" trope so I'm glad that Percy sped through it quickly.
It certainly seems rushed.
Sasha's Canadian idea of a southern accent is "a lot of a lot". Johnny Blaze stars in Gone With the Wind lmao!
Lol it's too much I know, like I said waayy oversoutherning.
Too much freedom was added to the accent. Haha.
To be fair there is a lot of south where she lives
Ohhhh, I get it now, it's like, a horror movie version of Moon Knight, but Ghost Rider themed. Is it real, was he never truly his alter ego... I mean, yes, but the story is what keeps I fresh.
OR a bit like a horror version of "Wandavision," except with the illusion coming from without rather than within.
I feel like Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch have a similar relationship to Barry Allen and Wally West in that while yes, Johnny and Barry were the original and the most iconic versions of the characters the fact that Danny and Wally had such long, well remembered tenures after them also places it in a position where the two characters need to exist in some kind of equilibrium. Not discounting the other Ghost Riders I feel like Johnny and Danny have to always find some way to coexist as Ghost Rider, almost as if the two of them are like a heroic duo like how Peter Parker and Miles Morales have had to find a way to share the Spiderman name.
Also Ghost Rider standing up in a cloud of smoke saying "Who did this, who caged me here?" Is one of the most legit intimidating superhero moments I've seen in a long time.
Also Danny was more of a innovator for the Riders from what I understand, everything they do (fighting with chains, using the penance stare) Danny did first.
I'd almost argue that Danny is the truly iconic Ghost Rider, since it's HIS iconography, the black leather, spikes, chains, that have been stolen for every other Ghost Rider that followed him, INCLUDING Johnny Blaze!
@@shockwave75 All the more reason to keep them both around as the franchise's baseline.
@@thomasraines1396 I think that really proves my point more than anything. All the better to give them both the spot of THE Ghost Rider to share.
@@samwill7259 yeah.
Johnny Blaze voiced like a southern belle makes me smile so hard
Honestly if I didn’t know how wandavision ended and the Mephesto theory was still valid, I would’ve thought that this is the same town that Wanda and Vision were staying in and Mephesto just uses the same town with a different name to mess with traumatized heroes.
I also got WandaVision vibes from it (which is no bad thing, considering how much I love that show).
Why does Sashas Johnny Blaze sound like Blanche DuBois from A Streetcar Named Desire? “Ah always depend on thah kindness of demons!” Lol
I quite enjoyed it. I like Danny Ketch but Johnny Blaze will always be the Ghost Rider to me. I've always really appreciated the horror element in Ghost Rider comics. I recall a storyline in the original run from the 1970's. In which he'd been captured and the plan was to turn Johnny Blaze into some kind of half man/half motorcycle. Where his legs were removed and his torso was permanently attached to the bike. It was something that really stuck with me after first reading it as a child. I've still got the comic somewhere around here I think. I thought Johnny Blaze was even cool after he quit being Ghost Rider. Back in the early 1990's when he had a shotgun that shot hellfire and his hair was red for some reason.
That first Ghost Rider movie was magical
Lol it's not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but I love that movie
it was dumb fun
@Casually Comics the smarties in the cocktail glass was inspired.
Would have been much Better if the Demons weren’t as Easily Vanquished as the Ghost in PAC MAN after eating a Power Pellet 🖖🏾
It’s too bad that Brisson never got to finish his run. He seemed to have had a war between Blackheart, Ghost Rider, Mephisto and a few others in mind . I would have loved to have read that .
It was such a good start. Loved what they were doing. Really wish they would’ve been able to have that run. [x]
My favorite Ghost Rider is Ghost Rider 2099, but seeing this version of Johnny is interesting. The bike on the cover looks like Danny's Ghost Rider though.
It would be interesting if they expanded on the idea of his demon wife *actually* wanting to protect Johnny. Like if they went down the route of “yes she’s evil, but played a role for a greater good.”
6:42
“Johny seemingly has it all, a marriage with Roxanne his high school sweetheart and stepsister.”
Say what?!
Very much enjoyed this issue. My only complaint is that I really wish we got to truly finish the Ghost Rider arc that was started in 2019. Blaze as the King of Hell, Ketch as the Spirit of Corruption, and the impending war in all 7 hells.
What a run that could’ve been. [x]
As a giant Ghost Rider fan I'd love to see you do work on the other Riders like Robbie and how Johnny Blaze became King of Hell and the general crazy lore expansion of the Ghost Riders.
The first Ghost Rider movie may not be great but I still really enjoy it.
Wasn’t great? It was perfect.
Do we think Johnny's imaginary kids are going to end up as anyone's hands?
Drinking yourself to sleep seems about as good of a way to stop bad dreams as eating your way out of nightmares right before bed.
I'm guessing day magicians wear a kind of blue/indigo leotard and a red/yellow cape that seems to have a mind of its own.
I loved Immortal Hulk so I am in favor for more horror comics from Marvel.
FEAR THE IMMORAL HULK!! HE WILL SWINDLE AND ROB YOU AND FEEL NOTHING!
I'd read it
Immoral hulk isn't family friendly
@@paxonite-7bd5 Immoral Hulk sounds like a terrible porn parody movie.
@@paxonite-7bd5 ok
I enjoy the mixing of horror in and Ghost Rider can easily do it, but nothing really stood outside of expected horror tropes. Nothing surprising sadly. Ghost Rider has always been one of my favorites as I came to it randomly in the middle of a storyline, when I was a kid. Ghost Rider #44 in the middle of a Midnight Sons story, with Danny Ketch as the Rider, the cover is what grabbed me. Anyway I feel this is more of a wait and see.
They could have gone a really interesting route of the demons desperately trying to keep Jonny in suburbia so they could enjoy a life out of hell. It might have been an interesting look at how people idolize certain lifestyles over others or how much people are willing to sacrifice to gain their perfect life.
Ok, no fair! If Gwen can cosplay Emma Frost on a Ghost Rider Cover, I wanna cosplay Nick Cage from the sequel on the cover of Simpsons Comics. When the Dog acts up, I’d get to transform it into a Hellhound!
Guess how…?
Bart would get it.
18:01 but hasn't the Spirit not been like that in straight up ages? This isn't like Immortal Hulk where you can always pull a new monster out of Banner's Psyche. The Spirit's been on the side of the (Edgy) Angels for a while now IIRC.
15:52 Either Johnny blacked out and did it, or the Demons can't be expected to control themselves forever.
The cover for the first issue caught my eye and I jumped right in without knowing much about Ghost Rider beyond there were two movies and that there would be a skull with flames on it. I definitely like that this run is going a more horror route which makes it stand out against other comics I'm keeping up with and I'm happy to read this run and other Ghost Rider comics that I come across since the concept is a really cool one.
3:00 In the words of Rebel Wilson...
As an old fan of the original run of Ghost Rider I really enjoyed it. From my understanding Zeb was there to release the illusion of the town. Johnny could see glimpses of the demons but when Zeb showed up it was all revealed. Just happy there is a Ghost Rider comic again!
I have an idea on what the symbolism of the dog was. The dog was a demon, and the sheriff was taunting the Ghost Rider because he knows the Spirit of Vengeance is a hunter and slayer of demons. When he talks about the dog being murdered, he's poking the Rider in Johnny.
*Hears that one of the characters is named Talya*: Sweet another character with my name!!
So, if I'm following the subtext with the pig painting right, I'm guessing this story ends with Ghost Rider working for Jimmy Dean sausage.
Or he gets turned into bacon.
Am I symbolism-ing right?!
Roxxy is his adopted sister, not step. Step would be if Crash Simpson married Johnny's mom. Crash merely took the boy in and raised him after his own dad Barton died. Nothing legal happened. It's was more of a honorary fostering.
I always start hearing the Rollins Band song Ghost Rider when ever the Ghost Rider is mentioned.
Motorcycle....HERO
I am super in favor of a real horror version of GR, but this looks like weak sauce Hellblazer. The illusionary demon family actually happened to Constantine once. However, I am rooting for this. Also, for what it is worth, I hope you cover more horror.
"Is it subdermal? Please tell me it's subdermal." 😂🤣
10:28 SO you're saying eh should have said the American SCREAM? *Maniacal crypt-keeper laughter*
Robbie Reyes needs more love...out of all the new lineup of legacy heroes, he had a pretty cool character and design. Yeah, his art was inconsistent...but the story and characters were strong.
Facts. Would love to get more Robbie from Marvel.
He’s getting some love in Avengers Forever right now, which is the most interesting thing he’s done in a few years
Ghost Driver
Robbie Reyes was the best! He was from my hometown, East LA, he was also not a generic, “I joined a gang because I needed to,” storyline either. He was a regular kid who took care of his younger brother. Worked at a mechanic shop and raced to make some extra money.
Best Legacy character in Marvel if not runner up if not Top 3 only behind Morales and Khan. Really wish they did more with him. Glad they are finally doing something with him but to be Frank, Jason Aaron, gave him a soft retcon which I am not a fan of. [x]
@KevonLeTH-cam I literally only watched Agents of Shield because Robbie Reyes was announced to show up. Not the biggest fan of that interpretation, he’s not a teenager, 18/19, other characters like Guero don’t show up, etc, but I was just happy to see him. I stopped watching once he left and only watched the episodes that I found out he returned for a cameo. [x]
I think the Gwen thing is because her superhero name is Ghost-Spider
I love the cover by Kael Ngu. Fellow Malaysian, and all that. He's doing the main cover for Marauders too!
As a kid I remember reading issue 77 of the first Johnny Blaze series. Some evil dude with his henchmen consisting of deformed freaks wants to turn Johnny into a half-man-half-motorcycle. Truly weird.
Personally for the 'are you mad or is all the scary stuff under a veneer of comfortable normalcy real' type stories a slow build up works better. It felt like I had jumped in at the final issue of a run that would have slowly built up the unease & actually made Johnny part of the community (& his family) so his turn against them would have had a bigger impact.
I did a search, and it seems Hayden's Falls is in OH.
I was hoping it would be in NJ. Which would have been it's own special kind of hell.
You mentioned the Cosmic Ghost Rider, but you didn't mention (or if you did, you waited until much later) that that character is also Frank Castle (aka the Punisher), a former Galactus herald, and a time traveler...
Comics!
Coupled with other biblical imagary I might read the pig like the one in the story where demons were drawn out of a man and put into a pig that could be killed. Since letting demons in/out of the head was a theme… Hm, I’m not sure 🤔
That Cover is one of the best I've seen. Ghost Rider is one of the coolest characters ever. Oh,wow that 2nd cover is hot too! Lol!!
1. I find it funny the whole Johnny Blaze and pig symbolism is that Nicholas Cage stars in movie involving a pig (PIG btw)
2. Pitch Meeting- Gwen Stacy as a Ghost Rider (suggestive name: Gwen Rider, Ghost Gwen) going after Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)
3. It was Agatha All Along since she is known for killing dogs.
There needs to be a ghost rider/spawn crossover
As a Ghost Rider fan, I like the goal here. I really want it to go back to Johnny and Zarathos at odds. Because... Zarathos straight up ruined his life. Not even a little bit like.. full on ruined his life. Also... His family is dead. They have to be.
I love ghost rider so I was very happy to have more. While it may not have done many "new" things, I do think that what it did do, it did well. I loved the escalation to the ghost rider coming and thought the pay off was serviceable. As far as the ring is concerned, we get to see it on "Roxanne's" finger when she slaps Johnny and cuts him with it. For me, I figured that was enough to show this thing is an important piece. And is the moment he actually considered the ring. I'm definitely all in on the series, myself.
9:39 subtle
I live for your cold readings doing various deep voices male voices. Never. Gets. Old.
I remember that time Agent Coulson became Ghost Rider. Ghost Rider agent of SHIELD.
Although it might suffer in sales, it’s really smart what marvel is doing to involve their series past the old comic book days. From this comic to strange University, it seems like marvel is trying to bring out their inner eclipse comics with more adult non-spandex superhero types of titles
Are you talking about, Strange Academy? If yes, that comic is widely popular and successful. [x]
Cosmic Ghost Rider kinda rules. I wish it wasn't who it was but overall it was a very fun read.
I should try the new Ghost Rider serious. Comics can use more horror-theme.
I just watched a couple of videos from your old "Sasha Wood" channel that the algorithm recommended to me.
Wow. Just, wow.
"Who killed the dog?"
It was Agatha all along.
I really like that peaking through the blinds, it looks very cool
Ghost Rider gets great mileage out of that bike of his. He should hit the road dealing with supernatural hot spots and baddies in general.
Hey, loved that brief flash of "Frame of Mind" (ST-TNG)! Very appropriate.
I haven't really followed Marvel continuity for at least a decade, but it's fun watching you talk about it. I remember Garth Ennis did a miniseries starring Johnny Blaze awhile back and Ennis's take was that Johnny was an idiot. Which I kind of agree with, as his origin from way back when really did portray him that way. The character looks great so he keeps coming back, but he doesn't seem to have legs. He needs a writer with a fresh take to reimagine him.
I mean, haven't you seen Halloween 2? Running down suspects with the car is standard procedure for suburbian cops.
I’m getting into statues now and there’s some really cool Ghost Rider statues, they’re so nice.
Zeb Wells , the Magician. JAZZ HANDS!
Darn, they already pulled and shipped an online order I made yesterday after my usual retailer informed me they wouldn't be able to get the specific Moon Knight 9. I filled out my order with tries of the first two issues of the new She-Hulk but this definitely sounded interesting even though Ketch is my Ghost Rider.
I actually really liked this but they really turned Johnny's bike into Danny's bike and he got the jacket back that Danny usually supported.
Hey Sasha, nice to see a video about the silver age girls, Arrowette, Roberta and Aquagirl.
I want the Oops All Magicians tarot deck.
Layman's term for a "subdermal hematoma": Bruise.
Lol! But it sounds so much worse
@@CasuallyComics It does, and it can be a bad thing. Research "compartment syndrome."
The American Scream. What? I said the American Dream. Are you ok Johnny?
The entire time. I'm thinking that the moment he transforms Johnny should heal.
50 years? That's a lot longer then I assumed.
It feels like, with a few tweaks, obviously, it could work much better as an out-of-continuity thing rather than a relaunch 👀
Wait, does Johnny canonically have a southern accent? Or was that just creative licensing on Sasha’s part?
What if Crash Simpson really WAS Crash Simpson, the foster father he sold his soul to save? What if Johnny was able to keep him living in a more-or-less Earthlike life instead of continued damnation, but only as long as he remained trapped in the fraudulent Suburbia, and once he rejected it, Crash sank back into unmitigated brimstone and fishhooks?
That would make rejecting his Hellhole trap a terrible choice, requiring Johnny to harden his heart - or tear it from his chest.
The dog in the mailbox was because no-one had a bar fridge
Thanks for posting this, I've been tossing up whether or not to check this out. My little brother and I used to read Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider comics together back when the first movie came out.
Also, thirst! (That's what I'm supposed to say, right? )
Did I briefly see a flaming mastodon?!
That motel joke lol
Now THAT was a review...It actually made me interested in the character. I mean, I agree ; the tropes were over used and that part was pretty tired, but it was still a mystery with a truly suffering main character so...interested. You want to see if he gets out of it, right?
Anyway, lovely video
About damn time Ghost Rider became a horror comic book
who 'caged' him there
I'm loving your look for this video!
Who killed the neighbor's dog? It was Agatha (all along)!!!
Awwwh! That wig is really cute on you!
“His high school sweetheart” aww
“And step-sister”… wait what?
I know next to nothing about Ghost Rider, just what’s been in the movies and AoS so anything else is very new to me.
It’s his adopted sister not his step-sister. They are not related. And, Blaze was adopted when he was 13. So he had a crush on her since he was “adopted.” Moreover, he was never truly adopted. More like he was taken in and taken care of. [x]
Neat. I just read Damnation: Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider num 1. He gets a piggyback ride on Elephant-man (who's already dead and in hell) turning him into... Elephant-man, but on fire. As if cybernetics, super-soldier serum, exo-suit, and being a bearer of The Crimson Gem of Cyttorak wasn't enough, he's now a flaming double-damned ghost... still in hell.
I enjoyed this, but have the same sort of feelings as I did about the previous iterations of Blaze's GR (all the way back to Alejandra); Jason Aaron's run felt like such a capstone to the stories of Blaze and Ketch that subsequent relaunches haven't really done much to bring anything new or particularly interesting to the character. That's why Robbie Reyes worked so well; without all that backstory and convoluted/ rewritten origins and continuity fudges, his Ghost Rider felt new, different and fresh. Which is why his book got cancelled after 12 issues.
Blaze is a GR I've struggled to get into (I grew up with Danny Ketch and Zero Cochrane). I love his origin - selling his soul to save a friend, only to end up bound to the demon Zarathos - and the ending of his original run, but much of the middle sixty issues of that run are him just faffing about in search of a direction for his series. Never understood why his supporting cast were written out so early on, leaving him a bit aimless. The retconning he's had this century to basically steal the powers and look of Ketch's GR (arguably the better of the two 'classic' Riders - still love what Ivan Velez did with Ketch) hasn't sat right with me, and I wish Blaze wasn't constantly written as some sort of dumb-ass. I miss the sharper and more assured characterisation he got in the '90s.
I'm interested to see where this goes for as long as it lasts (Ghost Rider hasn't done well in recent years) and I wonder, if we're building this back up, that Blaze could get actual Roxanne, Emma and Craig back. I'm sad that they're always now shown as dead - adds emotional weight as a loss, I suppose, but not when we've seen so little of them in 50 years of GR comics.
Let’s not forget the Ghost Rider of the Future from Guardians of the Galaxy 13
The eye in the scar was cool, but I think it would have been better if it was a set of teeth, the scar even seemed to contort into a smile for the eye.
Reason why I say teeth is it could be a possible symbol for the ghost rider trying to "get out" or something along those lines, whereas the eye doesn't really do that for me (ghost rider doesn't have eyes) and in the story it doesn't seem to have much importance (Johnny seemed unaware of it, it was only for the audience) so it just seems to be spooky for the sake of being spooky.
Yeah... As if I needed reasons to suspect the neighborhood's kids are literally from Hell :D
Missed opportunity to read it in Nic Cage's voice.
Despite some of the flaws in the storytelling, this still looks awesome! I love the Johnny Blaze/Danny Ketch versions of Ghost Rider and I love this is inspired by John Carpenter and David Lynch! =D Need to check this one out! =)
Oh no not the dog 😭
What if Ghost Rider's skull on fire is just an allegory for hangovers?
Great recap of the anniversary issue and it’s backdrop. I’m reminded of a Swamp Thing issue where he wakes up and everything is suburban bliss and he even looks non monster. Honestly, I’m excited about his, much like the EC style Wrightson / Wein Swamp Thing (or even the Saga of Swamp Thing run) ran with the horror and supernatural storylines; that the Marvel Universe doesn’t always have to be stories about the end of the world or titanic fight in tights. Horror is better as a personal story that cuts to the visceral emotional level than “Ghost Rider in Spaaaaace!” and I might go pick this up if it sticks to this. I’m definitely moved to reread some of my Marvel Ghost Rider phone book collections (b&w and thick as a phone book).
Totally agree that there isn’t that emotional wrenching like say Superman in “for the man who has everything” realizing his son isn’t real.
Also, props for giving credit to the letterer and colorist, oft overlooked and invisible when it works, jarring when it doesn’t.
"Dogs in mailboxes"... is it the new "Women in refrigerators"?
The Helstrom tv show wasn’t terrible. Bummed it ended. Thanks for the vid I’ll have to check out this one!
Ghost Rider has always been one my favorites, i really enjoyed the Road to Damnation series.