![]() It would be badass to write this series at any point in my life, but launching on the 50th anniversary feels especially (un)holy. “Ghost Rider is arguably the best designed, but inarguably, the most heavy metal character in all of comics. To this day, the sight of the character blazing along a midnight highway makes my heart rev like a four-stroke engine. That monstrous bike coughing out clouds of sulfurous exhaust. 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. In a statement announcing the series, writer Benjamin Percy described some of the influences for the book: And there’s a spirit in him that’s begging to break out! ![]() This life is beginning to feel like a prison. And he sees bloody visions when he’s awake. He has nightmares of monsters when he sleeps. 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. 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! ![]() 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.
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