On The Road Again: Way Talks "Ghost Rider"

Sounds great! I like that the new series is in the Marvel Universe.

 

Well, it's a shame he's not going to use the Penance Stare. I was always very fond of that. It was such a wonderfully poetic power. However, everything else sounds incredibly exciting. Especially him delivering baddies kicking and screaming to the gates of Hell!! Mw-ha-ha.

And thank God Tex is back on the job. Just look at that pic. Bang on! Best GR artist ever, period.

Can't wait.

 

i wonder if Tex and Javier just swapped jobs as compared to the 90s series. Tex might be doing the actual line art this time and Javier the inking.
guess we should hear more in the coming months...
im still hoping Saltares does some of the actual art somewhere during the series...ive always preferred his artwork for Ghost Rider.

regardless that was a very cool article...shame about the Penance Stare though
other than that it sounds very promising

 

That little bit on Danny potentially being a part of the story made me smile inside.

 

These are really promising news.

I will also miss the Penance Stare, but if the character is handled right there are a lot of chances to make up for this loss, I'd say.

 

Hey guys, good news...just relax...and breathe slowly...

Javier Saltares is still on the job...doing the breakdowns, and Tex will do the finishing over his work...

 

Im glad that they didnt throw away the Dan Ketch run and that he is hoping to integrate it one day. Dan Way has a lot of story holes that I hope he will fill in without destroying Dan's run.

 

WHOA, Wait a minute, He said no penance stare. I glossed right over that subconsciously assuming he would be wasting their souls another way. This is crazy. If GhostRider can't do that then WTF

 

Danny Ketch, again?
Oh, no...

He´s already a legend, being a GR for 8 years, but that´s it.
New host or a pure evil 100% GR. please!!!!!!

 

It sounds like their sort of doing what the movie is--use the chain and the look of Ketch's rider, but with Johnny Blaze and his story. I would expect, for that reason, that the hellfire blasts will be returning. Personally, I'd like to see him return to the Marvel Spotlight Ghost Rider where, rather than blasting hellfire, he could make it appear from anywhere and manipulate it however he wanted. That would be a nice touch for the "penance with no penance stare" angle.

 

It will be interesting to see how the bike transforms, I always liked that he created the bike out of hellfire, perhaps they will use the hellfire effects metal idea from the movie.

 

I won't miss the penance stare, since (except in some alternate universes in Exiles) the Blaze GR didn't have the penace stare.

 

Do we really want the movies to determine the direction of the comics?

The movie universe is its own universe - I hope it doesn't start determining the direction of the comics.

 

ongoing series and a movie? this could be the breakout year for ghost rider! here's to hoping the series will never stop and the sequels for the film!

 

The penance stare is only as good as the after effect. I think the stare is a phenomonal trait, but after the stare there needs to be a good terror shot of the victim. Thats always been missing. I think you need a couple of adders to establish how terrifying the stare is. A- you need to hear the scream, B- you need to see the tremble, C- you need to see a combination flashback of the reversing inflicted terror, D- you need to see after effects. Without any of this, the stare is just assumed.

Fire from the mouth? I don't buy it. Its like burping after a hot burrito. I think the fire has to be from the hands, or like the stare, from the eyes. Hell I think the chain from the mouth was ridiculous in the mini.

IMHO like the bike that has its own personality, I think the chain he wears should also have that trait. Like Doc Oc's tentacle arms in the spidey movie, or in the comics Spawns cape.

Just my 02. cents

HFM

 

THE STORY:
“VICIOUS CYCLE”
Once upon a time, Johnny Blaze made a deal with the Devil...and to no one’s surprise but his own, he got shafted. Now trapped in hell, with the Spirit of Vengeance bonded to his immortal soul and weighing him down, Johnny may have finally found a way out. But at what cost? From the depths of Hell to the glittering spires of Heaven, the Ghost Rider rides again in his first ongoing series in nearly a decade, blazing new trails and dispensing fiery vengeance in his wake. The demonic team of Daniel Way, Mark Texeira and Javier Saltares reunite to put ol’ Flamehead back in the saddle where he belongs. Ready or not, here he comes!
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There is also going to be what they are calling an "Silvestri Variant"

 

Now trapped in hell, with the Spirit of Vengeance bonded to his immortal soul and weighing him down

Flamehead, there is the answer to the question you posed during our last discussion.

However it poses a new question. Marvels character profile clearly says JB is bonded back to Zarathos, but as we see here it says spirit of vengeance.
Of course JB's GR was originally refered to as being the spirit of vengeance, but I thought they had currently made a distinction.........

 

Don't know if I'm looking forward to a Sliverstri cover. Well, I'll be reserving these in the coming weeks now. Going to be a very good July.

 

Maybe they decided that he will be bonded to Knoble Kale. Perhaps the deal that was made by his and Dan's mother that he will not be a host is no longer valid as he has died and gone to hell, it was clearly Blaze in control in the mini but who's to say what Way has in store for us.