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So there are times when I just feel like reading something older, maybe for the first time, but sadly, those comics's times have come and gone and there's no one around to discuss them anymore.
So I figured I'd start a thread for people like me who decided to read something that Not New. And hey, sometimes it's fun to discuss comics from yester year.
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Over the weekend I picked up the last issue of the 90's crossover "Rise of the Midnight Sons." I started skimming the first issue today and ended up reading it, and the reading the rest of it.
Issues included:
Ghost Rider 28
Spirits of Vengeance 1
Morbius 1
Spirits of Vengeance 2
Darkhold 1
Spirits of Vengeance 3
Nightstalkers 1
Ghost Rider 31
Now, I know that Ghost Rider 29-30 also tie-in here, but I don't have them. I've read 29 before, though out of context, so I got the jist of what it was about. And really, the story could be read without these issues, same with S.o.V. 2-3, but I had them so I read them in order.
Now, I read and really enjoyed Ghost Rider up until issue 27 with the X-Men/Brood crossover, but that's where I stopped. So this is my first time reading this story. I've always known that I liked Ghost Rider and Blaze, and I vaguely remember reading Morbius's first few issues when they were new, though I didn't remember any of it, but I really had no interest in the Nightstalkers or Darkhold. I found while reading all of this in context that I really enjoyed every single issue of this event, much more than most of the stuff that comes out today.
The idea is that just prior to this event, Danny Ketch was nearly killed by a demonic person called Blackout. Ghost Rider took over and Danny's dying consciousness remains inside of him. They are searching out a way to save him, and while they are doing that, a Demon Mother returns from an ages long exile, named Lilith (recenty of Captain Britain & MI:13). She is gathering her lost demon children, who have blended in with the humans, but has a vision of 9 people who can defeat her. And so she attempts to destroy at least 1 to break that chain and to ensure her survivor while she regains her strength.
Problem is, she somehow comes into contact with the dying soul of Danny Ketch and through him Ghost Rider and Blaze learn of her return and plans. So the crossover consists of Ghost Rider and Blaze on one side and Lilith and her children (the Lilan) hunting the rest of these people down to try to kill/save them. And of course, Ghost Rider and Blaze's taking on different members of Lilith's children all the while. We also see that Doctor Strange is in the background pulling strings for Ghost Rider and Blaze. It turns out that he is unable in interfere directly because the level of magical powers between he and Lilith would cause more damage than not, so it's safer to work through others.
From there the differant people from the new books are brought into the story as we are introduced to the 9... who consist of: Ghost Rider & Johnny Blaze (the Spirits of Vengeance), Blade, Hannibal King, & Frank Drake (The Nightstalkers), Victoria Mantesi, Louise Hastings, & Sam Buchannon (from Darkhold), and Morbius the Living Vampire.
This was a great start to the new titles and I find myself real curious about them and I'm eager to try and find more of their stuff as soon as I can. The story brings them together in the end for a fairly explosive final to the story that is conclusive, yet, leaves you eager for more. I can't wait to read more from this line of books.
Definately a good way to start the day
So I figured I'd start a thread for people like me who decided to read something that Not New. And hey, sometimes it's fun to discuss comics from yester year.
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Over the weekend I picked up the last issue of the 90's crossover "Rise of the Midnight Sons." I started skimming the first issue today and ended up reading it, and the reading the rest of it.
Issues included:
Ghost Rider 28
Spirits of Vengeance 1
Morbius 1
Spirits of Vengeance 2
Darkhold 1
Spirits of Vengeance 3
Nightstalkers 1
Ghost Rider 31
Now, I know that Ghost Rider 29-30 also tie-in here, but I don't have them. I've read 29 before, though out of context, so I got the jist of what it was about. And really, the story could be read without these issues, same with S.o.V. 2-3, but I had them so I read them in order.
Now, I read and really enjoyed Ghost Rider up until issue 27 with the X-Men/Brood crossover, but that's where I stopped. So this is my first time reading this story. I've always known that I liked Ghost Rider and Blaze, and I vaguely remember reading Morbius's first few issues when they were new, though I didn't remember any of it, but I really had no interest in the Nightstalkers or Darkhold. I found while reading all of this in context that I really enjoyed every single issue of this event, much more than most of the stuff that comes out today.
The idea is that just prior to this event, Danny Ketch was nearly killed by a demonic person called Blackout. Ghost Rider took over and Danny's dying consciousness remains inside of him. They are searching out a way to save him, and while they are doing that, a Demon Mother returns from an ages long exile, named Lilith (recenty of Captain Britain & MI:13). She is gathering her lost demon children, who have blended in with the humans, but has a vision of 9 people who can defeat her. And so she attempts to destroy at least 1 to break that chain and to ensure her survivor while she regains her strength.
Problem is, she somehow comes into contact with the dying soul of Danny Ketch and through him Ghost Rider and Blaze learn of her return and plans. So the crossover consists of Ghost Rider and Blaze on one side and Lilith and her children (the Lilan) hunting the rest of these people down to try to kill/save them. And of course, Ghost Rider and Blaze's taking on different members of Lilith's children all the while. We also see that Doctor Strange is in the background pulling strings for Ghost Rider and Blaze. It turns out that he is unable in interfere directly because the level of magical powers between he and Lilith would cause more damage than not, so it's safer to work through others.
From there the differant people from the new books are brought into the story as we are introduced to the 9... who consist of: Ghost Rider & Johnny Blaze (the Spirits of Vengeance), Blade, Hannibal King, & Frank Drake (The Nightstalkers), Victoria Mantesi, Louise Hastings, & Sam Buchannon (from Darkhold), and Morbius the Living Vampire.
This was a great start to the new titles and I find myself real curious about them and I'm eager to try and find more of their stuff as soon as I can. The story brings them together in the end for a fairly explosive final to the story that is conclusive, yet, leaves you eager for more. I can't wait to read more from this line of books.
Definately a good way to start the day
). But those are relatively minor compared to the pros. There are some genuinely fun and engaging stories here, and somewhere between Thor befriending and fighting on behalf of Hercules in Olympus and Jane getting traded out for Sif, I felt like a kid discovering Thor for the first time again. Awesome stuff overall, and it's no wonder Thor managed to survive as one of Marvel's most major characters for so long. 
