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The issue starts with some flashbacks on the relationship between Danny Ketch and Johnny Blaze on the history of Blaze and Ketch’s relationship. Two flame heads, the red flame and the blue flame battle in a way which claimed to be too well organized. The fight takes turn one to another, making it looks like a neat war in 1700s, taking scenes from the picture Patriot starred by Mel Gibson. I think if Danny’s the one who initiate the penance attack, I doubt that our new Caretaker could make a save in time.

Danny Ketch’s Spirit of Vengeance thirsts for the rest of the Spirits!

Having noticed that the spirit of vengeance holds as a weapon of heaven bonded to him by the renegade angel, Johnny Blaze travels to the mountains of Tibet by just walking out of a door to exact his revenge. Zadkiel who had enjoyed himself on the dead Caretaker is busy preparing to overthrow throne of Heaven on the other way round. He then discovers that there are many different versions of Ghost Riders all over the world through the former nun as well. The death of horse-riding Tibetan ghost rider in return gives a hint that these Ghost Riders are actively on pursue by Danny Ketch who is now Zadkiel’s important pawn.

Newly introduced Ghost Riders might join Blaze!

The finishing page suddenly steer up my excitement for the next issue. The storyline is not linearly walk through the Ghost Rider past stories, but Aaron’s idea of spreading it globally is something that out of box in my thought. I have seen the Tibetan Ghost Rider including his demise in the previous book, which initially made me doubted whether we could witness other international Ghost Riders in action. The ambush of two Ghost Riders then opens up another interesting thoughts within me for at least there are Spirits of Vengeance that share the same direction as Johnny Blaze’s, though they might not be a perfect support against Ketch and Zadkiel.

Huat and Villarrubia’s art is as gorgeous as they worked on Silver Surfer,  maintaining a sense of urgency and movement if not much, even though most of the fight sequence is limited to five panels per page. I adore the design of characters, page and panel layouts, good enough to heat up Ol’ Flamehead’s fans on this first round of duel. Let’s just wait and see what these Taliban-wannabe and lady flameheads got to offer. On the other hand, the cover art by Marko Djurdjevic is severly sick! He’s totally up to my favorite illustrator’s list.

Tags: Ghost Rider, Jason Aaron, Jose Villarubia, Tan Eng Huat

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