Johnny Blaze needs to know the truth behind what happened to him in Hayden Falls. But not only does he have an FBI agent tailing him, there are supernatural forces at work that want to see him off the road again, including a nightmarish trucker who stains the roads with burned rubber and roadkill.
RATED T+
Though obviously Johnny and the Rider's story, Ghost Rider's most incredible star is the corrupted America through which they move. Read Full Review
Percy is expertly keeping the reader (and Blaze) guessing as to what is really going on and why Blaze has no memory of his exploits as Ghost Rider. Intriguing. Read Full Review
Ghost Rider does the thing here and it's a thing. It's not great, it's not bad, it's just underwhelming because it's standard by-the-book stuff. We get the minor teases of the larger events at play here which is fine but even that is completely expected and doesn't really say anything. We get some decent action and the narration is fun because it reminds me so much of 80s Hulk TV. I can hear the ending theme from that as Johnny keeps walking down the road. But it's all just so basic. Read Full Review
Even coming into this one blind it came up pretty well, I would recommend this if you are interested in this character. Read Full Review
Ghost Rider #3 is dark and disturbing, and there's really no way around that. Read Full Review
Three issues in and I am not sure if we have actually progressed that much story wise. Throw in the "shark and you have an issue that aims top be spectacular, and succeeds in places, that somehow still feels flat in places. Read Full Review
Feels like we're rebooting to old-school '70s Ghost Rider, but the execution doesn't quite gel with the intent. Read Full Review
Ghost Rider #3 ran off the proverbial road in this issue. There are creepy horror elements, but random events happen with no explanation or connection to each other. It's as if Percy pulled horror concepts out of a hat and smushed them together without consideration for telling a story. Read Full Review
Benjamin Percy continues to blow me away with his writing! 3 issues in and this is already one of my favorite ghost rider volumes. The artwork matches the dark tone of the writing making this a tremendous issue
I'm being a little generous with the 8 but, it did have some really solid moments and some great visuals.
I'm rating too harshly because I just can't get away from the Immortal Hulk comparison. This is aiming for the same tone but its storytelling is not as good, and (so far) its plot and character development are much weaker.
None of which means it's actually a *bad* comic. It's just not good enough to make me forget there's another series out there that aimed at the same target and got a lot closer to the bullseye.
I can still definitely be won over if the story develops in interesting ways, though.
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