Who would have knocked him out? And what would that mean for the country if he wasn’t roaming its dark highways? Trouble. So we had to address the question: where’s Johnny been? I liked the idea of him being off the road. What was the motivation behind this move?īENJAMIN PERCY : I know Marvel time is hard to track, but it had been a while-arguably years-since Blaze made an appearance. When we started up, Johnny Blaze seemed to be living in paradise but quickly had that stripped away. This makes it easy for readers to jump on even if issue #1 or issue #2 or issue #3 is no longer in stock. Individual stories that are building toward a bigger story. When GHOST RIDER starts off, it’s kind of a monster-of-the-week book. I looked at the success of IMMORTAL HULK (2018) and I tried to model the design partially off it. We don’t discount or erase anything that’s been written previously: we just put Johnny in a ruinous situation in which he’s basically starting over. Back to basics seemed like the best approach, given that the title had been off the table for a few years. I didn’t want people worrying over Ghost Riders that might exist on different continents or how many different Spirits there might be. So I was looking for a way to give the story a fresh start. I know some folks thrive on mythology-they like to carry around an encyclopedic amount of comic book nerd knowledge-but I do think that can be off-putting to new readers, so you have to strike a balance: honor the past, but do your own thing. When Darren Shan reached out, I had been thinking for a long time about what I might want to do with the character. It was a bucket list title for me, and I made it clear to Marvel that I wanted a shot at it when the time was right. What was the process like behind this volume of GHOST RIDER?īENJAMIN PERCY : Talks on GHOST RIDER began several years ago. Like discovering a muscle I didn’t know I had. It’s been really fun to lean into the scary, gross, horror aspects of the art. Outside of a few guest stars, I think our book operates in its own little dark corner of the Marvel Universe.
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No matter what I’m writing-take a look at WOLVERINE (2020) and X-FORCE (2019)-it bends toward the upsetting, the dreadful, the uncanny.ĬORY SMITH : Personally, I treat our GHOST RIDER series like straight-up horror, forget the balance. I probably rented as many horror VHS tapes as a kid as I ate grilled cheese sandwiches, so it’s just part of my creative DNA. Ghost Rider is one of those unique Marvel characters that combines Super Heroes with horror: How do you strike that balance?īENJAMIN PERCY : My brain is hard-wired for horror. I can almost imagine him throwing up the devil’s horns and head-banging every time he finishes a page. But if we’re talking old school stuff, I was really into SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE and “ Rise of the Midnight Sons” when I was younger it felt to me like a Metallica album.Īnd that’s what Cory has brought to the series: that heavy metal sensibility. I wanted to be that brave with the horror we’re undertaking. The work he did on “ Road to Damnation” with Crain was so unapologetically raw and dark and elemental. And Ed Brisson and Aaron Kuder’s series from a few years back is a standout too they were doing some great and inventive things in that book.īENJAMIN PERCY : Ennis for sure. Those stories were dark and unpredictable, with deeply religious themes, and the artists really created a unique world for it all to play out in. That book had a real, brutal grindhouse aesthetic that fits Ghost Rider like a glove. What are some of your favorite Ghost Rider stories from the past? And do any of them influence your current run?ĬORY SMITH : I really liked the Jason Aaron/ Roland Boschi/ Tan Eng Huat series from 2006. He was guest-starring in like every third title back then, and I still have the cover to X-MEN (1991) #9-Ghost Rider versus Wolverine drawn by Jim Lee -seared into the back of my brain. That flaming skull is the coolest design in comics.ĬORY SMITH : I grew up on the Marvel comics of the 90’s, so Danny Ketch was my intro to the Ghost Rider. And at garage sales and convenience stores, I was always drawn to the horror titles. But when I did get to a store, I’d be pulling back issues of GHOST RIDER from the dusty bins. Prior to working on this title, what were your experiences with Ghost Rider?īENJAMIN PERCY : I moved all over as a kid, and I was often living in rural areas, so I rarely had a comic book shop I could visit with any regularity.
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