Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Omnibus Vol. 2

Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Omnibus

by Howard Mackie, Adam Kubert (Illustrator), Ron Wagner (illustrator)

Danny Ketch, the second Ghost Rider, was one the hottest heroes of the 1990s comic book boom, and this omnibus collects some of his earliest adventures!

Danny Ketch and Johnny Blaze are the Spirits of Vengeance! The scorching-hot ’90s adventures of the Ghost Rider continue, featuring Johnny Blaze and the rise of Marvel’s Midnight Sons! Morbius, Blade, the Nightstalkers and the Darkhold Redeemers join the fight against Lilith, Mother of Demons, and her horrifying progeny! And Ghost Rider battles the alien Brood alongside the X-Men; is made to know fear alongside Captain America, courtesy of the sinister Scarecrow; and shares a hellish team-up with Spider-Man — confronting Venom, the Demogoblin and more! Plus: Vital tales of the Ghost Rider mythos that have never before been collected!

COLLECTING: GHOST RIDER (1990) #25-40, GHOST RIDER/BLAZE: SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE #1-13, MORBIUS: THE LIVING VAMPIRE (1992) #1 and #12, DARKHOLD: PAGES FROM THE BOOK OF SINS #1 and #11, NIGHTSTALKERS #1 and #10, GHOST RIDER/CAPTAIN AMERICA: FEAR, X-MEN (1991) #9, WEB OF SPIDER-MAN (1985) #95-96, MIDNIGHT SONS UNLIMITED #3 and material from MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #119-130, MIDNIGHT SONS UNLIMITED #1-2 and MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL (1991) #3

Genres: Comics, Marvel

1312 pages, Hardcover

Published October 7, 2025

About the author

Howard Mackie is an American comic book editor and writer. He has worked almost exclusively for Marvel Comics.

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gems include Blackout kills Ketch, Brood Trouble in the Big Easy, Rise of the Midnight Sons, GR allies w/ Beast & Wolverine, SV v. Steel Vengeance, Nightmare kidnaps the Ketchs, Blaze burns Skinner to bones, Dr. Strange purges GR from the Lilith taint, GR v. Madcap & Death Ninja, GR & Cap v. Scarecrow, GR v. Heart Attack, GR & DD v. Succubus & Hyde, GR & Archangel v. the Firm, Scarecrow impales GR, Venom tracks Hag & Troll, Spidey protects Hobgoblin from Demogoblin & Spiderganger, Blaze shotguns Venom, GR chains Venom, Venom chains GR, SV v. Steel Vengeance & Wind & Soulless Ones, Mephisto creates Vengeance, GR v. Vengeance, GR impales Vengeance, Blaze shotguns Vengeance, & Midnight Massacre

[Communist Mimikyu · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's 90's Marvel I wasn't expecting much but got even less. The only truly good part of this book was the Ann Nocenti Marvel Comics Presents.

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a classic of dumb fun, very 90's comics. The art is mostly quite good on the main GR book and Spirits spin off done by a bevy of Kubert's including some incredible work from Joe Kubert inking and drawing both. Also contains a story from Marvel comics presents by Ann Nocenti and Steve Lightle that is quite a fun one with beautiful art and colors.

The stories lose a bit of steam in the latter half when it becomes bogged down in crossovers although the Rise of the Midnight Sons is quite fun. The enjoyable bits far outweighed the dull parts of this book for me but I'm not sure I'll be reading the 3rd on the Danny Ketch omnis when it comes out, feels like the series is losing its narrative legs by the end of this volume.

Lmk if you've read this series before what you think of the next arcs!

[OmniBen · Rating 2 out of 5]

(Zero spoiler review) 1.5/5
Despite the limits of Howard Mackie's writing, I found myself enjoying volume one. Sadly for me, it became instantly apparent after opening volume two, that whatever enjoyment obtained previously was well and truly absent here. I didn't think 90's schlock landed quite this early in the decade, but it seemingly did on Ghost Rider. Nothing substantive to be found here whatsoever, save the Ann Nocenti mini series. When you add in the fact that Mark Texeira's art doesn't feature at all, then I am well and truly out. You've gotta have some weapon's grade 90's copium to dig this dreck. 1.5/5


OmniBen.