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Ghost Rider: The War For Heaven
Ghost Rider: The War for Heaven, Book 2
Jason Aaron's acclaimed GHOST RIDER run reaches its fever-pitch conclusion- and heaven will burn. There's not just one Rider anymore! Danny Ketch, the 1990s Ghost Rider, is reborn - but darker than ever before. Where did it all go wrong? The Caretaker leads a special tour of the long and sordid history of the Spirit of Vengeance - and it has many more chapters than you might think! As secrets are revealed, Johnny Blaze heads to Japan. Renegade angel Zadkiel is out to thwart prophecy by assassinating a young boy bred by Satanists to rule the world. So if Blaze and Ketch are going to save all of creation, first they'll have to...save the Antichrist?! Prepare for a furious race to the finish line!
COLLECTING: GHOST RIDER: DANNY KETCH (2008) 1-5, GHOST RIDER (2006) 33-35, GHOST RIDERS: HEAVEN'S ON FIRE (2009) 1-6
COLLECTING: GHOST RIDER: DANNY KETCH (2008) 1-5, GHOST RIDER (2006) 33-35, GHOST RIDERS: HEAVEN'S ON FIRE (2009) 1-6
336 pages, Paperback
First published February 3, 2010
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,352 books1,678 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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June 9, 2021
The epic conclusion, to the biggest Ghost Rider story of all time. I am of two minds for this book. The two mini series are great final three issues of the main series sandwiched between the mini-series is what let it book down for me.
The first mini series is the corruption of Dan. How did he end working for the wrong side? Great artwork and a good story.
The three main issues I did not like. In fairness issue the first issue is not bad, the other two I hated the artwork, the story I really did not add anything to the story. I would have preferred if the just went into the final mini series.
The finale a great 6 issue finale. If I had one criticism about the art, is it is very difficult to tell the difference between Johnny and Dan in both human and Ghost Rider form. Also the fact they are fighting like kids every chance they get is my story critic.
All in all a very good book. I couple of dud issues in the middle. Though a must have for any Ghost Rider fan.
The first mini series is the corruption of Dan. How did he end working for the wrong side? Great artwork and a good story.
The three main issues I did not like. In fairness issue the first issue is not bad, the other two I hated the artwork, the story I really did not add anything to the story. I would have preferred if the just went into the final mini series.
The finale a great 6 issue finale. If I had one criticism about the art, is it is very difficult to tell the difference between Johnny and Dan in both human and Ghost Rider form. Also the fact they are fighting like kids every chance they get is my story critic.
All in all a very good book. I couple of dud issues in the middle. Though a must have for any Ghost Rider fan.
June 6, 2020
4.5
The final 6 issues are a 5 rating but the storylines before are a little mixed. The background volume sets the stage and I enjoyed the inclusion as it gave me a better understanding. It was a good idea to save the key volume to the very end as if some of these earlier storylines followed that, I might've skipped over them.
Why the 4.5?
The ending was worth the wait and this was a great introduction to the ghost rider character. The artwork felt the need to make the brothers look like twins for some bizarre reason and that was a giant distraction at times. The payoff to the cliffhanger was well played and it was worth the time. The subplots are a little out there and I don't believe everyone would enjoy this as much as me. There's gun pointing nuns for one example, something that felt stolen from Garth Ennis. I don't know why I have that opinion but it just felt like something he would do. If Marvel ever feel the need to make more films, use this please. It was nice to have the brothers and considering they were robbed of childhood connection, the brother bicker and banter is a fun aspect of the character's.
The final 6 issues are a 5 rating but the storylines before are a little mixed. The background volume sets the stage and I enjoyed the inclusion as it gave me a better understanding. It was a good idea to save the key volume to the very end as if some of these earlier storylines followed that, I might've skipped over them.
Why the 4.5?
The ending was worth the wait and this was a great introduction to the ghost rider character. The artwork felt the need to make the brothers look like twins for some bizarre reason and that was a giant distraction at times. The payoff to the cliffhanger was well played and it was worth the time. The subplots are a little out there and I don't believe everyone would enjoy this as much as me. There's gun pointing nuns for one example, something that felt stolen from Garth Ennis. I don't know why I have that opinion but it just felt like something he would do. If Marvel ever feel the need to make more films, use this please. It was nice to have the brothers and considering they were robbed of childhood connection, the brother bicker and banter is a fun aspect of the character's.
January 7, 2021
Big, dumb, and goofy--a precursor to Aaron's work on The Avengers, perhaps? This is a little better than the first collection. The art isn't as terrible throughout, although Roland Boschi does come back for the climactic miniseries that wraps things up.
April 27, 2025
Big, stupid, and very blasphemous, just how Aaron loves it.
This run as a whole never felt like it got in another gear to me. The pacing felt really inconsistent throughout, and some characters were not as present as I would have liked. the Ketch mini series was fine, I should have probably read it sooner.
The final mini that closes out the run resolves in a fun way, but the path there was really bumpy along the way. maybe I expected too much from this run, but I kinda wish I spent my time elsewhere.
This run as a whole never felt like it got in another gear to me. The pacing felt really inconsistent throughout, and some characters were not as present as I would have liked. the Ketch mini series was fine, I should have probably read it sooner.
The final mini that closes out the run resolves in a fun way, but the path there was really bumpy along the way. maybe I expected too much from this run, but I kinda wish I spent my time elsewhere.
August 1, 2022
It's so great! Loved it
May 16, 2023
Great addition to the fantastic Jason Aaron run. It also helps modernize Danny Ketch to a much more relatable level
May 11, 2025
A solid, if abrupt, ending to the whole War for Heaven story line while also detailing how much of a schmuck Danny Ketch is.
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