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Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Classic
Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Classic, Vol. 2
As Danny Ketch learns more about what it means to be Ghost Rider, including the legacies of Zarathos and Johnny Blaze, he fights the deadliest crew of villains this side of Hell! Watch as Ghost Rider goes the rounds with opponents such as Nightmare, Mephisto, Hobgoblin, Zodiak and Blackout.
240 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1991
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Howard Mackie
1,026 books34 followersHoward Mackie is an American comic book editor and writer. He has worked almost exclusively for Marvel Comics.
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October 29, 2017
Dr. Strange and Spider-Man guest star. Johnny Blaze finally makes it to Brooklyn and kicks the snot out of Ghost Rider before he's convinced that Ghostie is not Zarathos, the demon that possessed Johnny when he was Ghost Rider. Mark Texeira pretty much makes this book as cool as it is with his heavily-lined, spooky art.
April 14, 2022
A pretty uneven volume, and not as good as vol 1.
Includes some pretty forgettable villains, including Suicide, who I have seen listed on at least one "worst Ghost Rider villains of all time" lists. Seeing Suicide in these issues is like watching a movie that's so bad it's actually funny. He dresses like he just came out of an S&M club and constantly whines "kill me!" and "I just want to die!".
Includes some pretty forgettable villains, including Suicide, who I have seen listed on at least one "worst Ghost Rider villains of all time" lists. Seeing Suicide in these issues is like watching a movie that's so bad it's actually funny. He dresses like he just came out of an S&M club and constantly whines "kill me!" and "I just want to die!".
July 14, 2017
This was...messy. I understand better now why I wasn't a Ghost Rider fan when I was younger. These stories from the early '90s have a slapdash quality that leaves the reader feeling either confused or tired.
May 30, 2012
Stuff I Read – Ghost Rider Danny Ketch Classic Vol 2
Well, the second volume of the second series of Ghost Rider continues in the proud tradition of the first, with a lot of dark themes, gore, and death. It continues Dan on his journey towards understanding what is happening to him and what he is as well as introduces quite a few new ideas and characters. On a story level, this book is centered around Zodiac, updated from the old version via demons and such. Instead of being a bank robber, this Zodiac is a murderer, being used by demons to funnel life energy down into the underworld. It is Ghost Riders quest to bring vengeance to Zodiac that takes up the bulk of this volume, and weaves throughout his encounters with other heroes and villains. More interesting than Zodiac, however, is Blaze, who gets an 80’s makeover, turning him into a gun-toting antihero with a ponytail. It makes for one of the oddest things in the volume, but works out in the end.
Before Blaze hits the scene, though, Ghost Rider teams up with Doctor Strange to try and track Zodiac, while Strange wants some of Ghost Rider’s demonic fire. And yet they all find out that Ghost Rider is not a demon at all, which kind of works given what I know now about Ghost Rider. But at the time it probably just seemed confusing. Because Ghost Rider has been reworked a few times, using both Satan and Mephisto. But in any event, Strange and Ghost Rider end up battling the demons that were unleashed during the X-Men crossover Inferno, which is rather nice to see because it gets the different parts of the universe working together and because X-Factor had shown up in the first Ghost Rider volume. So it solidifies Ghost Rider in the larger Marvel scene, which was kind of lacking except for the appearance of Punisher. Anyway, they find out that Zodiac is in league with these demons and that’s about it.
Then we get Blaze showing up, who is changed substantially from what I remember of him from the first volume of Ghost Rider. I mean, he was nowhere near this violent or dark as Ghost Rider, and while he retains the rather slow to catch on nature of Johnny Blaze, this just Blaze character is not entirely consistent with what I had seen before. But I haven’t read to the end of the first series, so who knows. But still, it is nice that the second series is tying back to the first and trying to explore what is happening and who this new Ghost Rider is. It doesn’t seem to be the same as the one that possessed Johnny, but other than that not a whole lot is revealed in this volume of the series. So Blaze tries to kill Ghost Rider for a while, gets a magic shotgun, then ends up helping Dan and eventually leaves. While this is going on Blackout shows up again and is defeated, and Ghost Rider really doesn’t get closer to catching Zodiac.
It is only once a new character called Suicide shows up that Ghost Rider finds Zodiac, and the fight begins. And really that is the least interesting part of the volume. The fight is rather dull compared to some of the other stuff going on, with Ghost Rider refusing to kill Suicide or Zodiac. Eventually it is Suicide who kills Zodiac and Ghost Rider rides on his way. Which is kind of a let down, but so be it. The volume does have some interesting stuff, with Dan wanting to know more about himself and Ghost Rider, and Blaze is a fair teacher. It also has some good stuff dealing with Dan’s mother and what she is going through, and Dan starts to pay attention to those around him again.
So all in all it is another great addition to the Ghost Rider story. I fear to some extent because I don’t know if they have collected any more of the second series in trade yet, so it might be a bit of a wait before I can get the rest of the story, but what I have makes me want the rest. Dan Ketch is, in a lot of ways, more interesting than Johnny Blaze as Ghost Rider, because Dan is a kid who gives himself to a spirit of vengeance where Johnny was a man trying to use his powers to fight evil. That Dan doesn’t really control Ghost Rider is interesting to me, and makes him more of a conflicted character in my opinion. Johnny was a bit of a fool and very unlucky. But I want more. Until then, I give this volume an 8.75/10.
Well, the second volume of the second series of Ghost Rider continues in the proud tradition of the first, with a lot of dark themes, gore, and death. It continues Dan on his journey towards understanding what is happening to him and what he is as well as introduces quite a few new ideas and characters. On a story level, this book is centered around Zodiac, updated from the old version via demons and such. Instead of being a bank robber, this Zodiac is a murderer, being used by demons to funnel life energy down into the underworld. It is Ghost Riders quest to bring vengeance to Zodiac that takes up the bulk of this volume, and weaves throughout his encounters with other heroes and villains. More interesting than Zodiac, however, is Blaze, who gets an 80’s makeover, turning him into a gun-toting antihero with a ponytail. It makes for one of the oddest things in the volume, but works out in the end.
Before Blaze hits the scene, though, Ghost Rider teams up with Doctor Strange to try and track Zodiac, while Strange wants some of Ghost Rider’s demonic fire. And yet they all find out that Ghost Rider is not a demon at all, which kind of works given what I know now about Ghost Rider. But at the time it probably just seemed confusing. Because Ghost Rider has been reworked a few times, using both Satan and Mephisto. But in any event, Strange and Ghost Rider end up battling the demons that were unleashed during the X-Men crossover Inferno, which is rather nice to see because it gets the different parts of the universe working together and because X-Factor had shown up in the first Ghost Rider volume. So it solidifies Ghost Rider in the larger Marvel scene, which was kind of lacking except for the appearance of Punisher. Anyway, they find out that Zodiac is in league with these demons and that’s about it.
Then we get Blaze showing up, who is changed substantially from what I remember of him from the first volume of Ghost Rider. I mean, he was nowhere near this violent or dark as Ghost Rider, and while he retains the rather slow to catch on nature of Johnny Blaze, this just Blaze character is not entirely consistent with what I had seen before. But I haven’t read to the end of the first series, so who knows. But still, it is nice that the second series is tying back to the first and trying to explore what is happening and who this new Ghost Rider is. It doesn’t seem to be the same as the one that possessed Johnny, but other than that not a whole lot is revealed in this volume of the series. So Blaze tries to kill Ghost Rider for a while, gets a magic shotgun, then ends up helping Dan and eventually leaves. While this is going on Blackout shows up again and is defeated, and Ghost Rider really doesn’t get closer to catching Zodiac.
It is only once a new character called Suicide shows up that Ghost Rider finds Zodiac, and the fight begins. And really that is the least interesting part of the volume. The fight is rather dull compared to some of the other stuff going on, with Ghost Rider refusing to kill Suicide or Zodiac. Eventually it is Suicide who kills Zodiac and Ghost Rider rides on his way. Which is kind of a let down, but so be it. The volume does have some interesting stuff, with Dan wanting to know more about himself and Ghost Rider, and Blaze is a fair teacher. It also has some good stuff dealing with Dan’s mother and what she is going through, and Dan starts to pay attention to those around him again.
So all in all it is another great addition to the Ghost Rider story. I fear to some extent because I don’t know if they have collected any more of the second series in trade yet, so it might be a bit of a wait before I can get the rest of the story, but what I have makes me want the rest. Dan Ketch is, in a lot of ways, more interesting than Johnny Blaze as Ghost Rider, because Dan is a kid who gives himself to a spirit of vengeance where Johnny was a man trying to use his powers to fight evil. That Dan doesn’t really control Ghost Rider is interesting to me, and makes him more of a conflicted character in my opinion. Johnny was a bit of a fool and very unlucky. But I want more. Until then, I give this volume an 8.75/10.
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October 30, 2014
Just as dense as the last one, but just as compelling. It continues the early '90s brooding, but at least adds in a few characters with different relationships to Dan and the Ghost Rider (who become more like each other over the course of the book). It's interesting to see him get trained in a different fighting style, and become more competent overall. It was interesting, and pretty cool to see the Zodiak arc wrapped up.
March 22, 2024
Le avventure raccolte in questo TP vedono Texeira prendere in mano le redini artistiche della serie, con un peggioramento, a mio parere, rispetto a quando inchiostrava le matite di Saltares. Si nota anche la tendenza ipertrofica ed ipercinetica tipica degli inizi dei '90, quando Otomo col suo Akira fece storia.
Le storie di questo volume non sono invecchiate bene, ma nemmeno male, perché la presenza di Johnny Blaze convinto di avere a che fare ancora con Zarathos e alcune guest star come l'immarcescibile Uomo Ragno mantengono una certa atmosfera.
Nel complesso le 3 stelle ci stanno tutte.
Peccato che negli anni successivi la serie, pur mantenendo a lungo dei buoni disegni, sia diventata sempre più noiosa e ripetitiva.
Le storie di questo volume non sono invecchiate bene, ma nemmeno male, perché la presenza di Johnny Blaze convinto di avere a che fare ancora con Zarathos e alcune guest star come l'immarcescibile Uomo Ragno mantengono una certa atmosfera.
Nel complesso le 3 stelle ci stanno tutte.
Peccato che negli anni successivi la serie, pur mantenendo a lungo dei buoni disegni, sia diventata sempre più noiosa e ripetitiva.
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