I'm not sure what the reason was for the hiatus . . or the change in the name of the title, but . . this book really does pick up right where the last one left off . . 3 months ago. Johnny and Sara are looking for a way to heaven so that they can go after Zadkiel. However . . there's a new wrinkle with this story. There's a sect of priests . . although they're not Catholic or anything, I think they're priests in the name of the devil. Anyways, they've been trying to breed, and raise, the antichrist. Zadkiel had sent some of his angels down to smote the place, and they've killed everyone in it, and all the children, except for one priest that escaped and a child he took with him. So now that that's the only child left . . he's considered to be the antichrist. And the priest has called in Damian Hellstrom, Son of Satan, to help him protect the child. Now that Zadkiel is in power, he wants to eliminate anything that has to do with Armageddon . . the Rapture, the antichrist . . he wants the end of the world to be on his terms, not according to the scripture of the being he's just overthrown. Anyways, Johnny and Sara are on the path to Zadkiel when they come across a couple of his agents, and one of them starts spilling his guts about Zadkiel's plans. In it . . he mentions the antichrist. So now, before going any farther, they have to find this kid and try to protect him from Zadkiel. Or . . maybe they're going to use him as bait. Who knows. But by the end of this issue we see that Johnny and Sara have ended up in New York City, where we see that Anton Satan . . 'pronounce Shuh-tan' . . has risen through the ranks at an investment banker rather prominently. Another girl shows up to try to protect him . . Jaine, but she's no match for Zadkiel's horde. Luckily, I don't think Johnny is very far away. We also see that Zadkiel is recruiting other agents in his name . . some familiar faces. Jason Aaron does the story, with Roland Boschi on the art. It really has almost the exact same feel as the regular title when it ended. I don't know that Johnny has enough power to defeat Zadkiel, but we'll see where Jason and Roland take us on this little journey. By the way . . fantastic cover by Jae Lee. We also get a reprint of Ghost Rider #1 from 1973. Can you believe it's been almost 40 years now? That's incredible.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Ghost Riders - Heaven's on Fire #1 - Marvel
I'm not sure what the reason was for the hiatus . . or the change in the name of the title, but . . this book really does pick up right where the last one left off . . 3 months ago. Johnny and Sara are looking for a way to heaven so that they can go after Zadkiel. However . . there's a new wrinkle with this story. There's a sect of priests . . although they're not Catholic or anything, I think they're priests in the name of the devil. Anyways, they've been trying to breed, and raise, the antichrist. Zadkiel had sent some of his angels down to smote the place, and they've killed everyone in it, and all the children, except for one priest that escaped and a child he took with him. So now that that's the only child left . . he's considered to be the antichrist. And the priest has called in Damian Hellstrom, Son of Satan, to help him protect the child. Now that Zadkiel is in power, he wants to eliminate anything that has to do with Armageddon . . the Rapture, the antichrist . . he wants the end of the world to be on his terms, not according to the scripture of the being he's just overthrown. Anyways, Johnny and Sara are on the path to Zadkiel when they come across a couple of his agents, and one of them starts spilling his guts about Zadkiel's plans. In it . . he mentions the antichrist. So now, before going any farther, they have to find this kid and try to protect him from Zadkiel. Or . . maybe they're going to use him as bait. Who knows. But by the end of this issue we see that Johnny and Sara have ended up in New York City, where we see that Anton Satan . . 'pronounce Shuh-tan' . . has risen through the ranks at an investment banker rather prominently. Another girl shows up to try to protect him . . Jaine, but she's no match for Zadkiel's horde. Luckily, I don't think Johnny is very far away. We also see that Zadkiel is recruiting other agents in his name . . some familiar faces. Jason Aaron does the story, with Roland Boschi on the art. It really has almost the exact same feel as the regular title when it ended. I don't know that Johnny has enough power to defeat Zadkiel, but we'll see where Jason and Roland take us on this little journey. By the way . . fantastic cover by Jae Lee. We also get a reprint of Ghost Rider #1 from 1973. Can you believe it's been almost 40 years now? That's incredible.
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