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word of advice ! This article contains spoilers for Ghost Rider Annual 2023 # 1Ghost Rideris well one of the most whelm Marvel Comics character to escort , so it would make sense that one of his villains would besomeone strong enough to have wielded theInfinity Stonesin the past tense . While this scoundrel - in - enquiry is n’t an A - list character like Thanos or Santa Claus , he was still a worthy Infinity Stone wielder , just as he ’s assuredly cash in one’s chips to be a legitimate threat to even the seemingly untouchable Ghost Rider himself .
This Infinity Stone - worthy - baddie is none other than Parker Robbins aka the Hood . The Hood is a schoolmaster in the practices of religious mysticism and the occult , and he also usually wields side arm that can shoot smoke capable of hurting and even killing supernatural entities . However , he would n’t reach elevation - power until he begin his quest to collect every Infinity Stone . After Marvel Comics’Siegeevent , the Hood acquired the Reality Stone upon learning it had been left unguarded on Earth follow Black Bolt ’s death . With this Stone , the Hood was able-bodied to single - handedly take on some other appendage of the Illuminati for the repose of them , including Iron Man , Reed Richards , and Charles Xavier . Ultimately , the Hood is get the better of , and his plan foil , though his menace layer had firmly been show . And now , the Hood is after yet another artifact of power , and this time , it ’s up to Ghost Rider to halt him .
Ghost Rider Faces The Hood In All-New Preview
In a preview forGhost Rider Annual 2023#1 by Benjamin Percy and Danny Kim , the Hood is shown go into a bookstore in Salem , Massachusetts in lookup of one book in particular . The owner vehemently turn down to give the Hood this inscrutable Koran , though that does n’t stop the Hood from using his own dreadful mysticism against him . While it is unnamed at this fourth dimension whether the Hood actually managed to get his hand on what he was after ( or what exactly it is he ’s after ) , what is clear is how dangerous it would be if he did . So dangerous , in fact , that bequest monster - hunter Elsa Bloodstone make out toJohnny Blaze and his current cooperator Talia Warroadfor assistant , meaning a encounter between the Hood and Ghost Rider is imminent .
As he essay with the Infinity Stones , the Hood is more than equal to of wielding artefact of power , so these antihero should be worried about him getting whatever he ’s after . But more than that , the Hood is perhaps one of the few licit threats Ghost Rider has faced in some fourth dimension . Even when battle otherworldly , hellish ogre , Ghost Rider still make quick workplace of them just as he would with pretty much any mortal villain he ’d encounter . The Hood , however , presents a unique challenge for the Spirit of Vengeance : his pistols . The Hood has guns that crop against supernatural entity specifically , which include Ghost Rider . So , not only will he assuredly be powered - up by whatever this book turns out to be , but the Hood is also inherently a villain Ghost Rider does not want to ravel with - and that ’s absolutely perfect .
Ghost Rider sorely lacks any villains who can put up a fight against him . Sure , there ’s Mephisto , but it ’s kind of lame when a hero is face up off against literally the devil himself . Ghost Rider call for a tangible adversary like every other Hero of Alexandria / antihero in the Marvel Universe , one who can correspond his level of near god - tier tycoon . Who better than someone who ’s literally wielded theInfinity Stones ? The Hood has already prove to be the perfect baddie forGhost Rider , and their upcoming conflict will assuredly prove it even further .
Ghost Rider Annual 2023 # 1by Marvel Comics is uncommitted October 4 , 2023 .
