Summary

Warning : Contains SPOILERS for Ghost Rider : Final Vengeance # 1!Johnny Blaze has been the primary host of the Spirit of Vengeance since the start ofGhost Rider ’s popularity as a Marvel Comics antihero , yet even still , Zarathos has officially give up Blaze for a host that - the liveliness believes - is a better - become watercraft . Now , with this bluff new earned run average inGhost Ridercontinuity , the Spirit of Vengeance has take a shocking new host : the Hood .

In a preview forGhost Rider : Final Vengeance#1 by Benjamin Percy and Danny Kim , Johnny Blaze is riding towards a tunnel on his motorcycle , as he becomes cognisant of an ancient evilness that lurks within . Throughout the previousGhost Riderrun , Blaze has made it his delegacy to ride through expanse of the nation that are oftenforgotten by the likes of the Avengers to protect the innocent from demonic threats- and this brute is one of them . Little does Johnny know , however , that on this particular delegacy , he will be betrayed by the Spirit of Vengeance itself .

During the entire preview , Zarathos speaks to how it ’s draw together with far more hosts than just Johnny Blaze , basically let in that Blaze means nothing to it . The Spirit of Vengeance admits that Blaze has been a suitable host for the time being , but his unvarying guilt feelings and 2nd guesswork is tiresome for Zarathos . So , when the time come to chance a new host , the Spirit of Vengeance did n’t hesitate , as it snuff it Blaze ’s consistence towards its new vessel , while leave behind Johnny to presumptively pop off in the devil - infested tunnel .

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Ghost Rider can take down practically any villain he fights while taking almost no scathe , & his most low - key power justifies why he ’s so unbeatable !

Why Ghost Rider is Leaving Johnny Blaze for The Hood

Marvel Comics fans have knownthe Hood was going to be a new Ghost Rider sinceGhost Rider : Final Vengeancewas announced , but the details were fuzzy . There was no account as to why the Hood was pick out by the Spirit of Vengeance , or whether he would be replacing Johnny Blaze or finding a freestanding mean value of becoming a Ghost Rider ( like Cosmic Ghost Rider or Robbie Reyes ’ Ghost Rider ) .

This preview clears up a few of those points . After reading it , rooter now have intercourse that the Hood will , in fact , be replacing Johnny Blaze as Ghost Rider in the literal signified , not just by becoming a freestanding Ghost Rider somewhere else in the Marvel Universe . Not only that , but readers get to see the moment Zarathos leaves Johnny Blaze ’s body , while also gaining insight into what the Spirit of Vengeance really mean of Blaze . However , as many as this trailer answers , one lingering interrogative sentence stay on : why the Hood ?

The Hood was One of Ghost Rider’s Most Recent Villains

Ghost Rider Annual#1 (2023) by Benjamin Percy and Danny Kim

It ’s no coincidence that the Hood is the Modern Ghost Rider after latterly appear as anantagonist inGhost Rider Annual#1 , as it seems it was during that battle that the Spirit of Vengeance thumb its next server . While he was a baddie , the Hood testify he was someone who was willing to give himself over altogether to the darkest nook of the supernatural for the rice beer of power . No moral qualms , no delusions of valorousness , and - most importantly - no desire to be rid of said supernatural power .

Johnny Blaze was constantly forebode Ghost Rider a ‘ curse ’ , though someone like the Hood would embrace such might whole - heartedly - something Ghost Rider saw first hand inGhost Rider Annual#1 . That issue along with this prevue cleared up a few unrequited questions aboutGhost Rider ’s new era , and now all that ’s left is to see exactly how the Hood will wield the power the Spirit of Vengeance measuredly bring upon him .

Ghost Rider : Final Vengeance # 1by Marvel Comics is useable March 13 , 2024 .

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Ghost Rider : Final Vengeance # 1 ( 2024 )

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Marvel Comics' all-new Ghost Rider: the Hood.

Marvel Comics' the Hood.

Marvel Comics' the Hood with Ghost Rider.

Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #1 cover featuring Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider’s mouth.