Ghost Rider: King of Hell #1 (RE:VIEW)

I haven't really read a solo Ghost Rider comic since the early 2000's since the reprints in the Mighty World of Marvel. I'm ready to sink my teeth into this one and see what's on offer! the story follows Johnny Blaze and the Spirit of Vengeance as they are sent hurtling into hell faced with trials and tribulations. 

It's been some time since I last ventured into the world of Ghost Rider so it came as a surprise to find that this would probably be the best comic book to come back to for that reintroduction of the character. It comes when both of them are separated when sent to hell but the personalities are really well represented like 2 sides of a coin. It's like getting to know the characters all over again.

This is a tie-in comic I believe into the Damnation storyline which is part of Doctor Strange's main story. Something that I am very familiar with since following all his adventures in many of a back issue started reading some time ago. But with this, I'd say it is very easy to pick up from the get-go without the need to read the main storyline which would help if you just want to keep it to just Ghost Rider.

Well, the Ghost Rider plans to storm the ranks of Mephisto's castle and plant himself on his throne. The "seven circles" are the challenges faced to get there which becomes more of a fleeting rendezvous but fun to read through nonetheless. I guess it just shows his confidence in quickly dispatching the challenges in hell which I'm sure that they are a frequent visitor and actually, it does make a lot of sense when Johnny says that he fears nothing since I'm sure he's fought with everything imaginable. Of course, the comic book ends with the Ghost Rider on the throne - the end!

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I would love to see what he does with hell. What makeover he'll have, you know... more mosaic tiling, gilded plinths and water streams aplenty. Get with it!

Ghost Rider: King of Hell No 1 Halloween Comic Fest 2019 (originally printed as Damnation: Johnny Blaze - Ghost Rider #1)
Christopher Sebela - scribe
Phil Noto - illuminator 
VC's Travis Lanham - calligrapher