Comic Book Superhero Store - Ghost Rider Volume 2: The Life & Death Of Johnny Blaze TPB (Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)) (v. 2)

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 741 EAN: 9780785122975 ISBN: 0785122974 Label: Marvel Comics Manufacturer: Marvel Comics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: 2007-09-05 Publisher: Marvel Comics Studio: Marvel Comics
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Editorial Reviews: How did Johnny Blaze end up in Hell, anyway? It's simple, really: He died. And when he died, his eternal soul - long promised to Hell in exchange for "saving" Crash Simpson - descended into the Pit, taking the Ghost Rider along with it. This is the story of how and why it all happened, courtesy of writer Daniel Way and horror-comic legend Richard Corben. Plus: In a small town northeast of Chicago, people are losing their heads... literally. The sheriff of this sleepy little town firmly believes he's found the culprit - a scruffy drifter found sleeping in the bushes with blood on his clothes and no believable explanation for where he was and what he was doing when the murders occurred. He even gave the sheriff a fake name: "Johnny Blaze." But the identity of the true culprit is even more macabre: Lucifer has taken up residence in a new host - a casualty of Civil War who's bound to raise eyebrows! Collects Ghost Rider (2006) #6-12.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Fun, Fun Read Comment: I don't get the negative reviews on this series at all. I've really enjoyed it. It's fast, well written, has an interesting, spooky premise, has cool visuals, and has great, well done, well choreographed action sequences that have a lot of impact, use the environments the characters are in to great effect, and just feel brutal. In this particular volume, the art is handled by the normal artist, Mark Texeira, as well as guest artist Richard Corben. While I prefer Texeira's art, both Corben's art and Texeira's art tell the story well and give the action a lot of impact. Neither is on the level of a McNiven or a Cassidy, but they (especially Texiera) work very well for Ghost Rider, and depict the action very clearly and intensely. Combined with Way's plotting, Texiera also manages some very dramatic shots. As for the writing, Daniel Way comes up with a lot of little nuances that hieghten the story and are really appropriate for the character. There's one scene where Lucifer litteraly rips off Ghost Rider's leg and beats him with it -- that's not something you could do with just about any other character, but it works really well for this. There's another part where Ghost Rider tells a hardcase sherrif to stay out of his way or he's going to regret it. Naturally, the hardcase starts to tell Ghost Rider "well, you might as well kill me now then because . . ." Before he can get any farther, Ghost Rider has already thrown him about twenty feet into the windshield of a car. Way seems to get the Ghost Rider character, and comes up with a lot of clever and cool ways for Ghost Rider to fight -- again, many of them using his environment -- and for me it just makes the series a lot of fun to read. Great action, well done characters, fun character and situation driven humor that doesn't detract from the seriousness of the story (like the problems Lucifer has directing his army of the dead,) and an overarching storyline that's interesting and epic in nature and even a little bit spooky, all combine to make this a fun, fast, exciting, enjoyable read. This series has made Ghost Rider and Johney Blaze cool to me, and, like I said, I just don't get the complaints. My only complaint would be that I read through the collections too quickly -- faster than most similar sized collections -- but the writing, pace, and action are all very appropriate to the character, so it really shouldn't be a complaint. Customer Rating: Summary: Graphic SF Reader Comment: Can't say I am a fan of the stumpy legged art style Corben is using at the start of this, that makes them look like kids at times in the trapped by Lucifer in small town deal. Improved are the issues with the later artists, and an amusing Civil War tie where Lucifer uses the body of Jack O'Lantern to duel Ghost Rider. Plus a few hopeless zombies and one artillery packing hexagenarian sheriff. Customer Rating: Summary: More boring than anything else Comment: Daniel Way's re-launched run on Ghost Rider hasn't been anything special, and The Life & Death of Johnny Blaze is no different. Here, we learn some more about Johnny's time in Hell, before he finds himself accused of some vicious murders. Besides some attempts to tie into marvel's mega Civil War event, that's really all there is to this second TPB, which continues Way's unbelievably boring take on the character. Even though the TPB itself isn't that long, it feels like it is, mostly thanks to Way, who helped make his runs on various other mainstream Marvel titles like Wolverine become yawn-fests. What is worth noting about The Life & Death of Johnny Blaze is that this TPB features some artwork from the legendary Richard Corben, who it is always a pleasure to see in action. The usual art team of Javier Salteres and Mark Texiera are here too, and they're work is about what you'd expect by now, which isn't vad in the least. Other than the art by Richard Corben, there's not really much reason to check this out unless you've been a fan of Way's take on Ghost Rider. Other than that though, this can be avoided. Customer Rating: Summary: 'A Collector's Review' Comment: This 'Ghost Rider' book is a surreal, suspenseful, awing, intriguing, captivating, exciting, wonderful, and spectacularly colorful and artistic book to behold and read. Customer Rating: Summary: not that great Comment: The story has a few good moments, but is overall forgetable. The artwork is definately not in the same category as the other novels in this series. Get it only to complete the series if you must. More Reviews

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