Ghost Rider, Vol. 1: Vicious Cycle by Daniel Way
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Book Reviews of Ghost Rider, Vol. 1: Vicious Cycle
Book Review: GHOST RIDER BLAZES AGAIN
Summary: 5 Stars
THIS BOOK COLLECTS ISSUES 1 TO 5 FROM THE GR. SERIES LAUNCHED ON 2006. IT STARS JHONNY BLAZE -THE ORIGINAL GHOST RIDER- AND THE STORY IS FAST PACED, WELL WRITTEN AND VERY ENTERTAINING, IF NOT ALL THAT ORIGINAL. THE ART IS SUPERB AND GOES PERFECTLY WITH THE STORY! I RECOMMEND THIS TPB TO GR. RIDER FANS OLD AND NEW, AND TO THE CASUAL READER. AND IF YOU ENJOY IT (LIKE I DID) JUST WAIT TILL AUGUST '07 TO BUY VOL.2: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JHONNY BLAZE, THAT COLLECTS ISSUES 6 TO 11 (ACCORDING TO [..]).Book Review: Ghost rider Volume 1: Vicious Cycle TPB (Ghost Rider)
Summary: 5 Stars
Came in sooner and looked very new. It is very cool.Book Review: Fairly Entertaining Start
Summary: 4 Stars
As Marvel tends to do anytime a new movie that has anything to do with their characters hits the multiplex, we have here a relaunch book starring an already established character.
With story from Daniel Way and art from the Ghost Rider veteran team of Mark Texeira and Javier Saltares we get a fairly good start to Ghost Rider's newest ongoing series.
I must admit that this is my first experience with Daniel Way. I hadn't heard many great things about his Deadpool or Wolverine work, but he's okay here. His writing certainly isn't fantastic, but he gets done what he needs to.
The plot is simple enough. Lucifer uses Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider to escape from hell. Lucifer's escape plan, however, hits a snag and he ends up scattering his own essence over the mortal plane. Blaze/Ghost Rider then vows to stop Lucifer from reunifying himself into one complete essence/being on Earth. Wackiness and much punching ensues.
Way does a good job of reintroducing the Johnny Blaze version of Ghost Rider to an audience that may have more of a familiarity with the Danny Ketch incarnation of the character. Way's Blaze does however get a bit irritating fairly quickly as he has a tendency to try to solve all his problems by, you know, punching and kicking things a lot. A LOT. So, while Way's pacing is quick and gets the book to hit the ground running, his complexity and depth of character isn't too strong. But, really, this is a book about a motorcycle riding, flame-skulled skeleton fighting the devil, so I suppose in the beginning complexity and depth can take a pass. It does, however, make a reader a bit apprehensive for the rest of Way's run on the book. All action, no character development works to a degree for three issues or so, but for ten or fifteen issues? I think not.
The art is fantastic throughout. Texeira's heavily inked, dark, smokey, and smudged style have always appealed to me and it has always worked really well on darker, grittier books such as this one or as on his run on Punisher War Journal in the early 90's. The book looks good, like, REALLY good. Tex and Saltares have worked on Ghost Rider a fair amount at this point in their careers. They know what they are doing with the character and it shows.
So, it's an entertaining start. Way's writing is a little silly, sure, but snappy enough, and the art is very solid. Overall, it has its charms. If you're a Ghost Rider fan, pick it up.
Book Review: Ghost Rider is Back!
Summary: 4 Stars
I never really got into the Ghost Rider comics until I recently saw the movie. The movie had this good old Americana style (the wild west, motorcycles, etc.) to it that I went ahead and picked up the new graphic novel called Vicious Cycle. It's a good read and it keeps you wanting to see more and more. I'm pretty sure it will affend some Christian and Jewish readers because it deals with Satanic themes including the character Johnny Blaze (aka the Ghost Rider) escaping from Hell and he brings the devil out with him. I am a Christian myself and I was troubled at times when the devil goes to the extreme to send people to Hell. The devil is portrayed as a sneaky evil liar, which is exactly how he is portrayed in the Bible. The creators even went to an extreme end to bring up the origins of how Johnny Blaze became the Ghost Rider in this issue. Ghost Rider is definately the darkest out of all the heroes in the Marvel Comics universe and is recommended for mature audiences. Vicious Cycle is a great graphic novel to pick up if you enjoyed the Ghost Rider movie.Book Review: Penance Stare
Summary: 3 Stars
It was a decent Ghostrider graphic novel. Johnny Blaze is the main rider and he gets tricked by Lucifer to help him crossover to our reality. The plot is not that original and having the rider to chase all the pieces of the devil and eventually create one body for the Prince of Lies makes it seem like a rip-off from Jet Li's "The One". The appearance of Doctor Strange was interesting, but it didn't flow with the story very well. At least the Sorcerer Supreme got his clock cleaned by Ol' Flame Head. Can't wait for the story to pick up in the later issues.
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