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monition : spoiler for Ghost Rider # 21 ahead!In his cross - country journey with Talia Warroad , Johnny Blaze and theGhost Riderhave sought to do goodness by purging the dark influence haunting America ’s roadways . But when the Ghost Rider utilize his might to shrive the corrupt of their sin , it sell his vital purposeand spell the destruction of Johnny ’s tenure as the Spirit of Vengeance .
Benjamin Percy , Carlos Nieto , and Bryan Valenza’sGhost Rider # 21marks the end of Talia and Johnny ’s journey as the duo confront Talia ’s demonic former mentor , Stefan Skaar , and the kid he has indoctrinated into the Cult of Mephisto . As Talia squares off against Stefan in a final showdown , the Ghost Rider is leave to resist off the U. S. Army of cult youth rushing to Stefan ’s defense team .
In a shocking move , the Ghost Rider swallow all of the evilness possess the children . As the former cult members seem on in sudden cognizance of their action at law , the Ghost Rider ’s voice echoes across the room , saying that they are forgiven .
In the in vogue issue of Avengers , the very first Ghost Rider guarantee that humans and Earth-616 would n’t be destroyed during the Stone Age .
Ghost Rider’s New Skill Betrays His Ultimate Power And Purpose
As the Spirit of Vengeance , the Ghost Rider ’s powers exist to ordain dreadful judgment and penalty upon the guilty . To this death , its large exponent is its Penance Stare : when face up with the Ghost Rider ’s gaze , its victim is hale to endure all the pain and suffering they have visit upon others , divest of any psychotic belief or excuses justifying their actions . While not explicitly a lethal power ( Howard Mackie , Daniel Picciotto , and GURU - eFX’sDanny Ketch : Ghost Ridershows how Danny temper the Spirit ’s office into nonlethal punishment ) , it is not generally a force for redemption : it is a strictly punitive measure , as befits the Ghost Rider ’s purpose .
While the Ghost Rider has tremendous power in finding and adjudicate sin , it is not meant to redeem its dupe . Each time its powers have been used redemptively , it has come at a marvelous cost : in the 2011Ghost Riderseries by Rob Williams , Matthew Clark , Sean Parsons , and Robert Schwager , an inexperient Ghost Rider ’s endeavor to redeem the destitute leaves them as footling more than living dead , with none of the " disconfirming " emotions or drives crucial to humanity . While Johnny Blaze ’s greater mastery over the Ghost Rider shows a more perfect usage of this " sin - eat " power , it is still implied to be him dearly , with the puzzler for the nextGhost Riderseries declaring that"heroism is n’t what the Rider is meant for , and Johnny Blaze ’s fourth dimension as the Spirit of Vengeance must come up to an end . “This suggests that this conspicuous routine of pardon by an agentive role of Hell has finally seen Johnny advertize the powers of the Ghost Rider too far from their intended purpose .
In Redeeming Others, Ghost Rider Has Damned Himself
By perverting the power of Hell for expansive purposes , Johnny has sewn the seeds of his own devastation . It ’s an ironic everting of how " subversion " is usually depict , but it is nonetheless a unclouded case of someone abusing their powers beyond their intended scope and determination . Johnny has used the power of Hell with the expert of intentions , punishing the guilty and redeem the innocent - but theGhost Ridershould recognise intimately about good intentions and the saying about the road to Hell .
Ghost Rider ( 2022 ) # 21is available now from Marvel Comics .
Ghost Rider # 21 ( 2022 )
