Ghost Rider #27 Review

Ghost Rider #27
I haven't been reading Ghost Rider for very long but writer Jason Aaron knows what the hell he's doing.

In issue #26 we see the introduction of old Ghost Rider, Danny Ketch, as well as a bunch of old Ghostie villains like the Orb, Death Ninja and Blackout, all of which I had no idea who they were.

This issue easily explains everything that one would need to know in order to grasp the size of this event that Aaron is writing.

The character of Caretaker dies (who sounds like he has a pivotal role in the Ghost Rider mythos) after a battle with the aforementioned villains leaving his granddaughter, who happens to be a nun, to carry on the family legacy.

After entering a building which Caretaker tells him houses the secrets to the Spirit of Vengeance, Blaze meets up with Blackout, a vampire with the power to turn out lights (sounds stupid, I know). The scene however, becomes the best one in the issue.

It depicts Blackout telling Blaze how he's fought Ketch many times before but this is his first showdown with Blaze's Ghost Rider, to which Blaze says "You're Blackout. The vampire whose power is to turn all the light out, right. You're like The Clapper but with fangs." As Blackout turns the lights out he says, "Yeah Blaze, that's right;" as he acts all like a badass. Then we see black panels with a lot of those stupid words that describe sounds like; "POW" or "WHAP" only to reveal that when the lights come back on, Blaze has essentially made the seemingly invincible Blackout, his ghost-bitch.

Totally a sweet scene.

The thing I don't get about this ish is how does the new Caretaker-nun girl suddenly go from being dressed in full-on nun garb to being a hot snow bunny after she sees the room with the bikes and guns and stuff? That nun sure knows how to slip outta those clothes fast. You wouldn't really think that...would ya?

She's a nice nun one moment to all of a sudden being a badass bitch who knows all the Ghost Rider mythology. Kinda doesn't make sense...but I'll give Aaron the benefit of the doubt.

Lastly, the issue gives us our first look at Zadkiel, the angel, as he and his followers tear the spirit of the now deceased Caretaker to bits and cast him off into the "winds of eternity" (whatever that is).

Also, I'm really not a fan of the art by Tan Eng Huat. The expressions are all contorted and don't illustrate the dialogue the characters are saying. It looks like that piece of art called "The Scream." Some may like it because it matches the abstract-esque qualities of Ghost Rider but it's too much for this insignificant blogger.

Ghost Rider has improved a lot during the past year that I've been reading undoubtedly due to the help of Scalped-writer Jason Aaron.

4/5 stars