Ghost Rider (2022) #3

2022·5.8 MB·English

by  Benjamin Percy

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PREVIOUSLY...
Johnny Blaze was.living the perfect life. He
had a wife, two kids and a home in a lovely
small town. But what he didn’t know was that
it was a prison!
BENJAMIN PERCY
With the Spirit of Vengeance unleashed, Johnny
AND the Ghost Rider have set out to punish
CORY SMITH avo
the monsters preying on the innocent and seek
BRENT PEEPLES those responsible for their incarceration!
Their first stop was a tucked away motel, home
ROBERTO POGGI ano to ahuman-eating demon. Rider put an end to
the threat quickly, but not without the FBI’s
BRENT PEEPLES
Paranormal Unit taking notice...
BRYAN VALENZA
LANHAM
vc’s TRAVIS
KAEL NGU
GREG LAND &
FRANK D’ARMATA;
FRANCESCO MOBILI &
ROMULO FAJARDO JR.;
PEACH MOMOKO
ANTHONY GAMBINO
KAT GREGOROWICZ
DARREN SHAN
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CARBURETOR AND \ CARRY OUT HAIR AND THE TASTE OF
COLLARBONE HANDLEBARS, \ ITS WILL. ASHES IN MY MOUTH.
AND SOMETIMES,
I WAKE UP WITH
BLOOD GLOVING
MY HANDS.
SO I’M STAYING A FOR NOW...JUST
FROM THE WHISKEY. FOR NOW...WHILE L
AND I’M STAYING FIGURE OUT WHAT'S
OFF TWO WHEELS, fs HAPPENING.
I’M THE ONE WHO'S
BROUGHT US
HERE--TO AN OLD Ree
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TWO-LANE THAT \ .
CURLS THROUGH J
THE CASCADE } :
MOUNTAINS,
LOCALS
CALL IT THE
RED ROAD,
I'VE HEARD ABOUT
IT--BROADCAST
ON THE NEWS
AND WHISPERED
IN DINERS.
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THERE ARE CLIFFSIDES
WITHOUT GUARDRAILS,
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\ t . = INTO THE BLACKTOP,
THE WOODS Z
ARE SO THICK IN
PLACES, YOU NEED
YOUR HEADLIGHTS
EVEN AT NOON.
WHO KNOWS WHY THE
ROAD WAS CLIT HERE,
MAYBE IT’S WHERE
A BEAR USED TO
WALK OR WOLVES
USED TO RUN.
LOGGING TRUCKS HAVE HIT BUT A CAR OR TRUCK WILL
AN UNGUESSABLE NUMBER SOMETHING SET OFF AND NEVER REACH
OF DEER, SMEARING HAS BEEN ITS DESTINATION, FAMILIES
THE ASPHALT RED, age ona HAVE GONE MISSING.
IT’S ALMOST LIKE
THE BLACKTOP HAS
ITS OWN GRAVITY
OR HUNGER,
THERE ARE
RUMORS OF
A TRUCK...
A TRUCK
THE TRUTH IS
THAT APPEARS
A LONG WAY
SUDDENLY IN YOUR
OFF, BUT IT’S
REARVIEW...ITS
BECOMING
HEADLIGHTS
CLEARER,
BLAZING...
ITS HORN
HOWLING,
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ME HERE,
SOMEBODY--
OR SOMETHING--
WANTED ME OFF
4 THE ROAD,
SOMEBODY--OR
9 SOMETHING--WANTED
GHOST RIDER
IN CHAINS.
BECAUSE WHERE
THERE’S NO FIRE,
SHADOWS POOL,
SOI'M
CHASING DOWN
THE SHADOWS
NOW TO FIND
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WHAT NEWS
YOU
MAY COME THE COUNCIL
OF NIGHT
FORWARD,
MAGICIANS...
BUSTED
JOHNNY BLAZE
OUT,
BUT HE’S
A DAMN
MESS,
HE’S BLUNDERING INTO THE LARGER
WHO ARE WE
DESIGN, BUT THE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
TO POLICE THE
HAS GONE RABID, AND THE FBI IS
NO, L
ON HIS TAIL.
DON’T THINK
SO, WE’VE
9 JOHNNY
INTERFERED
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ENOUGH, |
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SHOULD
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L PICKED YOU
UP BECAUSE IT
ISN‘T SAFE.
NEW
ROADS ARE MADE
FOR SPEED AND
CONVENIENCE,
YOUR HANDS
OFF THE
WHEEL!
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YOU LIKE
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SOMETHING ‘
ELSE,
NWNY
HAVE YOU EVER
NOTICED THAT THERE’S
A BALANCE TO LIFE? THERE
IS DAY, THERE IS NIGHT,
THERE ARE GOOD TIMES,
THERE ARE BAD,