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Jason Aaron is quickly shaping up to be one of my favorite new writers at Marvel. He's done great work on Wolverine and now he's taken the reigns on Ghost Rider--right after Daniel Way exploded the series main premise. In Ghost Rider #18, Way revealed the real reason that Roxanne Simpson could save his soul from Satan, a mystery that persisted ever since Marvel Spotlight #5 in the 1970s. When Roxanne prayed to God to save Johnny's cursed soul, she was answered--not by God--but by his lieutenant, Zadkiel. Johnny Blaze became "The Fire That Rains Down From Heaven", the Wrath of God, the Punisher of all sinners. This is also the reason why Satan could never kill or trap Johnny permanently in Hell.
Satan and his lost souls were expunged in Ghost Rider #19, paving a clean road for Aaron's first arc, which began in Ghost Rider #20. Johnny's out for revenge, against Zadkiel and his minions. But how do you fight a war against heaven? Johnny just happens to find a boy who ran into Zadkiel while in a coma...but the boy is guarded by an army of Tarentino-kinky naughty Cycle Nurses. Who wear lingerie and carry firearms that can take out the Ghost Rider. The nurses pursue Johnny and nirvana-boy through the backwoods of Montana, where Ghost Rider has to fight a road full of demonic creatures on Cannibal Highway. I think the Cycle Nurses deserve their own MAX limited series!
I think Ghost Rider is the sleeper hit of 2008. It has humor, horror, action, and mystery. Zadkiel is trying to take over Heaven and apparently Johnny Blaze is a pawn in this game. There's a mysterious figure in issue #22 who looks like Danny Ketch to me. If it is Danny, then Blaze has a big problem--because Ketch is wearing Zadkiel's emblem on his wrist. Great stuff...check it out! Nuff said.
