The Marvel demon Mephisto received Frank's soul in Hell and stroke a deal to make him the new Ghost Rider, returning him to Earth to go after Thanos. Cosmic Ghost Rider origin story started with regular Frank Castle being one of the last heroes on Earth to die defending the planet from Thanos. The character is from the alternate Marvel reality entitled Earth-TRN666. Writer Donny Cates and artist Geoff Shaw in Thanos #13 created the crossover hero.Ĭosmic Ghost Rider was introduced as Thanos' right-hand man in the comic. In the comic books, both Marvel characters have merged to form the hero known as the Cosmic Ghost Rider. The Punisher Marvel Comics crossover with Ghost Rider was not as grounded as the one presented in the fan art, which took inspiration from the Bernthal and Luna versions of the characters. How wild does the book get? Well, if you loved Batman using Baby Darkseid as a weapon, or Cable hopping around time and space with baby Hope strapped to his chest, you will enjoy the final page of Cosmic Ghost Rider.īecause Cosmic Ghost Rider #1 does end with a baby bjorn made of Ghost Rider chains.The exciting concept of a Punisher and Ghost Rider merger was first brought up in the comics. That establishment of the book’s emotional core gives Cates a foundation on which to go wild with time travel, Baby Thanos and flaming skulls. My turn to be punished.” Frank Castle and the Bifrost. was by tellin’ myself that my turn would come. “When I’s doing what I did back on Earth. Cates’ writing keeps the core pathos of Frank Castle, when he explains to Odin exactly why he is restless in Valhalla, the hall of heroes: He knows he doesn’t deserve a reward. While the art pushes the already exaggerated subject matter just that much further. Which results in the best single comic book panel I’ve seen this week, at right.īurnett’s weathered art and expressive character designs make everything pop with slightly exaggerated style, while Antonio Fabela’s colors explode off the page and delight in details, like the starfield within the midnight black of Cosmic Ghost Rider’s armor. So Frank decides that he’s going to do the one thing he’s been thinking about ever since he died: He’s going to go back in time and murder Thanos when the Mad God was an infant in his cradle, and prevent him from becoming his timeline’s galactic armageddon. What matters is that Cosmic Ghost Rider #1 begins with Odin kicking Frank Castle out of Valhalla because the man just can’t stop beating everyone up, and then gets even better from there.īaby Thanos and the Cosmic Ghost Rider. Writer Donny Cates and artist Dylan Burnett lay the backstory out in a narratively efficient and visually arresting way in the first three pages of the issue, and none of it matters. This is a Frank Castle from an alternate timeline in which Thanos took over the entire universe, a tidbit I discovered only after devouring the entire issue. “Wow, Susana,” you’re saying, “that sounds really complicated. Cosmic Ghost Rider #1 has a continuity behind it - a completely ludicrous confluence of fictional events in which Frank Castle (the Punisher) obtained the powers of Ghost Rider (the flaming skull motorcycle guy) and the Silver Surfer (who wields the Power Cosmic) at the same time. Today I’m going in the opposite direction. Comics advocates usually try to get around this is by recommending stories that don’t come with a lot of continuity baggage. The looming presence of continuity can be daunting for anyone looking to get into comics for the first time. Welcome to #1 Comic of the Week, a series where our comics editor, Susana Polo, tips you off to a neat new story or series that kicked off in comics this week - just in time for some weekend reading.
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