Spirits of Vengeance #4 (of 5)
(W) Sabir Pirzada (A) Brian Level, Sean Damien Hill (CA) Josemaria Casanovas
RATED T+
In Shops: Dec 11, 2024
SRP: $3.99
BAPTISM BY FIRE!
As Johnny Blaze is still learning to live with his new normal after the events of GHOST RIDER: FINAL VENGEANCE, something new and sinister has begun to stir! Something more bloodthirsty than anything Johnny Blaze has ever known – something that eats souls and Spirits alike…and it’s HUNGRY.
The planet Earth lives on in Predator lore… a planet full of the most exhilarating prey they could imagine! And the strongest weapons in the Multiverse are in their sights. When a young Predator with something to prove comes for Wakanda’s vibranium, the Black Panther faces an enemy whose resources rival those of his great nation. Who will prove stronger? Predator Vs Black Panther #1 kicks off what could potentially be an exciting battle but the art trips up the storytelling that drags things out.
When it comes to prey that should put up a good fight, the Black Panther feels like it’d be a good match against a Predator. Technology takes on technology and strategy takes on strategy in what has a lot of potential. Predator Vs Black Panther #1 brings us that clash, sort of, as it sets things up but feels like it drags things out a bit too much.
Written by Benjamin Percy, Predator Vs Black Panther #1 focuses on a Predator who clashes with his brother and father and decides that it needs Vibranium to up its weaponry to exact revenge against its family. This leads it to Wakanda where the Black Panther and Shuri debate about Wakanda’s role in the world. The comic is an ok debut issue, dragging things out, because let’s face it, where here for the two individuals to clash. We get the tease of that by the end of the issue as the Predators finally make their move.
On its own, Predator Vs Black Panther #1 is rather boring. It’s a lot of setup keeping us from what we want to see, some action and fighting. There’s a lot of teasing and foreshadowing but overall, it just doesn’t get to the point quick enough. It feels like a series that will read better in one go as a trade than individual issues. It attempts to shock and surprise in some moments but moments don’t click like they should. They’re moments than a thread that connects and has an emotional impact. Characters die as things pick up and the deaths leave little but a shrug.
Part of the issue is the art. While Chris Allen is highlighted, Sean Damien Hill, Craig Yeung, and Lee Ferguson all contribute. Erick Arciniega provides the color while Travis Lanham handles the lettering. The art overall is just ok. At times it’s too cluttered making it difficult to figure out exactly what’s going on and scenes that should be full of tension or shock lack both. Something just doesn’t connect and it feels like there’s too many cooks in the kitchen with this one.
Predator Vs Black Panther #1 is an ok start. There’s potential there but overall it feels like a story that’ll be far more enjoyable in one go than the individual issues.
Story: Benjamin Percy Art: Chris Allen, Sean Damien Hill, Craig Yeung, Lee Ferguson
Color: Erick Arciniega Letterer: Travis Lanham
Story: 7.0 Art: 6.75 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Pass
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This September, past and present Ghost Riders are targeted by a reawakened enemy in Spirits of Vengeance, a new ongoing series from writer Sabir Pirzada and artist Sean Damien Hill. To celebrate the launch, Marvel’s Stormbreakers have turned out hell-raising covers for September’s collection of Stormbreakers Variant Covers! Each piece spotlights a different Ghost Rider from Marvel Comics history, including ones set to star in the new series. Across eight covers, feast your eyes on Johnny Blaze, Danny Ketch, Robbie Reyes, Kushala, Cosmic Ghost Rider, Phantom Rider, Vengeance, and the Ghost Rider of 1,000,000 BC.
Every month, Marvel’s Stormbreakers bring their incredible talents to your favorite comic series and characters and flex their skills with exciting themed variant cover collections. The current group of artists includes Elena Casagrande, Nic Klein, Jan Bazaldua, Chris Allen, Martin Coccolo, Lucas Werneck, Federico Vicentini, and C.F. Villa.
Each of these artists embody the raw talent and creative potential to shatter the limits of visual storytelling in comics today! As the next evolution of the groundbreaking Marvel’s Young Guns program, Marvel’s Stormbreakers continues the tradition of spotlighting and elevating these powerful artists to showcase their abilities, artwork and prominence in the world of comic books.
Check out all eight covers now and preorder them at your local comic shop today!
From Johnny Blaze to Danny Ketch to Robbie Reyes, the Spirit of Vengeance burns through the souls of many characters in the Marvel Universe. This September, everyone who dares to call themselves Ghost Rider will be targeted by a reawakened enemy in Spirits of Vengeance!
Written by Sabir Pirzada and drawn by an all-star lineup of artists starting with Sean Damien Hill, Spirits of Vengeance promises to be a major turning point for the Ghost Rider mythos. The ongoing series kicks off when Vengeance, one of the most notorious entities in the Marvel Universe, returns and embarks on a vicious hunt to take down fellow spirits. As he grows more powerful with each slay, the Ghost Riders you know will journey to unexpected places to seek new power…
JOHNNY BLAZE! DANNY KETCH! ROBBIE REYES! THE HOOD! KUSHALA! Many have borne the title Spirit of Vengeance and as its most recent claimant has embarked on its final ride to explosive results, others still stir in the darker corners of the Marvel Universe! And one, in particular, has a stronger connection to two Ghost Riders than the rest, and after years, it’s ready to show its fangs again at last…
Check out Kendrick Lim’s explosive main cover as well as variant cover by Declan Shalvey, and preorder Spirits of Vengeance #1 at your local comic shop today!
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Over 70 Black creators are teaming up with Advent Comics and over 40 comic book and graphic novel publishers for the cosmic crossover project Epiphany Engine, a 192-page graphic novel. The project which launches with a Kickstarter campaign is led by publishing legend Tony Kittrell and acclaimed editor and creator Joseph P. Illidge, who serves as Editorial Director, with editor Marcus H. Roberts and Assistant Editor Brian J. Hawkins. Epiphany Engine will feature an epic multiverse story, assembling iconic Black heroes and villains and original characters in an adventure that spans several chapters. Each chapter will showcase the work of a different creative team, giving Black creators from across the publishing world the opportunity to combine their powers. Readers and fans can back Epiphany Engine on the Kickstarter campaign, which features a variety of exciting reward options.
Superstar scribe Brandon Thomas will be launching the book by writing the first chapter; the book will also feature the work of popular creators such as Rodney Barnes, Chuck Patton, John Jennings, Jamal Igle, Colleen Douglas, and many more. Publishers involved in the project include 4th Wall Productions, Griot Enterprises, Konkret Comics, and Second Sight Publishing, among many others.
Covers for Epiphany Engine are from a superstar group of artists including Chriscross, Keron Grant, Alitha E. Martinez, Jamal Igle, Sean Damien Hill, Canaan White, Marcus Williams, Kris Mosby, Michael Watson, Stanley Weaver, Jr., and Eric Battle.
The afterword will be written by Marcus H. Roberts of Second Sight Publishing, most known for their series of SHOOK! horror anthology graphic novels co-published by Dark Horse and Mississippi Zombie anthology series co-published by Caliber.
Inspired by seminal dimensional crossover stories such as DC’s Crisis on Infinite Earths and the family drama of Fantastic Four, Epiphany Engine follows the McKalis, a family of brilliant scientists who have been scattered across the dangerous multiverse after a fight with the mysterious adversary, Abzylom. The fabric of the multiverse has ruptured, causing universes to bleed into each other and sending most of the Mackali family into scattered destinations, leaving the youngest member Todd McKali without his family in a cosmic and frightening variation on Home Alone. Abzylom wants to collapse the existing multiverse and mold a new universe while destroying the McKalis. In order to save the multiverse and defeat their cosmic foe, the family must find each other and build an army of fighters from across the multiverse of Black superheroes.
The McKali family is led by Prof. Dwayne McKali, an incredibly brilliant explorer and father, but often myopic and overcontrolling, and Dr. Jackie McKali, a world renowned physicist and mother who is the balanced yang to Dwayne’s ying. In order to save the multiverse, the parents team up with their gifted kids, 19-year old Jett McKali, an impulsive tech genius who is unafraid to jump into the fray, and 17-year-old Octavia McKali, a chemist and theorist who keeps the family together and on task. The family is inspired by historical real-life and fictional figures: iconic writer Dwayne McDuffie, legendary comics creator Jackie Ormes, Disney’s “The Famous Jett Jackson”, award-winning science fiction author Octavia Butler, and legendary actor Tony Todd of the seminal horror film “Candyman”.
Dwayne and Jackie’s youngest son, 10-year-old Todd McKali, is a child prodigy who incorporates all of the specialties of his famous family. The family is hunted by the villainous Abzylom. Unhinged, psychopathic and incredibly brilliant, Abzylom has been traversing the multiverse and his body has become infused with the chaotic energies that bind and separate universes.
Along with these original characters, Epiphany Engine will share the stage with legendary Black characters such as Andre Batts & Urban Style Comics’ mystical protector Dreadlocks, Roosevelt Pitt & Amara Entertainment’s Purge character, Jiba Molei Anderson & Griot Enterprises’ African deities superteam The Horsemen, Danny J. Quick ‘s 4th Wall Productions’ MMA ninja Aceblade, Lonzo Starr & Konkret Comics’ cosmic hero Akolyte, Dorphise Jean & Spirits Destiny Studios Haitian heroine Spirit Destiny, Bradley Golden & Second Sight Publishing’s character Victoria Black, Michael Watson’s Freestyle Komics’ powerful Hotshot, Anansi the trickster god of stories, Ray-Anthony Height & Studio Skye-Tiger’s heroic vigilante Midnight Tiger, Quinn McGowan & Legends Press’ highflyer Wildfire and Tony Kittrell/Advent Comics’ powerhouse Titan the Ultra Man. These fan-favorite heroes and heroines are just the tip of the iceberg of the characters that will be appearing within the pages of the Epiphany Engine Graphic Novel.
DC Power 2024
(W) Alitha Martinez, Brandon Thomas, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Deron Bennett, Greg Burnham, Jarrett Williams, John Ridley, Lamar Giles (A) Alitha Martinez, Jamal Campbell, Asiah Fulmore, Sean Damien Hill, Edwin Galmon, Denys Cowan, Tony Akins, Moritat, Dominike Stanton, Jahnoy Lindsay, Khary Randolph, Serg Acuna
In Shops: Jan 30, 2024
SRP: $9.99
DC Power returns for round two with brand-new stories spotlighting Black characters from across the DC Universe by an all-star cast of writers and artists! N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell return to the Hugo Award–winning world of Far Sector for an epilogue featuring the first meeting between Jo Mullein and John Stewart! The Signal, Duke Thomas, finds inspiration from an unlikely ally. Crispus Allen searches for purpose outside of being the Spectre—and goes to Renee Montoya for guidance! Thunder and Lighting (Anissa and Jennifer Pierce), cause sparks to fly at a community event crashed by the Condiment King; Raphael Arce learns the secret origin of the original Bloodwynd; Val-Zod, Earth-2’s Superman, contemplates the balance between his pacifist philosophy and protecting the people of his universe; and Nubia teams up with…Mr. Mxyzptlk?! All these stories and more, just in time for Black History Month!
DC Power 2024
(W) Alitha Martinez, Brandon Thomas, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Deron Bennett, Greg Burnham, Jarrett Williams, John Ridley, Lamar Giles (A) Alitha Martinez, Jamal Campbell, Asiah Fulmore, Sean Damien Hill, Edwin Galmon, Denys Cowan, Tony Akins, Moritat, Dominike Stanton, Jahnoy Lindsay, Khary Randolph, Serg Acuna
In Shops: Jan 30, 2024
SRP: $9.99
DC Power returns for round two with brand-new stories spotlighting Black characters from across the DC Universe by an all-star cast of writers and artists! N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell return to the Hugo Award–winning world of Far Sector for an epilogue featuring the first meeting between Jo Mullein and John Stewart! The Signal, Duke Thomas, finds inspiration from an unlikely ally. Crispus Allen searches for purpose outside of being the Spectre—and goes to Renee Montoya for guidance! Thunder and Lighting (Anissa and Jennifer Pierce), cause sparks to fly at a community event crashed by the Condiment King; Raphael Arce learns the secret origin of the original Bloodwynd; Val-Zod, Earth-2’s Superman, contemplates the balance between his pacifist philosophy and protecting the people of his universe; and Nubia teams up with…Mr. Mxyzptlk?! All these stories and more, just in time for Black History Month!
DC Power 2024
(W) Alitha Martinez, Brandon Thomas, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Deron Bennett, Greg Burnham, Jarrett Williams, John Ridley, Lamar Giles (A) Alitha Martinez, Jamal Campbell, Asiah Fulmore, Sean Damien Hill, Edwin Galmon, Denys Cowan, Tony Akins, Moritat, Dominike Stanton, Jahnoy Lindsay, Khary Randolph, Serg Acuna
In Shops: Jan 30, 2024
SRP: $9.99
DC Power returns for round two with brand-new stories spotlighting Black characters from across the DC Universe by an all-star cast of writers and artists! N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell return to the Hugo Award–winning world of Far Sector for an epilogue featuring the first meeting between Jo Mullein and John Stewart! The Signal, Duke Thomas, finds inspiration from an unlikely ally. Crispus Allen searches for purpose outside of being the Spectre—and goes to Renee Montoya for guidance! Thunder and Lighting (Anissa and Jennifer Pierce), cause sparks to fly at a community event crashed by the Condiment King; Raphael Arce learns the secret origin of the original Bloodwynd; Val-Zod, Earth-2’s Superman, contemplates the balance between his pacifist philosophy and protecting the people of his universe; and Nubia teams up with…Mr. Mxyzptlk?! All these stories and more, just in time for Black History Month!
Marvel honors Black History month with Marvel’s Voices: Legends #1, a special one-shot with four all-new stories starring some of comic book’s most iconic heroes.
All-star creators and rising talents from throughout the industry come together in this triumphant special that brings you the world outside your window. Uniting various cornerstones of the Marvel Universe, Marvel’s Voices: Legends #1 delivers can’t-miss stories including a celebration of Misty Knight’s nearly 50 year legacy, the long-awaited return of Elijah Bradley, aka Patriot; and much more. This year, the one-shot will hit stands on January 31 so fans can celebrate Black History Month at their local shop right at the start of February!
Read on to discover the stories that await:
Throughout the year in both print comics on stands and digital Infinity Comics on Marvel Unlimited, the Marvel’s Voices program highlights the diverse storytelling, characters, and creators that illustrate the richness and breadth of the Marvel Universe. Proudly representing different cultures and backgrounds, these critically acclaimed stories uplift and inspire by showing that fans from all walks of life have a place in the mighty Marvel mythos!
Marvel will honor Black History month with Marvel’s Voices: Legends #1, a special one-shot with four all-new stories starring some of comic book’s most iconic heroes.
All-star creators and rising talents from throughout the industry come together in this triumphant special that brings you the world outside your window. Uniting various cornerstones of the Marvel Universe, Marvel’s Voices: Legends #1 delivers can’t-miss stories including a celebration of Misty Knight’s 50th anniversary, the long-awaited return of Elijah Bradley, aka Patriot; and much more! This year, the one-shot will hit stands at the end of January so fans can celebrate Black History Month at their local shop right at the start of February!
Read on to discover the stories that await:
Check out Caanan White’s cover below and pick up Marvel’s Voices: Legends #1 on January 31.
