![]() ![]() Cosmic Ghost Rider, along with the upcoming Rogue & Gambit series, will mark Phillips’ debut at Marvel comics. “Working on Cosmic Ghost Rider means blending absurdity and realism in ways that I don’t think my previous work has allowed me to do,” Phillips said. But across the universe, a vicious bounty hunter is leaving a trail of bodies in his wake and his name is… Cosmic Ghost Rider?! When Frank’s peaceful existence is shattered, he must suit up once more and face his most savage enemy yet - himself! Be there for the start of a sprawling space adventure with shocking twists and turns in the saga of Cosmic Ghost Rider!” “In a far-flung corner of deep space, Frank Castle has eked out a quiet existence, his days as Cosmic Ghost Rider finally behind him. “VENGEANCE REAWAKENED!” begins Marvel’s official summary of the series’s first issue, with appropriate bombast. “I’m excited to play with Marvel’s cosmic characters and write something that feels really new for me and for Frank Castle as well.” “I love the humor and absurdity of Cosmic Ghost Rider, and because he’s a newer character I feel like there’s lots of potential space (pun intended) to push him in new directions,” Phillips told Polygon via email. In practice, he’s an absolute idiot in an over-the-top outfit, who uses his abilities to do things like go back in time and try to raise Thanos to be a nice person. Technically, Cosmic Ghost Rider is a version of Frank Castle who was the only human survivor in a universe where Thanos ruled who made a deal with Mephisto to get revenge and later teamed up with Galactus’ herald, collecting all the powers of a serial killer, the Ghost Rider, and the Silver Surfer. And that’s the Cosmic Ghost Rider.Īnd Polygon is excited to announce, courtesy of Marvel Comics, that the dumbest, best version of Frank Castle will ride again, in Cosmic Ghost Rider, a new ongoing series from writer Stephanie Phillips ( Harley Quinn) and artist Juann Cabal ( Guardians of the Galaxy). He’s been a pacifist monk, a fishman, and Wonder Woman’s husband - but among all these Franks, there’s one who is the most. Juann Cabal’s art is fantastic, and Phillips lays a solid foundation for an intriguing story.Through the multiverse of Marvel Comics, there are many different versions of Frank Castle. If you’ve never heard of CGR, Cabal’s figure work and action will leave you wanting more.Ībout The Reviewer : Gabriel Hernandez is the Publisher & EIC of, a comics review site dedicated to indie, small, and mid-sized publishers.įollow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Final Thoughts:Ĭosmic Ghost Rider #1 resurrects one of the weirder characters of the Marvel Universe with a promising start to a mystery about a killer who may or may not be Frank Castle. In particular, the CGR’s facial expressions, while acting as a merciless killing machine, ultimately sell the character’s ruthlessness. Regarding the art, this issue works as well as it does because of Juann Cabal. Where does it go next? Unknown, but this first issue is solid enough to make me want to find out. Is Frank turning into Cosmic Ghost Rider (CGR) without his knowledge? Is there a copycat roaming the galaxy? If the CGR pretender isn’t Frank, who is it, and what do they want?Ī good story gets readers to ask the right questions, so Phillips succeeds beautifully on that count. Oy!) that leads to unpredictable possibilities. It’s an intriguing idea (which, again, Marvel editors saw fit to spoil on the last page. What’s the twist? The Cosmic Ghost Rider killing so many people may or may not be Frank Castle. Unfortunately, a bounty hunter blows into town for payback after the Cosmic Ghost Rider is blamed for cutting a deadly path across the galaxy. We catch up with Frank as he tries to live a quiet life away from his distant past as the Punisher and the more recent past as the Cosmic Ghost Rider. Oy!)įor the uninitiated, Cosmic Ghost Rider is the future Spirit of Vengeance inhabiting an older, time-space-displaced Frank Castle. Here, we get all that wrapped in an intriguing little mystery (which the editors saw fit to partially spoil on the “Coming Next Month…” page. ![]() So, expecting an offbeat story with an irreverent tone, plenty of violence, and an uncertain direction is natural. Marvel tapped Stephanie Phillips to revitalize one of the weirder variants in Marvel canon. But does the bounty hunter have the wrong Rider?Ĭosmic Ghost Rider # is, to be blunt, not bad. Cover art by: Valerio Giangiordano, Morry HollowellĬosmic Ghost Rider #1 gives new life to Frank Castle’s cosmic alter ego when a bounty hunter calls for revenge against the Rider’s carnage.
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