
Avengers -The Challenge of the Ghost Riders & Johnny Blaze Breaks Bad
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00:00 what's up guys it's already Blerd Without 00:01 Fear you know the gist I just wanted to 00:03 put a little PSA out there before this 00:05 video because there's some people 00:06 probably wonder whoa it was up this 00:08 video 00:09 why isn't going back and doing this one 00:10 it's because as we all know as a result 00:13 of Kovac 19 we are not going to be 00:16 getting a new print comics in your LCS 00:21 or local comic book shop or local comic 00:24 shop cuz you know what I mean and as a 00:26 result of that Marvel is not releasing 00:29 digital copies of anything that they're 00:30 not releasing in print DC seems to 00:33 largely be doing the same with the 00:35 exception of some comics that were just 00:38 digital only anyway Image Comics is not 00:40 releasing anything a matter of a Kimmage 00:42 was the first one to step out and say 00:44 something about this a lot of other 00:45 companies are gonna be doing the same 00:47 thing and I know there are some reports 00:48 out right now that there's a plan in 00:51 place to kind of kind of get around this 00:54 but honestly and it's April 1st and I'm 00:57 not taking any of this stuff very 00:59 seriously until tomorrow when it's been 01:02 properly vetted and vetted again 01:05 but that said today's video yeah I'm 01:07 going back and I'm going over the back 01:09 catalogue and you'll probably see this 01:11 video this piece across other videos 01:15 because I'll be doing the same there as 01:17 well we'll be tackling other content 01:18 we're not gonna have new comments coming 01:20 out for the foreseeable future 01:21 so as a result of that we're gonna be 01:23 tackling some comics we haven't tackled 01:24 yet I'll be tackling he has some older 01:26 Marvel and DC comics maybe not that all 01:29 but just stuff that's already passed 01:30 maybe some older older older stuff I'll 01:33 probably doing more character breakdowns 01:34 some have asked me what am I gonna do 01:36 the my hero academia Mogga am I ever 01:38 gonna cover that I also kind of like 01:39 there's a million other channels have 01:41 already done that I don't think I can 01:42 really bring anything to the table that 01:44 you don't already know but anyways I 01:46 hope you all enjoyed this video stay 01:47 safe 01:48 wash your damn hands and hit that intro 01:50 market-wise grass on the arena 01:53 gaben chief any songs they prefer to 01:55 lies that's any beautiful adrift and her 01:58 purple eyes you can't see me you Steve 02:00 be wonderin how about preach smart ever 02:02 loses that movie before we get started 02:05 if you want to see more awesome comic 02:07 book videos like this wing it only takes 02:08 two clicks to become one of Earth's 02:10 Mightiest subscribers click quick waters 02:15 up Earth's Mightiest subscribers it's 02:17 only blurred without fear welcome back 02:20 to the channel okay so today we are 02:24 gonna be talking about a storyline that 02:26 it's technically ways back I'm playing a 02:27 lot of catch-up here with a lot of 02:29 comics that I had been reading but kind 02:31 of fell off of just because yeah other 02:33 focuses we're gonna be talking about 02:34 Jason Aaron and Stefano casella's 02:37 Avengers run and the story arc challenge 02:40 of the ghost riders which takes up 02:42 issues Avengers number 22 through 25 and 02:46 in this video we're gonna kind of 02:49 discuss a little bit of what's going on 02:50 with Johnny Blaze the Ghost Rider who as 02:53 of last year became the king of hell in 02:56 the finale of the damnation story arc by 02:59 Johnny cakes and how he plans to help 03:02 Robby Reyes rid himself of the spirit of 03:05 vengeance only he's not doing this to be 03:08 nice we're about to face the harsh 03:10 reality that Johnny Blaze is not the 03:14 Ghost Rider we used to think he is and 03:16 why Robby ray is and Johnny Blaze must 03:20 have a race to the finish in a challenge 03:22 of the ghost riders we're gonna talk 03:24 about all this and more right now now 03:28 it's been no secret Robby Reyes has 03:30 struggled with being the spirit of 03:32 vengeance he's never really wanted to 03:34 become enemy honestly let's be fair most 03:36 ghost riders in any aspect at any 03:39 capacity have never really wanted to 03:41 become a Ghost Rider Robby ray it was a 03:43 very special case because one of the 03:45 things as kind of made him unique among 03:47 other ghost riders is that he never 03:49 asked to be one and he doesn't remember 03:50 ever making a deal because he never 03:54 really made one he has been struggling 03:57 so much with trying to control the 04:00 spirit of vengence he doesn't really 04:01 have the same level of expertise with it 04:04 that other ghost riders have had even 04:06 though he has been the spirit of 04:07 vengeance for a while now and since 04:09 blade had joined up with the Avengers 04:11 one of his I guess kind of sidebar 04:14 missions was to help Robby Reyes with 04:16 being the spirit of vengeance and made 04:17 me try and find him a way to either 04:20 control it or get rid of it they even 04:22 bring in hellström the son of Satan to 04:25 exorcise the spirit of vengeance from 04:27 him and the reason why is because he's 04:29 being haunted whatever it is it's in his 04:31 hel charger something's been going after 04:33 him something is not right something's 04:35 been threatening to go after Gabe his 04:37 younger brother and he can't even get 04:40 rid of the car to try and get rid of the 04:42 spirit he has done everything he can he 04:45 has tried to destroy it he's tried to 04:47 run the car off a cliff he's tried to 04:49 run it into a ravine he's broken the car 04:52 smashed it up done everything he can and 04:54 at the end of the day the car always 04:56 comes back something is different now 04:58 there's something different about the 05:00 car more than ever before it doesn't 05:02 seem any longer just simply possessed by 05:05 the spirit of his uncle Eli anymore it 05:07 now seems like there's something else 05:09 going on and right now even the Avengers 05:12 can't seem to help him so at the end of 05:15 the day what is the challenge of the 05:16 ghost riders this is essentially a race 05:18 something that only ghost riders can do 05:21 the challenge is necessary because Robby 05:24 Reyes wants to get rid of the spirit of 05:26 vengeance Johnny Blaze needs more power 05:29 to keep control over hell and the 05:31 challenge of the ghost riders is a 05:33 transference of power with the winner 05:35 taking the power of the spirit of 05:37 vengeance from the loser adding it to 05:40 his own and right now let's be honest 05:43 Johnny needs all the help he can get he 05:45 has been on the struggle bus trying to 05:48 rule hell since he deposed Mephisto now 05:51 something people will probably notice 05:52 and this will probably be painfully 05:54 obvious anyone who's reading the current 05:56 run of Ghost Rider by at Brisson but 05:58 Johnny is not the same Johnny that we 06:00 grew up with the same Johnny we've 06:02 always known this is a Johnny that's 06:04 more sinister he's 06:05 Oh Dean Robbie he's even using Robbie's 06:08 own younger brother as leverage to try 06:11 and force him through this challenge of 06:13 the ghostwriters 06:14 even threatening to harm his brother 06:16 Gabe 06:17 the thing is they race but johnny is not 06:19 playing fair he's cheating he's using 06:22 all of his powers against Robbie and not 06:24 just against Robbie but against the 06:26 Avengers as well even conscripted the 06:29 cosmic Ghost Rider the Ghost Rider of 06:32 the future who just so happens to be 06:34 Frank Castle keeping them busy so they 06:37 can't interfere with the race come to 06:39 find out the spirit that technically was 06:41 inhabiting Robbie's car during that time 06:44 frame wasn't uncle Eli during that short 06:47 little stint where he was threatening 06:48 him it was actually cosmic Ghost Rider 06:50 meanwhile johnny is unleashing every 06:53 dirty trick he knows in the book every 06:55 piece of hell that he has at his 06:58 disposal 06:58 every demon in his employ to try to keep 07:02 Robbie Reyes from beating him and not 07:04 only has he brought in a cosmic Frank 07:07 Castle but he also brings in a fallen 07:10 celestial callous the void who we saw 07:13 the Avengers tackle in the very first 07:16 issues of Jason Aaron and Stefano 07:19 casella's Avengers run at the beginning 07:21 of marvel fresh star not only that but 07:24 callous the void is being possessed by 07:26 Robbie ray as his uncle Eli all of this 07:29 to achieve ultimate power and let's be 07:32 fair Johnny Blaze once again I've said 07:34 this before if you aren't reading ed 07:36 britain's ghost ride around i do highly 07:38 recommend it's a very good book he has 07:40 people coming for his throne he has 07:41 people trying to escape from hell he has 07:44 armies of demons who don't want to 07:46 listen to him he has usurpers coming for 07:48 his throne outside forces from Hell like 07:51 Belasco and Lilith trying to take him 07:54 down he's even had to resort to 07:56 unleashing Mephisto from his prison that 07:59 he was put in in damnation just to try 08:02 and stay ahead of the mall he's not the 08:04 same person anymore he's become 08:06 corrupted he is technically become the 08:08 thing that he hated most he has become I 08:10 would dare say in all 08:12 as bad if not worse version of Mephisto 08:16 now could you blame Johnny for acting 08:18 the blaze acting I mean not really 08:21 because he really has gotten no help 08:23 since he took the El for everyone else 08:26 and became the King of Hell 08:27 during damnation he hasn't got any help 08:29 from Doctor Strange he hasn't got any 08:30 help from iron fist Moon Knight really 08:32 anyone else who was involved in 08:34 damnation mean yeah safer maybe Wong 08:36 everyone else has been moving on with 08:38 their merry little lives meanwhile 08:40 Johnny is risking it all to keep literal 08:43 hell on earth from happening again 08:45 another thing that kind of lets us know 08:47 just how far that yo johnny has fallen 08:50 in all this is that he seems even 08:51 willing to drag Robbie's mom and dad 08:54 into this and use them against him using 08:57 their spirits against him at the end of 09:00 the day Johnny he deep down he thinks 09:02 he's doing what's best he thinks that he 09:04 is doing what is best for hell and what 09:06 is best for Earth but at the end of the 09:08 day is he really though he's drunk on 09:10 power more than anything else and with 09:13 the Avengers having tackled Frank Castle 09:15 of the future that cosmic Ghost Rider 09:17 blade is eventually able to take him 09:19 down using what is called a breathing 09:22 gun something that he got from Hell true 09:24 it's an arch weapon of hell that's able 09:27 to kill nearly anything and even though 09:28 cosmic Ghost Rider is running roughshod 09:30 on the Avengers that gun is able to do 09:34 something most people aren't able to do 09:35 with the cosmic goes Rider he thinks 09:37 twice and now that they have cosmic 09:40 Ghost Rider on their side now that he 09:41 realizes he doesn't even remember why he 09:43 was sent there in the first place much 09:45 more importantly that he doesn't even 09:47 like Johnny Blaze and then why should he 09:49 help him he now decides to throw in his 09:51 lot with the Avengers and the Avengers 09:54 are coming to back their guy Ronna be 09:57 raised because at the end of the day the 09:58 Avengers they're more than friends their 10:00 family and they believe in Robby Reyes 10:02 despite the fact he doesn't believe in 10:04 himself they want to help him and I 10:07 think it also bears mentioning that the 10:09 other ghost riders in Hell what Robbie 10:12 to win they don't want Robby to fail 10:15 they don't want Johnny to win 10:18 them don't even really particularly like 10:20 Johnny right now they all seem to have a 10:22 real soft spot for Robby Rhea's which I 10:25 find really interesting and even though 10:27 Johnny Blaze sees the writing on wall he 10:29 sees that the Avengers have brought 10:31 everything they have at their disposal 10:32 to help Robby win Blais can't be 10:35 bothered with a cosmic ghost ride who 10:37 might I add just soloed calles of the 10:40 void now despite the fact this is a 10:42 calles of the void who is possessed by 10:44 uncle Eli so probably not at the height 10:46 of his powers not using his full 10:48 potential or who knows maybe he is the 10:50 cosmic ghost rider has soloed calles of 10:53 the void it has now coming for Johnny 10:56 Blaze throat but Johnny Blaze is more 10:58 focused on winning the race a race he 11:01 will not win because the Avengers 11:04 interference has helped Robby Reyes get 11:06 to the finish line and this is probably 11:09 the best possible thing that could have 11:10 happened for Robby but it's the worst 11:12 possible thing for Johnny Blaze because 11:15 now that Robby is one he is now taken 11:17 some of Ghost Rider's power however he 11:20 doesn't want the throne he decides to 11:23 abdicate the throne leaving blaze with 11:26 the throne in even less power now that 11:29 said Johnny is still theoretically king 11:32 of Hell's that means he still has all 11:34 the powers that that employs however he 11:37 is not gonna stick around long enough 11:38 for the cosmic Ghost Rider to run his 11:40 fade he's gonna get the hell out of 11:42 Dodge pun intended 11:44 Robby Reyes does get to briefly reunite 11:46 with his mom and dad and honestly at 11:48 this point they believe that he's doing 11:51 the right thing 11:51 that he has become the person he was 11:53 meant to be he may not like the idea 11:55 that he became the Ghost Rider but his 11:57 parents think that he's doing the best 11:59 possible thing to help his family and to 12:01 save his brother that he's protecting 12:03 people he's doing the right thing he's 12:05 risking his life for those who can't 12:08 protect themselves and Robby for the 12:10 first time he's finally accepting his 12:12 place he's actually enjoying life 12:14 spending time with his brother and not 12:15 trying to hide everything from him now 12:18 also in this book we do learn some other 12:20 things we also learned and this is some 12:22 stuff is actually going on an Avengers 12:23 current 12:24 I'll discuss in a later day once there's 12:26 more information but we do also learn 12:28 that apparently Ironman has some very 12:31 dark origins things that date all the 12:34 way back to 1 million BC Jason Aaron's 12:38 been doing this thing where he 12:39 introduced the Avengers of 1 million BC 12:42 the Avengers who were essentially the 12:45 Phoenix of that time the sorcerer 12:47 supreme agamotto the original sorcerer 12:50 supreme of that time the original Iron 12:52 Fist one of the earliest ghost riders in 12:55 the original Black Panther well he's 12:57 also revealed that there was an Iron Man 12:59 back during that time as well not going 13:01 into it right here but just know that 13:03 Iron Man has gone into the cave that was 13:05 burrowed out during the earlier issues 13:07 of Avengers where the final host was and 13:10 he's unearthed something that is shaking 13:12 him to his core and that's it that's 13:14 everything is going on with the 13:15 challenge of the ghost riders I'll cover 13:17 for the Avengers I'll cover what's going 13:18 on with the star brand and what's going 13:20 on here very recently just I just 13:21 haven't had time to do a whole lot of 13:23 these things just cuz you try to do so 13:25 much other stuff but anyways I like the 13:26 storyline I thought was really cool it 13:27 got me back on board the Ghost Rider and 13:29 even got me back to reading the new run 13:31 with Ed Britain which I once again I do 13:32 also think is very much worth the read I 13:34 don't know if I'll cover that I know 13:36 some people have asked me to do it but 13:38 if I do I don't know I may make that a 13:40 patreon exclusive you remember exclusive 13:42 or something like that just cuz I mean 13:44 it's a lot of work to cover so many 13:46 books everyone wants me to cover 13:47 everything and I'm only one guy and the 13:50 only person editing these videos I'm the 13:52 only person making these videos even 13:54 when someone else comes on and does 13:55 voices for them I'm still editing that 13:57 video so so please keep that in mind 14:00 when you ask me to stuff but yeah you 14:03 never get a link said if I get some by 14:05 patreon request maybe I'll do it that 14:07 way who knows we'll just have to see 14:08 what happens but anyways I like this 14:10 storyline once again it was good with 14:12 solid Jason airs been great on Avengers 14:14 has been fantastic pretty much every 14:16 issue has been amazing and I really like 14:19 what he's done I'm glad that Robby ray 14:20 has finally got a little more limelight 14:23 a little more time to shine which I feel 14:25 like he hasn't 14:26 I'm not he hasn't only gotten as much of 14:27 a fair shake a lot of Marvel's newer 14:29 legacy character skaters that picked up 14:31 a mantle I feel like they're only just 14:33 now since their release finally you know 14:35 getting some some time to shine because 14:37 they're finally getting better writers 14:39 working on them they're getting more 14:40 opportunities I think that that is 14:42 probably the best possible outcome and 14:45 this was a very good way to do it now 14:46 that said what does this mean for Robbie 14:48 ray is going forward I'm hoping this 14:50 means he gets more I hope we get more 14:53 story of him I don't think he's gonna 14:54 get a series of his own anytime soon and 14:56 if he does that'll be great but I don't 14:58 think it's gonna happen quite yet that 15:00 might be still aways down the road 15:01 especially right now the Danny ketch is 15:04 theoretically the main focus of the 15:07 current Ghost Rider run even though 15:08 Johnny Blaze is as well but maybe we'll 15:11 see Robbie ray as my great over that way 15:13 because we do know with Jason Ayers 15:15 Avengers run that there's always gonna 15:17 be that rotating member in the group 15:19 like right now it's blade blade will 15:23 likely at some point move on to other 15:24 things and they'll bring in another 15:25 member Bobby Reyes could also be the 15:28 same he may rotate out we don't know now 15:30 before we get out of here are you 15:32 thinking about checking out this comic 15:33 because if you are checked out in the 15:35 description or in the pin comment below 15:37 and I don't have an Amazon affiliate 15:39 link where if you click that link you'll 15:41 be able to purchase this book from 15:42 amazon.com at no extra cost in support 15:46 this channel at the same time and now 15:48 that we've said that let me know what 15:50 you thought about Avengers number 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