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Marvel continues its sneaky move towards more interesting, quirky takes on its heroes with ALL-NEW GHOST RIDER #1 by Felipe Smith and Tradd Moore, with a new Latino hero—Robbie Reyes—and a story about street racing in East LA clearly based on the video game/Hong Kong street racing vibe of Grand Theft Auto, Initial D and of course The Fast and the Furious. Smith has lived in both LA and Japan and his manga MBQ is a lost classic of the TokyoPop OEL line. Moore is best known for his Image work, and add it all up and it says “Who needs a house style?”

A high speed street race in East LA leads a young man down the fast and furious road of destiny. Amid an East Los Angeles neighborhood full of gang violence and drug trafficking, 18-year old Robbie Reyes explodes onto the scene as the newest Ghost Rider!

“In Robbie Reyes, Felipe Smith and Tradd Moore have created one of the most complex and likable characters to be granted  great power — and a great ride! — and learn the great responsibility that comes with both,” says Editor In Chief Axel Alonso.  “Reyes comes from a very different zip code than Peter Parker, but his story is universal.”

“His vehicle of choice, the automobile, very clearly sets him apart visually,” says series writer Felipe Smith in an interview with Marvel.com “In comparison to his vengeance seeking predecessors, he’s very young and inexperienced in most aspects of life; but as a the product of a harsh inner city upbringing, Robbie’s street smarts, overall distrust for most people, and clear contempt for his violent surroundings make him the perfect host for a Spirit of Vengeance.”

 

ALL-NEW GHOST RIDER #1 (JAN140660)
Written by FELIPE SMITH
Art & Cover by TRADD MOORE
Variant Covers by FELIPE SMITH (JAN140663)
MIKE DEL MUNDO (JAN140663)
SKOTTIE YOUNG (JAN140664)
FOC –02/24/14 On-Sale -03/19/14

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11 COMMENTS

  1. Wow, this looks really good. And I’m all about switching out the cycle for a car. The motorcycle thing is soooo played out.

  2. Because it’s not like this idea just failed in the comics about two years ago… oh wait, it did. I’m not totally against the idea of it, but why not try, I dunno, writing interesting stories for the character you have instead of getting a few curiosity sales from introducing a new character? Bleh.

  3. Holy mack. It’s taken almost as a truism to say, “yeah, western comics don’t really do car chases well”. Then I see this and it’s like they’ve been perfect format for it the whole time.

  4. If they really wanted the book to sell, they’d promote it as the further adventures of Paul Walker’s corpse.

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