Warning! Spoilers for Ghost RIder: Final Vengeance #6 ahead!Ghost Riderhas been bonded to the Spirit of Vengeance for a long time in comics history, but Marvel fans have only ever gotten to see the Ghost Rider as a possessive spirit. Recently, after the spirit itself, Zarathos, becomes bonded to someone else, Johnny Blaze comes face to face with the spirit often inhabiting him -and his true form is revealed.
In the final chapter of his newest run, Johnny Blaze comes to a crossroads with the devil inGhost Rider: Final Vengeance#6 by Benjamin Percy and Danny Kim. In the midst of a spell, Johnny appeals directly to Zarathos, the Spirit of Vengeance and the other half ofthe Ghost Rider persona.
Except - Zarathos has never been seen outside of a flaming skull, and now it only makes sense why.Zarathos is a flaming red spirit skeleton with the hottest of blue flames, finally unmasked without his host Johnny Blaze.
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Johnny Blaze And Zarathos Together Are Ghost Rider
The Struggle For Control Of the Title of the Spirit of Vengeance
The Spirit of Vengeance and its host share many similarities with Eddie Brock and his relationship with Venom, as they frequently hold their own debates and conversations. However, Venom’s form has been seen from the beginning. Zarathos has only been glimpsed when bonded with Johnny Blaze. It has even been thought that the fire wreathing the Ghost Rider’s skull was the spirit and the skull was Johnny’s own spiritual form.But it seems that as Ghost Rider, the very body of the anti-hero is Johnny and the face is fully Zarathos, making the dark spirit the one in control.
Zarathos' form is simple. He’s not a grotesque monster, but a flaming skeleton. There might be scarier things in the Marvel Universe (Mephisto, for example), and yet give Ghost Rider his flaming chains and adark ride like his motorcycleand he will prove otherwise.The simplicity of Zarathos is what brings terror - he doesn’t need many frills like Mephisto to enact vengeance.He just requires a physical body, it seems.
The Face of Ghost Rider Is the Face of Zarathos
As Ghost Rider continues to delve intomore mature territory with R-rated weapon upgrades, it only makes sense for Marvel to reveal that a demonic spirit is the face of a famous hero. While it may come as no surprise,the subtle shift from Johnny Blaze as the main force to the possessed body controlled by an animating force is a terrifying one.
For now, Johnny Blaze and Zarathos have re-bonded. The Ghost Rider is back and revving his bike. This is no superhero with a mask he can take off - this is a man bonded with a dark spirit that is the flaming patron of the damned. WithGhost Rider’s true form revealed, fans know the truth about the flaming skullriding through comics on his hellcycle- and they can’t unsee what they have seen.
