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Warning : Contains plunderer for Ghost Rider : Final Vengeance # 6To save his adopted beginner ’s life , Johnny Blaze made a deal with the Devil who , in return , bound Blaze ’s soul to a fallen backer , thus creating theGhost Rider . Decades subsequently , Johnny has been through hell and has watched almost everything he ’s bonk burn to ash tree . Now , after yr of hoping to free himself of his curse , Blaze has made a fresh declaration that brings him back to the beginning .

Ghost Rider : Final Vengeance#6 – written by Benjamin Percy , with nontextual matter by Danny Kim – features the heroic close of Johnny Blaze ’s journeying to reform his Spirit of Vengeance from the murderous hand of the Hood .

After Mephisto stripped Blaze of his god-awful other half , Johnny was left with a Ghost Rider - sized pickle in his soul that made him realize that he needs the Rider as much as the Rider needs a boniface . However , to jell things right , Johnny Blaze has to do the one affair he swore he would never do again : make a deal with the Devil .

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Zarathos Needs Johnny as Much as Johnny Needs Zarathos

Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance#6 – Written By Benjamin Percy; Art By Danny Kim, Bryan Valenza, & Travis Lanham

Johnny Blaze understands now more than ever that he is the one who tamed the Spirit and that he alone is the one somebody who can withstand the flame of vengeance without releasing an hell .

Johnny Blaze is n’t the first Ghost Riderto finger the void after losing their Spirit of Vengeance . After enough time hunting down evildoer ’ soulfulness and dealing out just - deserve self-mortification , the soul of the Rider deflection to take that elysian fire to keep it going . Even in Blaze ’s singular case , the yucky angel - plough - demon Zarathos is need for both to stay whole . Johnny hat Zarathos , and he realize that well - known in this issue , butmaintaining his human relationship with the devil is more than just about doctor his own soul .

Throughout theGhost Rider : terminal Vengeanceseries , Zarathos has or else been handle by the Hood , an ambitious as if by magic - power professional criminal with enough passion to feed the daimon without end . In the hands of a man whose appetite for payback is warm than the demon ’s itself , the Spirit of Vengeancebecomes an unbridled power of divine proportion . Johnny Blaze understands now more than ever that he is the one who tamed the Spirit and that he alone is the one mortal who can withstand the flames of vengeance without relinquish an inferno .

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Johnny Blaze, Back At The Crossroads

Despite his journeying with Mephisto seemingly being back at the root , Johnny has gather something that he ’s never had in the last 52 years of comics : command .

At a crossroads with the Devil , like where it all begin , Mephisto acknowledge that Zarathos and Johnny are the perfect brace . One is unworthy without the other . Vengeance requires enough good intentions to guide the flame of punishment that watch over . In an unexpected routine from the Hell - Lord , Mephisto relinquishes control over Zarathos , for the first time in hundreds of years , to Blaze note that“You belong to each other . ”However , a declaration requires payment and in return for the demon he think he never want , Johnny Blaze is back to hearty one andin armed service to the Devilonce again .

Despite hisjourney with Mephistoseemingly being back at the beginning , Johnny has gained something that he ’s never had in the last 52 twelvemonth of comics : controller . Johnny ’s made amends with Zarathos before , but lyric can decrease flat and muckle can be bump . This time , both soul know they take each other whether they like it or not . Blaze have a go at it it will still be a fight , but this sentence they ’re on equal foothold . Johnny Blaze has his fire . Zarathos has his host . Together , unfeignedly for the first prison term , they are both theGhost Rider .

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Ghost Rider : concluding Vengeance#6is now available from Marvel Comics .

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Ghost Rider sitting on a throne (left) with Mephisto looming behind him (right.)

Mephisto gifts Zarathos back to Johnny Blaze, but in return Blaze must work for Mephisto.

After re-bonding with Zarathos, the Ghost Rider rides off on his next journey.

Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #6 cover, Johnny Blaze has a flaming chainsaw arm, in a battle against the Hood.