Ghost Rider: Road To Damnation Premiere HC (Ghost Rider) 
asked by shirley49 on November 7, 2006 4:51 AM
Stunning art and a story that only Garth Ennis could tell! He's paying the price for his deal with the Devil - is the Ghost Rider condemned to ride the highways of Hell for all eternity? His saving grace could be in the form of an unlikely ally - an industrious angel with a deal that would free Ghost Rider once and for all! Collects Ghost Rider #1-6.
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I'm both a ghost rider and garth ennis fan, but...
I bought this one cause I thought I needed to understand the new ongoing series, I was wrong. I also thought this was gonna be well written arc, but I was wrong again, this is nothing but a simple ghostly copy of Garth Ennis's Preacher with a plain story line and no interesting turns. At least It thought it would have awesome art as the cover, but guess what... I was wrong even there. Not that bad, but just another forgettable boring story.
Do yourself a favor and dont spent your money in this one, and if you have lots of money, please donate it to some worthspending cause (like mine for having a really good TPB and HC collection, ha)
I bought this one cause I thought I needed to understand the new ongoing series, I was wrong. I also thought this was gonna be well written arc, but I was wrong again, this is nothing but a simple ghostly copy of Garth Ennis's Preacher with a plain story line and no interesting turns. At least It thought it would have awesome art as the cover, but guess what... I was wrong even there. Not that bad, but just another forgettable boring story.
Do yourself a favor and dont spent your money in this one, and if you have lots of money, please donate it to some worthspending cause (like mine for having a really good TPB and HC collection, ha)
reviewed by bugger on November 7, 2006 2:55 PM
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This is an A+ grade effort in the annals of the veteran spirit of vengeance. Combining top notch art with an excellent story, this is by far one of the most innovative takes on GR. Kudos to Amazon for offering these awesome graphic novels at terrific prices! Highly recommended to art fans & non comic fans too.
reviewed by ozone on November 21, 2006 3:17 AM
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This is the Ghost Rider as he was always meant to be. He is a forlorn tormented soul whose fading humanity, while dimly present, is tarnished by the hate and brutal violence that only hell could provide. The Ghost Rider is finally correctly typecast as hell's bounty hunter. It is the role he was always meant to fill. And the art in this novel is beautiful. If landscapes in hell can be called beautiful....
reviewed by tacos on November 25, 2006 11:46 AM
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A brief synopsis: An evil demon named Kazann has escaped Hell and is attempting to unleash Hell on Earth. An angel, Malachi, trying to cover up his mysterious connection to the demon, frees Ghost Rider from Hell to catch and return Kazann to the underworld before bounty hunters from both Heaven and Hell can claim the demon as their own.
The biggest reason to get this book is for the art. Ghost Rider has never looked this good. Also well done is the brief back-story of where Ghost Rider's been as of late. It was better than the typical revamping of the origin story that's used so often when writing a character that's been out-of-action.
But as beautiful as the art is, the story and the characters don't take each other seriously and the entire book suffers because of it. Ghost Rider is very naive and constantly asking questions, making him seem a child-type character and not the Spirit of Vengeance that readers love. The characters seem to make light of the entire situation, which is an interesting and different approach to the theme of the book, but ultimately it doesn't work. Ghost Rider and the subject matter he deals with isn't meant to be light-hearted.
The finale is also very weak. For something as serious as Kazann has planned, the feeling of danger isn't conveyed by the characters. Another thing, it all ends in a nice, neat little package which didn't fit the story. Overall, The Road to Damnation is a disappointing arc simply because of the lack of character in the characters and the light-hearted tone.
The biggest reason to get this book is for the art. Ghost Rider has never looked this good. Also well done is the brief back-story of where Ghost Rider's been as of late. It was better than the typical revamping of the origin story that's used so often when writing a character that's been out-of-action.
But as beautiful as the art is, the story and the characters don't take each other seriously and the entire book suffers because of it. Ghost Rider is very naive and constantly asking questions, making him seem a child-type character and not the Spirit of Vengeance that readers love. The characters seem to make light of the entire situation, which is an interesting and different approach to the theme of the book, but ultimately it doesn't work. Ghost Rider and the subject matter he deals with isn't meant to be light-hearted.
The finale is also very weak. For something as serious as Kazann has planned, the feeling of danger isn't conveyed by the characters. Another thing, it all ends in a nice, neat little package which didn't fit the story. Overall, The Road to Damnation is a disappointing arc simply because of the lack of character in the characters and the light-hearted tone.
reviewed by squeege on November 29, 2006 7:58 AM