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Newsarama spoke toBenjamin Percyabout turning The Hood into the darkest Ghost Rider to date.
Newsarama: How did you come to replace Johnny Blaze as Ghost Rider with The Hood?
He believed he had everything he wanted.
Crash, Roxanne, his children… A normal life.
But something felt off, and he was mentally tortured, physically sick.
He drank heavily and dreamed of a flaming skull.
Ultimately he discovered he had been taken off the road by Blackheart.
The Spirit of Vengeance had been shorn from him, and they were both imprisoned.
When they both broke free - and reunited - their relationship had changed.
The Spirit of Vengeance owned Johnny completely.
When the Ghost Rider battled monsters and phantoms and devils, Blaze had no control.
And he was bent on doing good.
As much good as he could manage with a demonic force on his back.
So how does The Hood come into this?
This constant meddling and course correction have been noted by Hell.
The powers below want a scythe that reaps a greater crop.
I enjoy taking villains who don’t often get the spotlight - and shoving them into it.
That’s what I did with characters like Omega Red and Mikhail Rasputin in Wolverine and X-Force.
In this case, Parker Robbins is somebody who always wanted to be big-time.
To add to what I already said before, Johnny is still on the table.
He’s been ambushed and left for dead.
So, does the fact that Parker Robbins already possess superpowers come into this?
Which makes him double trouble.
He is a troubled man who is going to do terrible things.
He wants to impress them and earn back their love.
Even as he’s ripping the steaming entrails out of a rival.
And will Johnny Blaze or any of the other previous Ghost Rider be playing a part in what unfolds?
Considering that you also write Wolverine and X-Force, are you drawn to Marvel’s darker characters?
Yeah, I’m hard-wired for this kind of thing.
I’m grateful to Marvel for recognizing that and giving me these awesome opportunities to lean into the darkness.
Why is this mini-series subtitled Final Vengeance?
What do you like about his art?
Danny’s art was made for speed.
Everything moves with high-octane energy.
And he’s obviously having a lot of fun with the monsters who inhabit our pages.
He’s doing killer work.
Ghost Rider is one of thebest supernatural superheroesof all time.
