Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Incredible Hulk #6 Ghost Rider has always been a Marvel Comics antihero with style. Whether that be as a stuntman, or a drag-racer, or even simply a classic leatherbound biker, Ghost Rider always looks cool, no matter the aesthetic he chooses. Not to mention his flaming skull adding an unparalleled layer of badassery to all the character’s many ‘skins’. And now, the latest Spirit of Vengeance to be added to Marvel lore just introduced their hellcycle, and by extension, their style – and it’s the coolest yet.
In a preview for The Incredible Hulk #6 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nic Klein, Bruce Banner and his new sidekick Charlie are staying with a group of kind strangers in their temporary camp. Banner is currently on the run from every monster in the world, including and especially the monster within Bruce Banner’s very psyche: the Hulk. So, he and Charlie are traveling the country together, trying to find a way to fight the beasts. Now, it seems they’ve stumbled upon someone who’s doing the very same thing: Ghost Rider.
While speaking with some of the children at the camp, Charlie is shown a seemingly dilapidated motorcycle – a 1940 Harley-Davidson WLA motorcycle to be exact – and when she shows excitement at seeing the classic bike, one of the children tells her that it belongs to ‘an angel’ and that, “He rides it when the monsters come”.
The Incredible Hulk Introduces A New World War II-Era Ghost Rider
Though there wasn’t a panel of this new Ghost Rider in the preview, fans do get a good look at him on the cover art provided, and it looks as though he was ripped straight from a World War II battlefield. Not only is his bike an antique World War II-era Harley (which is probably the all-time coolest vehicle to ever be ridden by a Ghost Rider), but he’s also in the full uniform of an American World War II soldier.
This Ghost Rider is either a history buff who wants to add a bit of extra flair to his tenure as a Spirit of Vengeance, or he’s actually been around since World War II, punishing those guilty of irredeemable sin. Either way, he’s bringing an aesthetic fans haven’t yet seen from any other Ghost Rider.
Marvel Comics Could Do An Epic Ghost Rider/Captain America WWII Team-Up
If this Ghost Rider has been around all this time, then that means it’s not outside the realm of possibility that he fought alongside Captain America during World War II. While nothing other than his aesthetic even hints that this could be the case, it’s an interesting thing to consider with just the information given in this preview alone, and could lead to an awesome Captain America/Ghost Rider team-up down the road.
Before even making it onto a single panel, Marvel’s new Ghost Rider has already laid the groundwork for a potential World War II-era crossover right in the middle of his ongoing crossover with the Hulk. However, despite the prospects of this Ghost Rider’s promising future, there’s one key takeaway that stands above all others: Marvel’s new Ghost Rider has the coolest hellcycle – and aesthetic – yet.
The Incredible Hulk #6 by Marvel Comics is available November 22, 2023.
