Ghost Rider / Blaze Spirits of Vengeance #11

Issue Details

Synopsis

 As Johnny Blaze sits in an old dive motel in Elizabeth New Jersey smoking and reflecting on life, he sees the silhouette of a young woman approaching the motel window. Suddenly he is violently interrupted as a giant spider smashes the wall down and attacks him. Blasting it with his Hellfire gun, the creature escapes as Blaze then spots a 16-wheeler truck shining its lights on him.    The truck driver, a silent middle-aged man then charges Blaze directly, who stands his ground and fires his Hellfire gun narrowly missing the driver and gets out of the way of the truck at the last minute.  With Blaze's bike destroyed by the truck, Blaze uses hellfire to create a blazing bike. Following the trail of the trucker, he soon meets up with Ghost Rider, who has also encountered the creature and reveals the creature is an ancient evil who is extremely tricky and must be outsmarted, and who can only be destroyed by "cold iron over running water".  The two then split up to look for it. Moments later we see the trucker arrive in a red light district, cursing its inability to catch Blaze or Ghost Rider and feed on their power - it seems desperate to get them and starts plotting. Resorting to more easy means to feed its hunger the trucker pulls over next to a blonde hooker, who refuses to enter the truck but is suddenly pulled in and attacked with multiple arms. We see her scream as the trucker's face changes...  Blaze follows the truck, that has left globs of green sticky goop on the road, to the off-ramp to the Port of Elizabeth. then arrives at a truck stop.  Spotting the truck Blaze walks into the diner, where the kidnapped hooker is alone and scared. She informs Blaze the trucker has taken everyone at the cafe and seeks to find comfort in Blaze's arms and kiss him. Just in time  Blaze realises it is a trick as he spots her shadow in the shape of the giant spider and she tries to bite him with her fangs to inject venom.   Blaze fires his hellfire...