How dare you--!
I want answers!
You want vengeance!
Exactly.
You poor soul... do you not know where that path ultimately leads?
Yeah. I do. I've been there... and back. And I brought the devil with me.
Appearing in ""Vicious Cycle (Part 4)""
Featured Characters:
- ⏴ Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) ⏵ (Appears in flashback) (Possessed by Zarathos)
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ Spirit of Vengeance (Zarathos) ⏵ (Main story and behind the scenes in flashback) (Possesses Ghost Rider)
- ⏴ Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) ⏵
- Numecet (First appearance)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch) (Referenced)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
Races and Species:
Realities:
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Moon (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Hell (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Ghost Rider's Chain (Main story and flashback)
- Cloak of Levitation
- Eye of Agamotto
Vehicles:
- Hell Cycle (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for ""Vicious Cycle (Part 4)""
Ghost Rider has just performed his penance stare on Doctor Strange after mistaking him for Lucifer. Realising what he has done, he tries to resuscitate Strange, he cries out for help. Suddenly Numecet appears and explains the situation to Johnny, telling him that Lucifer used him to get to Earth. She reveals that Lucifer's soul was split into 666 pieces (the number of the devil) and that every time one dies, the other Lucifer's become that much stronger, she then reveals that Lucifer is still using him to destroy the copies and thus making him stronger. She says that for a time Lucifer will get anyone to kill him until he becomes too powerful, Johnny then tells her that his plan is to take Lucifer back to Hell and that nobody can stop him, after Blaze rides off, Nucecet revives Strange and tells him that the Rider is right.
Notes
Chronology Notes[]
A flashback in this story affects the chronology of the following characters:
- ⏴ Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) ⏵
- ⏴ Spirit of Vengeance (Zarathos) ⏵ (Behind the scenes)
- ⏴ Lucifer ⏵