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Warning : Contains SPOILERS for Hellverine # 1!Separately , WolverineandGhost Riderare two of the most badass antihero in Marvel Comics history , as they defend to ensure the worst of what the creation has to offer full point in its running the moment it run across them , and they do so in the most grisly ways potential - so imagine if they were one person . Luckily , lover do n’t have to imagine it , as Marvel gave reader precisely that withthe introduction of Hellverine . And now , this demonically - powered Wolverine is back with a payback in an utterly brutal new miniseries .
In a trailer forHellverine#1 by Benjamin Percy and Julius Ohta , Mephisto sits on his toilet , a sinister smiling stretched across his grimace , admiring a piece of artwork made from humbled off-white and mutilated flesh created by a demon that is “ among his favorite ” , Bagra - ghul . Mephisto then recount the history of Bagra - ghul as it touch on to Marvel canon , detail how the demon previously possessed the body of a nipper who grew into a disturbed man , forced to make similar monolith of suffering throughout the class of his sprightliness . That is , until he met Wolverine .
The preview recounts how Wolverine was possessed by Bagra - ghul after the demon ’s former innkeeper volunteered for a Weapon X - stylus ' procedure ’ that transfer the fiend from his dead body into Wolverine ( originally shown inGhost Rider / Wolverine : Weapons of Vengeance ) . Once Bagra - ghul successfully burrowed within Logan ’s soul , he turned the mutant antihero into ademonic power plant consanguine to Ghost Rider : Hellverine . However , Ghost Rider trounce the demon , ripping Bagra - ghul from Logan ’s body and entrap it in a prison of its own designing . But now , Bagra - ghul is gratis , and Wolverine is its target area .
Original Ghost Rider , Johnny Blaze , just got a monumental upgrade following what seemed like his ultimate demise , and that came with new powers / design .
Hellverine is Far More Terrifying Than Ghost Rider, & the Reason Boils Down to the Source
Ghost Rider is Possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance, Hellverine by Bagra-ghul
While on the surface , Hellverine may seem like a ‘ Ghost Rider - Wolverine ’ , as he has the power to pull wires hellfire - complete with badass hellfire pincer and a flaming skull . However , that could n’t be further from the truth . The Spirit of Vengeance fire the soul of the hangdog while hunting rogue daimon . Sure , it ’s on behalf of Mephisto , as every sinner he kills or daemon he ushers back to hell grow Mephisto ’s realm , but it ’s also for the good of the globe , as Ghost Rider is put evil where it belong . That ’s not the mission of Bagra - ghul .
Bagra - ghul is an artist who creates memorial to Mephisto ’s glory with the mangled , amalgamated corpses of any homo in its vicinity . This daemon does n’t give care about punishing the guilty , any human is vulnerable to its artistic delights . And now , that devil is on its mode to tool one of the deadliest people on the planet once again . Hellverine may look like Ghost Rider , but he ’s far more terrific , and his return means nothing good for the Marvel Universe . Then again , it could evidence good in one conflict Wolverine currently finds himself in .
Hellverine Could Be the Key to Wolverine Winning the Sabretooth War
As Bagra - ghul is breaking free from his pedestrian prison explore for Logan , Wolverine is presently engaged in a unrelenting conflict with Sabretooth , who has decide to engage war on the entirety of mutantkind . The ongoingSabretooth Warhas been one of the bloodiest battles in Wolverine ’s history , and it has ask the life of those he worry for the most . Not only that , but it has also soak Wolverine of his healing factor , and while Wolverine has adamantium armor to compensate , that might not be enough to quit Sabretooth . Could Hellverine be his secret weapon system ?
While the idea that a demon - possessed Wolverine ending Sabretooth ’s ghastly campaign in theSabretooth Waris exciting , it ’s more potential that Bagra - ghul will own Wolverine sometime after the Sabretooth War in terms of persistence ( or any other time , chip in the sliding timescale of all funnies ) . Either way , Hellverine is make his way back to Marvel Comics continuity , and while seeingWolverinewith the business leader ofGhost Rider- including and especially his hellfire claws - is move to be badass , it ’s also going to be perfectly terrific .
Hellverine # 1is available now from Marvel Comics .
Hellverine#1 ( 2024 )
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