Ghost Rider: Kushala (2021) # 2

“Off to See the Wizard”

Cover Date: October 2021; On Sale Date: October 2021

Writer: Taboo & B. Earl; Artist: Guillermo Sanna & Vanessa Del Rey; Letterer: Joe Sabino; Colorist: Jordie Bellaire; Editor: Sarah Brunstad; Editor in Chief: C.B. Cebulski; Cover Artist: Guillermo Sanna

Olivia Obtera returns home to relieve her parents from babysitting her daughter, Heather Rae. At bedtime, Olivia tells the story of Kushala to Heather Rae, Suddenly, two Doombots appear through a portal and attempt to abduct Heather Rae. Olivia finds herself transformed into the Spirit Rider, possessed by the spirit of Kushala in her time of need to save her daughter. However, even though she disables one of the Doombots, the other escapes with Heather Rae through the rift, closing it behind them.

Kushala explains to Olivia that Doctor Doom seeks to find all of the Wands of Watoomb, which originated from the same dimension as Leviathan, the vengeance spirit that possesses her. Kushala has been attempting to stop Doom from uniting all six Wands, but he is targeting her bloodline to attempt to lock her out of existence. Realizing that they need to start with Jeffrey McKraken, whose journals Olivia has been researching, Kushala transports them back in time to meet with him. They arrive in 1923 Peru, where McKraken is being chased by a group of bandits. McKracken tells Olivia to run.

Ghost Rider: Kushala (2021) # 1

“Once Upon a Time in Tongva Land”

Cover Date: October 2023; On Sale Date: October 2023

Writer: Taboo & B. Earl; Artist: Guillermo Sanna; Letterer: Joe Sabino; Colorist: Jordie Bellaire; Editor: Sarah Brunstad; Editor in Chief: C.B. Cebulski; Cover Artist: Guillermo Sanna

In the future, Kushala – the Spirit Rider – is chased through outer space by a spaceship piloted by Dr. Doom. They enter Earth’s atmosphere and Doom’s ship crashes into the flooded remains of Los Angeles while Kushala rides her flaming horse above the water.

In the present day Los Angeles, on the Tongva Ancestral Land, the descendent of Kushala named Olivia Obtera arrives on a motorcycle at an observatory to meet her Uncle Bunk, who has found the missing journals of an explorer/scientists named Jeffery McKracken, who was also Olivia’s distant cousin. The research was connected to “The Pluto Project”, which was believed to connect the moon Charon to another dimension. Olivia, a paranormal journalist, goes to her office to meet with her coworker Liam to decode the journals. Olivia leaves to be with her daughter and Liam is visited by a Doombot, revealing him to be an agent of Dr. Doom. The Doombot opens a rift that transports Liam to the throne of Dr. Doom, who has gathered all but one of the mystical Wands of Watoomb.