As the title implies, Ghost Rider: Return of Vengeance #1 brings back the iconic 90s Marvel character Michael Badilino a.k.a. Vengeance. Co-creator Howard Mackie even returns to script this one-shot revival with another Ghost Rider staple, artist Javier Saltares, on pencils. It should be a triumphant return for the character and these creators, and though there is some admiration to be gleaned from their ability to keep those mid-90s aesthetics alive in a modern comic book, it also seems to spotlight the shortcomings of these types of characters in the Marvel Universe.

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