Issue(s): Spirits of Vengeance #21
Cover Date: Apr 94
Title: "Change is in the air"
Credits:
Howard Mackie - Writer
Henry Martinez - Penciler
Bud LaRosa - Inker
Bobbie Chase - Editor

Review/plot:
We continue with solo stories for Johnny Blaze. Howard Mackie seems more interested in the carnival cast than Blaze himself, so we get a story about Kodiak's long lost brother.

And no, it's not Sasquatch or a Wendigo or anything related to the known Marvel universe's many yeti things. Kodiak is just part of a family of these creatures, and now they want to take him back.

Blaze helps Kodiak fight them off, and eventually they leave with a promise that Kodiak will never reveal their secrets.

Johnny's adventures are putting a strain on his marriage...

...and the fact that Clara Menninger has a crush on him isn't helping.

But Kodiak has a crush on Clara, and apparently Clara's love is easily transferable, so that resolves that.

Also, Steel Wind has not yet recovered.

It's kind of ironic, i think: This book has been a whirlwind mess from the beginning, with one crossover after another. It never had time to have an identity; even the non-crossover issues were largely subsumed by Ghost Rider stuff. We're finally in a period where all of that is out of the way and we're getting clearly told stories focusing on Blaze. And they suck!!!

Quality Rating: D

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A