For Spooky Season we are going to revisit the Heart of Darkness – a tale of the Ghostride, Wolverine and Punisher working in unison to try and take down Blackheart – Mephisto’s very powerful demon son.

In the town of Christ’s Crown, some type of cult offers a sacrifice to bring a demon to Earth; the demon they summon is the son of Mephisto, Blackheart. Not happy with his father forcing him into being worshiped as a mere deity he seeks revenge. Blackheart wants to kill him but he needs help to do so, and there’s a new breed of superhero out there that can help him.

Despite being around since the 70’s; Wolverine, Punisher, and Ghost Rider’s popularity had really begun to rise around the late 80’s to early 90’s once their individual series had really taken off. These three were interesting mainly because they would cross that line in bringing final justice, by either savagely beating or killing evil people they felt deserved it. This story follows the three as Blackheart, who later becomes a Ghost Rider arch-nemesis, attempts to corrupt them because they’re anti-heroes who walk a very thin line between good and evil. This TPB collects their first team up Heart of Darkness that took place in 1991, and it’s written by Howard Mackie who was already writing the third volume Ghost Rider series at the time.

Blackheart’s intention is to corrupt these three because they are so close to the edge, and by accomplishing this they should be able to join him and kill Meph.

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