Warning: SPOILERS for Avengers Assemble: Alpha #1

Marvel's newest Ghost Rider has a serious Hulk problem from Avengers: Infinity War - and the consequences are equally deadly. While Ghost Rider and the Hulk have very little in common (they rarely even cross paths in the comics), they must both transform from their human form to access their superhuman abilities. In Avengers Assemble: Alpha #1, readers are reintroduced to Bruce Banner's transformation troubles via a very different source: Robbie Reyes.

The Hulk has a long history with mismanaging his transformations from Bruce Banner. In the superhero's first few issues, Bruce Banner could only transform at night (and his Hulk body was gray rather than green). The "Savage Hulk", the most well-known version, transformed whenever Bruce became incredibly angry (in the MCU, this was once represented by Bruce's heart rate passing a certain threshold) and only later on did Banner learn to control his transformations, albeit to a point. By contrast, Ghost Rider can always control when he transforms - but not anymore.

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In Avengers Assemble: Alpha #1, written by Jason Aaron, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie & Alex Sinclair, the three teams of Avengers - the 616 Avengers, the Multiversal Avengers and the team from Earth's ancient history - settle their differences when an infinite number of Mephistos attack the God Quarry of the Multiverse. Ant-Man (here, Tony Stark) drives with Robbie Reyes, the All-Rider, and prompts the latter to summon his powers. Unfortunately, Robbie is having difficulty. "I can't do it, Ant-Man. I can't change. I can't become the Ghost Rider!" he says, as Mephisto's army pounds on the windows of the car.

Ghost Rider Can't Transform When He Needs To The Most

Robbie Reyes Can't Transform to Ghost Rider

In Avengers: Infinity War, Bruce Banner only transformed into the Hulk once during the opening sequence, and was stuck in his human form for the rest of the film. Evidentially, Robbie Reyes has the same problem, except the universe is at stake. It is worth noting that Reyes, in this continuity, is slightly different than the classic Johnny Blaze and his avatar the Ghost Rider: he is the All-Rider, and is considered one of the most powerful superheroes in the Multiverse. Moreover, there is no real indication what is causing his transformation troubles, and this leads to two possibilities:

Either Reyes' powers were taken from him or he has lost them in some way, or something is actively preventing him from transforming. With multiple Ghost Riders already present (the Prehistoric Ghost Rider is engaged in a fight with Captain America at the time), perhaps only so many can exist in one reality (to say nothing of the All-Rider existing alongside other Riders). If this is an issue concerning the Ghost Rider's mental fortitude, he could learn a thing or two from the Hulk, who merged his personalties once (and the same can happen again).

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