A few weeks ago, a friend sent a private message to Scourge and asked him to introduce the Marvel antihero Vengeance Knight.
Vengeance Knight is vengeance in English, literally translated as revenge, and the reason why our domestic sinicizers translate it as revenge knight is to correspond to the name Evil Ghost Knight.
The Revenge Knight is closely related to the Ghost Rider, but it is nowhere near as popular as the Ghost Rider. Scourge has written a series of articles about Ghost Rider, but I don't feel like I fully understand it, which may be the reason why Misfortune himself has a lot of incomprehension.
The Vengeance Knight can also be said to be a kind of Evil Ghost Knight, and the power ** is the spirit of revenge. On Wikipedia, the original "Avenger Knight" Michael Badillino and the second "Avenger Knight" Kowalski are both listed in the Ghost Rider entry.
The system of Ghost Rider is very complex, and his origins are related to many different entities such as God, Mephisto, Zaratos, etc., and even Robbie Reyes' abilities come from his uncle's ** soul.
The Vengeful Knight is far less complicated, it comes from the demon lord Mephisto. Corresponds to one of the origins of Johnny Blazer and Danny Kayqu in the comics.
Let's talk about the Marvel anti-hero Vengeance Knight.
Michael Badillino first appeared in the 1991 comic Ghost Rider v3 21, he served in the Marine Corps, and after being discharged, Michael joined the New York Police Department, where his father was also a police officer.
Jeffrey Piper joined the police force as Michael's first partner, and he greatly appreciated the attitude of the punisher towards criminals.
Later, Michael became a police detective and often dealt with special cases.
After discovering that Ghost Rider was linked to the death of Captain Dwight Jones, the Mayor of New York appointed Michael as the leader of a task force tasked with capturing Ghost Rider.
Mephisto manipulates Ghost Rider to burn Michael's father to death with hellfire, and Michael goes insane.
He killed his wife and daughter, and then committed suicide while on a mission.
Michael's soul travels to Mephisto's realm, where he blames Ghost Rider entirely for his tragedy and accepts Mephisto's offer to become a Revenge Knight similar to Ghost Rider to avenge his revenge.
While the Knights of Vengeance are fighting Johnny Blazer and Danny Kedward, the Gatekeeper (Guardian of the Caretaker Medal of Strength) stops them. The janitor noted that Michael Badilino's family was also associated with the Order of Power. (One of the origin stories of Johnny Blazer and Danny Kaytra is that they connect to the demon Zalatos through the Order of Power to gain power.)
This is one of the reasons why Mephisto manipulated them.
By giving up his soul in exchange, Michael gains power, which he was born with.
Michael became allies with Johnny Blazer and Danny Kayqu.
At the time of Danny Kait's disappearance, the Revenge Knight replaced Danny and joined the Midnight Suns team.
After Anton Hellgate learns of the powers of the Vengeful Knight and the Ghost Rider, he wants to have their powers. Anton captures Michael and kills Johnny's wife, Roxanne. He experiments with Michael, trying to add the power of the Spirit of Vengeance to his own. (It is pointed out that both the Avengeance Knight and the Ghost Rider have the power of the Vengeful Spirit.)
Ghost Rider defeats Anton and frees Michael, but Michael also loses the ability to become a Revenge Knight.
Michael joins one of the **'s task forces, and during one mission, he suddenly regains his abilities and transforms into a Revenge Knight, killing his task force and the criminals they are hunting.
Regaining his strength, Michael finds Anton Heilgate and kills Anton and all his men.
Kowalski first appeared in the 2008 comic Ghost Rider v6 21. He is a police officer with the New Bella City Police Department. Kowalski decided to investigate the cause of the frequent car accidents on Highway 18 and learned that Highway 18 was the site of a tragic extinction event in 1845.
While Kowalski was questioning Clayton Wojciechowich, the director of the local funeral home, Clayton suddenly cut off Kowalski's right hand with a kitchen knife. Clayton is a descendant of a survivor of the tragedy.
In order to remove the curse of Route 18, Ghost Rider also came to Route 18. Ghost Rider has killed many of the cursed with his "penitent gaze".
Kowalski tried to stop Ghost Rider and stabbed Ghost Rider in the arm.
Ghost Rider also uses a "penitential gaze" on Kowalski, who passes out and Ghost Rider turns away.
After awakening, Kowalski is full of hatred for Ghost Rider, and he vows revenge on Ghost Rider.
The fallen angel Zadkyll manipulates a man into approaching Kowalski, bringing Kowalski to Michael Badilino.
Michael gives Kowalski a special shotgun that can deal damage to Ghost Rider.
In the Arabian desert, Johnny Blazer is in a race for power with Danny Khair.
Kowalski 1** in Johnny Blazer's chest.
Danny Kaitra is absorbing Johnny Blazer and flying to Zadkill's side. However, part of the power of the Ghost Rider entered Kowalski's body, and Kowalski became the second generation of Vengeance Knight.
It can be seen here that Kowalski's power is the power of Ghost Rider, so the Revenge Knight is also a Ghost Rider, except that he is a fallen spirit of vengeance.
Later Kowalski also underwent a transformation, in the 2012 comic "The Secret Avengers" 21In 1, Kowalski becomes the Spirit of Corruption, who can emit a "polluted gaze" that magnifies the corruption of the target until the corruption consumes the target.
Kowalski used the "polluted gaze" on Captain America, but due to Captain America's kind and righteous character, he was not affected in any way, and he fought back successfully and took the opportunity to escape.
The above is the basic information about the Marvel antihero (villain) Vengeance Knight.