Agents Of SHIELD Teases Ghost Rider's Return

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD’s Twitter account tweeted a cryptic message on Monday morning that [...]

By Jamie Lovett

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD's Twitter account tweeted a cryptic message on Monday morning that seems to hint at the return of Ghost Rider.

The tweet reads, " Forecast is predicting flamin' hot weather." The text is followed by a fire emoji and a winking face emoji.

The winking emoji accompanying the strange tweet suggests that it is a hint at things to come. The references to heat and flame could point towards Ghost Rider, whose skull visage and car, the Hell Charger, are wreathed in hellfire.

Robbie Reyes (Gabriel Luna) is Ghost Rider. As revealed earlier in this season of Agents of SHIELD, Reyes received the power of the Ghost Rider when another Ghost Rider bestowed it upon him, saving Reyes from dying after an otherwise fatal car crash. The dark side of the deal was that Reyes became possessed by a spirit of vengeance, filling him with fury and compelling him to mete out vicious and violent justice towards the wicked.

Reyes was last seen before Agents of SHIELD took its mid-season break. At the conclusion of the "Ghost Rider" arc, Reyes learned that he had been betrayed by his uncle, Eli Morrow, for control of the mystical tome called the Darkhold. Morrow used the Darkhold to build a Quantum Particle Generator. The conflict ended when Ghost Rider held Morrow fast to the device, sending them both through an inter-dimensional portal. Reyes and Morrow haven't been seen since.

The Darkhold was also used by AIDA to create the Framework, meaning there may be a connection between Ghost Rider's fate and the world that the agents of SHIELD currently find themselves trapped in. The Framework version of Reyes could appear, but there's no reason to believe he would possess the power of the Ghost Rider. Perhaps then the Ghost Rider who fell through the inter-dimensional portal could land in the Framework or reappear in the real world to protect the agents who remained there from the Superior's coming assault.

Or is it Hellfire?

However, there is another possibility. The Inhuman JT James is also known as Hellfire for his ability to heat objects with his touch until they reach the point of explosion. It is possible that the references to heat could instead be references to Hellfire.

In the third season of Agents of SHIELD, all James wanted was to undergo Terrigenesis and fulfill his Inhuman potential. His wish was granted, but the dream was perverted when he fell sway to mind control by the Inhuman demigod Hive.

James was seen earlier in this season of Agents of SHIELD and was revealed to be collaborating with the anti-Inhuman terrorist organization known as the Watchdogs. Ghost Rider defeated Hellfire in combat and turned him over to SHIELD custody.

It is possible that James has led a much different life in the Framework and became a much more heroic person, much like how the Framework version of Grant Ward seems to be an inversion of who he was in the real world. Perhaps then James will choose to take up Coulson's call to action from the conclusion of last week's Agents of SHIELD episode, "All the Madame's Men," and joins the fight against Hydra.

On the other hand, maybe James is a collaborator in the Framework as well and will choose to work with the anti-Inhuman Hydra forces. Either way, he has a vested interest in coming conflict within the Framework.

There where a similar question raised when Marvel Television and ABC first teased Ghost Rider's debut on Agents of SHIELD, hinting at it with a campaign involving a chain. The chain is Ghost Rider's favored weapon, but also Hellfire's, leading to some confusion about what Marvel was hinting towards. In that case, it ended up being Ghost Rider. We'll have to wait and see if it ends up the same this time as well.

Agents of SHIELD airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

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