Geiger #16
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeGeiger #16 (cover-dated July 2025) marks the long-awaited dramatic convergence of Tariq Geiger and Dr. Andrei Molotov — the Russian nuclear physicist whose work effectively created the Glowing Man — a confrontation that writer Geoff Johns had been building toward since the character's 2021 debut. The issue functions simultaneously as an epilogue to the 'Lewistown' story arc and as a deliberate new-reader entry point, a structural choice that underlines Ghost Machine's ambition to keep the Unnamed Universe accessible without sacrificing narrative depth. By centering the issue on the Frankenstein-and-monster dynamic between Tariq and Molotov, Johns crystallises one of the series' core thematic concerns — the moral weight borne by those who unleash forces they cannot control — and the cliffhanger ending of Geiger's powers erupting uncontrollably opens a new story direction for the series going forward.
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The Geiger ongoing series (Vol. 2) launched in April 2024 as the flagship title of Ghost Machine, the creator-owned cooperative media company that Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, and a roster of veteran industry collaborators announced at New York Comic Con in October 2023. The series continued the story Johns and Frank had begun with the 2021 Image Comics miniseries and later expanded through the two-part prequel Geiger: Ground Zero (November–December 2023), Ghost Machine's first published work. Issue #16 arrived in the second year of that ongoing run; regular series artist Gary Frank stepped back for this chapter, with Eamon Winkle taking pencilling duties alongside inker Norm Rapmund and colorist Robert Nugent, while regular letterer Rob Leigh remained on the book.
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- Published July 23, 2025 by Image Comics / Ghost Machine; 32 pages, rated T+.
- Written by Geoff Johns; pencils by Eamon Winkle (filling in for regular artist Gary Frank); inks by Norm Rapmund; colors by Robert Nugent; letters by Rob Leigh.
- The issue brings Tariq Geiger face-to-face with Dr. Andrei Molotov — the Russian nuclear physicist who previously designed Geiger's boron-rod suppression vest and whose weapons research is partly responsible for the post-apocalyptic Unknown War — a confrontation seeded across multiple prior volumes.
- Story context: Geiger has spared Molotov's life after the Lewistown arc and tasked him with repairing the damaged robot soldier Junkyard Joe; the issue depicts both that uneasy alliance and Molotov's expanded backstory connecting him to Ashley 'Ash' Arden (the Glowing Woman, first introduced in Geiger #10).
- Issue #16 serves as an epilogue to the 'Lewistown' story arc and is specifically noted by reviewers as a jumping-on point for new readers.
- Three cover versions were published: Cover A (regular), Cover B by Eamon Winkle (variant), and Cover C by Kyle Hotz (variant).
- The series exists within the 'Unnamed Universe' — Ghost Machine's shared continuity that also encompasses Redcoat, Junkyard Joe, and other titles — all published through Image Comics.
- A television adaptation of Geiger is in development at Paramount TV with director Justin Simien; Johns is attached as writer, showrunner, and executive producer.
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Reprinted in Ghost Machine: The Official Guidebook #1 (2026)
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