In March 2004, he finally puts an end to his father's abuse and kicks him out of the house. Throughout this ordeal, the reader sees flashbacks of Riley's early life, from his childhood and how he had to endure an abusive fiend of a father, to his early years in the SAS and how he - after coming back from his first tour of duty in Afghanistan in January 2003 - takes care of his abused mother and helps clean up his drug-addicted younger brother, Tommy. During their captivity, they endure continuous torture and advanced brainwashing techniques as Roba intends to use them for his own interests. Riley and the surviving members of his team are captured by Roba's cartel. Riley manages to fight his way out of trouble only to be shot by Roba himself, leaving the action at a cliffhanger. His hunch turns out to be correct when one of his comrades turns his gun on the team and reveals that Roba is aware of their presence. Riley suspects that there's a traitor among them. However, things start to unravel during the mission when a team member is killed after his parachute fails to open during a jump. The task force is assigned to eliminate Roba, a Mexican drug lord working with anti-Western terrorists. Riley is recruited from his unit, the legendary 22nd Regiment of the Special Air Service, to join a task force made up of DEVGRU and Delta Force operators.

He then begins to tell about an old friend of his, Lieutenant Simon Riley. The narrative begins in a school in Lysychansk, Ukraine, and shows Ghost being held captive by a group of masked men.

The first installment begins to tell the story of how Ghost came to use his skull-branded balaclava. The comic series is set before Ghost became a member of Task Force 141, with events from both before and leading into the game, focusing on the origins of the character, his skull-like mask, and why he calls himself Ghost. Modern Warfare 2: Ghost relates to the history of Ghost, an important character in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The comic was published by Storm Productions and written by David Lapham, with art by Kevin West and Federico Dallocchio, who drew the covers of each issue. Modern Warfare 2: Ghost was announced by Community Manager Robert Bowling via Twitter on August 17, 2009.

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