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Moon Knight (2021)
Moon Knight, Vol. 2: Too Tough to Die
How can Marc Spector fight someone no one knows? Out for blood, Moon Knight hits the streets armed with only a name: Zodiac! But sometimes the streets hit back - and Marc, fighting his way through the underworld to answer a question he's barely grasped, had better watch his back! Then, when an unnatural labyrinth swallows up his people, Moon Knight faces an impossible challenge! And as an assassin infiltrates the Midnight Mission, another hidden enemy strikes where Marc is most vulnerable. Attacked on two fronts, the Fist of Khonshu is on the defensive - but that's where he's most dangerous! Plus: Arrested during the DEVIL'S REIGN event, Moon Knight must fight for survival in a high-tech prison filled with the very criminals he helped put away!
COLLECTING: MOON KNIGHT (2021) #7-12 and DEVIL'S REIGN: MOON KNIGHT.
COLLECTING: MOON KNIGHT (2021) #7-12 and DEVIL'S REIGN: MOON KNIGHT.
168 pages, Paperback
First published September 28, 2022
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May 12, 2024
This series is a humming! Moon Knight with mental health issues, estrangement with a Moon god, taking talking therapy, protecting his neighbourhood is a one-of-a-kind 'hero'. With a great cast of supporting characters and superb back-ups like Tigra this is really working for me. But, and it's a big but, I gotta say, and it's rare from me since the 1990s, the artwork is selling this series to me. Special mention to Alessandro Cappuccio, for making this the upwardly surging 7.5 out of 12 Three Star read that it is.
Alessandro + Moon Knight artwork:)
2024 read
Alessandro + Moon Knight artwork:)
2024 read
March 21, 2024
Reread: 21/03/2024
This volume was another awesome read through, loving how violent and bombastic it is and rereading it all together is kinda just showing how Mackay had a plan all along and he really shows how brutal MK can be and there are so many awesome villains here and I particularly liked the one vs Marko and that was a class act and even an issue with HM and him getting the spotlight and the ending was just fantastic, and what he did to Waxman oof. Seriously loved the whole thing and I just love the art everytime I read through this series.. seriously just gorgeous art.
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Collecting MK 7-12 AND the Devil's Reign tie-in! This was so good omg!
I freaking loved this one!
So we have MK on the hunt for Zodiac and we see him fight different villains trying to get to the villain and then the event of DR hit in and he is in prison but he is there because of a promise he made to some woman to prevent her husband whose in prison from attacking them and it turns out to be MAN MOUNTAIN MARKO and we see MK vs Marko and its brutal in the best ways, I loved it!
And one of the best issues when Hunter's moon protects the mission and takes on Stained Glass scarlet and the art there is just phenomenal and looks lovely! And then the coming of MK and him trying to find where Dr Sterman is (his psychologist) and the battle with Waxman (clayface?) and then Jigsaw until finally we get the big battle between Zodiac and MK and a big cost he had to pay to save his close ones from his new arch-nemesis which sets up the next arc so well!
This volume was amazing! It has so many stories in a way but also continues the larger story with Zodiac and he truly is MK's Joker, so twisted and all, wanting to make MK better and believes his team-thing and whatever this mission is.. is weakening him and then the way you contrast that with MK and his mission and action and what he is doing, it makes for some great reading plus that epic ending was awesome!
So yeah a definite recommend from me! Its awesome and is thrilling with amazing art, each page is a *chefs kiss*! One of the best series from marvel atm!
This volume was another awesome read through, loving how violent and bombastic it is and rereading it all together is kinda just showing how Mackay had a plan all along and he really shows how brutal MK can be and there are so many awesome villains here and I particularly liked the one vs Marko and that was a class act and even an issue with HM and him getting the spotlight and the ending was just fantastic, and what he did to Waxman oof. Seriously loved the whole thing and I just love the art everytime I read through this series.. seriously just gorgeous art.
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Collecting MK 7-12 AND the Devil's Reign tie-in! This was so good omg!
I freaking loved this one!
So we have MK on the hunt for Zodiac and we see him fight different villains trying to get to the villain and then the event of DR hit in and he is in prison but he is there because of a promise he made to some woman to prevent her husband whose in prison from attacking them and it turns out to be MAN MOUNTAIN MARKO and we see MK vs Marko and its brutal in the best ways, I loved it!
And one of the best issues when Hunter's moon protects the mission and takes on Stained Glass scarlet and the art there is just phenomenal and looks lovely! And then the coming of MK and him trying to find where Dr Sterman is (his psychologist) and the battle with Waxman (clayface?) and then Jigsaw until finally we get the big battle between Zodiac and MK and a big cost he had to pay to save his close ones from his new arch-nemesis which sets up the next arc so well!
This volume was amazing! It has so many stories in a way but also continues the larger story with Zodiac and he truly is MK's Joker, so twisted and all, wanting to make MK better and believes his team-thing and whatever this mission is.. is weakening him and then the way you contrast that with MK and his mission and action and what he is doing, it makes for some great reading plus that epic ending was awesome!
So yeah a definite recommend from me! Its awesome and is thrilling with amazing art, each page is a *chefs kiss*! One of the best series from marvel atm!
January 26, 2024
I loved this book. It really took me by surprise. I would really advise the watching the Moon Kinght series it enhances my enjoyment of this series.
This is an awesome action-packed series with surprises around every corner. Do you think Moon Knight does not have any powers think again. This is Moon Knight at his butt kicking best.
Issue 7 is set just before Devil's Reign when Moon Knight starts his quest for Zodiac. Issues 8 and 9 are during Devil's Reign. Issues 10 to 12 are the main event.
This series seems to be getting better and better, I can't wait for the next book. The book finishes with a variant cover gallery with full page and thumbnail versions.
This is an awesome action-packed series with surprises around every corner. Do you think Moon Knight does not have any powers think again. This is Moon Knight at his butt kicking best.
Issue 7 is set just before Devil's Reign when Moon Knight starts his quest for Zodiac. Issues 8 and 9 are during Devil's Reign. Issues 10 to 12 are the main event.
This series seems to be getting better and better, I can't wait for the next book. The book finishes with a variant cover gallery with full page and thumbnail versions.
December 1, 2022
4.25 stars. Damn this was good!! Moon Knight is still on the hunt for Zodiac, the villain behind all the shenanigans in volume 1. The whole shaking done criminals for info was fun. Then we get the Devil’s Reign tie in where MK gets tossed in jail. It was cool seeing MK get mixed up in the secret fight ring in the prison. Even cooler when you find out the real reason he got involved. We also get to see Dr. Moon fill in for Marc while he’s locked up. But then Devil’s Reign ends and Marc is back on the prowl. There was an old “character” if you will from the old Doctor Strange comics that MacKay throws in here. ( luckily I just read that run earlier this year and new the character) Man, MacKay gets it! Really dope what he had MK use that character for. Plus, Stained Glass Scarlet shows up!! Dug that call back from the early Doug Moench run. A nice little plot twist leads is to the big confrontation with Zodiac. Been loving this series. Love how brutal MacKay has been writing Moon Knight throughout this run so far and that last panel was a nice touch. Now just to wait for vol 3.
January 11, 2023
Just MK doing MK Things.
I enjoyed the one-off stories here more than the ones connected to the whole Zodiac arc, but strong art throughout kept it consistently fun.
I enjoyed the one-off stories here more than the ones connected to the whole Zodiac arc, but strong art throughout kept it consistently fun.
September 22, 2022
"Looking for the next atrocity to fill my belly. Chewing on my own soul to feel something. Exalted in my own self-hatred."
Jed MacKay never misses, when it comes to Moon Knight!
I'll admit, I found this second volume a little more convoluted than the first, which was the only thing that was really keeping my from giving this one five stars. I've never been a huge fan of vast, storied, ungraspable concepts in graphic novels and comic books, so certain volumes in Too Tough To Die were a little more swampy to get through. It was the same sort of feeling I had after reading the Loki: Agents of Asgard collection, where it's all well and good to have some high concept stuff, but at some point, it just becomes pretentious at a point. If I want to read about self-actualization and the importance of stories in cultural context, I wouldn't pick up a Moon Knight comic, y'know?
Aside from that, this was a really fun collection. No spoilers, of course, but you know I loved that last-page plot twist. I also loved that this version of Moon Knight was a lot more anti-hero, a lot more outwardly violent, and a lot more morally grey than other iterations. Moon Knight is a dark hero, yeah, but it's nice to see him just... not be the good guy, sometimes. To be petty, or angry, and just to do what he thinks is right even if it's objectively wrong. It makes Marc feel like a real person instead of a comic book character, because there isn't a single person in real life that just naturally knows to make all of the 'correct,' heroic decisions.
All in all, Too Tough To Die was great, but to me, not quite as good as The Midnight Mission - though, I'll say that that might just be the case because I really love exploring Marc's religious traumas, which the first volume of this series did a lot more than the second. Too Tough To Die felt much more like a classic superhero comic, and was filled with good fights and action sequences. Already have the next MacKay Moon Knight on preorder!
Jed MacKay never misses, when it comes to Moon Knight!
I'll admit, I found this second volume a little more convoluted than the first, which was the only thing that was really keeping my from giving this one five stars. I've never been a huge fan of vast, storied, ungraspable concepts in graphic novels and comic books, so certain volumes in Too Tough To Die were a little more swampy to get through. It was the same sort of feeling I had after reading the Loki: Agents of Asgard collection, where it's all well and good to have some high concept stuff, but at some point, it just becomes pretentious at a point. If I want to read about self-actualization and the importance of stories in cultural context, I wouldn't pick up a Moon Knight comic, y'know?
Aside from that, this was a really fun collection. No spoilers, of course, but you know I loved that last-page plot twist. I also loved that this version of Moon Knight was a lot more anti-hero, a lot more outwardly violent, and a lot more morally grey than other iterations. Moon Knight is a dark hero, yeah, but it's nice to see him just... not be the good guy, sometimes. To be petty, or angry, and just to do what he thinks is right even if it's objectively wrong. It makes Marc feel like a real person instead of a comic book character, because there isn't a single person in real life that just naturally knows to make all of the 'correct,' heroic decisions.
All in all, Too Tough To Die was great, but to me, not quite as good as The Midnight Mission - though, I'll say that that might just be the case because I really love exploring Marc's religious traumas, which the first volume of this series did a lot more than the second. Too Tough To Die felt much more like a classic superhero comic, and was filled with good fights and action sequences. Already have the next MacKay Moon Knight on preorder!
August 4, 2023
Absolutely ate & left no crumbs.
November 23, 2022
This run has been so absolutely stellar. The tie-in (which are usually hit and miss) was incredible and the whole arc is really fabulous. I can't praise it enough.
February 22, 2023
Picks up right where The Midnight Mission left off, with Moon Knight tracking down Zodiac amid a grab-bag of random crimes in New York City. This is definitely Jed Mackay's weakest series - I'm astonished everyone seems to love it. Mackay's Moon Knight is a bland, street-level hero with a string of forgettable associates and punching bag villains.
The best issue in Too Tough to Die illustrates the clever way Moon Knight rebuilds the Midnight Mission. Otherwise, my assessment of The Midnight Mission is the same here: the book is all talk > punch > talk > punch with little world- or character-building. And the art is kinetic in a bad way, often obscuring the action. I'll probably continue reading because Mackay's writing style goes down smooth, but I'm not excited for future developments.
The best issue in Too Tough to Die illustrates the clever way Moon Knight rebuilds the Midnight Mission. Otherwise, my assessment of The Midnight Mission is the same here: the book is all talk > punch > talk > punch with little world- or character-building. And the art is kinetic in a bad way, often obscuring the action. I'll probably continue reading because Mackay's writing style goes down smooth, but I'm not excited for future developments.
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June 24, 2022Moon Knight telling a goon who doesn't feel pain that he's missing out, threatening to drop a minor supervillain into an industrial car shredder, getting himself imprisoned because there's someone in there he needs to fuck up, or bonding with a malign supernatural entity after carrying large quantities of high explosives into its innards (said bonding being over how they both keep coming back even though nobody wants them to, which feels a bit Millwall) - even before the spectacular final fight, this volume sometimes feels like an exercise in producing panels which look like Moon Knight-Core has been at them. But there's a solid grasp of the character underpinning the larks; as he says to some understandably wary villains, with Spidey or the Punisher, you know what you're going to get, but with him you really don't, which in some ways makes for better leverage. Something which also comes through in the way the jagged art on the action sequences settles down in the quieter stretches. Granted, the villain who wants to 'help' the hero by stripping away their support network remains a motivation that almost never convinces me, so I'm less into Zodiac than some - and the way the concluding pages flip the glorious finale of the TV show was deeply unwelcome (if certainly not implausible). But for the most part I can see exactly why this run is going down so well.
October 26, 2022
Man, this is good. Great dialog, solid plot, intimidating antagonists, gorgeous art. Brutal, suspenseful, and exciting. Just really, really good comics.
August 7, 2024
I like Hunter's Moon but are there maybe too many Moon Knights? The main guy has four different personalities not to mention all the past fists of khonshu can come back at any time. Doesn't make a villain like Zodiac seem very threatening and maybe just maybe Moon Knight isn't really a street level hero anymore...
January 30, 2023
Just a bit of a step back from the previous volume. Mackay is one of Marvel's rising star writers, but this time out, the story is a bit jumbled and slapdash and not nearly as clear as his work usually is. And the artwork is honestly a bit of a mess throughout, too.
August 28, 2022
The Batman/Joker parallels are soooooo strong in this series. Zodiac believes that only by breaking down Moon Knight to his core values can he be rebuilt and grow beyond his limits. Joker is always trying to get Batman to see that their dance is eternal and they are more similar than they are different.
..this...
Is grimy. It's ugly. These are the tough choices that nobody wants to make. These are the rules that get pushed aside because SOMEONE has to. Moon Knight takes on some twisted characters and the real thing to come away with is that he's probably more twisted than they are. This character is broken. Broken, but never surrendering to it. He says it himself. He always comes back.
Bonus: There's always a price...
Bonus Bonus: of course they pull from Dr. Strange lore (and a shoutout to Vegas, 'Midnight Sons')
..this...
Is grimy. It's ugly. These are the tough choices that nobody wants to make. These are the rules that get pushed aside because SOMEONE has to. Moon Knight takes on some twisted characters and the real thing to come away with is that he's probably more twisted than they are. This character is broken. Broken, but never surrendering to it. He says it himself. He always comes back.
Bonus: There's always a price...
Bonus Bonus: of course they pull from Dr. Strange lore (and a shoutout to Vegas, 'Midnight Sons')
October 22, 2022
I read this a little too fast to grasp everything but I'm still liking Mackay's version of MK. The psychoanalysis is always fun and an excellent way to help the reader understand a character. He's blending previous versions together into something new, still with shades of Batman, but perhaps more complex, and maybe even morally questionable. The art is still unique to me and for the most part appealing. Occasionally I find the story-telling to be a little static but the look of it gives the book it's own identity. This volume also included a crossover with Devil's Reign and again, while very Batman-like, MK comes off as being very bad @$$.
May 19, 2024
I thought some of the art here was abysmal. The series regular artist, Alessandro Cappuccio, is way more than capable.
I found this volume a bit more convoluted and difficult to follow and I wish MacKay would actually do a bit more with the supporting characters but I appreciate having a writer on the book who actually knows the character's continuity, including where other writers messed things up, and puts the whole thing together into a coherent continuation of Moon Knight's story.
I found this volume a bit more convoluted and difficult to follow and I wish MacKay would actually do a bit more with the supporting characters but I appreciate having a writer on the book who actually knows the character's continuity, including where other writers messed things up, and puts the whole thing together into a coherent continuation of Moon Knight's story.
December 2, 2022
Oh my God, was this good! Mackay & Cappuccino are a bona-fide premium team on this book, and I'm happy to be reading amazing MK comics. This dies work with the rule of cool, and the ongoing conflict with Zodiac is gripping. Can't believe one of my favorite books of the year is a moon knight book of all runs
December 31, 2022
The best Moon Knight in years, since Lemire/Smallwood’s run. Love the therapist and Hunter’s Moon as secondary characters, and how Marc remains enigmatic and optimistically twisted (and intrinsically Jewish, in a way that isn’t too tacked on or unnatural.) This is the kind of series Marc Spector has always deserved and I’m glad this was my final book of 2022. Happy new year!
May 10, 2022
MOON KNIGHT !!!!!!!!
November 18, 2022
3.5 Stars.
This title is SO Moon Knight. Reminded me why I didn't read it for a long time. Not that it's bad. Just that I don't always know which characters are Marc's personalities in a different costume, and which are a completely different person.
Highlights:
- After a failed attempt to shut down Zodiac, Marc gets arrested and joins the "Devil's Reign" crossover story (read that for more info)
- While Marc is gone, another (apparently more loyal) Fist of Khonshu, Hunter's Moon takes over the Midnight Mission. His main battle is against the spirit who wants to shut down the Mission, Stained Glass Scarlet.
- After "Devil's Reign", Marc returns and makes a deal with the House of Shadows to use that living entity as a new home for the Midnight Mission.
- Marc has an issue with his therapist, Dr. Andrea Sterman. She has been replaced by Waxman. The advice given out had set another patient, Rutherford Winner against Moon Knight. They ended up working together to save her.
- Zodiac makes his move and it takes Marc and all the extra characters he's got working for him to take him out and keep the neighborhood safe.
At the end, we see that Stephen Grant has now made an appearance! I'll be interested to see where this comic goes next. Hopefully giving a bit more ease and less confusion.
Recommend, with slight reservation.
This title is SO Moon Knight. Reminded me why I didn't read it for a long time. Not that it's bad. Just that I don't always know which characters are Marc's personalities in a different costume, and which are a completely different person.
Highlights:
- After a failed attempt to shut down Zodiac, Marc gets arrested and joins the "Devil's Reign" crossover story (read that for more info)
- While Marc is gone, another (apparently more loyal) Fist of Khonshu, Hunter's Moon takes over the Midnight Mission. His main battle is against the spirit who wants to shut down the Mission, Stained Glass Scarlet.
- After "Devil's Reign", Marc returns and makes a deal with the House of Shadows to use that living entity as a new home for the Midnight Mission.
- Marc has an issue with his therapist, Dr. Andrea Sterman. She has been replaced by Waxman. The advice given out had set another patient, Rutherford Winner against Moon Knight. They ended up working together to save her.
- Zodiac makes his move and it takes Marc and all the extra characters he's got working for him to take him out and keep the neighborhood safe.
At the end, we see that Stephen Grant has now made an appearance! I'll be interested to see where this comic goes next. Hopefully giving a bit more ease and less confusion.
Recommend, with slight reservation.
October 4, 2022
In love with Cappuccio's art
January 14, 2023
Moon Knight hasn’t been *this good* in years. Seriously, pick this book up!
October 16, 2022
I feel as though this is what Moon Knight was always meant to be. The Devil's Reign issue is particularly great.
June 18, 2024
The art is excellent. The violence is horrible.
Interesting to observe: the tile floors featured in many of the scenes are quilt patterns.
Interesting to observe: the tile floors featured in many of the scenes are quilt patterns.
January 19, 2023
in Jed MacKay we trust? I don't think so anymore. Essa fase de Jed MacKay no Cavaleiro da Lua está provando para mim o quanto não dá pra se fiar somente em um ou dois trabalhos de um autor ou cravar que tudo que um roteirista de quadrinhos faz é sinônimo de qualidade. Esse Cavaleiro da Lua de MacKay está muito ruim, muito chato, muito nada a ver. Não que seja difícil que isso aconteça quando muitos roteiristas tomam a missão de escrever este personagem, vide outras fases sem pé nem cabeça que o personagem passou. Nem mesmo os desenhos dessa fase são interessantes. Tudo parece ter sido feito às pressas, sem cuidado, meio jogado mesmo. Acaba se tornando um quadrinho extremamente rápido de ler. Acho que as 160 páginas deste encadernado eu acabei lendo em menos de meia-hora. Esse ritmo sem compasso faz com que o leitor não submerja na história que está sendo contada e nem se importe com os personagens, do jeito que aconteceu comigo. Olha tá ruim, seu Jed, tá ficando difícil te defender com trabalhos assim...
October 20, 2023
I loved it . It was so chaytoic and dark at the same time like moon hunter fought a god Reese nearly died moonknight made a man blind in prison . Solider died I was so sad I was like nooo . I mean moonknight brought back other past moonknight and they thought zodiac which by the way I have no idea if he is dead or alive because moonknight showed Reese his face and then boom he in prison or it could be a flashback who knows well I shall see in the third book rest in peace soldier
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 1, 2022
Hell yeah. Stylish, compelling, some absolutely killer self-container stories and a fantastic larger story arc. What more can you ask for? Hell. Yeah.
September 4, 2023
5 stars
Moon Knight lost everything to Zodiac. He loses his money, his HQ, and pretty much has to start from scratch. While Moon Knight may be in a precarious spot, he at least has his allies: Reese (the Vampire Moon Knight saved), Soldier (ex-Hydra soldier), and Tigra (former ally + an Avenger). Moon Knight discovers an abandoned haunted house, battles with a new enemy, and finally has a showdown with Zodiac.
Reading comics should be fun and I really like this series! It's easy to read and I like Moon Knight's team. They all have this horrific backstory, yet they want to do better. Moon Knight sees that and recruits them. I love the artwork in this. The glow of Moon Knight's white cape and the dark panels during his fight sequences.
I liked this series a lot! I'm interested to see where this series goes next.
Moon Knight lost everything to Zodiac. He loses his money, his HQ, and pretty much has to start from scratch. While Moon Knight may be in a precarious spot, he at least has his allies: Reese (the Vampire Moon Knight saved), Soldier (ex-Hydra soldier), and Tigra (former ally + an Avenger). Moon Knight discovers an abandoned haunted house, battles with a new enemy, and finally has a showdown with Zodiac.
Reading comics should be fun and I really like this series! It's easy to read and I like Moon Knight's team. They all have this horrific backstory, yet they want to do better. Moon Knight sees that and recruits them. I love the artwork in this. The glow of Moon Knight's white cape and the dark panels during his fight sequences.
I liked this series a lot! I'm interested to see where this series goes next.
January 15, 2024
This volume showcases one of the big issues I have when it comes to DC and Marvel Comics trades. That is that so many of them instead of just continuing the main story of the run and focusing on that a lot of the time they also include the issues relevant to the character from whatever crossover event is going on during these issues initial publication scattered throughout the volume with no explanation to what you are reading. My preference would be for these issues to be put in the back and the reader given a reference back to the event they are part of so those who wish to know more about the event or read it would have a place to start and new or light readers, like me, would not get as confused as to what is going on.
While I enjoyed this one a little less than the first one because of what I mentioned above I still found this quite an enjoyable read. The two stand alone issues, No. 8: Scarlet and Devil's Reign: Moon Knight were fun quick readers and the main story finished out nicely.
No. 8: Scarlet
As a fan of myth and stories and how they change and are adapted through the ages I really liked that the Scarlet story played on themes of how myths and"gods" are created and gave Hunter Moon time to shine.
Devil's Reign: Moon Knight
I may have enjoyed this more if I knew more about the event this is part of or Moon Knights Rogue Galaxy. As it stands I found this to be a fun read as Moon Knight kicks ass throughout. Both the art by Federico Sabbatini and Lee Loughridge are quite a contrast to the main issues and I liked the brief change in style and tone to a lighter one.
Moon Night 7,9-12
These five issues continue the main arc that started in the previous volume with the big fight with Zodiac in the last issue and the introduction of a major character in the Moon Knight Universe that sets up the next volume. My favorite issue was #9 Stranger as I am a big fan of haunted place stories. The best part for me was the ending which I will leave unspoiled. The art by Alessandro Cappuccio and the colors used by Rachel Rosenberg to set the mode and tone of this book all contributed to my enjoyment of this volume.
While I enjoyed this one a little less than the first one because of what I mentioned above I still found this quite an enjoyable read. The two stand alone issues, No. 8: Scarlet and Devil's Reign: Moon Knight were fun quick readers and the main story finished out nicely.
No. 8: Scarlet
As a fan of myth and stories and how they change and are adapted through the ages I really liked that the Scarlet story played on themes of how myths and"gods" are created and gave Hunter Moon time to shine.
Devil's Reign: Moon Knight
I may have enjoyed this more if I knew more about the event this is part of or Moon Knights Rogue Galaxy. As it stands I found this to be a fun read as Moon Knight kicks ass throughout. Both the art by Federico Sabbatini and Lee Loughridge are quite a contrast to the main issues and I liked the brief change in style and tone to a lighter one.
Moon Night 7,9-12
These five issues continue the main arc that started in the previous volume with the big fight with Zodiac in the last issue and the introduction of a major character in the Moon Knight Universe that sets up the next volume. My favorite issue was #9 Stranger as I am a big fan of haunted place stories. The best part for me was the ending which I will leave unspoiled. The art by Alessandro Cappuccio and the colors used by Rachel Rosenberg to set the mode and tone of this book all contributed to my enjoyment of this volume.
September 23, 2022
Moon Knight's battle for supremacy on the streets of New York continues, even as the evil Zodiac continues to stalk him from the shadows, putting all of Marc's friends and allies in danger. Also featuring the Clayman, and the return of Hunter's Moon!
I sung Jed Mackay's praises on the previous volume of this book, and this one's just as good, if not more so. He continues to tell one and done stories that build a much bigger tapestry around Moon Knight, so each issue stands alone perfectly while crafting a cohesive story at the same time. It's masterful storytelling, which I throw around a lot, but I really mean it.
I wanted to single out a few issues above the others, but they're all so good it's impossible. The Stained-Glass Scarlet issue, the return of Clayman, the "Midnight Mission" issue, and the Zodiac two-parter that makes up the finale of the volume are all fantastic for different reasons, this volume really is a treat on every level.
Also wonderful is the artwork, of course. Series artist Alessandro Cappuccio handles five of the six issues, while Fernando Sabbatini, who's been showing up over on Amazing Spider-Man and drew the Moon Knight Devil's Reign one-shot, handles issue 7. Cappuccio has already proven a perfect fit for this series, while Sabbatini's sketchy, dynamic style fits in just as well - it's no surprise he's coming back to draw the Annual later this year as well.
Mackay + Cappuccio + Moon Knight still = excellence. For anyone looking to check out Moon Knight after his recent D+ series, this is going to spoil you, it really is.
I sung Jed Mackay's praises on the previous volume of this book, and this one's just as good, if not more so. He continues to tell one and done stories that build a much bigger tapestry around Moon Knight, so each issue stands alone perfectly while crafting a cohesive story at the same time. It's masterful storytelling, which I throw around a lot, but I really mean it.
I wanted to single out a few issues above the others, but they're all so good it's impossible. The Stained-Glass Scarlet issue, the return of Clayman, the "Midnight Mission" issue, and the Zodiac two-parter that makes up the finale of the volume are all fantastic for different reasons, this volume really is a treat on every level.
Also wonderful is the artwork, of course. Series artist Alessandro Cappuccio handles five of the six issues, while Fernando Sabbatini, who's been showing up over on Amazing Spider-Man and drew the Moon Knight Devil's Reign one-shot, handles issue 7. Cappuccio has already proven a perfect fit for this series, while Sabbatini's sketchy, dynamic style fits in just as well - it's no surprise he's coming back to draw the Annual later this year as well.
Mackay + Cappuccio + Moon Knight still = excellence. For anyone looking to check out Moon Knight after his recent D+ series, this is going to spoil you, it really is.
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