>"Marc Spector completes the job. No matter what it takes, no matter what it costs him."
Bump if you're reading.
>>152459389Isn’t this the third or fourth number one that McKay has had to deal with during his time with the character?
And that's it. If you liked this, support your LCS or whatever.
>>152459391Is that Taskie?
>>152459497Good job idiots you drove Marc insane.
>>152459563Kek. No. Taskmaster wouldn't ever, ever mess with Moon Knight again.
>>152459497Exploitable page
>>152459471Wait, that's Frenchie's name? Isn't he supposed to be dead.
>>152459575Oh no!Anyway
>>152459497>He has a waku waku personaDear god
Hey guys, I'm a big fan of the Moench and Lemire runs. I recall picking up Mackay's run of this book when it was first starting out, and I recall liking his writing, but ultimately dropped it because I didn't like how Marvel was treating all the egyptian mysticism as factually real and stuff. Is it still like that? Should I try picking the book back up anyways?
>>152459596No he's fine, just without legs and not wanting anything to do with Marc.>>152459709Yes, the egyptian stuff is 100% real and aknowledged by everyone
>>152459551Dang Marc, you're going to put someone's eyes out with those.
>>152459514Isn't Zodiac his ex-sidekick?
>>152459389I don't really get why this was renumbered outside of a cynical sales boost attempt
>>152459426So this is Mackay doing his first proper Spook/CIA plotline in this run?Feel most writer ignoire the fact that Marc worked for Mossad and the CIA, and Moanch did a lot of weird conspiracy and spy storylines in his run.
>>152459441Agence Byantine is a pull but I guess it makes sense with the Francophone connection Moon Knight has
>>152459548With the others, you can at least argue that there was some form of major status quo change, like Marc's death and then getting reborn in Blood Hunt,here they really isn't anything to support the new number one
>>152459898no that's Midnight
>>152459709yeah Marvel gave up on the ambiguity after Aaron's Avengers arc, where Khonshu takes over the world(it's as bad as it sounds)
>>152459898Zodiac is a villain intro'd in Dark Reign as a classic appreciator of Americana and a hatred of order that showed up at the start of Mackay's run pretending to be a nervous local kid so he could fuck with Marc.
>>152459998I honestly feel bad for the guy I feel like he has to be at 50 issues by now
>moonkino is backOh hell yeah I fuck with this
>>152459389variant cover and next issuesMarc Spector: Moon Knight #1 Ario Anindito Hell's Kitchen VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #1 Baldemar Rivas VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #1 Ryan Stegman Foil VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #1 2nd Printing 1:25 Mateus Manhanini Virgin VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #1 2nd Printing Ryan StegmanMarc Spector: Moon Knight #1 1:25 Mateus Manhanini VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #1 1:100 Erik M. Gist Virgin VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #1 Comic Inspiration MegaCon Peach Momoko VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #1 PCB Hobby Blank Sketch VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #1 PCB Hobby Sajad Shah Variant>TRAPPED?! Wounded like a wild animal in a trap, Marc Spector A.K.A. MOON KNIGHT lashes out! In league with MR. FEAR, Marc's oldest foe, BUSHMAN, has returned and intends to extract a VITAL piece of information from Moon Knight's fractured psyche! But ZODIAC, the most recent deranged madman obsessed with Khonshu's avatar, has plans all his own for Marc Spector... and a box-cutter to help him stage a brutal and bloody escape!Marc Spector: Moon Knight #2 Declan Shalvey Doom Homage VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #2 Kaare Andrews VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #2 1:25 Phil Noto VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #2 1:50 Kaare Andrews Virgin Variant>THE MONSTER WITHIN! Kidnapped and tortured by a resurgent and brutally bloodthirsty foe from his past, Marc Spector, A.K.A. MOON KNIGHT, finds himself subjected to his greatest fears! Unleashed and unbound by terror, brace yourself for an all-new vision of Moon Knight!Marc Spector: Moon Knight #3 Alessando Cappuccio Ultimate Farewell VariantAlessando Cappuccio Ultimate Farewell VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #3 David Nakayama Color Block White VariantDavid Nakayama Color Block White VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #3 1:25 Paolo Villanelli VariantMarc Spector: Moon Knight #3 1:50 David Nakayama Color Block White Virgin Variant
>>152460640Bushman? This is Bushman? Where's the skull face and pointy teeths? How did he even grow his face back?
>>152460680>How did he even grow his face back?He got it back when the Hood resurrected him in Vengeance of the Moon Knight aaaaall the way back in the Dark Reign days.
>>152460640Wait, that's >>152459396 Raoul Bushman? The based dude that doesn't have a costume despite being Marc's equivalent to Doc Ock?
>>152461199Bushman has been a chump for a long time
>>152461199I think last time he showed up was in the run between Lemire and McKay. The one nobody wants to remember. In that run Bushman's trauma with Marc had given him an eating disorder and turned him fat. He was kind of a washed up loser, basically.
>>152459391bump knight
>>152459497mirin serratus
>>152460237He's had over 50s issues by at least 5 or 6 issues now
>>152460237>>152461926just count it all as one long run>>152460640>same costumefuck you marvel
>>152459441>once the jumper cable is removed from said tonguenot the organ the cables are usually connected with in these situations
>>152459850the last thing I remember with frenchie was him reconnecting with Marc and presenting him his young twink boyfriend, I'd assume he was dead as well, with how little his old supporting cast is used now
>>152459522>>152459534>>152459541>>152459544kino panelling
>>152460640>that top-right cover
>>152459459Kiiinooooo
>>152459709MacKay's run, desu, is what I always wanted out of the character. It feels like a very natural progression of Ellis' retooling. I'm also a total whore for egyptian mysticism, so there's thatI liked Moench's run, but a lot of it felt like wasted potential. There's so much left on the floor, ESPECIALLY the Egyptian Mysticism stuff! Like what was the point of dropping all the really cool stuff with him being half werewolf after being bitten/clawed at by Jack Russel and migrating over to something FAR COOLER with him being an avatar for an Egyptian god of the night if you're never going to use any of it?!
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sales must have been near cancellation but they actually realized McKay's deserves to keep going. its a cynical attempt to goose the sales but it doesn't matter because it will all be fine once the whole run is collected as "moon knight by jed mckay" tpbs
>>152459497Reminds me of that page from All-Star Section Eight where Superman is offering Six-Pack a bottle.
>>152464143I was honestly VERY surprised at how quickly the omni went out of print. Was actually planning on getting it at some pointMcKay's Moon Knight might not be everyone's cup of tea, but damn if it isn't enjoyable
So Moon Knight is 5 trades, Vengeance of Moon Knight 2 trades, Fist of Konshu 3 trades with the last one coming out in April. How many issues/trades do you think Marc Spector will last until another name change or cancellation?
>>152460640I need that Momoko
I'm liking this a lot but from what the thread is saying, I'm guessing I should be looking into MacKay's earlier stuff first before going on? I've got some weekends open to knock a few trades out
>>15246487112-16 issues as is usual for current Marvel.
>>152465671Yeah it's all one story starting with the fallout of Jason Aaron's shitty Avengers book (he had Moon Knight fight the Avengers and as part of his punishment Mackay added a therapist as part of the cast) and each #1 is a change in Marc's personal status.
>>152459391Mr fear?
again?
>>152465926Which goes on to show that you can build a decent house out of shitty foundations (metaphor not actually applicable to construction work)
>>152466690yeah first time he showed up in a while, that KiB Thunderbolts book was the last time i think.
>>152459850>>152460033Dangit, oh well. What would you guys say the strengths of Mackay's run are? I like MK best when it's exploring themes of paranoia, or Marc's psyche, so this issue caught my eye for a bit.>>152462234Yeah, I hate that and will never forgive the 2006 run for destroying 100% of his supporting cast and rogue's gallery. So much just thrown out for utterly no reason, except to have cheap melodrama in the moment (including making Frenchie gay, when he had a wife).>>152462976>MacKay's run, desu, is what I always wanted out of the character. It feels like a very natural progression of Ellis' retooling.Could u elaborate on that? I'm curious how ya view it.And I get where you're coming from if you were mostly interested in an Egyptian-themed superhero in the first place, yeah. I really liked Lemire's run for how it explored the implications of Marc's relationship with faith, but I was always more interested in just the "crime noir with a paranoia/conspiracy angle" that Moench did so well, and exploring his relationship with his supporting cast from there more (which Lemire touched upon, but god I wish there was more of that). Mainly I just want more Crawley honestly. He was always a gem.
how to start reading moon knight?
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>>152469385There's very few proper good runs. Read the original run by Moench, and his two late-90s minis (just get scans of the latter, not modern digital versions, they fucked up the colors).From there, it's a lotta garbage til the 2010s - Ellis had a very short run (like, single digits) which can be hit or miss to some, but plenty worth trying at its length. After that the must-read is Lemire's run, huge love letter to the character and a fun read.Then we had a lame status quo shift with him, and Mackay's current run is building as good a story he can from that. Plenty of anons here will attest it's plenty worth a try, just start from the beginning of his run despite all the title relaunches lol.
>>152469425>wo late-90s minis (just get scans of the latter, not modern digital versions, they fucked up the colors).damn really?I really like those minis
Unless my math is off this is technically issue 55 of the whole MacKay run. I would be interested to hear what someone who has never read any of this series would think of this issue. It's kind of cheating being a new #1, but I would think this would seem like a good enough mystery to anyone who doesn't already know the details.
>>152469385By the david finch run or stuff from the 70s or 90sI have warren ellis fatigue.
>>152459497tis kino
>>152470093My only experience with Moon Knight was the weird Disney show that made me really curious about the comics and cool Egyptian god stuff. All I knew was that the comics had him more like a violent vigilante with schizophrenia who is sponsored by some god. From that bit of knowledge, this #1 seemed really cool. You see the buildup, you see the mental aspect at play, you get the promise of some fights in the next issue, I think it's well done. The mystery aspect is compromised from me only knowing the bits the comic shares and what people have said here, but it does make me wanna know what the deal is and how Marc got into this situation in the first place.
>>152470093Does it matter? I feel as though Moonknight is the sort of character you can be dropped into the narrative at any point and the end result would be more or less the same. In a good way.
>>152470093I'm not quite at that level since I've read an issue or two of MacKay's previous run, but still. I mostly found it an interesting "where's this coming from? Who're these guys and how did they capture him? Who's this other guy helping him?". The pacing wasn't bad, I got enough delivered on lingering on how he's being treated while already getting the element of how it seems to not actually be working, and then the hook of this random character I've never seen but who looks cool breaking through the gaslighting
>>152469345>including making Frenchie gay, when he had a wifedid he? I remember him liking a girl and reading a book with LaFemme in the title once, but not a wife>rogue's galleryat least he gave Midnight a sick design, for what it lasted
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>>152471552Lmao
>>152471552top kek
>>152471552tis kino
