Moon Knight

Moon Knight – The Friendly Type

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Although it doesn’t stay with the idea for more than a few minutes, the third episode has some fun reversing the framing of the episodes from what has come before. Now we see Marc Spector (Oscar Isaac) jumping into reality not understanding what events have occurred in his absence as Steven, or someone else, has taken control. This provides some of the most fun of an episode that otherwise seems to get a little lost on the way of continuing to advance the plot. Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) continues to dig in the desert to find Ammit. Rather than find and stop him our hero and his god decide to confront the other Egyptian gods without proof (other than, you know, the villain digging in the desert in the exact spot doing exactly what he’s accused of).

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Moon Knight – Summon the Suit

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Having watched the first four episodes of Disney+’s Moon Knight, it’s easy for me to say that the show’s second episode is my favorite. After a teasing introductory episodes (as has become the format of all the Disney+ Marvel shows), “Summon the Suit” gets down to business. It also finds a way to work in the more buttoned down version of Moon Knight’s costume (with a valid reason for it to exist) along with something closer to the classic look (which we got at the end of the first episode).

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Moon Knight – The Goldfish Problem

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Created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin in 1975, Moon Knight has offered several variations on the character of a mercenary with multiple lives turned into the avatar of the Egyptian Khonshu. The first episode of the new Marvel series plays up the character’s dissociative identity disorder by introducing us to one of his personalities who is only dimly aware other events are happening during his blackouts which leave him with vivid waking dreams and large gaps of missing time.

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Devil’s Reign: Moon Knight #1

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A tie-in issue to Marvel’s Devil’s Reign, Devil’s Reign: Moon Knight #1 catches up to Moon Knight in prison. Not huddled with the other heroes incarcerated by Wilson Fisk and the Thunderbolts, Marc Spector spends his time frightening those he put in prison and eventually working his way into the facility’s secret underground fight club.

While there is some early humor with our hero fucking with the inmates, the comic’s main purpose is to focus on Moon Knight’s brutality (something which his current surroundings only heighten). This isn’t my favorite version of the character, but the bloody story does work. And, we discover he has a reason for allowing his capture in seeking out one particular thug and making sure he never leave prison to trouble his wife and daughter again. Now that the job is finished, what’s next for Moon Knight? And is the world ready for what has been reawoken in him in prison?

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Moon Knight #8

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With Marc Spector having been beat up and incarcerated by the Thunderbolts as part of the ongoing Devil’s Reign crossover, Hunter’s Moon has set up shop in the ruins of the Midnight Mission. On a tip from Detective Flint, our stand-in goes in search of the presumably resurrected Stained Glass Scarlet who has returned with some strange new powers and begun a murder spree.

Moon Knight #8 is a weird issue, but one that focuses on the positive relationship between Khonshu and this Fist. This is certainly a contrast to Moon Knight’s relationship to his god. Hunter’s Moon summons his god, one of the oldest stories, to battle one of the newest (who is apparently a godling?). The art is the real highlight here, providing some fun moments even if the story is a bit hit-and-miss and ends without offering any resolution.

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