MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
WRITER: Warren Ellis
ARTIST/COVER: Declan Shalvey
COLORS: Jordie Bellaire
LETTERS: Chris Eliopoulos
VARIANT COVERS: Adi Granov; Bill Sienkiewicz; Skottie Young; Katie Cook; Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (May 2014)
Moon Knight is a Marvel Comics superhero character. Created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, Moon Knight first appeared in Werewolf by Night #32 (cover dated: August 1975).
Moon Knight is Marc Spector an American-born mercenary who dies in Egypt, under the statue of Khonshu, an ancient Egyptian moon god. Khonshu appears to Spector and offers him a second chance at life. After he awakens, Spector wraps himself with the silver shroud that covers Khonshu’s statue, turning it into a silver cloaked costume, becoming the Moon Knight. A superb athlete and master of martial arts and hand-to-hand combat, Spector is also a skilled acrobat, gymnast, detective, marksman, and is an aviator who uses traditional and sophisticated weaponry. In short, Moon Knight is Marvel Comics’ version of Batman.
It is easy to lose track of all the iterations of a Moon Knight comic book series that Marvel has published over the last four decades. The latest Moon Knight title is part of Marvel Comics’ “All-New Marvel NOW!” initiative. This 2014 launch of Moon Knight is written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Declan Shalvey with colors by Jordie Bellaire.
Moon Knight #1 finds Moon Knight back in New York City. He apparently lost his mind, and perhaps, he is back to being normal – whatever that may be for Marc Spector-Moon Knight (MK for short). The policeman, Detective Flint, who wants MK’s help, calls him “Mister Knight,” to keep MK from being associated with the dangerous vigilante he was. MK or Mister Knight: by any name, can he stop a slasher killer who is good, albeit somewhat clumsy, at what he does?
I just read Moon Knight #1. Interesting is one word that I can use to describe what I just read. I’m curious, but it is hard to pass judgment on a new series in which the writer decompresses a short story about a not particularly interesting serial killer and kooky costumed hero into a full-length story about a not particularly interesting serial killer and kooky costumed hero.
I have heard rumblings of Warren Ellis’ Moon Knight being similar to Warren Ellis’ Planetary. If you scratch hard enough, you may be able to pretend that Moon Knight is a scratch-and-sniff comic book ever so slightly oozing the leftover essence of the great Planetary… maybe.
Declan Shalvey is supposed to be some up and coming hotshot artist; oh, really? And Jordie Bellaire has done better work. About this new Moon Knight: we’ll see.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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