MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Max Bemis
ART: Jacen Burrows
COLORS: Mat Lopes
LETTERS: VC's Cory Petit
COVER: Jacen Burrows and Mat Lopes
VARIANT COVERS: John Tyler Christopher; Daniel Warren Johnson with Mike Spicer; Bill Sienkiewicz (based on his cover for Moon Knight #25)
36pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (January 2018)
Rated “T+”
Moon Knight created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin
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) and is Marvel's version of Batman (at least, some think so). Moon Knight is Marc Spector, an American-born mercenary who died in Egypt, under the statue of Khonshu, an ancient Egyptian moon god.
Khonshu appeared to Spector and offered him a second chance at life. Spector wrapped himself with the silver shroud that covered 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 both traditional and sophisticated weaponry.
With the Marvel “Legacy” initiative, Moon Knight gets a “Legacy” number change, so instead of a new Moon Knight #1, we get Moon Knight #188. This issue also sees the start of a new creative team: writer Max Bemis; artist by Jacen Burrows; colorist by Mat Lopes; and letterer by Cory Petit.
Moon Knight #188 opens in Ravencroft Asylum where Dr. Emmett is involved with Patient 86. He is a pyromaniac(?) and killed some number of people while in the military. Marc Spector was also a patient of Dr. Emmett's, and there may be a connection between her old and new patients.
After reading this comic book, you can enjoy the afterword written by Max Bemis and Jacen Burrows. Both seem quite confident that they are going to deliver something exciting and unique in their run on Moon Knight, and I am willing to believe them. I think the creative team of Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey on Moon Knight from 2014 showed that the character can be a truly unique in comic book stories that defy the usual.
Bemis and Burrows seem determined to launch their run from the spirit of possibilities Ellis and Shalvey offered. Bemis is new to me, but I am familiar from Burrows for his time with Avatar Press. Over a decade I ago, I thought that he had potential, and he is showing that now. Also, Mat Lopes gorgeous coloring surprisingly makes this a good looking comic book, which in turn makes the creepiness of this story even creepier. Yes, I already have issue #189, and I am recommending this “Legacy” Moon Knight to Moon Knight fans.
[This comic book includes a three-page “Marvel Primer” origin-overview story about Moon Knight, written by Robbie Thompson; drawn by German Peralta; colored by Rachelle Rosenberg; and lettered by VC's Cory Petit.]
7.5 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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