Moon Knight Omnibus

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Moon Knight is in a unique spot in Marvel's stable of characters: a loner by nature with the exception of a handful of supporting characters who have come and gone over the years and some brief periods spent with the Avengers that feel inconsistent with his usual characterization and tone, he is a street-level vigilante with ties to the supernatural with just enough readership to justify having an ongoing title while not enough popularity to be subject to editorial meddling. This makes Moon Knight the perfect place for creators to express themselves while working for a major publisher and getting the chance to incorporate Marvel's other characters into their work every so often if they so desire. After the terminally dark Huston/Benson run, this series is a brighter affair – in mood, lighting, and bringing in more of the outside Marvel Universe.

Moench is a frequent and longtime collaborator with comics artist Paul Gulacy. The pair are probably best known for their work on Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu, which they worked on together from 1974–1977. They also co-created Six from Sirius, Slash Maraud, and S.C.I. Spy, and have worked together on comics projects featuring Batman, Conan the Barbarian and James Bond.This was one of Bendis’s less-successful character revivals. It never really caught fire with new fans, and longtime devotees didn’t love the concept of tying him into some of Marvel’s biggest heroes. While it last 12 issues, in retrospect it’s an odd footnote on Moon Knight’s bibliography. Knight does not appear in this one-shot or series – he is merely briefly referenced. Collects this series of sequential one-shots, all from 2023: Murderworld: Avengers, Murderworld: Spider-Man, Murderworld: Wolverine, Murderworld: Moon Knight, and Murderworld: Game Over. Collects Marc Spector: Moon Knight #1-34, Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #353-358, Moon Knight: Divided We Fall And Material From Punisher Annual (1988) #2. We get a lot of fun adventures and I love Moon Knight as a character but to elevate these stories, Doug needed to come up with better villains. I think Doug wanted to ground Moon Knight in reality and tell more relatable stories so Moon Knight fights mercenaries and common terrorists but in the four colour world of comics - it makes a lot of the stories a bit bland. So the Moon knight omnibus actually starts with Moon Knight being a villain of sorts. Or least hunting down the werewolf character who is a hero in the marvel universe at the time. He's hired to do so and does it well, but by the end he betrays the society and helps the wolf hero. It's simple but effective way to introduce Moon Knight. We get a Defenders team up after, which is alright. Then we get a few single issues inside the Hulk Magazine published at the times, which contain some of the best Moon Knight stories including a horrific tale of him having to face his brother to the death.

The Omnibus sadly ends kind of dour. I like Moon Knight being a badass superhero, and the art for the first arc of Hurwitz run is great. There's some funny moments even like Moon Knight's internal thoughts during secret avengers mission. Overall, this is very 70's-80's but also darker at points, and really showcases loss in a interesting way. I feel like we have stakes, and although the dialogue can be wooden due to the time period, it's not insufferable or overly done like some comics during this era. The first two volumes covered the start of Moon Knight up until the fist of Khonshu. While bumpy at times, it was all pretty fun save the fist of Khonshu mini. That was mostly 70's and early 80's. This run is mostly the 2000's and we have 3 writers Huston, Benson, and Hurwitz. Do these three writers bring their A game?

Moon Knight Reading Order

Collects Moon Knight #1–4; Werewolf By Night #32–33; Marvel Spotlight #28–29; Spectacular Spider-Man #22–23; Marvel Two-in-One #52; Hulk Magazine #11–15, #17–18, #20; Marvel Preview #21; Defenders #47–50. Marvel Fresh Start is the latest relaunch to date, marked by the return of Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Logan, Odinson, and Bruce Banner. Until recently, Moon Knight didn’t have a series but it doesn’t mean the character disappeared. Instead, he worked with Frank Castle, battled Kang the Conqueror, helped the heroes of New York City, and more.