The Official Moon Knight Thread

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From Tom Brevoort's blog:
Moon Knight, tell me about your future plans for him after Shadowland

Spoke at length to the writer who'll be doing something big with him in 2011 a week or so back. It's too soon to say more, but there are cool plans in place for Moon Knight.
"Something big"...I'm drawing blanks on that but it's got me excited. And I'm really wondering who this new writer is. Either VOTMK will be back or we're getting fresh #1 again. Though I think it'll be Vengeance. Still, I'm just glad they're still giving MK a chance!
 
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It would be fantastic if we got at least a Moon Knight Mini by Brubaker!
 
Vengeance of the Moon Knight is officially cancelled - I just got my issue 10 from Marvel (subscriptions) and enclosed was a letter about issue 10 being the last issue. So if MK is coming back after Shadowland, it'll be a new title.
 
I really think Moon Knight is going to regulated to Secret Avengers and a Mini every now and then.I don't see marvel giving him another ongoing.
 
Yeah, VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT's sales were low enough to warrant cancellation. But Marvel is apparently trying to raise his profile with SECRET AVENGERS and SHADOWLAND. Whether that translates into sales for his next volume debut is unknown. Not even years on NEW AVENGERS/MIGHTY AVENGERS and being handled by Bendis & Maleev got SPIDER-WOMAN to last beyond six issues.

I continue to be amazed how must Marvel is pursuing Moon Knight since he was brought back to ongoing series in, what, 2004-2005? They really much see the potential in him. That, or they're hoping the "Marvel's Batman" criticism eventually translates into sales.

Since the SHADOWLAND mini is being written by the same guy who wrote VOTMK, they may as well be considered additional issues of that.

I wish Iron Fist was handled with this kind of dogged determination. :o
 
Atlast!

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SHADOWLAND: MOON KNIGHT #3 (of 3)
Written by GREGG HURWITZ
Pencils by BONG DAZO
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
As the gathered heroes continue their assault on Daredevil’s stronghold, Moon Knight is on a quest for the one artifact capable of defeating the Beast, the dark spirit currently controlling Daredevil. Standing in his way is the evil Shadow Knight, Khonshu’s new avatar and he’s determined to beat Moon Knight to the punch. But Moon Knight knows he cannot fail and he’s willing to do anything, even kill, to ensure Shadow Knight’s defeat. Don’t miss the thrilling conclusion to superstar writer GREGG HURWITZ’s modern noir masterpiece!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
The solicit is in spoiler tags because it reveals a huge spoiler for Shadowland. So be warned!
 
This caught my eye when reading the Pint O' C.B. Fan Expo report:
Numerous audience members were curious about the publication futures of a favorite character, such as Moon Knight (the creative team on an upcoming book will apparently be announced “by Canadian Thanksgiving”),
 
So the rumor of VOTMK returning after the Shadowland mini are false?
Issue #10 was the last of that volume. ARGH!!!
 
So the rumor of VOTMK returning after the Shadowland mini are false?
Issue #10 was the last of that volume. ARGH!!!
Yep...Hell I never really payed attention to those "rumors" - once I saw the word hiatus mixed with this book I knew the end was near :-)csad:), especially with how the book was selling. On the bright side, I'm glad they're still not giving up on MK and we'll be getting a new series and new team announced sooner or later.

Plus Shadowland: Moon Knight sold better than most of the other Shadowland tie-ins and I thought it was a good issue. For those who don't know:
Marlene's pregnant!
 
Following on from Lone Wolf:

Well, considering how the issue ended, I think all we can really say is that at least she WAS pregnant, we won't really know until the next issue whether she still is.
 
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From the new Cup O' Joe:
And finally, Curse_7781 (AKA Ricky G from Texas) chimed in wondering where a certain hero will end up after "Shadowland" when he asked "Any plans for Moon Knight comic series & character other than what's been presented in 'Shadowland' story-arc and 'Secret Avengers?' I was one of the folks that really dig the character and there is alot of story potential that is left with him without his series bring out right now (despite it being on-hold for the time being)...One of the few things that is leaving a big hole in the character is that Khonshu has chosen a new avatar, where does that leave the Marc Spector now as a hero?"

Brevoort: We've got huge, massive plans for Moon Knight, and you should be hearing about them in the next few weeks, likely around the time of the New York Comic Convention. So stay tuned! But Moon Knight will hardly be falling off the radar after "Shadowland" wraps up.
"Huge" and "massive" in the same sentence...Hope it lives up the hype. :D
 
Naturally, regardless of what happens in SHADOWLAND, Moon Knight is part of the Secret Avengers. That alone keeps him on the radar.

I do hope Marlene isn't about to be shoved into a fridge. :(
 
Naturally, regardless of what happens in SHADOWLAND, Moon Knight is part of the Secret Avengers. That alone keeps him on the radar.

I do hope Marlene isn't about to be shoved into a fridge. :(
Intersting point, I figured since Shadow Knight is just being used by the Profile to draw MK out for Daredevil that it was more of a ploy to get his attention... hit him at his home. Not that he was still in the Mansion and not done with her yet.
 
Moon Knight is kind of like Daredevil - every time it seems they're on the up, that means the darkest stuff imaginable is about to happen. So right now the odds of Marlene making it for me are a coin toss. We'll see where Hurwitz takes it.
 
Well Frenchie still lives there with his own military training, and we've seen Samuels rock the blunderbuss :woot: so we'll have to wait and see...
 
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...Just caught up with this. Moon Knight as a Hero for Hire...MK in two team books?! That, along with a new series on the way. This MK fan couldn't be happier. I wonder how it'll play out though.
 
NYCC LIVE: Cup O' Joe
Then they revealed that Bendis and Alex Maleev would work on a new "Moon Knight" series. The writer called it a "reinterpretation of the character" they came up with after being challenged by Quesada. "We came up with a hook for this that you've never seen before." Fans of the Icon series "Scarlet" by the pair will not stop publishing. They team will do both. Quesada compared the book to their run on "Daredevil" as one that will redefine the character.
Wow.
 
Now, I don't know if I like that. I was enjoying the direction Moon Knight was currently going in.
 
Ironically, had this come out not long after Bendis' run on DAREDEVIL ended, I'd be more gung ho about it. Bendis' strengths as a writer are for solo heroes and/or stories rooted in urban crime, and Moon Knight, like Daredevil, offers both. In theory this series, unlike Avengers or a damn lot of Bendis' work, should cater to his strengths. On the downside, well, it IS Bendis, and he's written a damn lot of rubbish since his run on DD ended. I've been burned by him so many times I really shouldn't try it again.

Corporate wise, it makes a lot of sense, and it should sell well, or at least better than Moon Knight's last ongoing title.

That said, it isn't like I'll have far to go for Moon Knight action without Bendis & Maleev. He's in SECRET AVENGERS and should be in HEROES FOR HIRE, at least for the first arc given the cover of the first issue (the cast is supposed to rotate). If anything, he may be popping up more than Daredevil or a few other heroes.
 
I'm fine with it, so long as Bendis doesn't go all "Bendis" with the dialogue...

I wasn't a huge fan of Hurwitz' run myself and the Ultimate version of Moon Knight was an interesting enough idea that was underused.
 
Tell you the truth, I would read this.
 
I'm fine with it, so long as Bendis doesn't go all "Bendis" with the dialogue...

I wasn't a huge fan of Hurwitz' run myself and the Ultimate version of Moon Knight was an interesting enough idea that was underused.

That's right, I forgot about Bendis' Ultimate Moon Knight. That was a version that had no supernatural connection; he was just mad as a hatter. The 616 Moon Knight has had enough intervention and interaction with Khonshu that it would be pretty daft to simply want to go back to the "is he really talking to a god or is he simply mad" angle. It is possible that a writer could go with, "he's mad BECAUSE he talks to a real god", but aside for hints here and there, I've never really seen that explored. The problem is Bendis has never met any piece of continuity that he couldn't ignore, abandon, or dismantle at a whim if he wanted to, even the continuity built up by writers he in theory is closer to, like Mark Millar, or even contradicting some of his own.

I always think many writers approach Moon Knight from a wrong angle. They get hung up on the multiple personality thing and latch onto the loony toon angle. While it is a key detail, I always saw Moon Knight as a pulp type hero with that supernatural connection; at this point it seems obvious that an Egyptian god does really empower and aid him, or even manipulates and torments him. In a universe where gods like Thor and Hercules are still fighting crime, that's hardly unusual. It also isn't unusual that the mere pressure of that sort of thing could drive a guy mad, as Specter (or now Lockley) has been. After all, there's always been a saying that went along the lines of, "If you talk to god, you're a priest, but if god talks back, you're a mad man". Even Dan Slott, though, misses the era when that was more ambiguous for Moon Knight; the thing is, I don't think Slot would as actively just retcon everything to make it so again. Bendis would do it over lunch. And if you want a pulp hero who has been bogged down by one retcon after the next, look at poor Ghost Rider.

Moon Knight's always been a character who's been on the outskirts, a long time B or C lister. I'm not sure he'll ever move up but maybe that's not the place for him anyway. But, this is a character who first appeared to fight a werewolf. Denying the supernatural angle is a bit foolish to me. Gregg Hurwitz, at least, hasn't, which is fine. Actually, since 2006, the past few writers have not only depicted Khonshu, but made him act a bit more cruel than he used to be. I don't recall too many times when the god would all but rant at Specter to butcher people in his name and pain the town red before the Huston run; Khonshu would usually just torment Marc when he'd quit or whatever. I do like the angle of it being a struggle, though.
 
I think Bendis is going to add the Jewish factor a bit on MK story.
 
Ironically, had this come out not long after Bendis' run on DAREDEVIL ended, I'd be more gung ho about it. Bendis' strengths as a writer are for solo heroes and/or stories rooted in urban crime, and Moon Knight, like Daredevil, offers both. In theory this series, unlike Avengers or a damn lot of Bendis' work, should cater to his strengths. On the downside, well, it IS Bendis, and he's written a damn lot of rubbish since his run on DD ended. I've been burned by him so many times I really shouldn't try it again.

Well theres a good saying about Bendis: "Anything he does wrong, he does right in Ultimate Marvel". Ultimate Spider-Man has been outstanding story telling and his Ultimate Marvel event has been pretty good, albeit started off slow.

So yeah i have my best hopes on Moon Knight.
 
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