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I've never liked Jessica Drew, so it's a nice bit of validation for me.
Some series are just bad, and that was a bad series.I don't think she's that bad, but she's an indicator that not even Bendis can make a C-Lister sell if not everything is aligned right.
Some series are just bad, and that was a bad series.
Co-sign.If quality alone mattered, Bendis' Avengers titles would not be top sellers. You almost never hear anyone talk about how "good" they are. No. You hear how "important" they are. To a degree, that matters the most for a book's sales these days. The franchise and the creative team are big factors too, but retailers and fans feeling a title is "important" usually is that extra oomph. I mean, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN has tailed off lately, and why? It isn't very important anymore.
That's the hurdle with Moon Knight; you could have Barack Obama write it, but if it wasn't seen as important, sales are only going to go up so much. Still, it will likely boost them. Given how Bendis links all his books, it is odd that he'll be writing Moon Knight solo yet Brubaker will write him in an Avengers book. Granted, Brubaker has mastered Bendis' art of having most of his cast aside for 1-3 characters do nothing but fight in the background and get in a few functionary lines. Think about it; Iron Fist has been part of Bendis' line up for about 3-4 years, and only NOW is he doing ANYTHING even remotely relevant.
My first thought was "ROCKY!"
Haha.Went and hosted it myself...
Having Randall come back isn't a bad idea. I'm less sold on giving him random eye-beam powers. But it underscores the reality that Moon Knight is so desperate for villains that the few he had have to always be resurrected.
To be honest, this story probably should have been the second arc of VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT. Instead Hurwitz went on a merry go round of random adventures guest starring other random characters (Deadpool, Spider-Man, and the Secret Avengers), and while they were all enjoyable reads, and the last issue did sell well enough to warrant a reprint and was nice and timely, it gave the impression that there were no ideas left. It could have been an editorial decision, to save this story for the SHADOWLAND 3 part mini, for...some reason. Unless Moon Knight really does find that Maguffin and stabs DD with it in SHADOWLAND #5, I don't see this really being too vital to the event itself. I just read it as VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT #11-13.
This really warrants repeating.
While I definitely agree that this should've just been included in the regular title, I do think the Spider-Man, Deadpool and Secret Avengers issues were editorially mandated. I'm pretty sure sales, while they might be relatively okay for a Moon Knight book, were lagging and as you noted, the Secret Avengers issue gave the title an extra boost. Too bad it was the last issue.
The only guy I'd think would be worth giving a shot if Bendis didn't work is Slott, personally.
Moon Knight need a major mastermind villain to elevate him to a higher status. Why not a depowered Seth? Or some warlord avatar of Anubis? I think Marvel needs to connect back MK with Africa & Egyptian Mythology.
Also, the New York street pulp is more Daredevil's or Heroes for Hire territory, MK should be about international crime underworld starting from African blood diamond/gun trafficking to South American drug problem. It's good to see if Spector's international merc background becoming useful in situations.
Alonso: You live with these characters in your head 24/7. Take Moon Knight, for instance. You just know there's a commercial hook and/or creative team that could make that character an essential piece of the Marvel Universe – boom – someone like Bendis will give you his high concept, and that's it.
CBR: I was going to ask about this the other week, about the new "Moon Knight" series. Axel, will you be editing that one as you have the past few series with the character?
Alonso: Uh-uh. "Bye-bye, Moon Knight!" [Laughter] I love what Brian's going to do with the book.
Brevoort: I'm actually editing "Moon Knight" with Brian and Alex.
CBR: With that book still a bit off in the schedule, have you guys been trying to keep an extra tight lid on it to not get ahead of yourselves?
Brevoort: Yeah. Without talking about any of the specifics of "Moon Knight," the obvious analogy to draw is with a book I was an enormous fan of: Brian and Alex's "Daredevil." I think that was a superlative run. Obviously, Moon Knight is not the same character as Daredevil. He's going to be in a completely different place doing completely different things. He's got a different outlook on the world and his own demons that are different than the ones that drive Matt Murdock. But my hope and the hope of everyone here is to tap a little bit into the spirit and energy and anarchy that made their "Daredevil" run so exciting and enthralling on a month-to-month basis. We'll be able to tell you a little more about the specifics as we get closer, but I'm excited just to play with these guys and this character.