I’ve always liked Moon Knight. He’s a lesser character in the Marvel Universe, but his story has always interested me. Marc Spector, mercenary-cum-Avatar, the minion of Khonshu, a mysterious Egyptian diety brought back to life to wreak vengeance on evil-doers. No special powers, just some fancy equipment and determination. Not unlike DC’s Batman.
This collection of the first six issues of a revamped series finds Marc Spector in a wheelchair, injured, depressed, addicted to drugs and alcohol, raging at a statue of Khonshu. The art is sharp and dark, lots of black ink. He is visited in turn by people from his past—his lover, his best friend and sidekick, his most bitter enemy (The Bushman)—and is also stalked by a mysterious boardroom committee and an assassin called the Profiler. Some raw visuals of bloody fists and a meaty vision of The Bushman. But in the end Marc digs deep to become again the hero he truly is.
Great art, heroic striving from the darkness, and a touch of the mystical and mysterious. What’s not to like? ( )

Intriguing. I'd never read any Moon Knight, and I believe this is a relaunch of the series. It's pretty well done; dealing in backstory in a way that's not too in-depth or too skimpy, good action, good art, interesting story. ( )

Once again, I bought something just for the Taskmaster appearance.

This was a mixed bag. The first issue or so interesting, but then it started getting weighed down with backstory and explaining Spector's trials with his god. I didn't care for the art much, either. It was very confusing. I'm not sure if this was done on purpose, but I didn't know what was going on much of the time because everything was so disjointed.

As for Taskmaster's appearance - ick. No way could I see this EVER happening. No way. ( )

A good revenge story, but some what confusing for readers that are new to the character. ( )

Moon Knight is one of my favorite heroes from back in the day. I had just about every issue of the original series and was disappointed when the Fist of Khonshu series flopped. I didn't care that it wasn't quite as good as the original, because it was Moon Knight, dammit.

One big problem with this series is that it suffers from Battlestar Galactica syndrome. It strives to be darker and more mean and gritty than ever before. While this is not a problem for BSG, it's overdone and overblown here. The issues contained herein are angst-ridden, bloody, gory, disconnected, and hard to follow at times. If you don't already know about Moon Knight's past and aren't familiar with some of the villains he's fought, you may become completely confused.

The artwork is done with a superbly skilled hand. However, like the story within, at times, it becomes too much and looks like it was trying to go over the edge just for the sake of shock value. This is definitely not something younger kids should be encouraged to pick up. Also, there are places where, while the artwork is wonderfully done, it seems to jump around and you have to spend some time with it to try and figure out what exactly is going on. I do not doubt the ability of Finch to draw, but I do call into question the ability of whomever had final say over the storyboarding.

The story, itself, is also told in a very confusing manner. It is quite possible this is done intentionally to reflect the conflict going on within Marc Spector. However, it is easy to become completely derailed with the delusions and illusions being thrown around in addition to some very confusing reactions by some of the support characters. Moon Knight could always be considered Marvel's attempt to answer DC's Batman with a few added tweaks, though the story behind MK's artistic creation makes no mention of this. However, there seems to be an almost inferiority complex to the Dark Knight that rears its head in some of the panels of this particular incarnation, which is a bit disappointing.

However, it's Moon Knight. I will still try to keep up with this series in the hopes Huston's storytelling technique will become more cohesive and he'll learn to give some background if more old enemies pop up. It's an interesting start, even if a mostly disappointing one. ( )