Vengeance of the Moon
Knight Vol. 1: New Moon by Jed Mackay (Author), David Finch (Cover
Art), Alessandro Cappuccio (Artist), is a relaunch of the Moon
Knight series after the events of the first series. Spoilers follow so
if you have not read the previous series, you may wish to do that first before
reading this review.
Still here? Okay, I did warn you.
This volume deals with the
aftermath of the death of Marc Spector, who died in the bombing at the end of
the previous run. This issue starts with an honoring of life led by the Thing
where he is doing a traditional Jewish ceremony. Marc was one of the few
prominent Jewish heroes in the Marvel Universe. Each of the four issues
collected here is framed with a team member discussing Marc’s death with a psychologist.
Each member is devastated and having a hard time, in their own way, with what
happened and moving on.
As they grapple with their grief,
there is someone impersonating Marc as Moon Knight and terrorizing people. The
surviving team members must uncover the imposter and put a stop to him quickly
as the city is being torn apart by supervillains responding to this psycho with
their own violence.
The art remains excellent and the
writing remains on point. This is action packed grief filled 4 issue saga with
plenty of references to the previous run and the history of various characters.
The next volume is called Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol. 2: It's Alive
which I have read, but won’t be reviewing since there is no way to talk about
it without heavy spoilers. I can say that the read is a good one. I can also
say that one should read Blood Hunt which I previously reviewed
first or while reading it. They tie in heavily. After the events of that volume
Moon Knight is being relaunched again with a new title.
Moon Knight: Fist of Knoshu
is the latest relaunch and is done by the same creative team. The first issues are out now on Amazon though
they have yet to appear, at the time of this writing, at Marvel Unlimited. There is also a spin off title Phases of the Moon Knight by
Benjamin Percy and more which goes back to previous Moon Knights. Marc is the
latest in a long line of heroes so this tells the tale of other Moon Knights.
I read this in The Marvel Unlimited App.
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