Moon Knight Vol. 1: Lunatic

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Moon Knight Vol. 1 Lunatic collects Moon Knight (2016-2017) #1-5 with art from Jeff Lemire and artwork from Greg Smallwood. I should mention I borrowed this comic digitally through my Comixology subscription so I can't comment on the physical quality of the comic. It also needs saying that this is also my introduction to Moon Knight. We are introduced to Marc Spector, a man who wakes up in a mental asylum with no recollection of how he got there. Marc is told that he has been in the care of the asylum from a young age and that him being Moon Knight is a fantasy that is part of a personality disorder he has. Marc with doubts over the allegation and with the guidance of Khonshu (Egyptian lunar god) Marc knows he has to escape. This is an interesting read, I like how you never really know at times if Marc himself is crazy or if he is seeing how the world really is as what you see in a panel and what dialogue that's presented can be different and Lemire does a great job with it with a few surprises along the way. The artwork is great and Greg Smallwood handles the art quite well, especially the "real world"/ Othervoid artwork, giving a more gritty look with darker tones and it was fantastic. Overall, I think it was a decent read, I love how the Egyptian theme is interwoven into the story and the addition of lapses of insanity being presented through the theme certainly makes it unique. Being my introduction into Moon Knight, I did feel pretty thrown in considering this is a Vol. 1 especially not knowing more about the characters and their significance to each other but it wasn't too bad, I think if you check out some reviews, like the idea and concept and like the artwork I think it's worth a read. I will be looking into Vol. 2 as I did like elements from this comic. I'll also be providing pictures of the comic to help give you and idea of the artwork. Hopefully you found this review helpful and happy reading.

A fantastic reimagining of Moon Knight, and essential reading for any new fans converted by the recent Disney series. Up there with Faction/Aja's Hawkeye run

I must not start another comic book review by saying that I've always been a fan of the character. ...I've always been a fan of Moon Knight, especially harking back to the days when Bill Sienkiewicz was the artist. The character, it's probably fair to say, has long had an uneasy time of things, with his multiple identities - and sometimes personalities - muddying the waters of his stories at times. Jeff Lemire comes at this head-on, with Marc Spector trapped inside an asylum, where he struggles to work out what is real - and who. He faces friends from the past, and comes head-to-head with his own identities - the taxi driver Jake, the movie producer Steven, the warrior battling werewolves on the moon. Reality is fluid here, and it would be easy to get lost in where the story was going - but Lemire's storytelling is expert. The story has no major connection with the rest of the Marvel Universe, so it can be read as a standalone, and it's a rare superhero saga that grapples with mental illness, the nature of sacrifice, and, perhaps, redemption.

This latest Moon Knight series plays on that immortal question that has followed the character ever since his origins and has never truely been answered: Is Marc Spector really the Earthly avatar of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu, or his he just crazy? Spector finds himself imprisoned in a facility that may or may not be a mental hospital, enduring daily treatments of electro-shock therapy and beatings at the hands of his overzealous wardens - but maybe he's exactly where he deserves to be - afterall, he is surrounded by pretty much everyone who was anyone in the life of Moon Knight, including Bertrand Cawley and his love Marlene Alraune - and why would they be there unless they were figments of his imagination? His therapist insists that all of this is part of his dissociative identity disorder. There is a Moon Knight out there, but Spector is not him because Marc Spector is an orphan who has been in the institution since he was twelve years old, and his memories of Moon Knights adventures are little more than the delusions of a troubled boy. It never happened - none of it - its all in his head. Spector of course isnt convinced...because the voice inside his head continues to tell him otherwise... Donning a jury-rigged cowl and cape made from towels and blankets - the garb of the Moon Knight - at the request of Khonshu, spector is finally able to see the world as it really is. The guards, the hospital, even the entire city are all under the sway of the Egyptian god of violence and disorder Seth, and Moon Knight is the only one who can stand in his way... ...or maybe Marc Spector is just crazy... Jeff Lemires script is gripping and compelling, whilst Greg Smallwoods art is teriffic, blending gritty looking flashback scenes with much starker and more vivid scenes in the present. Moon Knight is a character that rarely seems to resonate with fans and is far too often dismissed as a poor Batman knock-off, but Lemire and Smallwood give us a version of the character here that blows any such comparisons away and will hopefully provide us with a Moon Knight series that will stick with fans.

Spoiler-free review from a 3 year Moon Knight fan. This story arc continues the reletively recent trend of Moon Knight being outright crazy instead of mildly disturbed. To those unfamiliar with classic Moon Knight, under Doug Monech's run, Moon Knight was an individual who created three false identities of vigilante, rich socialite, and taxi driver in order to escape his true past as a mercenary and further his aims as a crime fighter. Thoughout his original adventures, he had constant allies that frequently made fun of and referenced that his personas might drive him crazy one day if they already hadn't. That concept has been expanded where his personas are a legimate illness, (or magic side effect), flip flopping in source and severity for the last 10 years of publication. Much to my personal chagrin, Moon Knight's old allies have been sidelined in tandem with the focus on his "madness" Back to the present, this story provides a nice mix of both the classic and modern moon knight, keeping the exaggerated madness as well as bringing back old faces. The art fits well with the art style of the last series under the Marvel Now imprint and many design choices persist such as the new persona of "Mister Knight". For older fans longing for some of the old hallmarks of the character to return, but still love the new style of the 2014 run, this is the perfect hybrid of both without sacrificing focus. For newer readers, I would be hard pressed to recommend this only because the style and cameos aren't expanded upon and I have yet to find a series run that plays catch up sufficiently without the reader having to start at the Moon Knight's beginning.

Great mix of character development and mystique. Read this after the show, really helps to understand the show better. Love it

Jeff Lemires neuer Auftakt zur mittlerweile sechsten Moon Knight-Reihe bei Marvel ist ein fesselnder, düsterer und unbequemer Comic, der dem teilweise sehr glatt gebügelten 'All New - All Different'-Marvel Programm eine angenehm komplexe Facette hinzufügt. Zur Story möchte ich nicht allzu viel Spoilern, nur so viel: Lemire treibt das Spiel mit den Multiplen Persönlichkeiten des Charakters absolut auf die Spitze und lässt die Grenzen zwischen der Realität und Wahn im Comic so stark verschwimmen, dass der Leser wirklich verunsichert wird, mit wem er es nun eigentlich zu tun hat. Die Bilder und die Atmosphäre der Geschichte, die über weite Strecken in einer völlig anachronistischen Nervenheilanstalt spielt, sind dabei so beklemmend und intensiv inszeniert, dass es schwer fällt, für die Figuren oder die Geschichte wirkliche Symphatie zu entwickeln. Das liegt vielleicht auch daran, dass Marc Spector/Mr. Knight (oder wer auch immer) nicht wirklich als Held in Erscheinung tritt, sondern vor allem mit seinem eigenen Schicksal und dem Zweifel an der eigenen geistigen Gesundheit hadert. Und so blättert man gebannt durch die packenden Seiten mit teilweise sehr innovativer Panelgestaltung, toll gezeichneten Kulissen und mystischer Aufladung und veschlingt nur allzu rasch Bilder und Text. Moon Knight Vol. 1: Lunatic ist sicherlich keine leichte Comic-Kost, grandiose Unterhaltung bietet der Band jedoch allemal und ist daher für alle Freunde des erwachsenen Superhelden-Comics eine absolute Kaufempfehlung.

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Jeff Lemire's first volume of Moon Knight was mind bending, engaging, and entertaining. It was very different from other Moon Knight stories and we don't get to see Moon Knight himself in action very much, but this story focuses more on the insanity plaguing Marc Spector and how he grapples with his own mind. Very interesting read, and it made me want to pick up the next volume so I'd say mission accomplished.