A year ago, very few people would have believed that Moon Knight could ever be made cool again. Moony had become a joke. He was seen as Marvel's white-suited version of Batman, with a silly Moon-copter and a stereotypical French sidekick. However, just nine issues later, thanks to novelist Charlie Huston and super-star artist David Finch, Moon Knight is one cool, hardcore, vigilante!
Moon Knight #9, still written by Huston, with new artist Mico Suayan, showcases this crazy, violent hero at his best. Marc Spector (AKA Moon Knight) is still single-mindedly struggling to overcome the damage his "career" as a hero did to his body. (Not to mention the mental damage Spector may be suffering from!) More of his disasterous past catches up with him, in the deranged form of a deadly former sidekick, and serial killer, who has a serious bone to pick with his former mentor.
If you like your heroes with a heaping dose of crazy, Moon Knight is a book you simply should not miss. Marc Spector is portrayed as a remorseless, driven, angry vengeance machine. He has no powers to speak of and succeeds by sheer, hard-headed, bone-crushing refusal to fail. He is either constantly accompanied by his god Khonshu (in the form of his late, mutilated arch-enemy) or he is a psychotic nut-job with a very minimal grip on reality. Either way, the last thing you would ever want to see is Moon Knight leaping down on you in some dark alley, because he puts his opponents in a world of major hurt.
Coming in after David Finch, artist Mico Suayan has some big shoes to fill. Fortunately, he delivers 100 percent. His art is very detailed and realistic, very much in the same overall style as Finch. However, I actually found his storytelling to be smoother and easier to follow than his high-profile predecessor. He brings plenty of grit to this down and dirty tale, and this issue's main fight is depicted with a level of tooth-pulling detail that made me wince more than once.
If you like the Punisher, Wolverine, Batman (at his most bada$$), or anything written by Garth Ennis, you should really give Moon Knight a try. Moony may be a complete nut-job, but he sure is cool again. Try out Moon Knight #9 now, while it is Four Color Fantasies' guaranteed Book of the Week.
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