MOON KNIGHT #3

[Van Plexico]

Two quick, non-spoiler things about MOON KNIGHT #3:

1) Finch's art suits this book perfectly, and the story is playing out at a nice pace. You can tell it's being "written for a trade," but with this sort of story, where you slowly learn what happened in the recent past to put the main character in such a predicament, it works.

2) And the final page's big reveal is probably my favorite since Kang showed up at the end of YOUNG AVENGERS #1. I actually yelled, "NO WAY!!" when I turned to that last page.

If you're an old-school Avengers fan and you aren't reading MOON KNIGHT, I *highly* suggest you pick up at least #3, and get to that last page. You won't regret it.

Van's Rating:
MOON KNIGHT #3: **** out of 5 stars
(Yes-- along with YOUNG AVENGERS #12, these are two of the best comics of the year, both out in the last week or two. Wow!)

[Van Plexico]

Huh.

So, did everyone just give up on MOON KNIGHT after #2 or something?

Trust me, folks-- if you're an old-school Avengers fan, you will be very interested in what's coming, based on the last page of #3.

WIZARD recently did a full-page profile of this character, and now I know why...

[Yellowjacket]

No, Van, I´m still with you on MK.

Personally, I rate #3 lower than the first two books (but then, honestly, I believe I do not know this "last page" character so far), and that´s mainly due to the slow pace of story telling.
Yes, it´s really me saying this, a guy who doesn´t dislike the slow pace of Bendis´ story telling in NA that much as so many of you do.
I think, this may be mainly due to the fact that I know so little about Moon Knight and I´m eagerly to learn more about this character. Of course, that is a "problem" I do not have with the (New) Avengers guys.

But by no means is MK #3 a bad book, (for me) new characters are introduced, a (for me) new villain (who really seems not to be a nice guy...), so there is something happening. ;D

And for about the art: This is really, really great stuff from Finch. I did like his art on Avengers too (very much), but you´re right about that, his dark and gloomy style fits Moon Knight even better. Just like Finch mentioned himself, one can really see that he enjoyes working on Moon Knight.

[iastagehand]

MOON KNIGHT totally rocks! I have the complete run from the 80's, most of 'em signed by Bill Sienkiewicz (and a cool sketch of MK as well). It's cool to see him with a new lease on life literally and figuratively