Web of Spider-Man #93-94: See Spider-Man. Moon Knight is a featured co-star in this Hobgoblin arc at the end of #44. Basically, he’s every bit as unstable as Batman ought to be played, with the added bonus of multiple identities and never quite being sure he can believe the reality around him. For a long time, it was mostly an uncollected series for the moment. But now, Marvel is collecting it in a new Omnibus edition: Moon Knight also teamed-up with Spider-Man, the Punisher, Nova, and Night Thrasher in the Round Robin storyline at the end of 1991. First a crossover of sorts with the same story told from two different perspectives as Moon Knight and the Hulk cross paths without realizing it. Great stuff.

All in all, this was a monumentally disappointing affair. We sure as hell don't need more bog standard Moon Knight stories to throw on the wasted altar that is this character's sad legacy. I'll return to Scarlet Redemption again and again, but the rest of this book may as well not exist. 2.5/5 A brutal extension of the original Doug Moench themes and supporting cast that might have qualified for Marvel Knights if it was released a few years earlier – it is that bloody, adult, and relentless. It’s also an immensely satisfying and well-illustrated read.

Another relaunch at Marvel with All-New, All-Different, sees Marc Spector waking up in an insane asylum with no powers and a lifetime’s worth of medical records. What’s false, and what’s real? This is Jeff Lemire and Greg Smallwood’s surreal take on the character, taking us on a trip forcing Spector to question everything he thought he knew and mostly finding a way to kill the past, his demons, his gods. Deadpool, Vol. 4 #27 & 29: See Deadpool. I’m not 100% on this placement, but it makes sense for this to come before the next two big events. He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey . Collects Marc Spector: Moon Knight #1-34, Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #353-358, Moon Knight: Divided We Fall And Material From Punisher Annual (1988) #2.

Marc’s parade of high-profile writers continues in Marvel Legacy, with Say Anything lead singer Max Bemis penning his renumbered series and giving him an arch-nemesis rooted in his Egyptian origins. Technically the annual is from a standalone volume, rather than the 2016 volume. Moon Knight teams up with the Thing when Crossfire captures them and attempts to brainwash the two. Yes, Steven Grant wrote Steven Grant. A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022): See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – A.X.E.: Judgment Day. Moon Knight appears only very briefly in A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022) #5. Moon Knight teams up with Spider-Man, Daredevil, Power Man and Iron Fist to stop the Purple Man. Actually sets up the recent Devil's Reign very well.

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The stories range in quality but most fall into mediocre. Doug is a solid writer and above average for most of his peers at the time and he does a great job fleshing out the side character around Moon Knight and giving character driven stories. The "failing" is Moon Knight never gets a villain worthy of him and if I know anything about comics it is that - a hero is only as interesting as the villains he fights. Moon Knight has none. The best story is actually when he borrows Daredevil's villain (The Jester). I will say Jeff as Midnight was a fun character. He's the son of a criminal Moon Knight took down prior and now wants to learn from Moon Knight to be a hero. But he's rash, spontaneous, and of course makes a ton of mistakes, leading to some really fun stories with him. The art is great. It has a distinct horror vibe and gives the book a very dark and bleak feel, which did seem to suit the character and plot very well. There were a few questionable panel choices that seemed to confuse, but overall the style was definitely fitting.