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Marc Spector: Moon Knight Omnibus
Marc Spector: Moon Knight Omnibus, Vol. 2
Collects Marc Moon Knight (1989) #35-60, Moon Knight Special (1992) #1, Web of Spider-Man (1985) #93-94, Moon Knight (1998) #1-4, Moon Knight (1999) #1-4, Black Panther (1998) #20-22, material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #152-154.
Moon Knight battles new demons! When Marc Spector's serial-killer brother returns from the dead, can Moon Knight stop the Punisher from sending him back to the grave? And will Marc's upgraded suit withstand an encounter with Dr. Doom?! Then, as the Infinity War rages, Moon Knight faces a series of deadly doppelgangers! But all the while, something is very wrong with Marc - and it may be beyond even the minds of Mister Fantastic and Doctor Strange to save him! The clock is ticking, and all hope seems lost. To preserve his legacy, will he need to find another avatar for Khonshu? As one phase ends, a new one begins - because you can't keep Moon Knight down for long!
Moon Knight battles new demons! When Marc Spector's serial-killer brother returns from the dead, can Moon Knight stop the Punisher from sending him back to the grave? And will Marc's upgraded suit withstand an encounter with Dr. Doom?! Then, as the Infinity War rages, Moon Knight faces a series of deadly doppelgangers! But all the while, something is very wrong with Marc - and it may be beyond even the minds of Mister Fantastic and Doctor Strange to save him! The clock is ticking, and all hope seems lost. To preserve his legacy, will he need to find another avatar for Khonshu? As one phase ends, a new one begins - because you can't keep Moon Knight down for long!
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First published March 6, 2024
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Terry Kavanagh
459 books15 followersTerrence "Terry" Kavanagh is an American comic book editor and writer. Kavanagh's last new comics project was the Before the Fantastic Four: The Storms limited series in 2000–2001.
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April 17, 2024
I'll be honest this is a pretty horrible Omnibus. For sure the worst Moon Knight Omnibus out.
Basically Terry Kavanagh takes everything interesting about Moon Knight and does nothing with it. This is generic over the top superhero flare without any heart and retconning perfectly well done deaths in favor of 90's action hero garbage. On top of all that Terry over writes every single issue. It's almost like he got paid per word, and for our reading pleasure, it makes for a very rough and boring read. Everyone talks so robotic, so lifeless, that you can't help but wonder why Terry is writing this or how he got the job.
The art would range from good to awful, and honestly none of it save a few really cool covers worked for me. The omnibus ends decent enough with Doug returning for two minis but it's not enough to save this slog of a read.
A 1 out of 5.
Basically Terry Kavanagh takes everything interesting about Moon Knight and does nothing with it. This is generic over the top superhero flare without any heart and retconning perfectly well done deaths in favor of 90's action hero garbage. On top of all that Terry over writes every single issue. It's almost like he got paid per word, and for our reading pleasure, it makes for a very rough and boring read. Everyone talks so robotic, so lifeless, that you can't help but wonder why Terry is writing this or how he got the job.
The art would range from good to awful, and honestly none of it save a few really cool covers worked for me. The omnibus ends decent enough with Doug returning for two minis but it's not enough to save this slog of a read.
A 1 out of 5.
February 10, 2025
This wasn't nearly as good as the previous Marc Spector omnibus. It started out strong, with a Punisher crossover, but then the series fell apart with the whole "bloodline" and "hellbent" nonsense. The Infinity crossovers kinda sucked, too. Those types of stories just don't belong in a Moon Knight comic, and I'm assuming the bloodline/hellbent stuff has been retconned by now.
There was some cool Stephen Platt artwork in a few issues but the stories were so bad the art couldn't save them. The miniseries included weren't bad, as Doug Moench tried to take the title back to its roots. There's also some of the best Mark Texiera artwork I've ever seen in the second miniseries. The Black Panther issues really could have been left out.
I'm a huge Moon Knight fan, but this volume includes the worst Moon Knight comics published. Still some good, but plenty of bad as well.
There was some cool Stephen Platt artwork in a few issues but the stories were so bad the art couldn't save them. The miniseries included weren't bad, as Doug Moench tried to take the title back to its roots. There's also some of the best Mark Texiera artwork I've ever seen in the second miniseries. The Black Panther issues really could have been left out.
I'm a huge Moon Knight fan, but this volume includes the worst Moon Knight comics published. Still some good, but plenty of bad as well.
June 9, 2024
(Zero spoiler review) 2.5/5
A disappointing end to a fairly lackluster run, that managed to slowly degrade everything that made Moon Knight one of the greatest yet most underutilised and appreciated of Marvel's characters. The run got off on the wrong foot, both narratively, but also art wise for me, and never recovered. A decent issue here or there not withstanding. Halfway through, the 90's hit this comic like a tonne of bricks, and any semblance of the character formerly known as Moon Knight was washed away in an absurdist tide of 90's era exaggeration and flimsy plotting. The art generally improved throughout, though the stories never did.
The highlight of the first omnibus was the Doug Moench mini-series and its' the same here, even if the two mini's on offer fail to live up to the one previously collected in the first omnibus. Yet even the return to the character and return to form those two stories offered wasn't enough to save this book from the place of relative obscurity it now occupies on my shelf. If you find yourself unable to collect every moon Knight omnibus and only want to focus on the seminal stuff, you can safely skip both of these books. The 90's weren't very kind to Moon Knight it would seem. 2.5/5
OmniBen.
A disappointing end to a fairly lackluster run, that managed to slowly degrade everything that made Moon Knight one of the greatest yet most underutilised and appreciated of Marvel's characters. The run got off on the wrong foot, both narratively, but also art wise for me, and never recovered. A decent issue here or there not withstanding. Halfway through, the 90's hit this comic like a tonne of bricks, and any semblance of the character formerly known as Moon Knight was washed away in an absurdist tide of 90's era exaggeration and flimsy plotting. The art generally improved throughout, though the stories never did.
The highlight of the first omnibus was the Doug Moench mini-series and its' the same here, even if the two mini's on offer fail to live up to the one previously collected in the first omnibus. Yet even the return to the character and return to form those two stories offered wasn't enough to save this book from the place of relative obscurity it now occupies on my shelf. If you find yourself unable to collect every moon Knight omnibus and only want to focus on the seminal stuff, you can safely skip both of these books. The 90's weren't very kind to Moon Knight it would seem. 2.5/5
OmniBen.
December 8, 2024
Most comics released in the mid to late 90s were bad. Since I was mostly reading Marvel at the time, I guess I can mostly fault them. The Moon Knight stories on display in this collection show this decline.
Earliest stories are from Terry Kavanagh, with art from Ron Garney. The art is solid and earlier issues are well written, but the Moon Knight lore has been stripped down. Gone are the multiple identities and even the mansion has been destroyed. Now Marc Spector is based in some vague commercial building and even his love interest has been edged out of the story. We are treated to a special issue with Shang Chi and then it all goes to hell.
The rest of the series is all about Moon Knight’s connection to some kind of demon infection. It’s terrible and impossible to read or follow. Many issues have art that either tries to copy Jim Lee or Todd McFarlane, only they don’t do it as well. Guest appearances from Dr Strange, Gambit, and Spider-Man can’t save these awful stories. Last artist on the series is Steven Platt. He wants so badly to be McFarlane that he copies a famous Spider-Man cover.
And then, to my relief, the series ends with Moon Knight’s death. He is resurrected in a couple of mini-series written by Doug Moench again. Art is fantastic again as well, drawn by Tommy Lee Edwards and Mark Texeira. Moench must have hated everything written for the past 10 years. Because he ignores previous plots and brings back the status quo. Spector’s death is explained as a dream. The personalities are back, Marlene is back, the Mansion and forgotten servants are back. It doesn’t tread any new ground, but it’s good again.
Earliest stories are from Terry Kavanagh, with art from Ron Garney. The art is solid and earlier issues are well written, but the Moon Knight lore has been stripped down. Gone are the multiple identities and even the mansion has been destroyed. Now Marc Spector is based in some vague commercial building and even his love interest has been edged out of the story. We are treated to a special issue with Shang Chi and then it all goes to hell.
The rest of the series is all about Moon Knight’s connection to some kind of demon infection. It’s terrible and impossible to read or follow. Many issues have art that either tries to copy Jim Lee or Todd McFarlane, only they don’t do it as well. Guest appearances from Dr Strange, Gambit, and Spider-Man can’t save these awful stories. Last artist on the series is Steven Platt. He wants so badly to be McFarlane that he copies a famous Spider-Man cover.
And then, to my relief, the series ends with Moon Knight’s death. He is resurrected in a couple of mini-series written by Doug Moench again. Art is fantastic again as well, drawn by Tommy Lee Edwards and Mark Texeira. Moench must have hated everything written for the past 10 years. Because he ignores previous plots and brings back the status quo. Spector’s death is explained as a dream. The personalities are back, Marlene is back, the Mansion and forgotten servants are back. It doesn’t tread any new ground, but it’s good again.
February 19, 2025
The second Half of marc spector moon knight, as much as i tried to enjoy it, it just pushed aside a lot of the stuff that came before it earlier on in the run, The arc with doctor doom was okay albeit forgettable and the later parts of the series were really dialogue heavy and introduces demons, Hellbent and Bloodline which sound so very 90s, The deadzone story was meh and the only reason i read it through was for the Steven platt artwork, The miniseries with moench was pretty good but high strangers was a bit of a mess, The Black Panther issues while i understand they do fit in this book, it just seems like the writer once again loves his convoluted plot points and word heavy dialogue, it did feature nightmare which i think is an underutilized villain and the Artwork made up for some of it.
Just be prepared that this portion of moon knights history is very much of it's time and has seemingly been completely retconned since The end of the series.
Just be prepared that this portion of moon knights history is very much of it's time and has seemingly been completely retconned since The end of the series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 27, 2024
The book offers the last 90’s capers of Moon Knight, before a long hiatus and following return in the 2000’s. We have the usual crossovers used in hope of boosting the sales and a series of stories that try to cement the supernatural aspects of the character. The less we say about the whole bloodline/hell-bent/Seth the Immortal part of the book the better, it’s clear they didn’t really know what to do with the character(s) anymore and tried to forcefully retcon into the story concepts and characters alien to what Marc Spector and Moon Knight are about. The very late 90’s and early 2000’s stories are ok, but it seems they were not good enough to save the series from cancellation; after all, Moon Knight had been one of Marvel ‘s underdogs for years before the relatively recent interest in the character from the public.
September 3, 2025
This book had some great parts, like the Moench and Edwards miniseries resurrecting Moon Knight and reuniting him with his amazing rogue's gallery of Stained Glass Scarlet, Bushman, and Black Spectre. Also, a terrific guest spot in Web of Spider-Man fighting the new Hobgoblin. But most of the collection felt run-of-the-mill 90s, with none of the identity exploration of the modern era nor the horror and mysticism of the original Moench run, and don't get me started on the arcs about flesh-eating demon viruses and Moon Knight's best friend becoming a superhero possessed by his ancestors.
May 27, 2024
It starts out alright but the hellbent story was just so horrible. Barely made sense and just felt like everything being thrown in to see if something stuck. Only reason this wasn’t a 1 star was because of Moenchs return to the character with the 2 mini series at the end of the omnibus. Those were great and a good return to the character.
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