VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT #3 DIKE RUAN VAR

Vengeance of the Moon Knight (2024) (Single Issues)

by Jed MacKay

VENGEANCE EXACTED! As the new Moon Knight serves his own vision of justice, Marc Spector's allies and friends take it upon themselves to find his base of operations and take the fight to him! But the Fists of Khonshu hold a bloody and well-earned reputation, one which the likes of Hunter's Moon, Tigra and Soldier are all about to experience firsthand! Rated T+

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Comic Book

32 pages, Comic

Published January 1, 2024

Reviews

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Man I'm really liking these character piece issues. First Tigra and now Soldier. This is wonderful to get a look into their feelings and loss around Marc and also what they're up to trying to defend their city. Great stuff.

[Myles Gerber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now onto Soldier! Shifting the flashbacks into flash-forwards was cool, and I liked seeing the crew dig for information about the new Moon Knight. Really enjoying this narrative so far!

[The Wintermute System · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think I realized - when I first purchased these issues - that this was only a nine issue mini-series at about three issues in, and I got sad. I recently learned MacKay will be authoring the upcoming Moon Knight series coming out in October, however, which I think is a good choice on Marvel's part: MacKay is excellent on this run, and is doing well on Avengers, too. (I'm giving him time on X-Men but not quite as impressed with issue one on that run so far.)

That being said, my favorite of the new gang, Soldier, is up at therapy. And boy, the whole crew is having a hard time with Marc's death. That being said, they're all being open in therapy, which is hard to do, and I'm proud of them all.

Soldier struggles with being the soldier, obeying orders - and those orders getting his boss killed. A boss who saved him despite his tawdry past as a Hydra soldier, one who was very, very good at following orders. When he died, and came back as a vampire, Soldier was still determined to be, in his words, Moon Knight's guy. When everyone else questioned Moon Knight's order, Soldier didn't berate them, but he shrugged and simply said 'they're orders.' He would have gladly killed or died for Moon Knight had he been asked - and yet he wasn't given that opportunity.

So if he can't have died in Marc's place, he will uphold his legacy - and make sure no one else dirties it. Which means tracking down the man posing as Moon Knight, a man who has threatened the crew, and attempted to forcefully wrest the Midnight Mission from them.

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creo que hay que agradecer el sacrificio de Marc Spector para tener este escenario donde los nuevos personajes que han surgido de su nueva etapa superheroíca tengan su mayor presencia y acciones propias. Claro, aunque sea motivado por la falta de su jefe y amigo, lo cual azuza mucho más los instintos agresivos de alguien como Soldier. Un eterno "secuaz" para las organizaciones más pérfidas que logró salir de ese ciclo auto destructivo gracias a Caballero Luna, aunque también haya perdido parte de su humanidad al tener su condición vampírica actual en el proceso. Pero esto no ha hecho que Soldier pierda fe en la Misión de Medianoche. Algo que está en peligro creciente ante la aparición de este "Dark Moon Knight" que está golpeando con saña a los super criminales que ponen patas arriba el barrio que protegen Soldier y compañía.

Jed MacKay sigue aprovechando las sesiones psicológicas para encuadrar lo mejor posible las historias, darle esa agradecida pátina personal a la narración y plantar las dudas morales que siguen caracterizando esta cabecera que mantiene el talentazo gráfico de Alessandro Cappuccio como gran binomio Marvelita.

[Ly Van · Rating 4 out of 5]

This issue showed the aftermath and turmoil of actions out of the midnight mission’s hands. I really felt the pot boiling over because of this so-called “new moon knight.” It really puts a kick to the characters to do something and being proactive with their issues rather than reactive. In addition, I like how each issue focuses on one character of the midnight mission and how they are dealing with what’s going on. A good issue that shows the inciting action for the rest of the story.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's so nice seeing Soldier get more play, he's a really interesting and troubled character and I love how much we're learning about his mindset at this point

[Melanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Soldier got me in my feelings, help.

[Fazun · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5