Phases of the Moon Knight

Phases of the Moon Knight #1-4

by Jed MacKay

Dive into lost lunar lore from Moon Knight’s past, present and future, in this thrilling anthology series!

Though he is among the most recent, Marc Spector is far from the first Fist of Khonshu! The true depth of the legacy of the Moon Knight has been shrouded in the mystery of antiquity — until now! Featuring an all-new sensation from the Marvel Universe’s ancient past: the Moon Knight of the Old Crusades! Another Fist of Khonshu clenches amid a crime-ridden vision of tomorrow — older, grittier and worse for wear than any you’ve seen before! Plus: new stories from Marc Spector’s always-volatile past as Moon Knight — and yet more tales from across the eras!

COLLECTING: Phases of Moon Knight (2024) 1-4

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Graphic Novels Comics, Mythology, Fantasy, Superheroes

136 pages, Paperback

Published May 6, 2025

Reviews

[Khurram · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. Usually, it is difficult to rate books that have multiple short stories by multiple teams. That is not the case this time. I lived every single story. I would rated everyone four to five stars.

If you are a Moon Knight fan like me, (every book I say Moon Knight is the best Marvel/Disney book/character right now), this is a mystery have. There are links to the main stories as well as crossover like Bloodhunt or just stand-alone stories of Moon Knights past, or future. The book contains a number of variants covers galleries.

[Tyler Jenkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would have liked this a lot more if they didn’t waste some of the stories on false futures and funny stories. I was hoping it would be fully lore expanding showing us awesome Moon Knights through history. The few we did see were cool as hell and they even brought it back around to Blood Hunt briefly. What works here works really well and the rest is just meh.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Keef Davidson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok little stories. I just don't enjoy these one off issues that don't lead anywhere and are only there for short pieces of entertainment. It also set up some backstory and lore that I really doubt will ever be added to anything outside of these short stories. I would probably rate it lower if it wasn't moon knight.

[Sesana · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short anthology series. I at least liked every story, except for Moon Knight-Chan, but some were definitely better than others.

[Jaye Berry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hands down the best story in here was "The Past is Present" and everything else was just random garbage. The ghost of Moon Knight chilling with a teenage girl taking up the mantle for revenge was some good ass shit and I wish there was more of just her.😭

The rest though? Ehhhh

[Alex Sarll]

For almost half a century, Moon Knight has been one (or three?) of Marvel's best characters. But if the 2020s haven't been good for much else, which they haven't, it has at least been glorious to see Marc et al finally achieving wider recognition – a hit solo series! Screen stardom! Supplementary anthology titles of dubious necessity! Main MK writer Jed MacKay is here, of course, ducking back into Marc's past and reviving another unexpected old favourite with a complementary knack for fucking malefactors right up. But other stories feature other creators and other Fists of Khonshu, ranging everywhere from ancient Mesopotamia through the Crusades to apocalyptic futures. They're not all winners – there might have been a time when Fabian Nicieza could have carried off a story which mixes 19th century colonialism with a poor man's Scorpion King, but not anymore. But mostly it's at least passably entertaining, and at its boldest you get Yuji Kaku's ingenious, delirious Moon Knight-Chan, founded in the realisation of how much the character's backstory has in common with the classic tropes of magical girl anime.

[London Heady · Rating 4 out of 5]

While Black White and Blood did absolutely nothing for me, I really enjoyed Phases. Feels like most of the writers have something interesting to do with Moon Knight, and each story (besides the first) feels like a welcome addition. Final story is probably my favorite, but I wouldn't mind rereading almost any of these. Succeeds in every area that BWB failed for me.

[Joey Nardinelli · Rating 3 out of 5]

A 3.5 is certainly more fair as there are some decent stories in this collection. The downsides are the stories that are less interesting coupled with these all being relatively short to accommodate 2-3 entries per issue. The ones that really stood out to me were Justine Ireland’s entry that felt like a fun scifi spin-off with a solid time jump for both Moon Knight and the Marvel landscape as a whole. Benjamin Percy and Fabian Nicieza were my likely follow-ups, with the former being a throwback with connections to Apocalypse and the latter tying into the recent Blood Hunt crossover event. That one also had one of my favorite visuals — MK flying into a circular window, how cape billowing out to invoke the crescent moon. I like MK as a character, but I think the surrounding support characters and narratives often feel too same-y to me.

[Simone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Non solo una raccolta antologica, ma un tuffo nella filosofia del Cavaliere Lunare. Certo, se si voleva espandere la lore, bisognava fare più di così. Ma come volume per giocare con la storia e la filosofia di Moon Knight, creando anche varie versioni dislocate del tempo, va bene così. Divertente e leggero.

PS: Mie storie preferite, quella di McKay con Jorge Fornes (omaggio a Moench e Sienkiewicz, autori della prima storica run) e quella con la MK giapponese, poiché è il concept del vigilante però prestato ai manga. Mai mi sarei aspettato che ci sarebbe stato tutto così bene.

[Kelvin Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's some lovely art in this, and the anthology format means there's a nice mix of styles on display; I particularly enjoyed Jorge Fornés' noirish Night Raven (!) story and Yuji Kaku's energetic manga. Alas the writing isn't quite as strong, not least because many of the stories waste their limited time and space rehashing the Moon Knight origin; "Khonshu offers a choice between death and service" turns out to be the same whether it's ancient Mesopotamia or post-apocalyptic future America.

[Matt Sautman · Rating 4 out of 5]

An anthology series, Phases of Moon Knight explores Moon Knights from across the larger continuity that have served Konshu in previous eras. While the book is intriguing, someone reading this between MacKay’s other Moon Knight titles could be somewhat disappointed if they do not care about the larger backstory informing the series.

[Craig · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like the idea behind this--to show the Moon Knight in different eras, different countries, etc. But most of these stories are too brief and fragmentary to make much sense. A wide variety of creators and artists on hand here.

[Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bunch of short stories about Moon Knights from the past, present, and future. Some are relevant, most are not. Some are interesting, most are not. Most have good art. Overall it was an ok read that did next to nothing for my reading enjoyment of the current Moon Knight.

[Andres Pasten · Rating 2 out of 5]

Innecesario

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty good collection of stories of different Moon Knights throughout time, as always, some are better than others.

[Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super short anthology series about all things Moon Knight. A little from the past, present, and some wacky future MK's.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5*