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Avengers (2018) (Collected Editions)
Avengers, Vol. 7: The Age of Khonshu
Collects Avengers (2018) #31-38.
From the dawn of time…to the end of the world? Trapped in an icy cave millennia in the past, Tony Stark has lost most of his armor and a good chunk of his mind. And tonight when the sun goes down and the devil comes around again, will Iron Man lose what is left of his soul? Back in the present, Earth's mightiest villains unite against a common threat: the Avengers! But even as the team faces a villainous uprising like no other, they come under attack from one of their own! Mummies are rising from their graves. Secret armies march by moonlight from K'un-Lun to Wakanda to Greenwich Village. A dark god invades Asgard. And the Moon Knight is unleashed as never before! So begins the Age of Khonshu. So fall the Avengers.
From the dawn of time…to the end of the world? Trapped in an icy cave millennia in the past, Tony Stark has lost most of his armor and a good chunk of his mind. And tonight when the sun goes down and the devil comes around again, will Iron Man lose what is left of his soul? Back in the present, Earth's mightiest villains unite against a common threat: the Avengers! But even as the team faces a villainous uprising like no other, they come under attack from one of their own! Mummies are rising from their graves. Secret armies march by moonlight from K'un-Lun to Wakanda to Greenwich Village. A dark god invades Asgard. And the Moon Knight is unleashed as never before! So begins the Age of Khonshu. So fall the Avengers.
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First published January 19, 2021
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Jason Aaron
2,360 books1,677 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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May 12, 2022
The Age of Konshu stuff was weird. And not in a good way.
It starts off with Iron Man doing some time travel which only becomes relevant after the AoK storyline is over and done with. That part of the story was ok.
I know I'm jumping into the middle of whatever the Avengers are up to, but I didn't really care too much, as I was only after the Moon Knight storyline.
I'm not saying it was terrible, but the Konshu/Moon Knight stuff wasn't as good as I was hoping.
It was one of those comics that have a continual running voiceover of one or more characters happening throughout most of the volume.
It's not that I never want to hear a character's thoughts, but 4 issues of someone's mopey inner monologue are a bit much in my book.
The short version is that Moon Knight is inexplicably able to steal Danny Rand's Iron Fist powers, Ghostrider Robbie Reyes' Spirit of Vengence, Mjnolir from Thor, the Eye of Agamotto from Doctor Strange, and eventually even harness the power of the Phoenix Force. He still needs the Panther mojo from T'challa and the Starbrand from the child it inhabits. <--I may be forgetting something, but it hardly matters.
Why is Moon Knight fucking his Avenger friends over? Well, Konshu has him convinced that Mephisto is getting ready to unleash some sort of Hell on Earth plan that has been kajillions of years in the making.
OR SOMETHING.
All you really need to know is that it's one big fight scene that culminates in nothing getting accomplished and Konshu in god jail.
Annnnd everything is pretty much back to normal when it's over with. Except, you know, everyone is a tad pissed off at Moon Knight. <--rightly so!
I'm glad I read it, but unless you're specifically wanting to catch up on Moon Knight, I don't see a lot to recommend this by itself.
There's a cliffhanger for the Mephisto stuff in the last issue, but I'm not sure if I will continue with the Avengers or not.
It starts off with Iron Man doing some time travel which only becomes relevant after the AoK storyline is over and done with. That part of the story was ok.
I know I'm jumping into the middle of whatever the Avengers are up to, but I didn't really care too much, as I was only after the Moon Knight storyline.
I'm not saying it was terrible, but the Konshu/Moon Knight stuff wasn't as good as I was hoping.
It was one of those comics that have a continual running voiceover of one or more characters happening throughout most of the volume.
It's not that I never want to hear a character's thoughts, but 4 issues of someone's mopey inner monologue are a bit much in my book.
The short version is that Moon Knight is inexplicably able to steal Danny Rand's Iron Fist powers, Ghostrider Robbie Reyes' Spirit of Vengence, Mjnolir from Thor, the Eye of Agamotto from Doctor Strange, and eventually even harness the power of the Phoenix Force. He still needs the Panther mojo from T'challa and the Starbrand from the child it inhabits. <--I may be forgetting something, but it hardly matters.
Why is Moon Knight fucking his Avenger friends over? Well, Konshu has him convinced that Mephisto is getting ready to unleash some sort of Hell on Earth plan that has been kajillions of years in the making.
OR SOMETHING.
All you really need to know is that it's one big fight scene that culminates in nothing getting accomplished and Konshu in god jail.
Annnnd everything is pretty much back to normal when it's over with. Except, you know, everyone is a tad pissed off at Moon Knight. <--rightly so!
I'm glad I read it, but unless you're specifically wanting to catch up on Moon Knight, I don't see a lot to recommend this by itself.
There's a cliffhanger for the Mephisto stuff in the last issue, but I'm not sure if I will continue with the Avengers or not.
March 5, 2021
I can do without Jason Aaron's Avengers, I most certainly can. Khonshu is aware of Mephisto's machinations and uses the threat of them to get the Earth Totems and bring about an Age Of Khonshu, giving us readers a next-level Moonknight out to take everyone down! All a bit banal and trite to be honest. Feels and sound like a big deal, but reads and flows as anything but! 4 out of 12, for the concepts, the Tony Stark dilemma's and the adherence to continuity.
April 14, 2021
Jason Aaron's Avengers run is officially getting kind of stupid. Moon Knight takes out all of the Avengers one by one with some god like powers because only he can defeat Mephisto... or so he thinks. Then there's some nonsense with Howard Stark and pandimensional Mephistos. Aaron is just trying to fit a gazillion square pegs into one round hole at this point. It's all too much.
March 10, 2021
I enjoyed this one a lot. The art was great, I’m a huge Moon Knight fan and it’s nice to see Jason Aaron turning Mephisto back into a major threat again rather than perpetuating his slightly buffoonish portrayal from recent years. I’m still a little on the fence about this whole ‘Stone Age Avengers’ thing but I trust Aaron enough to wait and see where he’s ultimately going with it.
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October 29, 2022
This was a very mixed collection and I wanna give it 2.5 stars but still okayish I guess overall minus the big story arc.
So #31 features the story of Tony as he is in the stone age and we see how he survives there and the machinations of Mephisto and like how he tries to twist his mind and that was challenging and fun to read and him getting the hints of the big threats the Avengers have to face.
And then #32 features like all the threats like Namor, Winter Guard and even Dracula coming to an interesting assemblage and criss crossing and us seeing how Mephisto ties into that too and sets up the Squadron arc super well!
The main story of #33-37 vs Khonshu was wild and I didn't like it the first time reading it and 2nd time is still not that good an experience like you get to see Moon knight trying to steal various primordial powers from the Avengers and how it goes plus the subtle manipulation by "Khonshu" and like just seeing how the Avengers fight against it and that was awesome, plus the moments of characters like Iron man and Blade were fun and their banter with Carol and Steve here and the ending and the new status quo that was fun. Its a decent ending but the execution left a lot to be desired and many people might not have liked it, but still.
And #38 was the aftermath and setting up some interesting stuff for the next story arc with Phoenix which was not great having read it but lets see maybe on a reread it will be better experiece and the story of that withrop family was kinda messed up here. But just shows how savage and feral and wild and in particular dangerous "Mephisto" is.
SO yeah overall a mixed bag, some good, some not so good but promises to lead into an epic event way down the line.
So #31 features the story of Tony as he is in the stone age and we see how he survives there and the machinations of Mephisto and like how he tries to twist his mind and that was challenging and fun to read and him getting the hints of the big threats the Avengers have to face.
And then #32 features like all the threats like Namor, Winter Guard and even Dracula coming to an interesting assemblage and criss crossing and us seeing how Mephisto ties into that too and sets up the Squadron arc super well!
The main story of #33-37 vs Khonshu was wild and I didn't like it the first time reading it and 2nd time is still not that good an experience like you get to see Moon knight trying to steal various primordial powers from the Avengers and how it goes plus the subtle manipulation by "Khonshu" and like just seeing how the Avengers fight against it and that was awesome, plus the moments of characters like Iron man and Blade were fun and their banter with Carol and Steve here and the ending and the new status quo that was fun. Its a decent ending but the execution left a lot to be desired and many people might not have liked it, but still.
And #38 was the aftermath and setting up some interesting stuff for the next story arc with Phoenix which was not great having read it but lets see maybe on a reread it will be better experiece and the story of that withrop family was kinda messed up here. But just shows how savage and feral and wild and in particular dangerous "Mephisto" is.
SO yeah overall a mixed bag, some good, some not so good but promises to lead into an epic event way down the line.
January 13, 2021
If you're still onboard Jason Aaron's current Avengers saga about the Marvel Universe of one million B.C. foreshadowing some kind of looming threat orchestrated by Mephisto, then Age of Khonshu is a crucial volume. Starring the obscure Moon Knight, Aaron makes the most of the Marvel mythos by turning him and his Egyptian into formidable adversaries. A fun romp, with the appropriate amount of humor and proverbial badass one-liner scenes. Not recommended for noobs who will have no idea what's going on, but if you've been on the ride this long there is a nice amount of payoff with hopefully more to come...
January 3, 2021
Jason Aaron's Avengers epic continues its slow march onwards, as the chess pieces take a few steps around the board before the Age of Khonshu hits with a bang.
The opening two issues here are the little interludes that Aaron loves to stick between arcs, as we learn about Tony's time in 10,000 Million BC (number may not be exactly accurate), while Mephisto's moves play out in the following issue. I was surprised that we didn't get an Ancient Avengers flashback issue here, but I guess there was no need since there wasn't a Moon Knight on that team.
The Age Of Khonshu itself is just plain fun. I know there were complaints thrown at it because of how powerful Moon Knight was, etc., but when the guy's throwing literal moons at people and the entire world is overrun by moon-powered mummies, you have to take the story with a grain of salt. I'm surprised Marvel didn't turn this into an event in itself, because it has the far-reaching purview for it (although if they had I'd probably have then complained about it, so I shall shut up).
The artwork's great as well - regular Avengers artist Ed McGuiness pencils the Mephisto issue, while Gerardo Zaffino pops up for the Tony Stark spotlight. Then Javier Garron, fresh off a superb run on Miles Morales, makes the Avengers his own by penciling all of the Khonshu stuff. He's like McGuiness but without the super-deformed figures, and with added details. This is what an Avengers book should look like.
Age Of Khonshu is what happens when you let Jason Aaron loose on the world - he covers it in moon zombies and has the Avengers battling literal gods as well as their now-super-powered friends. Sounds like fun to me.
The opening two issues here are the little interludes that Aaron loves to stick between arcs, as we learn about Tony's time in 10,000 Million BC (number may not be exactly accurate), while Mephisto's moves play out in the following issue. I was surprised that we didn't get an Ancient Avengers flashback issue here, but I guess there was no need since there wasn't a Moon Knight on that team.
The Age Of Khonshu itself is just plain fun. I know there were complaints thrown at it because of how powerful Moon Knight was, etc., but when the guy's throwing literal moons at people and the entire world is overrun by moon-powered mummies, you have to take the story with a grain of salt. I'm surprised Marvel didn't turn this into an event in itself, because it has the far-reaching purview for it (although if they had I'd probably have then complained about it, so I shall shut up).
The artwork's great as well - regular Avengers artist Ed McGuiness pencils the Mephisto issue, while Gerardo Zaffino pops up for the Tony Stark spotlight. Then Javier Garron, fresh off a superb run on Miles Morales, makes the Avengers his own by penciling all of the Khonshu stuff. He's like McGuiness but without the super-deformed figures, and with added details. This is what an Avengers book should look like.
Age Of Khonshu is what happens when you let Jason Aaron loose on the world - he covers it in moon zombies and has the Avengers battling literal gods as well as their now-super-powered friends. Sounds like fun to me.
October 1, 2021
This series have been pretty entertaining so far, Ed McGuiness have certainly been taking the quality of these books up a notch, but Jason Aaron has nothing more to tell, I think he's a good writer but he's stuck on hyperbolic mode, he can't tell a story without some crazy character mashup, constantly breaking the rules of the Marvel universe for the sake of a cheap gimmick, and I just don't buy it anymore, nothing about this story comes out as believable.
June 5, 2021
With the first two chapters, I thought the big super-group smackdown that has been teased since the start of the series was finally going to get underway, but no, after touching base with everyone, the rest of the book is a throwaway digression into Moon Knight trying to solve the problems of the world by helping his benefactor, the Egyptian Moon god Khonshu, take over the world. As the title suggests, this is a short and watered down retread of Age of Ultron, Age of Apocalypse, Inferno, etc. headed by Marvel's short and watered down version of Batman.
(New York City and Gotham City have to be the scoreboard leaders in cities that have been under the control of the most comic book villains, gods and other entities.)
I'm leaning toward a two-star rating since it is so disposable, but I liked the pertinent bits in the opening and closing pages and some of the cheesy fight scenes in the middle. ("The Fist of Khonshu. The Fist of Khonshu. The Fist of Khonshu.")
(New York City and Gotham City have to be the scoreboard leaders in cities that have been under the control of the most comic book villains, gods and other entities.)
I'm leaning toward a two-star rating since it is so disposable, but I liked the pertinent bits in the opening and closing pages and some of the cheesy fight scenes in the middle. ("The Fist of Khonshu. The Fist of Khonshu. The Fist of Khonshu.")
January 18, 2021
This was OK. Some good moments, but it really dragged on.
March 25, 2022
Another plot from Mephisto 1 000 000 years in the making? Nah. Sorry but I don’t buy this one.
April 10, 2021
I'm not really feeling these Avengers volumes..there ok..but they should be more...Mainly Moon Knight appears here, possibly ready for a new ongoing series..later this year and on the horizon..Mephisto..
April 25, 2021
3.5🌟
The Konshu arc in this volume was a bit of a rocky ride, but fortunately it was book ended by another intriguing 1 million BC issue and a great character building issue that serves as a great set up for the next stop for this series.
The Konshu arc in this volume was a bit of a rocky ride, but fortunately it was book ended by another intriguing 1 million BC issue and a great character building issue that serves as a great set up for the next stop for this series.
December 17, 2020
This was the first time in Jason Aaron’s Avengers run that I got a little bored. Moon Knight shows up, Konshu the Moon God, Mephisto. It’s huge and epic and cosmic, but way too much so. There wasn’t enough grounding of the story.
November 16, 2025
As I commented to a fellow Goodreads reviewer - - -
Aaron tries to jam too much into the story, which makes it confusing for anyone who hasn't been reading his Avengers run up until this point. I was excited by his creativity but underwhelmed by the story. It's kind of all over the place.
Also, you have to accept that Moon Knight is capable of taking down the Avengers all by himself (but with spiritual aid - - and could he ever trust Khonshu? - - I think not), although his powers grow after he steals various artifacts/objects from the heroes and utilizes them to his own purposes (like Thor's hammer).
Also, across these eight issues there are nine different artists involved. Despite their trying to illustrate in a Marvel house style for consistency - it gets a little off-putting and pulled me out of the story in several places.
Despite all the villains introduced in this 8-issue story arc, the main culprit is Mephisto. Somehow, Moon Knight thinks he is the only one who can take him down - - but according to his spirit guide/god Khonshu not without defeating all the Avengers, usurping all their powers, and turning New York City into an Egyptian city with mummies as militia. It's a power grab for sure - but why didn't Moon Knight ask the Avengers for help? Combined, they probably would have seen victory by Issue #2. Oh well. That's superhero comic for ya.
To sum it up - - 4 Stars for creativity. 2.5 Stars for plot. 3 Stars for Art.
Aaron tries to jam too much into the story, which makes it confusing for anyone who hasn't been reading his Avengers run up until this point. I was excited by his creativity but underwhelmed by the story. It's kind of all over the place.
Also, you have to accept that Moon Knight is capable of taking down the Avengers all by himself (but with spiritual aid - - and could he ever trust Khonshu? - - I think not), although his powers grow after he steals various artifacts/objects from the heroes and utilizes them to his own purposes (like Thor's hammer).
Also, across these eight issues there are nine different artists involved. Despite their trying to illustrate in a Marvel house style for consistency - it gets a little off-putting and pulled me out of the story in several places.
Despite all the villains introduced in this 8-issue story arc, the main culprit is Mephisto. Somehow, Moon Knight thinks he is the only one who can take him down - - but according to his spirit guide/god Khonshu not without defeating all the Avengers, usurping all their powers, and turning New York City into an Egyptian city with mummies as militia. It's a power grab for sure - but why didn't Moon Knight ask the Avengers for help? Combined, they probably would have seen victory by Issue #2. Oh well. That's superhero comic for ya.
To sum it up - - 4 Stars for creativity. 2.5 Stars for plot. 3 Stars for Art.
January 3, 2023
The template for Aaron's Avengers - the template for a whole lot of big superhero teams these days - is the Morrison/Porter JLA, a comic where every story is a widescreen superhero event. Aaron's own twist to the mix is a videogame-style vision of super-powers as power-ups, transferrable and stackable as the spectacle demands. When it works, it's a lot of fun - it turns the initially dumb idea of the prehistoric Avengers into an unusual foundation for Aaron's entire storyline, and their spotlight issue with a time-stranded Tony Stark is by far the best thing in this volume.
But there's a problem. JLA worked because it was doing widescreen when hardly anything else was. At Marvel these days there are two or three event books running every month. The Earth's been remade in the image of a mad Egyptian moon god? It must be Tuesday. Moon Knight is Phoenix and She Hulk is Iron Fist? Nice build, bro. Aaron's Avengers are too badass to feel any awe or excitement, the readers are too jaded, and Aaron's speed-metal pace leaves no room for any to develop naturally. A tiresome mess.
But there's a problem. JLA worked because it was doing widescreen when hardly anything else was. At Marvel these days there are two or three event books running every month. The Earth's been remade in the image of a mad Egyptian moon god? It must be Tuesday. Moon Knight is Phoenix and She Hulk is Iron Fist? Nice build, bro. Aaron's Avengers are too badass to feel any awe or excitement, the readers are too jaded, and Aaron's speed-metal pace leaves no room for any to develop naturally. A tiresome mess.
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April 4, 2021The previous volumes of this run have included some wonderfully bonkers stuff, and some utter crap. This is the first one where I genuinely don't know whether it's any good or not. As a big fan of literally lunatic superhero Moon Knight, there's certainly a thrill to seeing him stealing everyone's powers as part of a misbegotten plan to foil the eons*-old schemes of fan-favourite WandaVision absentee Mephisto. But what follows, complete with werewolves and mummies and Manhattan remade as New Thebes, feels a lot like a retread of Jeff Lemire's fairly recent turn on the character. Still, I can't altogether reject a comic where at one point it looks like Captain Marvel is throwing a baby at a god.
*Predictive tried to change 'eons' to 'ribs' and the really weird thing is, that wouldn't have been entirely inaccurate.
*Predictive tried to change 'eons' to 'ribs' and the really weird thing is, that wouldn't have been entirely inaccurate.
May 2, 2022
This was bad, just plain bad. Aaron's run has been dumb from the start and here it officially tips over into stupidity. Bad story (Moon Knight, who is basically a Batman analogue, somehow manages to single-handedly defeat the most powerful Avengers: Iron Fist, Dr. Strange, Thor), bad dialogue (Blade calls Thor "Viking Jesus" at one point, besides a number of other ham-fisted attempts at humor), bad artwork (one panel of Captain Marvel makes her hair look like Medusa, etc., etc.). Aaron plays fast and loose with Marvel continuity (heck, general continuity--somehow New York City becomes New Thebes, complete with pyramids on every street corner, in the space of a couple of panels). He's trying to create an epic story that plays out over the course of just a few issues and fails miserably. What a waste, what a colossal waste.
August 24, 2022
The Age of Khonshu starts off intriguingly enough with a story that has nothing to do with Moon Knight. Instead, we find Tony Stark stuck in prehistory being offered a deal by Mephisto/Howard Stark. I guess Mephisto is pulling strings throughout time? Sure, neat!
Then Moon Knight arrives and the plot goes off the rails. Jason Aaron's style of writing for his Avengers run seems to be "start in the middle and never backtrack to explain how we got there." Thus, we see Moon Knight attacking Avengers at the behest of Khonshu. Why? Who knows! How did Khonshu take over New York City? Who knows!
There's far too much voiceover work, far too many dull battles, and far too few explanations. I guess Khonshu is worried about Mephisto? Predictably, Moon Knight switches sides. Less predictably, he gains the powers of the Phoenix? I guess I know where we'll be going in the next volume.
Then Moon Knight arrives and the plot goes off the rails. Jason Aaron's style of writing for his Avengers run seems to be "start in the middle and never backtrack to explain how we got there." Thus, we see Moon Knight attacking Avengers at the behest of Khonshu. Why? Who knows! How did Khonshu take over New York City? Who knows!
There's far too much voiceover work, far too many dull battles, and far too few explanations. I guess Khonshu is worried about Mephisto? Predictably, Moon Knight switches sides. Less predictably, he gains the powers of the Phoenix? I guess I know where we'll be going in the next volume.
July 24, 2025
This book had its fun moments, but it was ultimately too stupid and silly for its own good. Aaron swaps real world building for just giving many things with idiotic names, and trades real character development for piles of bodies and using the word “maggots” all the time. Boo. Hiss.
September 7, 2022
A very interesting read with a lot of great artwork. The cover quotes ComicBook.com saying “Moon Knight fans are in for one amazing ride.” Well, I don’t know about that.
I only picked this up after reading the first volume of the current Jed MacKay run of Moon Knight (which is amazing, go read that!) because they lightly reference events that take place in this book. It was enough to intrigue me despite its less than stellar reputation among Moon Knight fans. Plus, I was in the mood for more Moon Knight, and seeing that I had missed this along the way, I figured why not?
I am glad that I read MacKay’s Midnight Mission before I read this, as I think it functions better as a sort of prequel to his story.
I believe that the book itself is not bad, but as for the characters of Moon Knight and Khonshu, I think this story tipped their scales quite a bit too far into straight up villainy.
For Moon Knight fans, we lose a little something that made him special. The idea that Khonshu is all in his head. We knew all along that most likely that wasn’t the case, but this event removes all doubt. Khonshu imposing his “age” upon the world very much happened to the heroes of the Marvel universe.
On the back cover of the book there is a quote that I believe is much more fitting for this title. It reads, “If you like your super-hero popcorn epics big, bold, and willing to be a little silly, this is without a doubt a book for you!” - Comic Watch
That quote nails it on the head. This is a popcorn movie inscribed onto the pages of a comic book. It’s chock full of over the top moments, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it lead us to some fantastic artwork.
I wouldn’t say it’s devoid of small character moments, just that the ones that were there didn’t always work for me specifically.
All in all, the comic did keep my interest and left me wanting to pick it back up soon after I put it down, so for that, I’d say it’s worth a read!
The only forewarning I’d give is that the storyline that the first two issues spend setting up are not entirely resolved by the end of this book, so it looks like I’ll be reading Volume 8 of Jason Aaron’s Avengers just to see what happens next.
End result - I’d recommend it! But go in with lower expectations if you are a big Moon Knight fan.
I only picked this up after reading the first volume of the current Jed MacKay run of Moon Knight (which is amazing, go read that!) because they lightly reference events that take place in this book. It was enough to intrigue me despite its less than stellar reputation among Moon Knight fans. Plus, I was in the mood for more Moon Knight, and seeing that I had missed this along the way, I figured why not?
I am glad that I read MacKay’s Midnight Mission before I read this, as I think it functions better as a sort of prequel to his story.
I believe that the book itself is not bad, but as for the characters of Moon Knight and Khonshu, I think this story tipped their scales quite a bit too far into straight up villainy.
For Moon Knight fans, we lose a little something that made him special. The idea that Khonshu is all in his head. We knew all along that most likely that wasn’t the case, but this event removes all doubt. Khonshu imposing his “age” upon the world very much happened to the heroes of the Marvel universe.
On the back cover of the book there is a quote that I believe is much more fitting for this title. It reads, “If you like your super-hero popcorn epics big, bold, and willing to be a little silly, this is without a doubt a book for you!” - Comic Watch
That quote nails it on the head. This is a popcorn movie inscribed onto the pages of a comic book. It’s chock full of over the top moments, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it lead us to some fantastic artwork.
I wouldn’t say it’s devoid of small character moments, just that the ones that were there didn’t always work for me specifically.
All in all, the comic did keep my interest and left me wanting to pick it back up soon after I put it down, so for that, I’d say it’s worth a read!
The only forewarning I’d give is that the storyline that the first two issues spend setting up are not entirely resolved by the end of this book, so it looks like I’ll be reading Volume 8 of Jason Aaron’s Avengers just to see what happens next.
End result - I’d recommend it! But go in with lower expectations if you are a big Moon Knight fan.
February 20, 2022
Marvel's big problem right now (and for quite some time) is an obsession with events. They all follow the same formula: big upending happening gets things going; lots of supers fight mindlessly; things look really dark; and supers win with the only repercussion being some character dying who'll be back in 2-3 years. I think Jason Aaron hoped Age of Khonshu would be Marvel's next big event, because it reads like one. That is *not* praise.
It's really a shame, because there's fine writing in here, especially Tony's Stone Age temptation by Mephisto, but also a look at all the villains the current Avengers has made. When Aaron shifts the writing away from spectacle, it's strong. But his Avengers has been almost entirely spectacle, which is why I shifted from buying it to borrowing it with this volume. And I was confident afterward that I'd made the right decision.
(The other issue is the Age of Khonshu reads more like a Moon Knight arc than an Avengers arc, and it really doesn't say anything interesting about Moon Knight.)
It's really a shame, because there's fine writing in here, especially Tony's Stone Age temptation by Mephisto, but also a look at all the villains the current Avengers has made. When Aaron shifts the writing away from spectacle, it's strong. But his Avengers has been almost entirely spectacle, which is why I shifted from buying it to borrowing it with this volume. And I was confident afterward that I'd made the right decision.
(The other issue is the Age of Khonshu reads more like a Moon Knight arc than an Avengers arc, and it really doesn't say anything interesting about Moon Knight.)
March 26, 2022
In the beginning it was kinda cool because Moon Knight was soloing everyone and taking their powers but then it turned into a whole mess. Moon Knight ghost rider very iconic though!!
I haven't read any others from this Avengers run and I don't think I will. I loved the art though, it was so ✨crisp✨ and I'm obsessed with She-Hulk being actually Hulk-sized.
As an Avengers story this was pretty meh and as a Moon Knight story even more meh. He's fighting them and stealing their shit because he thinks he's the only one who can defeat Mephisto... or something. Once it all turned to everyone fighting at once I was so lost in the mess.
Then it got more overdone when Moon Knight also had the Phoenix in him?? Then after all that he didn't even defeat Mephisto and everyone forgave him but he's like okay w/e and then bounces. Rip.
I haven't read any others from this Avengers run and I don't think I will. I loved the art though, it was so ✨crisp✨ and I'm obsessed with She-Hulk being actually Hulk-sized.
As an Avengers story this was pretty meh and as a Moon Knight story even more meh. He's fighting them and stealing their shit because he thinks he's the only one who can defeat Mephisto... or something. Once it all turned to everyone fighting at once I was so lost in the mess.
Then it got more overdone when Moon Knight also had the Phoenix in him?? Then after all that he didn't even defeat Mephisto and everyone forgave him but he's like okay w/e and then bounces. Rip.
April 6, 2022
This is a fun read, and sets up some interesting pieces for the future, with some truly awesome brawls, but be aware that Moon Knight is the only persona Marc uses in the book.
This story is about Moon Knight, and his god Knoshu, and they are given much more to do than fight street-level thugs and cut off faces.
I’d recommend it for anyone who likes the character, or who is following the story arcs set up in previous books!
As a side note: I really enjoyed seeing Moon Knight square up against Iron Fist and Black Panther!
This story is about Moon Knight, and his god Knoshu, and they are given much more to do than fight street-level thugs and cut off faces.
I’d recommend it for anyone who likes the character, or who is following the story arcs set up in previous books!
As a side note: I really enjoyed seeing Moon Knight square up against Iron Fist and Black Panther!
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March 21, 2024Not giving a rating because I hadn't read the other prior volumes of Jason Aaron's Avengers. Just a fan of Jed Mackay's Moonknight run and wanted to read what happened prior to that. The blurb says this book is perfect for fans of MoonKnight but I must respectfully disagree. This book is not easy to follow without reading the prior Avengers books. Some comics are new reader friendly, this one isn't .
April 11, 2021
Meh. One issue dealing with Stark in the long distance past. Boring.
The big baddie is finally revealed and some major plans are put into motion. However, Moon Knight already knows about it and pulls an Iron Man: does some crazy stuff to protect the Earth, yet feels that telling everyone about it isn't a good idea, resulting in the classic, but overused good guys vs. good guys. Sigh.
Nothing new. Lots of setup for another round of conflict, but just incredibly blah and uninteresting.
The big baddie is finally revealed and some major plans are put into motion. However, Moon Knight already knows about it and pulls an Iron Man: does some crazy stuff to protect the Earth, yet feels that telling everyone about it isn't a good idea, resulting in the classic, but overused good guys vs. good guys. Sigh.
Nothing new. Lots of setup for another round of conflict, but just incredibly blah and uninteresting.
February 10, 2022
I guess Jen Walters breathes atomic fire now. I can't say this story isn't putting on a show. Tony Stark not only may be Mephisto's literal son, but also declares he is the smartest person he and Carol Danvers have ever met. In my version of the Marvel Universe, this is not the case: he and Carol have both met Moon Girl.
May 28, 2021
Collecting Avengers (2018) issues #31-38
I went into this reading expecting that I may not like it, but even though I have a limited history with the Moon Knight mythology, this ended up being an entertaining read. The opening issue set the stage well for what we got from this collection.
I went into this reading expecting that I may not like it, but even though I have a limited history with the Moon Knight mythology, this ended up being an entertaining read. The opening issue set the stage well for what we got from this collection.
April 20, 2022
Damn, watching Marc lay out the Avengers and try taking on Mephesto was rather epic! Loved the mystery of it all, and just how dark this story was - as well as just seeing Marc lay out the Avengers!
TW for violence, swearing, imprisonment, apocalypse-esque scenarios, devil imagery.
TW for violence, swearing, imprisonment, apocalypse-esque scenarios, devil imagery.
February 18, 2021
2’5-3⭐️
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