Smallwood also alters his style for the conversation between Marc and Khonshu to an imprecise, sketch-based presentation that emphasizes the fractured nature of Marc's mind.With the premiere of Moon Knight on our doorsteps, we put together some of our favorite stories featuring the Marvel hero to check out before the premiere of the series this week on Disney+. The characters possess definitive line work while their backgrounds contain more washed-out inks, and their combined effect is chilling. Greg Smallwood's attentive art adds restrained surreal qualities that reinforce the questions raised in Lemire's script. Knight.īut was all of this too easy? Was it too convenient to find his companions? Was it too simple to decide to put on the suit and attempt an escape? Lemire leaves us with those maddening questions, and they're why I can't wait for issue #3. Following a chilling conversation with Khonshu, Marc dons his white suit and gives himself over to being Mr. Marc Spector faces a similar choice here.

Ultimately, Buffy chooses to return to Sunnydale and continue her fight, and thus her choice created her reality. From the sadistic orderlies to the fellow inmates who bear striking resemblances to Moon Knight's accomplices, these characters reinforce both options and force Marc to choose his reality.įans of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' will recall the sixth season episode 'Normal Again,' where Buffy transitions between two realities: one where she is a mental patient and the other where she is a vampire slayer. His careful attention to the supporting cast lends weight to both versions.

He gives readers enough leeway to suspect Marc really is a mental patient, while he also provides enough clues to bring you back to thinking Marc is a prisoner of Seth. The wonderful thing about Lemire's script is that - as of issue #2 - either version of events could be true. Emmet, what Marc thinks are memories of his life as the Fist of Khonshu are merely delusions created by his broken mind. Lemire's careful scripting posits that Marc has been institutionalized since arriving from an orphanage at the age of 12 and that his entire manifestation as Moon Knight was just a symptom of his madness.

In the current run, however, writer Jeff Lemire puts the issue of Marc's sanity front and center, and to great effect.

Moon Knight, Vol. 2 by Jeff Lemire