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House ad for Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #24; included in Moon Knight Epic Collection Vol. 2: Shadows of The Moon (2022).

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Moon Knight vol. 1 #Moon Knight 1980 #Moon Knight comics #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Stained Glass Scarlet #Scarlet Fasinera #ma’am #I too wish for her to get revenge #she deserves it

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Bill Sienkiewicz sketch from his 1981 Moon Knight portfolio; included in Moon Knight Epic Collection Vol. 2: Shadows of The Moon (2022).

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Moon Knight comics #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Jean-Paul Frenchie Duchamp #Marlene Alraune #I just got a couple of the epic collection volumes and there are a couple unused covers and house ads that are fun #so I’ll probably post some of those #this gets posted first because frankly….I miss them #what a powerful trio

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“What If…Venom Had Bonded to Doctor Strange?” What If…? Venom (Vol. 1/2024), #3.

Writer: Jeremy Holt; Penciler: Manuel García; Inker: Cam Smith; Colorist: Ceci de la Cruz; Letterer: Ariana Maher

#Marvel #Marvel comics #What If…? Venom #latest release #Moon Knight comics #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Doctor Strange #Stephen Strange #oh hi Marc #love the outfit very Age of Ultron #I feel like we haven’t seen Marc in street clothes in a while since he threw himself so much into being Mr. Knight in recent volumes #anyway I always love the tendency to put Marc in half a dozen layers combat boots and a scarf (I swear there’s no bias there) #and yeah I just appreciate the distinctive speech cadence Mr. Holt gave Marc #nice touch

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Variant cover for Vengeance of the Moon Knight (Vol. 2/2024), #4 by Jonas Scharf.

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #let’s get this other bread #Moon Knight #Max Coleridge #big fan of what Mr. Scharf is doing in regard to the swirls and the perspective and the like

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Variant cover for Vengeance of the Moon Knight (Vol. 2/2024), #4 by Elizabeth Torque.

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #let’s get this other bread #Moon Knight #Max Coleridge #based off a Bernie Wrightson cover for Tomb of Dracula (Vol. 1/1972) no. 43 #always a fan of when these homage covers for Moon Knight comics have the «approved by the Khonshu Code Authority» seal #although goodness knows Khonshu would probably have some wild content standards #(for violence at least) #also can I just say #I do miss corner box art #they could be a lot of fun #but anyway #yeah definitely feels like this was based off of a 1970’s horror comic’s cover #(i.e. the damsel in distress) but eh what can you do

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Variant cover for Vengeance of the Moon Knight (Vol. 2/2024), #4 by Alexander Lozano.

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #let’s get this other bread #Moon Knight #Max Coleridge #(gosh does that feel weird to tag) but RAAAAAA THIS LOOKS SO COOL #I love how this works almost as an inverse mirror image of Mr. Lozano’s variant for Moon Knight: Black White and Blood no. 4 #I mean I can imagine some people raising an eyebrow and maybe even throwing around some accusations of «artistic laziness» #however I am not an artist and am perhaps unfortunately almost completely smooth-brained easily impressed #when it comes to cool looking Moon Knight images #(for once in my life I’m going to allow myself to not think critically askdhdkshj)

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Thank you for pointing us towards the Moon Knight vs Shroud issue in your tags. Much appreciated! I'd be curious if you have any other information on the Shroud and any other times he and Moon Knight have crossed paths. Besides his appearance in the Avengers Unlimited arc, I am not terribly familiar with the character. Thank you again for all you do - I look forward to your commentary on the new release every month.

Hello!!! Thank you for submitting an ask as it’s always great to hear from you! :D Unfortunately, I wouldn’t consider myself a Shroud expert (although I would be fascinated to meet anyone who does???), with most of my experience with the Shroud coming from brief encounters with other characters while reading through their comics.

What I do know is Maximillian Coleridge has a rather Batman-like origin (common criminals gunned his rich parents down in front of him and he consequently dedicated his life to fighting crime), but instead of learning from the League of Assassins, Max threw in with the Cult of Kali. The graduation for that group however involves getting a forehead mark that grants extrasensory perception at the expense of one’s eyesight. The cult booted Max out after that and he seems to have spent most of his career since on the darker side of gray, with one of his first plans to make a name for himself as a hero, for example, being to just straight up assassinate Doctor Doom (oh and he also has his own means of shadow travel, make of that what you will). One reoccurring theme for him seems to be getting involved with criminal or villainous organizations to subtlety manipulate them into doing good. That brings us to how him and Marc meet, by the way! In Solo Avengers (Vol. 1/1987), #3, Max is leading a villain group called the Night Shift and sets up a test of combat to show that Marc should be the group’s leader (although he fails to tell Marc this until only after Marc has thoroughly trounced him and nearly smothered Max with his own shroud).

Looks like Marc called in what he owed as Max then helped Moon Knight wrangle Taurus for the West Coast Avengers in West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2/1985), #29.

Since then, they haven’t interacted much! They were in the same Heroes for Hire network in Heroes for Hire (Vol. 3/2010), but I haven’t found any instances of them interacting on-panel there. Also, as you mentioned, they had a brief team-up in the Avengers Unlimited infinity comic (issues #33-36 specifically for anyone curious), but while friendly, it was a pretty utilitarian team-up that focused mainly on Jessica Drew and Moon Knight and the Shroud only had the most surface-level interaction.

But I guess that first meeting really had an impact on Max (I mean, me too, but wow)! Again, I’m no character expert, but it seems that Max tends to cycle through periods of great violence and/or mental/emotional volatility (his wiki page straight up calls him a sociopath which….hmmmm….), so while I have very little faith that that was handled with any care in past comics, I look forward to seeing what Mr. MacKay might do with his character.

Fun fact: Max was however in the Bar With No Name when Mr. Knight strode right in and made one of my favorite proclamations of all time in Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021), #7.

#Knight Mail #Thanks again for sending in an ask #always a pleasure to see you pop up in my notifications and it makes me unspeakably happy that you enjoy this blog!!! #quick aside: I so wish April Fool’s had come a day later because then I would have had the chance to do the funniest thing #i.e. pretend that I was abandoning Moon Knight comics to instead focus solely on The Shroud

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Identity reveal under the cut (and spoilers in the tags)

“Hunter’s Moon,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight, (Vol. 2/2024), #4.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Hunter’s Moon #Yehya Badr #Tigra #Greer Nelson #I’M CACKLING #the flipping #THE FLIPPING SHROUD??? #how dare they make Maximillian look cool hahaha #I guess he really took that debt from all the way back in Solo Avengers to heart #I’m losing it I never would have guessed and I am /dying/ to see where Mr. MacKay goes with this

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“Hunter’s Moon,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight, (Vol. 2/2024), #4.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Hunter’s Moon #Yehya Badr #love taking that panel to sit there in the awkwardness of «oof…that’s a thought that will fester» #but yeah…the idea of not being afraid to die so much as fearing being the end of lineage #fearing that what you hold most important will die with you and there’s nothing you can do to stop it #…yeah

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“Hunter’s Moon,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight, (Vol. 2/2024), #4.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Tigra #Greer Nelson #Hunter’s Moon #Yehya Badr #«get out of me swamp» type beat

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“Hunter’s Moon,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight, (Vol. 2/2024), #4.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Hunter’s Moon #Yehya Badr #!!!! I am so indebted to Mr. MacKay for making the framing device of his comics just straight up therapy sessions #it’s such a great way to easily have characters get to the root of what they’re really thinking/feeling #and I love having that opportunity with a typically very reserved character as Dr. Badr #and it offers such great food for thought #since Marc’s character is unfortunately my specialty I am fascinated by the comparisons that can be drawn here #or rather the contrasts #since so much of Marc’s life (for better or worse) involved pushing back against every sort of authority possible #(his father/religion/the Marine Corps/Khonshu) #or at least that was a prominent characteristic of his in earlier MK comics #meanwhile Dr. Badr is all-in and I find the depth of that loyalty fascinating #that it can be as equally healthy or destructive as consistently questioning authority can be #and his utter acceptance (and willingness even) that nothing but madness and eventual death awaits him #what can I say I’m greatly intrigued by characters with convictions strong enough to die for #(and there’s that last panel which on re-reading is rather cheeky foreshadowing for such fantastic imagery oh my gosh)

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“Hunter’s Moon,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight, (Vol. 2/2024), #4.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Hunter’s Moon #Yehya Badr #Tigra #Greer Nelson #there’s a lot I love here #the Hunter’s Moon - Tigra team-up continues to be a joy with how equally competent and lethal they are #love that this isn’t even the only time that Dr. Badr has to deal with an awkward pause in conversation during this issue #love the idea of Soldier being the tech guy (or would he argue that his past really just dealt more with assembling IEDs???) #and of course #I always love a good call-back (even if it is a Huston run jump-scare hahaha)

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“Hunter’s Moon,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight, (Vol. 2/2024), #4.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Tigra #Greer Nelson #Hunter’s Moon #Yehya Badr #listen…I’m not immune to a good one-liner (nor would I ever want to be)

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“Hunter’s Moon,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight, (Vol. 2/2024), #4.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Hunter’s Moon #Yehya Badr #I was so distracted by Moon Knight cowboy (which yesss get that man a big ol’ cremello stud and have him duel Carter Slade heck yeah) #this giant hint as to who the new Moon Knight is almost went completely over my head #and maybe because my introduction to a certain character was Marvel Team-Up no. 94 #I saw «cult of Kali» and just thought «oh! like [REDACTED]! :D » (listen okay I can be pretty dense hahaha)

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“Hunter’s Moon,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight, (Vol. 2/2024), #4.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Tigra #Greer Nelson #Hunter’s Moon #Yehya Badr #same energy as MCU!Natasha responding to the query of «has anyone told you’re paranoid?» #with «Why? Did someone say something?»

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“Hunter’s Moon,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight, (Vol. 2/2024), #4.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Hunter’s Moon #Yehya Badr #Tigra #Greer Nelson #at the risk of repeating myself: gosh the art is so good in this issue #I’m also rolling on the floor at the thought of Dr. Badr taking one look at Marc and thinking #«what in Khonshu’s name is wrong with you?» #not for any of the usual moralistic or ableist reasons someone would ask that when looking at Marc #but because Marc’s fighting style is some unholy conglomeration of pugilism krav maga and like escrima executed via baseball bat #(and furthermore «wild dog days» anyone?) #also shout out to halfbloodfanboy for the theory connecting the past Moon Knights/Dr. Badr’s previous deaths with the new MK #it wasn’t entirely vindicated but the past Moon Knights do play a large role this issue #(and thus you were closer to guessing than I was hahahaha)

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“Hunter’s Moon,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight, (Vol. 2/2024), #4.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #let’s get this bread #Hunter’s Moon #Yehya Badr #I’M CACKLING #first off just to be clear the art in this issue is /so/ good on so many levels #Mr. Cappuccio really cooked and all I can say is #thank you Mr. Cappuccio #but !!! they really went ahead and revealed who the new Moon Knight guy is in this issue #I was expecting them to draw things out a couple more issues but the identity twist is so funny #I’m looking forward to seeing how they develop it #I’ll keep the ID under wraps this month but if you want a hint check out Solo Avengers Vol. 1/1987 no. 3