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Review
Synopsis: Moon Knight is a violent vigilante who has been given his powers from Khonshu, the moon god. Charlie Huston and David Finch are at the helms of this new ongoing series revamping an old character. In the approopriately named "Moon Knight: The Bottom," Marc Spector (Moon Knight) is a beat up, worn out drunk who stays holed up in s small, dark room despite being very wealthy. His knees have been thrashed seemingly useless putting Marc into a wheelchair. He begs Khonshu to give him his powers back as Khonshu communicates wiht him in the from of a faceless Raoul Bushman. The significance here is that Marc's last battle was with Raoul Bushman, who, after destroying Marc's knees, had his face chopped off by one of Marc's crescent moon darts. The story takes place mostly in flashbacks to show the down and out Marc while in the present Moon Knight is taking out some gang members in a gun fight. After a series of events and old friends trying to get Marc back on his feet, he is forced into action when the Taskmaster attacks Marlene Alraune (Marc's fed up love interest) and Marc at his home. Taskmaster was hired by a few corporate giants trying to prove that they were better than their respective fathers. The end of the arc resumes to the present where we see Moon Knight back in action and showing some serious personality likenesses to Frank Miller's Batman. "How can I live like this?" he asks. "How could I live any other way." (or something along those lines).
Art: I bought this tpb for the art alone which is a rare thing. David Finch is perfect for this book which perfectly showcases his knack for grit and down and dirty sense of action. It's quite frankly spectacular, and completely steals the show.
Consensus: The story is not my cup of tea. I don't like the Khonshu moon god angle at all and most of it is dark and depressing until Marc finally regains his strength. He would be nothing more than a lame, B-list Batman wannabe without Finch's amazing pencils. The art is the only reason to read this and enough to justify reading it at the same time. I just stared at some of the amazing action scenes (though few and far between) and every panel despite what was happening was eye candy that provided great narrative storytelling and realism. The writing wasn't bad either with a pretty good revival story and great moodsetting, I just don't care for the character much at all but the art makes him look flat-out awesome.
Score: A Base Hit (good for its purpose but not my favorite)
3 out of 5
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