Moon Knight #3, the All-Exposition Issue

[paultmd]

Marc Spector has an Ultron head. He stole it from the still-unknown Kingpin of LA. He's blown the cover of Echo, working undercover on Avengers(or probably just Captain Rogers) business.

No, I'm not posting the Bullseye pages



The issue begins with him talking to Echo on the phone(yeah yeah, I know, and I got upset reading the first page, but remember that this is the same Bendis that had Maya not know when Spider-Man was talking to her, and he doesn't have the memory of a Goldfish. It's handled.) and promises her a hot dog "worth relocating to LA" for, from Pinks(side note - Pinks hot dogs are supposed to be so great, but Bobby Flay won a taste test against them on Throwdown and he's got a much worse record on that show than on Iron Chef, so maybe they're not as great as they're made out to be).

Then cut to three months ago when Marc Spector is handling pre-production issues on his show. Unfortunately, the show is already in production.



The interview



Then here come the Bullseye pages from the preview. Three months in the past, presumably when Bullseye was a Dark Avenger. Marc's new consultant on the show is the guy he was interrogating.

There's more to it, but I aint spoiling that.

Back in the present, Marc has given his ex-SHIELD consultant the Ultron head for verification that it is, in fact, an Ultron head. He verifies that it is made of Adamantium and Vibranium, reducing the chances of it being a replica to almost nil. They discuss bringing it to Tony Stark and some feelings die hard.



And he's right. The still-anonymous Kingpin of LA is angry.

Comments

[thanekos]

That must be one awfully dismal fake toy company branch in Latveria.

[paultmd]

Yeah, I did think that was a fairly weak cover.

[aaron_bourque]

Traditional toys with cutting edge technology are Latveria's third largest exports!

Rocket powered dradles! Self-assembling puzzles! Camera-equipped jet-kites!

Aaron "The Mad Whitaker" Bourque; it's a growth industry.

[espanolbot]

Atomic-powered camera-equipped jet-kites!

[goattoucher]

DOOM's love for Ponies will NOT be DENIED!

[darkblade]

I know it won't happen but I am still hoping that this Kingpin of LA is somehow tied to the Pride and the Runaways.

[flidgetjerome]

I was thinking that too. I mean, an Ultron head? He doesn't exactly make it out West much.

. . . Also that the Avengers have really got to be more careful about disposing of Ultron components because this is about the third time something like this has happened.

[cleome45]

Strange Tales Presents:

THE RECYCLER!!
Because with great trash comes great responsibility, True Believers!

[joasakura]

It's like, Ragman for the 21st century!!

[amancalledblaze]

I really like Moonknight, I have the essentials reprinting the old b&w stuff read several of the old issues, some of my first avengers books were West Coast with him, and I can say what I've seen of this I don't like. Not.at.all.

I think the whole Moonknight The Bottom got him right, he's crazy, he's violent but he tries to use his crazy for good. But he fucks it up a lot..cause of the crazy.
Its a ugly cycle, but fun.
*random fanboy moment*

[rainspirit]

I've been planning to do a recap of The Bottom for FOREVER, but I recently lost all my hard drive data, so I've been set back even further. :( I'd love to explore what makes Moon Knight cool, even in this unfortunate era of his publication.

[blackruzsa]

I am loving Moon Knight right now and IDK why. Maybe I'm hungry for the grit and the awesome art and the fact that it's set in a city that isn't NY.

[lilacsigil]

I quite like this! And I'm just going to write in that Echo was using TTY or some other kind of captioning or relay service.

[eyz]

So many series/minis... Hope this one's not cancelled to soon. (or is it a mini again?)