Moon Knight #2 - "Sniper"

[arbre_rieur]

"The man is demented in more interesting ways than I think Batman ever was. [His] cape is actually a crescent moon and he goes out only at night and dresses in reflective white so you can see him coming. Now that’s nuts... I like that." -- Warren Ellis











One by one, the remaining three perish as well. Then Moon Knight arrives to take down the sniper.

Comments

[starwolf_oakley]

This seems like a Jim Starlin Batman story. Which could be the point.

[doctor_spanky]

How do you mean? I associate Starlin with cosmic stuff, but beyond that I guess I couldn't identify any particular characteristics of his writing style. (I'm legitimately curious it's an interesting point)

[starwolf_oakley]

BATMAN #430. Some details here:

http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1960397.html#cutid1

[drtechnobabel]

I love how they did the whole 'panels disappearing one by one' thing. Not sure whether that was the writer's idea or the artists, but it was genius in my opinion.

[majingojira]

Agreed. It really made the story engaging and visually distinctive.

[lonewolf23k]

This story had a very Noir feel to it. Which works for a street vigilante like Moon Knight.

[big_daddy_d]

Pretty damn good. This is definitely convincing me to add Moon Knight to my reading list.

[jlroberson]

It is really good, and this particular issue is a marvel of layout/storytelling. But I do hope future issues stop feeling as though they're meant as an alternate first one. I want to see more build.

Then again, this is a hard legacy to live up to. Moench and Sienkiewicz set an impossible bar for this character few have ever managed to get near. He's really, really tricky to handle right.

[leoboiko]

Somehow the deaths in this series bother me a bit (I thought by now I was pretty used to murder in comics…) But the art is great, I'm really loving the whole thing.

[silicondream]

Moon Knight's grapple gun thingie must have a hell of a kick. Does he have superstrength currently?

[rainspirit]

Still no powers as far as I can tell. Just selective brain damage!

[jlroberson]

Marc Spector is a former soldier of fortune. He's probably borne far worse kicks from far worse weapons.

[silicondream]

Oh, I'm sure he can survive the thing. It's the fact that he's running full-tilt, casually firing it from one outstretched hand, when its sheer momentum is enough to turn his opponent into a human wrecking ball. That's like five levels up from dual-wielding rocket launchers.