Moon Knight #12 – Review

By: Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Alex Maleev (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters)

The Story: Moon Knight versus Count Nefaria, head to head, one last time.

The Review:  All good things must come to an end and, sadly, it has come all too soon for Bendis and Maleev’s Moon Knight.  Thankfully, however, reading this issue, it’s clear that this was exactly the ending that the creators always intended; this isn’t at all a rushed, slapped together conclusion necessitated by a sudden cancellation.  Instead, the issue is excellently paced, covers all the bases, and ties up any and all loose ends very nicely.  All the plot elements that Bendis introduced in his run get some level of satisfying closure, from the current state of Marc’s current “Avengers” personalities to the status of his television show.

Much of Bendis’ run has seen Moon Knight bumbling about, only semi-competently, playing Avenger.  As the run has progressed, we’ve see him become more and more the professional superhero we know him to be.  This issue, fittingly, feels like the crux of that; as he goes one on one with Nefaria in a police station, Moon Knight feels at his most superheroic.  Furthermore, throughout the issue, he also retains that human aspect, that vulnerability that Bendis has so focused on.