Guns are Power
From last brilliantly executed installment, we move on to the second issue of MOON KNIGHT Written By Warren Ellis. As I mentioned before, Moon Knight is an entirely new character to me and Ellis really nailed it last time by not only grabbing my interesting, but also collaborating with Shavley to such an extent that I was left craving for more. Point of the Matter is that we were introduced with some pretty interesting physiological aspects of Marc, and due to the fact that this is a concept I avidly follow around the comic book world or in any other form of fiction, I of course came back for the second issue, and It did not disappoint.
Before I even move on to the story I have to really expand on my previous statement on how well Warren and Shevley are working together. The first thing that will grab your attention right away is the beauty of the storytelling, both writing and art wise. Shavley and Warren Ellis present us with a termination sequence , where each panel contains a single person. The mixture of the narratives progression and the act of removing the panels as each person is taken care of is nothing short of brilliant. If gives you a very vivid idea of what the hell is going on and at the same time it's very pleasing to the eye. The whole execution really reminds you of something you'd seen in a movie which in my opinion is very difficult to execute, despite the fact that in comics both the art and the writing are crucial.
The story is a one shot, obviously, which provides us with some great action sequences and some really interesting thoughts to process. Warren Ellis is really well suited to write moon knight considering that he really suits that creepy dark tone/aspects of the series. As opposed to last issue we get a bit of a different perspective on moon knight, where as last time he was a full time detective, he is a fool on action hero here. The scale of the battle is pretty interesting and it really shows us that despite moon knights skills he's still pretty close to being human( you know what I mean).
I can't say much about the villain, because like the last time he's only here to give us a sense of what type of foes different versions of moon knight will face. Moreover, these villains were only here to convey a specific idea,nothing more, which I guess is pretty understandable considering that the series just started so expecting Warren to drop a huge villain right away would be a bit iffy to say the least. I was a BIT let down that the story with Marcs mental state wasn't really expanded upon but considering that change in costume( indicating a POSSIBLE personality switch) and approach to the situation, I'm assuming that Ellis wants to show us the different methods MK uses against his foes, and I'm sure as time passes will go more in depth about his personality. It's just a minor gripe.
All in all, this was yet again a solid, well written and illustrated issue. Sure it doesn't follow a specific story, but there isn't anything wrong with trying to establish a singular tone to a series and provide a bit of a background, which can't always be fully done in one issue. Oh why am I still writing? JUST BUY THE ISSUE ALREADY!
