Bendis talks about his upcoming 'Moon Knight' run

[Admin]

As you likely already know, writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev will be behind the next 'Moon Knight' title. Wondering how they're going to 're-invent' the character? Well, they spoke with Comic Book Resources about the book (see link below).

Personally, I'm rather upset at this. It's no secret I'm a pretty big Moon Knight fan, and I don't see the need for the constant reboots. It looks like Marvel wants Moon Knight to be a hit with the fans, but can't make up their minds on how to do it. His more recent 'Moon Knight' run only had 30 issues before making way for 'Vengeance of Moon Knight' which clocked in at only 10 issues. And now? He's just playing smaller roles in 'Secret Avengers' and 'Heroes for Hire.' Now, I wouldn't be that upset if the new title wasn't trying to re-invent the character, but this line has me VERY concerned:

“And wouldn't it be fun to see the criminals of the Marvel universe not know how to deal with this completely insane person who thinks he's Spider-Man one day, Wolverine the next?”

The 616 Moon Knight established the personalities as a tactical advantage. Jake would get street level information through his connections, Steven was to cover up for his mercenary history, and his true identity has always been Marc Spector (the soldier and the man we(well, I) love). But it looks like Bendis is trying to introduce elements of ULTIMATE Moon Knight, who actually suffered from internal struggles with the personalities. He doesn't need this development to be interesting, and I wish Marvel realized this.

I'll hold off on ranting more because I'm curious to see how you guys feel.

Read the full interview here:
www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=30774

[Morpheus]

He doesn't need this development to be interesting

Marvel apparently disagrees with you. If they thought he could be interesting enough to sell otherwise, Quesada wouldn't have asked Bendis for a way to "make Moon Knight work".

All in all, I reserve judgment until I read the book.

[Admin]

You reseve judgement because you love Bendis/Maleev's work on Daredevil, and don't have a strong opinion about Moon Knight

They could try...You know, giving him an interesting plot without drastically changing the character.... instead of:
A) Just giving him new tech and assuming that's enough.
B) Re-hashing old villains and making them use unoriginal plots.
C) Just re-introducing his brother and then killing him off...over and over again.

[Morpheus]

You reseve judgement because you love Bendis/Maleev's work on Daredevil, and don't have a strong opinion about Moon Knight

Bendis usually works wonders with street level characters, so naturally I'm glad to see him try this.

Never said I am a big MK fan, or anything of the kind, but I have enjoyed his character in the books I've read, but not to the point where I'll dislike the development before seeing it in action.

[Admin]

You essentially confirmed my above post in our admin chat (positive outlook on this creative team, no strong emotion about Spector changing) so shhh ur

[Morpheus]

Feb 10, 2011 17:33:21 GMT -5 Admin said:

You essentially confirmed my above post in our admin chat (positive outlook on this creative team, no strong emotion about Spector changing) so shhh ur

I thought I'd repeat it for public eyes, you snob.

[Admin]

That's Mr. Snob!

[jakefury]

Didn't he just lose the multiple personalities in Shadowland MK?

[Decoy Elite]

Thinks he's Spider-Man one day and Wolverine the next?

Oh wow, I can see the reason for your concerns K4tz and I have to agree this is worrying.

I think MK's conflict of faith with Khonshu would be the more preferable story if you want to change things up a bit to be more interesting.

[Erik-El]

ULTIMATE MOON KNIGHT!!!

@k4tz:

At least Ultimate Moon Knight 2 will be able to get killed multiple times.

[jakefury]

You know what I think Bendis' problem is? He only reads the books he writes so therefore has no idea whats going on in the rest of the Marvel U.

Didn't Moony just get his personality situation rectified in his Shadowland tie-in book?

[Admin]

It seems like it, Jake. Marc basically ended the series with saying Jake Lockley is dead, he's Marc.

[ckal]

Sounds horrible. Completely horrible. Bendis what a failure of an idea. And shame on the the editors for allowing this.

[NexusOfLight]

I'm cool with it. Been readin' Moon Knight since the start of that volume before Vengeance, and have enjoyed it. Ever since, I've been sayin' "I wonder how Bendis would write this character." And now he is, so I'm happy. Definitely an interesting turn for the character based on his pitch. It certainly seems like he'll reestablish the character, but like I said, I'm cool with it. Looks like it'll be an interesting story so I'll be pickin' it up.

[InnerVenom123]

This is going to suck. Not buying it. If I ever read it, it'll be from scans or torrent.