Reddit reviews Moon Knight, Vol. 1: The Bottom
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Reddit reviews Moon Knight, Vol. 1: The BottomWe found 7 Reddit comments about Moon Knight, Vol. 1: The Bottom. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
(http://marvel.com/comics/issue/55575/moon_knight_2016_1) | 2016-2017 | Lemire
There are a lot of answers to this. Moon Knight has had many series since his creation in the late 70's. There are fans who prefer the Classic Moon Knight, fans who prefer the Modern Moon Knight stories, and then people like me who love it all (except the early 90's trash). If you want the classic Moon Knight, which was written by Moon Knights original author, and his defining artist, I recommend the Countdown to Dark TPB. If you like the tone of those, your next step is to go for the Essential Moon Knight's 1, 2, & 3. These will cover the Origin stories, the major villains, the most important story arcs, and has some of the best comic art of the time. Keep in mind, all of these stories were written in the early 80's, and they are a product of their time.
For a more modern Moon Knight story, you really have two good options. You can either try the Huston/Finch Run by getting Moon Knight: The Bottom (and continue to volumes 2-5). They are a decent enough place to start on Moon Knight if you have no background on him. These stories tend to be very dark and very edgy compared to previous Moon Knight stuff.
What most people seem to be doing, however, is starting with the most recent run by Bendis/Maleev. It is titled quite simply Moon Knight This series is pretty self reliant, and seems to be very popular.
That picture is from Moon Knight: The Bottom, the first volume of the 2006 series by Charlie Huston and David Finch. I highly recommend reading that series.
I also recommend the 2014-2015 series starting with Moon Knight: From the Dead by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, and Jordie Bellaire. After reading that series, hop onto the current series starting with Moon Knight: Lunatic by Jeff Lemire, Greg Smallwood, and Jordie Bellaire.
You don't need much context to read these series; they'll explain Moon Knight's backstory to you. I recommend using my Marvel Universe 616/Prime Earth Moon Knight Comic Book Chronology Project to keep track of how these series are ordered and also to see what else is available. Check out the Trade Paperback Collections tab for a list of trades.
If you're interested in collecting trades rather than floppies, here are some links that will help. Books are in rough chronological order:
There's no trade that contains the remainder of the Marc Spector: Moon Knight book, sadly. At this time, he was semi-languishing in obscurity, and barring the occasional pop-up in a team-up book or a major crossover event, he wasn't appearing much. Then he got resurrected (pun intended) in '06:
Then he got a new book that sort of picked up where the last one left off.
He was on the Secret Avengers for a while, then sort of fell out of the team without any real explanation. Then he got another solo book, this time by Bendis & Alex Maleev
As you can tell by this & my flair, I'm quite the MK fan. Hopefully this wasn't too overwhelming, but I wanted to give you my fair & honest appraisal as someone who's read everything he's been in and knows what's good and what's not.
I'd go back even farther and suggest the Huston and Benson run on it.
http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Knight-Vol-The-Bottom/dp/0785119078/ref=pd_sim_b_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=1G0HD1RB921QJM96VYR7
The Bendis run you've begun reading is a very good book (with that creative team, it's no surprise) but I'm not 100% behind having the character center on having multiple personalities. To me, Moon Knight's always been stuck between a rock and a hard place regarding his interaction with the moon god and his mental health. As in, it's not apparent whether Spector is mentally sound or not regarding both of those things, mainly because the character himself can't tell. The Bendis run more or less just makes him mentally ill.
His 2006 run (starting with this) was pretty much the opposite in that regard, and it happens to be my favorite run. It doesn't bother with his problem with multiple personalities all that much, moreso it addresses his relationship with the moon god and whether or not he's really a hero or a petty vigilante. The latter mostly because it's set during Marvel's "Civil War."
There's a lot of older stuff (80s through mid-90s) about him, and it's all pretty good, although I'm not sure how much of it is relevant today. Once again they shift focus on the character's traits a lot, and change around his identity and superhero hallmarks/powers some more.
Other than that, the latest run by Warren Ellis is supposedly really good, and it doesn't seem to embrace too much of the past, so you can get into it without knowing all that much about the character.
they are names of arcs/stories if you google them they are sold by themselves and or in collected versions
The Bottom is the beginning of v3 from 2006
http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Knight-Vol-The-Bottom/dp/0785119078
Countdown to Dark are his early appearances
http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Knight-Countdown-Doug-Moench/dp/0785148698/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343947426&sr=1-1&keywords=countdown+to+dark