Welcome to a special edition of the Phases of the Moon Knight podcast.  We have covered almost 300 Moon Knight comics since the start of the year, and have searched out and discussed dozens of spoilers, trailers, articles and rumors about the TV show.  Now, we finally get to put it all together, and actually see what Marvel has in store for us as we take a look at the sixth episode of Moon Knight on Disney+.

This week we discuss, in no particular order: The Resurrection of Marc and Steven, Layla and the Scarlet Scarab, Marc Spector can fly?, the street fight, The god fight and the mid-credit scene as well as references to the comics. 

SPOILER WARNING: this episode is pretty much nothing but spoilers, so we recommend waiting to listen until you have watched Moon Knight episode six!

Topics

The Resurrection

Layla and the Scarlet Scarab

Marc Spector can Fly? 

The Street Fight

Marvel’s CGI God Fight

The Mid-Credit Scene

Comic References

Big Picture Reactions and Signoff

Questions or comments

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While we wait just 1 more day for the final episode of the TV Show, Dan and I dive into the Avengers and story that sets Khonshu and Moon Knight at odds with the Avengers. We’ll also take a look at an annual story that sends Moon Knight through time to recover some artifacts that will stop Kang the Conqueror. We will also talk about the passing of a comic book legend. 

Topics 

Moon Knight News

QR Code in Moon Knight returns in episode 5 

• http://www.marvel.com/moonknightcomics takes you to Moon Knight Vol 1 #1 from 1980

The MCU isn’t built for a show like Moon Knight says Polygon

• https://www.polygon.com/23045212/moon-knight-episode-5-review 

Moon Knight Director Explains Why Episode 5 Doesn't Show a Death [Spoiler Warning!]

• https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/moon-knight-why-episode-5-doesnt-show-randall-spector-death-explained-director/ 

Paper Comics

Legendary Comics Artist Neal Adams Dead at 80

• https://comicbook.com/comics/news/legendary-comics-artist-neal-adams-dead-at-80/

Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday, May 7th!

• https://freecomicbookday.com

Recommendation: Track down a copy of some old Neal Adams Batman.  If you love Moench/Sienkiewicz Moon Knight stories, the O’Neil/Adams Batman’s of the early 70s will amaze you.

This Week's Stack

• Avengers Volume 8 #33-37 

Stack Discussion

Avengers Volume 8 #33-37: The Age of Khonshu

Moon Knight Annual #1 (2019) - Acts of Evil

Next Week

• Moon Knight Volume 9 #1-10 and Devil’s Reign: Moon Knight

Wrap Up Shows

We want to hear from you for our Moon Knight wrap up shows in a couple weeks. Please send your questions or comments about the comic book run and/or TV show via email or Twitter. 

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Questions or comments

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Welcome to a special edition of the Phases of the Moon Knight podcast.  We have covered almost 300 Moon Knight comics since the start of the year, and have searched out and discussed dozens of spoilers, trailers, articles and rumors about the TV show.  Now, we finally get to put it all together, and actually see what Marvel has in store for us as we take a look at the fifth episode of Moon Knight on Disney+.

This week we discuss, in no particular order: The Monkey’s paw, the DID Origin story, Marc/Steven’s father, balancing the scales, Jake Lockley, becoming an avatar as well as comic book references.

SPOILER WARNING: this episode is pretty much nothing but spoilers, so we recommend waiting to listen until you have watched Moon Knight episode five!

Topics

The Pop Culture Monkey’s Paw

DID Origin

Mark and Steven’s Dad

The Balanced Scales

Jake? Are you there, Jake? Or Moon Knight? Anyone seen Moon Knight??

Becoming an Avatar

References to comic 

Big Picture Reactions and Signoff

Questions or comments

We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @phasesofmk.

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Still reeling from what we saw this week in episode 4 of the TV Show, we dive into books that came right after the Lemire/Smallwood run that served as inspiration for the show called Moon Knight Legacy. These books featured a battle with Ra the Sun King, a horrific origin story that starts to explain how Marc Spector became the man he is today, and the introduction of the Societe Des Sadiques cult. 

Topics 

Moon Knight News

Moon Knight directors break down hospital sequence on Entertainment Weekly 

• https://ew.com/tv/moon-knight-directors-break-down-episode-4/ 

'Moon Knight': Oscar Isaac's Brother Worked As His Body Double 

• https://collider.com/moon-knight-oscar-isaac-brother-body-double/ 

Moon Knight fever hits video game Fortnite

• https://www.marvel.com/articles/games/embrace-the-chaos-moon-knight-sets-upon-fortnite 

Paper Comics

Recommendation: Giant Days written by written by John Allison, with art by Max Sarin and Lissa Treiman.

• https://www.boom-studios.com/series/giant-days/

This Week's Stack

• Moon Knight Legacy #188-200

Stack Discussion

Moon Knight Legacy #188-193 - Crazy Runs in the Family

Moon Knight Legacy #194 - Moon Knight Origin

Moon Knight Legacy #195-196 - Beware the Collective

Moon Knight Legacy #197-200 - Onslaught of the Sadists

Next Week

• Moon Knight Annual #1 (2019)

Signoff

Questions or comments

We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @phasesofmk.

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Welcome to a special edition of the Phases of the Moon Knight podcast.  We have covered almost 300 Moon Knight comics since the start of the year, and have searched out and discussed dozens of spoilers, trailers, articles and rumors about the TV show.  Now, we finally get to put it all together, and actually see what Marvel has in store for us as we take a look at the fourth episode of Moon Knight on Disney+.

This week we discuss, in no particular order: Statues, Dr. Arthur Harrow, Tomb Raiding with Layla, The Asylum, Taweret and comic book references.

SPOILER WARNING: this episode is pretty much nothing but spoilers, so we recommend waiting to listen until you have watched Moon Knight episode four!

Topics

Statues

Tomb Raiding with Layla

The Asylum

Arthur Harrow

Taweret

What did Duane know, and when did he know it? 

References to comic 

Big Picture Reactions and Signoff

Questions or comments

We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @phasesofmk.

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The Moon Knight TV show is leaning into Marc Spector’s struggles with Dissociative Identity Disorder, and this week’s books by Jeff Lemire (Le Meyer) and Greg Smallwood (with Jordy Bellaire and Cory Petit) are a deep dive into Marc Spector’s childhood and the formation of Moon Knight’s many DID “alters.”  This is a fast moving, dreamlike and/or nightmarish story that finally addresses the issues of identity and mental illness that have been a part of Moon Knight’s history since the beginning. 

Topics 

Moon Knight News

May Calamawy got her Moon Knight audition through Instagram 

• https://ew.com/tv/may-calamawy-moon-knight-audition/ 

Esquire online puts together a top 10 list of MCU characters who make a surprise cameo in Moon Knight 

• https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a39705494/moon-knight-marvel-cameo/ 

Paper Comics

Moon Knight #11 will be delayed to May 25th per Jed MacKay on Twitter 

Moon Knight Legacy reprint collection now available

Recommendation: The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Ram V, Filipe Andrade)

• https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Many-Deaths-of-Laila-Starr/

This Week's Stack

• Moon Knight vol. 8 #1-14 

Stack Discussion

Moon Knight vol. 8 #1-5 – Welcome to New Egypt

Moon Knight vol. 8 #6-9 – Incarnations 

Moon Knight vol. 8 #10-14 – Death and Birth 

Listener Mail

Moon Knight Appearances

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1e6MarLdfZpM_T7L1cppWPvE7c71grrlaprNw9rvWohM

Duane on Geek Confidential 112

• https://geekconfidential.com/2022/04/geek-confidential-podcast-moon-knight-on-disney-plus/

Next Week

• Moon Knight Legacy #188-200 by Max Bemis and Jacen Burrows

Signoff

Questions or comments

We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @phasesofmk.

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Welcome to a special edition of the Phases of the Moon Knight podcast.  We have covered almost 300 Moon Knight comics since the start of the year, and have searched out and discussed dozens of spoilers, trailers, articles and rumors about the TV show.  Now, we finally get to put it all together, and actually see wha  t Marvel has in store for us as we take a look at the third episode of Moon Knight on Disney+.

This week we discuss, in no particular order: Cairo, Marlene, the Other Gods, Khonshu, Anton Mogart,  and Easter Eggs.

SPOILER WARNING: this episode is pretty much nothing but spoilers, so we recommend waiting to listen until you have watched Moon Knight episode two!

Topics

Cairo as a Character

Layla and Marlene

The Other Gods

Anton Mogart

Khonshu

Other Alters

Easter Eggs

Big Picture Reactions and Signoff

Questions or comments

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This week we are going to start by talking a bit about the upcoming 3rd episode of the Disney+ show, and then move on to look at the “Marvel Now” Moon Knight run that was published from 2014 to 2015.  This was the seventh volume of Moon Knight, and it lasted for 17 issues.  Declan Shalvey and Greg Smallwood each drew six beautiful issues during this run, and Moon Knight is both returned to his roots and reinvented.

Topics 

Moon Knight News

Did Moon Knight drop the first MCU f-bomb? Many fans think so.

• https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/marvel-fans-think-moon-knight-dropped-mcu-first-f-bomb/

Moon Knight Funko’s coming – Moon Knight, Mr. Knight, Arthur Harrow among them

• Moon Knight 28 cover: https://www.funko.com/shop/details/marvel-moon-knight-vol1-no28-pop-comic-covers

Paper Comics

Strange #1 and #2

Discussion on Comics and the MCU

• https://www.comicsxf.com/2022/04/04/moon-knigh-t-10-gutter-between-panel-and-screen/

This Week's Stack

• Marvel Now! Moon Knight vol. 7 #1-17

Listener Mail

Next Week

• Moon Knight Vol 8 (2016) #1-14 (Lemire/Smallwood)

Signoff

Questions or comments

We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @phasesofmk.

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Welcome to a special edition of the Phases of the Moon Knight podcast.  We have covered almost 300 Moon Knight comics since the start of the year, and have searched out and discussed dozens of spoilers, trailers, articles and rumors about the TV show.  Now, we finally get to put it all together, and actually see what Marvel has in store for us as we take a look at the second episode of Moon Knight on Disney+.

This week we discuss, in no particular order: Acting, Marriage, Humor, Old Avatars, Mr. Knight, Impaling and Easter Eggs.

SPOILER WARNING: this episode is pretty much nothing but spoilers, so we recommend waiting to listen until you have watched Moon Knight episode two!

Topics and Timestamps

02:50    Oscar Isaac, Master Thespian

06:17    Humor in Moon Knight

10:36    Marc Spector is Married?

13:25    Mr. Knight

18:25    Arthur Harrow was Moon Knight?

22:53    Impaling His Enemies

24:35    Easter Eggs

27:44    Big Picture Reactions and Signoff

Questions or comments

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Episode 15: Secret West Coast Imaginary Avengers

We visit a bit about some recent Moon Knight TV series news, Dan engages in vague and somewhat ominous foreshadowing about something called "The Lemire Run" and we roll though a number of different Moon Knight comics from in or around 2011.  

The Stack for this week

Onslaught Unleashed 1-4

Topics and Timestamps

01:35   MOON KNIGHT SHOW NEWS

• Easter Egg in Episode 1 reveals link to read digital copy of Werewolf by Night #32

• https://nerdist.com/article/moon-knight-premiere-first-episode-offers-qr-code-for-free-full-werewolf-by-night-comic/

• https://gizmodo.com/moon-knight-directors-episode-4-tease-1848741666

04:21      THE LEMIRE RUN

07:38      MOON KNIGHT #10 IS OUT THIS WEEK (PLUS A PLUG FOR BARBARIC)

• The GN in question: Barbaric Vol. 1: Murderable Offenses

09:45      ISSSUE REVIEW FROM THIS WEEK’S STACK

12:05      ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED

20:34      MOON KNIGHT VOL. 6

44:33      SECRET AVENGERS

1:03:00   WRAP-UP DISCUSSION AND PICKS OF THE WEEK

1:06:00   LISTENER SURVEY

1:08:15   LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK

The Stack for next week

Marvel Now: Moon Knight Vol 7 (2014) #1-17

We invite you to read along with us!  Break out your Moon Knight comics or trades, or access the issues through a Marvel Unlimited subscription.

Questions or comments

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