Comics Over Time

This week we finally see the conclusion to the massive story arch started a year prior in Avengers: Infinity War as we watch the longest movie in the MCU, Avengers: Endgame. Get ready for time heists, another epic battle with Thanos and bittersweet goodbyes to some longstanding MCU characters. 

This Week In Comics

Magik Reveals Her New Costume on Artgerm's Fall of the House of X #1 Cover 

• https://comicbook.com/comics/news/magik-new-costume-fall-of-the-house-of-x-1-artgerm-cover/

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-10-29

Recommendation: Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World inside Your Head by Eliot Borenstein.

• https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769368/marvel-comics-in-the-1970s/#bookTabs=1

Film Facts

• Tagline: Avenge the Fallen 

2ish Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

The Time Heist

Battling Thanos Again

Memorable Moments 

An Ending for Several Key Characters 

Tidbits 

From the comics 

Face Off!

• Which Did it better? The Comics or the Movie

What's Next: The Marvels Comics

• Ms Marvel (2014) #1-5  

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Questions or comments

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This week we wrap it all up, as we reflect on Moon Knight’s forty-five year history and let you know who our favorite creators were, what the most memorable storylines were, and which villains we most loved to hate.  We also will take a bit of time to talk about the joys and sorrows of starting a podcast, and will let you in on what we are planning to talk about now that our Moon Knight review is complete! 

Topics 

Moon Knight News

Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #2 comes out on June 15

Moon Knight #12 releases on June 22

This Week's Stack

• Werewolf by Night #32-33 

Podcast Review 

Duane and Comics 

Moon Knight: The 2:00 Minute Story So Far

Discussion

Who is Moon Knight?

Favorite Supporting Characters

Worst/Most Poorly Used Supporting Character 

Favorite Adversaries 

Worst/Most Poorly Used Adversaries

Favorite Artists 

Favorite Writers 

Best “Single Issue” Moon Knight Comic 

Favorite Cover 

Top 5 Runs 

Listener Mail

• Leyna email 

What's Next

New Name, New Focus: Comics Over Time

Alternating between comics and movies/tv shows

First Episode July 5th

• Josh and Jamie Do Daredevil

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Questions or comments

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This week we are finishing up our look at Moon Knight volume 9, which premiered in summer of 2021 and is still ongoing.  When we last saw our hero he had returned to the burned-out remains of his Midnight Mission, even as his therapist received an unexpected visit from Zodiac. 

Topics 

Moon Knight News

One final QR Code in Moon Knight episode 6How Oscar Isaac Plays Marc & Steven!

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m_4yrYXkyg 

Moon Knight “Assembled” episode rescheduled to drop this week on May 25th 

• https://www.ign.com/articles/moon-knight-mental-psychologists-react-season-1

Paper Comics

 Moon Knight #11 comes out this week

5 issue Damage Control includes Moon Knight

• https://www.cbr.com/goldbergs-creator-adam-goldberg-damage-control-marvel/

Recommendation: I just finished The Good Asian vol. 2 from Image.

• https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/the-good-asian-vol-2-tp

This Week's Stack

• Moon Knight Volume 9 #7-10 

Discussion

Headhunters

Scarlet

Devil’s Reign: Moon Knight 

Stranger

Sessions

Next Week

• We are taking the memorial holiday (US) weekend off

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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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.  

So today we will talk about all six episodes.  Moon Knight really has been everything that I could have asked for.  It has characters we care about, interesting locations, drama, laughs and spectacle.  More than that through this entire series has featured a weirdness, a vertigo-inducing sense that something just isn’t entirely right.  There’s a lot to unpack here. 

This week we discuss, in no particular order: Review what’s made - not what we expected, Listener emails, violence as story and plot, Was this REALLY Moon Knight? And the Adventures of the Scarlett Scarab. 

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

Reviewing what they made, not what we expected

Listener emails

• Link to Leyna's DID pages: https://itkmoonknight.com/all-in-your-head/

Violence as Story and Plot

Was this REALLY Moon Knight?

The Adventures of the Scarlet Scarab

Sense or Nonsense Theory from Dan

Thoughts on the Future of the Moon Knight TV Show

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This week we arrive at present day, and take a look at Moon Knight volume 9, which premiered in summer of 2021 and is still ongoing.  Mr. Knight sets up shop in New York again, this time in the Midnight Mission, from where he talks to locals and protects the travelers of the night in his territory. 

Topics 

Moon Knight News

One final QR Code in Moon Knight episode 6  

• http://www.marvel.com/moonknightcomics takes you to Moon Knight Annual #1 from 2019 where he fights Kang the Conqueror

Psychologists Rate Season 1's Depiction of Dissociative Identity Disorder 

• https://www.ign.com/articles/moon-knight-mental-psychologists-react-season-1

Moon Knight Producer Reveals Eternals' Scrapped Cameos

• https://thedirect.com/article/moon-knight-eternals-cameos-exclusive

Paper Comics

Moon Knight: Black, White and Blood #1 comes out this week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/99550/moon_knight_black_white_blood_2022_1 
  

This Week's Stack

• Moon Knight Volume 9 #1-6 

Stack Discussion

The Mission 

Strings 

Two-Fisted 

Blackmail 

Horoscope (Part 1 and 2)

Next Week

• Moon Knight Volume 9 #7-10 

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

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 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

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 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

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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)

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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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