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scottpm's review
5.0
Great volume. Gritty, dirty, violent craziness in she shadow of Civil War. The whole story worked very well. Fantastic art is the cherry on top! Moon Knight has always been one of my favorites and this volume is one of the reasons why.
jcschildbach's review
3.0
Still enjoying this overall, but with a few things that are aggravating. For one, I'm not a huge fan of Mark Texeira's artwork in any of the books he's drawn. Here, it's the same thing. All of the women have the face of a thin 13-year-old, or maybe a young Jennie Garth, while always wearing plunging necklines showing off the cleavage of massive breasts--whether their TV reporters, judges, doctors, or anything else. In Texeira's defense (sort of), most of the man share one body style involving an impossibly narrow waste and a hulking upper body. They also tend to stand with their feet planted wide--probably to avoid tipping over under the weight of their shoulders and pecs. Beyond that, we have the storyline continuing to involve past foes--this time Black Spectre, who is released from jail only to go back to his old ways of running around dressed as a knight in armor that shows off his totally ripped abs. Black Spectre isn't all that interesting here--he inadvertently happens on some nanotech bugs that will allow him to make everyone love him, while also running around hurting people in a way that gets Moon Knight blamed for the mayhem. There's also a story about rich people forcing werewolves to fight--or something like that--which is more interesting than Black Spectre, but could still use a bit more meat to flesh out the story. There are some other weird things that are raised and essentially dropped--like Marlene walking in on Marc when he's wearing Bushman's hacked-off face. She mentions it later, but more in a 'that was awkward' way than in any way that makes it seem like she's at all upset by it. In general, it just looks and feels a lot sloppier than the earlier stories.
kwims's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
carroq's review
3.0
Where do I begin? God & Country really felt like a middle of the road book for me. I tend to enjoy Moon Knight books a lot. I wasn't super impressed with this one though. It does a nice job following up on the previous volume, in which Marc Spector is issued a superhuman registration card following the events of Civil War. There is some backlash for his actions given his status. Throw in the fact that someone is committing murders and framing Moon Knight and the tension gets raised.
In the end, this book felt disjointed though. Once it pushes past the registration thing, it loses steam. Marc isn't handling his situation very well and all the people he has relied on to keep him sane start shutting him out. His situation sort of mirrors this volumes place in the series. They are both sort of drifting. I liked the art though. It carries over the tone of this run from the first two volumes very well. Even if I didn't like this character so much, I would still give the next volume of the series a chance.
In the end, this book felt disjointed though. Once it pushes past the registration thing, it loses steam. Marc isn't handling his situation very well and all the people he has relied on to keep him sane start shutting him out. His situation sort of mirrors this volumes place in the series. They are both sort of drifting. I liked the art though. It carries over the tone of this run from the first two volumes very well. Even if I didn't like this character so much, I would still give the next volume of the series a chance.
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