Moon Knight Vol. 1: The Bottom (Book Market Edition) (v. 1) [Hardcover]

Charlie Huston (Author), David Finch (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 10, 2007

The Fist of Khonshu is back and badder than ever, courtesy of acclaimed novelist Charlie Huston (Caught Stealing, Six Bad Things) and red-hot, fan-favorite artist David Finch (Avengers). Collects Moon Knight (2006) #1-6.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 152 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (January 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785125426
• ISBN-13: 978-0785125426
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,251,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charlie Huston is the author of the bestsellers The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death and The Shotgun Rule, as well as the Henry Thompson trilogy, the Joe Pitt casebooks, and several titles for Marvel Comics. He lives with his family in Los Angeles.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars strangely flawed..., March 18, 2007

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Scott Edward Calibraxis (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Moon Knight Vol. 1: The Bottom (Book Market Edition) (v. 1) (Hardcover)

I really wanted to like this. I don't know whether it was the storytelling by Huston, or the artwork by Finch, but I found it hard to follow. The feel was gritty, violent, and "cool", but unfortunately that flash didn't give way to much substance, either in the artwork, or the story and characters... Worse, the action and dialog just didn't flow in a comprehensible manner from page to page. The binding didn't help, as it seemed like a lot of times the layouts were planned to work across 2-page spreads which were easier to see in the original comic format. The color work was excellent and overall this is a beautiful book. Perhaps it will come together over 12 issues, which would benefit from being repackaged as an oversized HC (the artwork felt cramped, esp. after seeing Finch's work in the Avengers Disassembled and New Avengers Vol 1HCs)

I'll give volume two a shot when it comes out...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a good place to jump in, April 28, 2010

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Justin C. Harvey (Greer, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Knight, Vol. 1: The Bottom (Paperback)

This is the first Moon Knight story i've read, so i figured the first volume would be a good place to jump in. I was wrong. The story was very confusing and jumps back and forth throughout the whole book. I usually like this sort of thing but i thought with the first story arc of a reboot of the series they would explain a little more. For example there's this comittee that seems to follow Moon Knight's every move. You never find out why they are there and if they we're in previous stories or why they would even care about a b list super hero. Anyways the parts of the story that didn't confuse me were kind of boring. The only reason i didn't give this book a one or two star rating was because of the art. The art is absolutely fantastic. I also kept in mind that the questions i had about this book might be explained in later volumes so i took that into consideration before i gave it a bad rating. So far i've only read this and the second volume, which picked up a bit. Anyways if you're thinking about getting into moon knight I think a much easier jump in point would be with his new series Vengence of the Moon Knight which has only been out a couple of issues. Do a quick wiki on Moon Knights past, then jump right in. However if you've been reading Moon Knight for years and have a better understanding of his past, i imagine that this would be a pretty decent book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie!, March 8, 2007

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Darth Chef "Darth Chef" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Knight Vol. 1: The Bottom (Book Market Edition) (v. 1) (Hardcover)

Moon Knight is back. It's good to see the hero in white to make a comeback. He may be like Batman, but got a bit of Harvey Dent to make him not a cookie cutter hero like Murdock and Parker. No matter what, he is the agent of Khonshu. Unfortunately, the way they wrote his comeback by tying all the plot twists from his back stories into this reincarnation was not very palatable to my senses. I felt like I was watching another Rocky movie. Hopefully they streamline his subplots so it doesn't feel convoluted every time they try to bring in another old character from his series. The cover art is what gave him the extra star.