Well, the snowpocalypse didn't materialize. They went from forecasting 5 inches of snow on Wednesday to half an inch by Thursday evening. *sad trombone* It is, however, cold as a welldigger's bum outside, so hooray?
There were no new comics I wanted out last week, and I only found 1 of the 2 from the week before. As always, make do with what I got.
MacKay writes the issue as a conversation between Reese the vampire, and Dr. Sterman the, er, doctor. This makes everything we see Reese describe a flashback. The cast sitting shiva (with some help from Ben Grimm, I like MacKay went back to that bit about Ben always sending Moon Knight a card at Hannukah) for Moon Knight, with other heroes filling in.
And then the cast goes back to the work of protecting travelers in the night. Which includes protecting them from weird demons from Mark Waid's Dr. Strange run. I like that Hunter's Moon is devout enough to Khonshu he can act as a priest, though it's undercut somewhat when Marc, whose relationship with Khonshu was much more contentious, can do some of the same tricks.. And Rosenberg smears or sort of "vaseline lens"es the colors to give him a glow during the exorcism, making him seem blessed or a conduit for something otherworldly.
Tigra's apparently tearing up the various henchfodder looking for Black Spectre (who is probably dead at Zodiac's hands). Not handling her grief well, blood on the claws, looking kind of feral. It'd be more effective if we'd had more than 5 panels of Tigra and Moon Knight actually dating and whatnot. I'm wondering how much MacKay plans to play up the hostility between her and Reese. They've not gotten along since it came out Tigra was watching Moonie on behalf of the Avengers, but it's been limited to snide comments by Reese up to this point.
At any rate, the big development from Reese's perspective is someone claiming to be Moon Knight kicked the bejeezus out of 8-Ball and told them to get out of the Midnight Mission, and that's basically where the issue leaves off. The costume design is, fine? I don't know the significance of the crescent moon on the chest being tilted so the ends point at the ground. Marc's was usually angled so the open face pointed to 2 o'clock, and Hunter's Moon has a full moon symbol. Must mean something.
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