Please, No More Deadpool
“KILLED, NOT DEAD,” Part 2 It’s crazy versus crazier when Moon Knight squares off against Deadpool! Herman Goncharenko lies at death’s door, wasting away of cancer, but someone wants him killed, not dead. Someone desperate enough to hire the Merc with the Mouth to do the dirty deed. Gonchrenko’s only hope: the reformed Moon Knight. But is he in Deadpool’s weight class? Heck, is anyone?" (Summary from Marvel Comics)
Each week I hope for a spark of remorse in Moon Knight to shine through and this week it happened. He witnesses a murder and you can see his shoulders slunk down in defeat in the image.
Was the defeat in that he didn't stop the murder?
Was the defeat seeing the hurt in the murderer's eyes as they punished someone who wronged them?
Either way you witness the evolution of Moon Knight as a character in this book. As they continue to build him up for a run with the Secret Avengers title coming out later this month.
What I didn't like was Deadpool. I have never been a huge Deadpool fan, I don't find him to be that funny on paper and he has really become overused in the last little while at Marvel. Khonshu came out as the character with the most comedic appeal as he tries to get Moon Knight to let loose and really put the hurt on Deadpool. The issue of a healing factor and the comment about not dying seemed to ease Moon Knight's tensions when it came to turing to his old battle heavy days. Which brings me to another surprise. The fight scene was fantastic and the mercenary background scenes where well established and were visually appealing. The surprise part was in how little violence in comparison to other Moon Knight issues was shown. When I heard that Moon Knight was let loose on Deadpool I figured that the comic would be over the top graphic, but it was tame. You really do get a sense of the beat down Moon Knight dished out in the panels with Deadpool talking through the door.
Tang Eng Haut's art hasn't impressed me as it has felt to dull and faded at times. With a character based in mostly white shading needs to be at the forefront and I haven't seen that in the last two issues. The dialogue, or lack there of in the book was surprising because Deadpool usually never stops talking.
The only fear that I have coming up with Moon Knight's apparent upstart in the Marvel Universe is the oncoming assault of team-up issues that lack purpose. It becomes a timeline issue and a continuity factor for other books and depths of stories might become weak.
Ministry Point: Demons that are continually pushed aside will always find the smallest loop hole they can find to pull themselves back up out of the darkness and into our lives. Khonshu's presence in Lockley's life is one of those demons. Until we, like Lockley, choose to battle demons on the strength of others they will continually reveal themselves in our lives (See post from Brett McBride and Dynamics of a Faithful Believer).
