Moon Knight Vol. 2: Too Tough To Die

A great moon knight run and the best the character has been since 2006. As a moon knight fan, I greatly enjoyed the book and cant wait ti read volume 3.

AAAAAAAHH THIS RUN IS SO GOOD!

I liked it a lot.

Its a gift

Great comic. Arrived perfect

Some of Moon Knight's best issues of all time in here!Hunter's Moon continues to be a blast to get to know! Issue 8 is a huge fave now!The Devil's Reign tie in, proves to be one of the best tie in single issues I've ever read too!The power of stories, gods, and people's tenacity all on full display here!

Collecting issues #7-#12 and DEVIL’S REIGN: MOON KNIGHT #1. After the end from volume 1, the destruction of the Midnight mission and reveal of Zodiac, Moon Knight is out for some revenge. But Knight has to find where Zodiac is, yet the events of DEVIL’S REIGN is taking place, which has taken Marc Spector off the path and into jail. But Moon Knight isn’t going to let prison stop him, and in no time flat, he’s back on the trail to finding the man who setup all his troubles since volume 1. Zodiac will die by Moon Knights hands one way or another.It’s a simple premise for this 7-issue second volume, but MOON KNIGHT VOLUME 2: TOO TOUGH TO DIE is still a must read and still one of the best ongoing series at Marvel right now. Writer Jed McKay continues the same streak he continued in the opening volume by having one-in-done stories, but each one having some connecting tissue to a bigger plot. Either it be Moon Knight getting lost in a poltergeist maze on a building, fighting a criminally insane super soldier, taking on numerous bareknuckle cage matches in prison, or even Hunter’s Moon getting into religious fight of worshippers over their god and his God, Khonshu. Each one explores various outlets of Moon Knights character, while also building up to the inevitable rematch with Zodiac in the end. Even with an event tie-in like DEVIL’S REIGN with issue #8 where Hunter’s Moon takes over The Midnight Mission for one issue is solid and the DEVIL’S REIGN: MOON KNIGHT issue you still see how badass Moon Knight is in jail and it too does tie in to his regular series. It’s not a big shift, and McKay handles it pretty well.McKay also does a solid job bringing in(back?) old and obscure characters in Marvel lore to great effects in surprise ways. I’m not sure new readers will entertain the thought of some oddball character from the 1960s, but I do, especially in the context of the work. Most of them have a purpose in the story and not just as cameos. As much of the returning old characters, you’ll start to see the comparisons to DC’s Batman regarding Moon Knight for two particular characters. Even Zodiac here has similar motives akin to The Joker. I swear, if Jed McKay ever got the job writing for Batman, I’d read it because his Moon Knight feels so much like the Dark Knight should act.I think the greatest aspect I enjoy about McKay’s Moon Knight is the fact he is so blunt. He gives no f&@% to anyone or anything in his mission. He is pure Black-and-White about the world akin to the Punisher, and nothing gets him down. There is no inner monologue or turmoil about his actions or place in life, no topical or real-world politics put in by editorial or the author, no talking down to readers. McKay’s Moon Knight is just him doing superhero things (even if he’s arguably an anti-hero), beating up bad guys and fixing problems for people less fortunate, and it’s something you rarely see at DC and Marvel nowadays. It’s arguably so refreshing and great to see something so common for comics have done for decades is now so utterly rare to do and do it simply.Artist Alessandro Cappuccio continues on as main art with issues #8 - #12. His artwork continues to impress me with his loose and sketchy style to fit the dreamlike night sequences. You’ll see some great pieces including Khonshu go against a robed god, to a huge two spread battle of Moon Knight and Zodiac trying to kill each other. It’s all so great to see. And Backup artist Federico Sabbatini does issue #7 and DEVIL’S REIGN: MOON KNIGHT #1. He is decent, but his faces for his characters look manga-like. It’s only two issues, so he isn’t that bad.Well here is the part I list the bad.…………………………………………Nope. For the most part, I love everything about this series. Maybe the DEVIL’S REIGN aspect is slightly jarring because you have to read that event to see what happened. The way it cuts away here is like this: issue #8 quickly sums up her got captured for the event, so Hunter’s Moon is in charge. The one-shot issue shows Knight in jail doing mostly cage fights during this time, and then by issue #9, Moon Knight is back to his regular duties saying he escaped from jail with nothing more to say regarding DEVIL’S REIGN. It’s like Jed McKay had to do the event tie-in and he quickly got past it real quick. So aside from that little mess, I didn’t find any faults.So yes, much like volume 1, MOON KNIGHT VOLUME 2: TOO TOUGH TO DIE continues to be one of the best books on the market right now. It has action, intrigue, one -and-done stories that connect to the bigger picture, and still keeps a solid low-level (mostly) self-contained series away from the rest of the Marvel landscape even if getting brushed up with an event like DEVIL’S REIGN. The ending of this book looks like things will change for Marc Spector, and we’ll get some deeper inner thoughts that look to cover familiar ground for old fans. I’m hoping Jed McKay can keep that momentum going for this wonderful series.

Great art from covers to pages, cool new characters, peeling(or adding) another layer of psychological intrigue to the character thus making his great legacy, even greater. So much value added.