The 2016 run on “Moon Knight” is my favorite run on “Moon Knight” ever. It is psychedelic, ethereal and action-packed, while also delivering a story that is emotionally stunning. 

The run starts off with Marc, the protagonist, suddenly waking up in a mental asylum. He doesn’t remember how he got there and is being told that Moon Knight and Konshu never existed. Marc then escapes with the help of his friends and ends up in a dreamlike Egyptian world with pyramids and creatures all over the place. 

After traveling in the dreamlike version of New York, Marc ends up fighting Moon Knight and, after beating him, he reveals himself as Konshu. Konshu wants Marc’s body to continue his work. Marc declines and runs off of the pyramid, hitting his head and leading to multiple mental episodes where his alters take control.

Konshu finds Marc again and reveals that all of these events have been playing out in Marc’s mind. Marc then goes on a journey to free his mind, and eventually, he gets free from Konshu’s grasp on his mind.

The art style in this run is my new favorite of any comic book I’ve read. The messy blacks and whites and the vibrance of the colors really make this run memorable. The moments where Marc switches into his alters and the art style changes is a genuinely cool idea that I haven’t really seen before. 

The character design is also really good; the Mr. Knight costume and Konshu’s design are my new favorites. They bring a new vibrance while also giving a duality to Marc and Konshu as host and avatar. 

The re-telling of Marc’s origin and his eventual journey to become Konshu’s avatar is also really interesting. The implicatio that Konshu has been with Marc before his arrival at Konshu’s shrine is a fresh retelling to kick off a new period of “Moon Knight” runs, it makes Konshu’s “death” much more impactful and shows how much stronger Marc is as a hero. I enjoyed Marc’s emotionally vulnerable moments. It let me, as a reader, relate and rally behind him when he eventually goes on this journey. Seeing Marc interact with his friends is really cool because I can tell he genuinely cares about them and they care about him.

This run of “Moon Knight” is insane, fresh, and beautiful. I definitely recommend this to any fans of “Moon Knight” on Disney+ or fans of comics in general.