Moon Knight: Jed MacKay Talks New Series Fist of Khonshu and Blood Hunt Fallout (Exclusive)
The Moon Knight writer teases a new era for the Fist of Khonshu.
Khonshu Is Back
After reading Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #0 it's clear that Khonshu will have an important role to play in the series. Can you discuss the storytelling possibilities that are now available to you with Khonshu free from his imprisonment? And what new threats are lurking in the shadows that Khonshu referred to in the zero issue?
Well, Khonshu being safely sequestered away was about the only upside for Moon Knight coming out of the "Age of Khonshu," so it makes sense that when it looks like his life is coming together, it's at the cost of that one thread of stability. As we'll see towards the end of Vengeance, Khonshu isn't shy of making demands of his sons, and that's not something that's likely to stop any time soon.
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First look at Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1
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What can you tell us about Marc Spector's headspace and mindset as we enter this new series? Is he proud of Hunter's Moon and Tigra continuing the Midnight Mission in his absence? And what does Marc think about The Shroud stealing his name and identity?
Well, we're going to see what comes of Moon Knight and the Shroud butting heads in Vengeance of the Moon Knight #9 as a result of #8, so that's not something that will be a particular concern in Fist of Khonshu, but we are going to see Moon Knight having to deal with what the mission has become in his absence, all while having to manage an all new threat coming at him in an all new vector. So there's pride there- as well as guilt, because canny readers may know that Moon Knight died with a secret, and that secret threatens what he holds most dear.
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First look at Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1
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ComicBook: I'm a big fan of the world-building you've done during your time on Moon Knight, and how his death and resurrection were set up to climax in Blood Hunt. Thematically, will there be any differences between your first Moon Knight series, Vengeance of the Moon Knight, and now Fist of Khonshu?
Jed MacKay: I think that's just part and parcel with any long-running story: we certainly didn't think we'd be looking at a 40th issue (renumbering be damned), so Moon Knight now is very different from the Moon Knight of three years ago. We started out looking at redemption, picking up with Moon Knight dealing with the fallout of the apocalyptic Age of Khonshu in Avengers, and then that redemption was ultimately achieved with Moon Knight's death in #30. Vengeance then had to deal with a different sort of fallout- Moon Knight had, at times inadvertently, built an entire institution around him, and now it was time to see if that institution could survive without him.
Now, with Fist of Khonshu, we've moved on from redemption and then legacy, onto rebirth- with Moon Knight's goals apparently all met, what's next? He's been granted a new lease on life, so what does he do with it? What has changed since he's been gone, and what was left unfinished when he died?
MOON KNIGHT: FIST OF KHONSHU #2
JED MACKAY (W) • ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIO (A) • Cover by Davide Paratore
THE MIDNIGHT MISSION REUNITED!
After the biggest surprise comic of the summer – MOON KNIGHT: FIST OF KHONSHU #0 – a new era has taken shape in the Midnight Mission! But what NEW threats and foes are waiting for the REBORN Marc Spector?
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Cover of Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #2
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