Comic Release - Marvel's Moon Knight - Black White and Blood

Official Cover for Moon Knight: Black, White, and Blood

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It was rumoured a while ago that Jonathan Hickman was working on… something, most obviously a comic again with one of his frequent collaborators Chris Bachelo for Marvel Comics. We didn't know what. 

Well, we do now. Games Radar has run the news that they are working on a story for a new Moon Knight anthology, Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood, following the recent Marvel naming of such books, such as Carnage, Elektra, Deadpool, Wolverine, and the like.

The project also has the legendary Marc Guggenheim who has written comic books like Blade, Star Wars: Age of Rebellion, X-Men Gold, Wolverine, and Blade, and superstar comic book artist/illustrator Jorge Fornes with credits on Thunderbolts, Wolverine, Dr. Strange, X-Men, Guardians of Infinity, Avengers and Dare Devil to name a few.

And with a Moon Knight trailer dropped, with Marc Spector playing the awesome Oscar Isaac (X-Men, Star Wars) sounding like Alan Bennett, now is a good time for Marvel Comics to get press for some of their own stuff as well. Jonathan Hickman recently stopped writing as X-Men lead writer, and he has teased a big new Marvel Comics project. This likely isn't it, but it may well fill the gap. 

A Scene from the Moon Knight Disney+ Series

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 If you haven’t seen the explosive teaser trailer, check it out below:

 Moon Knight Teaser Trailer

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This April, Marvel Comics launches the four-issue anthology Moon Knight: Black, White, and Blood – delving into the dark side of the Fist of Khonshu, as well as his potential replacement.  Moon Knight: Black, White, & Blood #1 will have short stories by:

Writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Chris Bachalo

Writer Marc Guggenheim and artist Jorge Fornés

Writer Murewa Ayodele and artist Dotun Akande

Hickman and Bachalo's story will introduce a new Moon Knight, taking place sometime in the near future – but apparently unrelated to the recently introduced other Fist of Khonshu, Hunter's Moon, introduced in the main Moon Knight ongoing comic book series.

Monochromatic Moon Knight Variant Cover

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 Notably, Murewa Ayodele is a Nigerian writer, making their Marvel debut, who broke onto the scene with 3 kickass issues of New Men from Action Lab Entertainment in 2020, as well as the webcomic series My Grandfather Was a God which they launched in 2021 on Webtoons and the thrilling Man of the Law video series on their official YouTube channel.  Dotun Akande who is a co-founder of Collectible Comics NG with Murewa is not new to me.

I have followed his sequential artworks ever since he broke into the Nigerian scene and is now international in the big league. This is a proud moment for me as a fellow Nigerian creative sharing this hot-breaking story on my blog.

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