A fun, exciting and thrilling adventure that has an interesting hook that makes it more engaging and intriguing to the reader. Read Full Review

Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #1uses the anthology format to great effect, delivering a trio of blood-soaked tales starring the lunar vigilante. With three more issues to go, there's a chance for more fan-favorite creators to present their own take on Moon Knight. And I hope that Marvel continues to use the Black, White & Blood format for other characters; it seems tailor-made for someone like Blade. Read Full Review

This book is a must have for the sheer variety of creative genius, showing us the power of these story-tellers and the range within the character of Moon Knight. Read Full Review

After the conclusion of the fantastic Moon Knight series from Disney+, I was eager to pick this book up. And following on from the other Black, White & Blood titles featuring Wolverine, Daredevil and Elektra, to name but a few, it's good to see the Fist of Konshu given his own run. Not only that, we get 3 unique Moon Knight stories with exciting storylines and fantastic artwork. What's not to like? If you've enjoyed the other Black, White & Blood titles from Marvel or if you're just a fan of Moon Knight in general, then you are sure to enjoy this book! Read Full Review

Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale Moon Knight? Moon Knight: Black, White and Blood gives you three chances to do just that. Read Full Review

Despite a few artistic flaws, Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #1 of this compilation does a perfectly serviceable job of showing how this newly spotlighted hero can easily span genres and narrative style. Well worth the half hour it would take to get through. Read Full Review

Dotun Akandes art on So White. Yet, So Dark is much more detailed and traditional, and it complements the writing.  The action scenes are fun to follow and the backgrounds and vehicles are also drawn with great detail.Jorge Forness art in The End is a sparse style, but the characters emotions and the villains in the issue are drawn in such a way that you can tell their motivations and their abilities.  Since this story takes place in a snowstorm, snow is a constant visual in every panel, and it contrasts wonderfully with Moon Knights starting white outfit. Read Full Review

Overall, Moon Knight: Black, White, and Blood is an entertaining, sometimes frustrating, definitely maddening experience. I'm not sure how much appeal there is for anyone who's not particularly a fan of the character, but I wonder if that number has shrunk just a tad after the TV show. Regardless, you're not missing much if you pass on this book, but you'll find some rewards if you pick it up. Especially if you get a dope variant cover. Read Full Review

Sadly, neither of the other two stories are nearly as entertaining. In “Anubis Rex,” Moon Knight is working with a young girl who is Khonshu's priestess in some form of dystopian future to battle those possessed by Ra's scarabs. And in “The End” we get a backward told story of Moon Knight ending up bleeding on the ground after working to try to protect a witness in time to testify against the mafia. Read Full Review

Moon Knight - Black, White, and Blood #1 delivers a complex trio of stories that might not land for everyone but still offer a great spread of tales about Moon Knight, spanning multiple genres and different art styles. Read Full Review

Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #1 is the latest title to cash in on the Blac/White/Red motif with a mixed bag of collected short stories. The stories range from amusing to painfully gimmicky, but Moon Knight fans will likely find something in here to enjoy. Read Full Review

Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #1 is a strong start to the series. We host a preview of the issue here. Read Full Review

Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood was interesting and enjoyable. The shorts touched upon each aspect of the character and gave readers a chance to see his many different variations of him. If the first story were more transparent or less dense, it would be an issue that any fan would need to read. Read Full Review

They say that the best characters are creatively elastic, and this issue shows some of the flexibility in the core of Moon Knight, with an interesting gimmick to hold it all together. Read Full Review

Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #1 highlights two astounding artists in Chris Bachalo and Jorge Forns with some excellent pages and panels from each in the first and final entries, respectively. However, there is no entry in this issue that demands to be read. Read Full Review

Lots of missed shots in this book. I really wanted to enjoy it but some creative choices that were made maybe shouldn't have been. Read Full Review

I quite enjoyed this. Story 3 was the best

The 1st story was fine overall but the art and "coloring format" clashed too much and was far too messy at times, making it hard to make out what's going on. The writing didn't help explain much either tbh. It was fine but I expected FAR better from these two and am quite disappointed.

The 2nd story was far superior than the first imo and in every way. The art and writing is fantastic and all the call backs to the Ellin/Shalvey run were amazing. The banter between Spidey and Moony and the humor, love it!

3rd story was also fantastic and my favorite. The 3rd story to me is everything Moony is and all about. It's a nice spinoff to the regular ongoing. I feel the art in this story was the best for this "color format" and the writing was great as well.

All in all, I feel it was a solid 8/10. I just had to take away points from the 1st story as I found it so disappointing. more

It's the usual mix of strong and weak ideas and strong and weak storytelling. I say this particular issue averages out a bit above average, though Chris Bachalo's needlessly confusing art in the A strip is a big boat anchor. I'm particularly charmed by the B strip, which elevates a decent story by giving it excellent art and terrific deadpan humor in the Spidey/Moon Knight relationship.

The last story, “The End” was great. The rest were hard to follow.

I was pretty excited for this one and unfortunately it was a bit of a let down. The Hickman story was fun, involving Moon Knight protecting a girl in space from the god Ra and his scarab-controlled disciples. I'd be very interested in seeing the concept fleshed out more but damn did Bachalo's art drag it down. The story was incomprehensible at times because of his need to stuff so much, for lack of a better word, nonsense on the page and the black, white, and red coloring did little to help. Bachalo has always leaned heavily into his unique style and has put together some great stories in the past (Spider-Man: Shed among them), but most of the pages were a chore to look at here.

The 2nd story by Murewa Ayodele and Dotun Akande was really light fun and I liked the way the gimmick came back around in the end. And on the topic of gimmicks, the reverse narrative from Guggenheim in the final story didn't really work at all for me. It just ended up distracting from the fantastic, wonderful Fornes art, which was the single best part of the book. Fornes' noir-tinged panels are a perfect match for the black/white/red formula and the final page in particular was masterfully done. more

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MoonKnight313 - May 12, 2022

The writing wasnt great from Hickman either but I do like the idea he was going for. It felt like something that should be a mini series that was forced into like 10 pages.

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I was a bit let down by Hickman's first story, considering he's the best modern Marvel writer. I think the only story I thought was decent was the second one with Spider-Man. The third story was just bland, even when I'm reading it backwards.

Really disappointing. This book was such a mess.

No idea what is going on in Chris Bachalo’s art.