tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post3789637959468818748..comments2024-03-14T10:04:19.356-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: MOON KNIGHT: THE GUEST APPEARANCESMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-440309218925657002015-03-30T13:33:32.473-07:002015-03-30T13:33:32.473-07:00I'm not sure what prompted the Moon Knight app...I'm not sure what prompted the Moon Knight appearances in these stories, now that you mention it. I guess in MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE, it was probably just a case of "Hey, it's a new superhero! Let's put him in our team-up book." As for the others, I'm not sure. Mantlo seemed to like to play around with new characters now and then, but I know very little about Kraft so I'm unsure if using Moon Knight in DEFENDERS would've been his idea or not.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-72887993974139365932015-03-30T06:49:40.987-07:002015-03-30T06:49:40.987-07:00My reading of DEFENDERS is perhaps a smidge more e...My reading of DEFENDERS is perhaps a smidge more expansive than yours, though not by much (I've not read the story you have, but I've read some other stuff), but it's always read weird to me as well. I know it has its, well, defenders, but I've never been terribly impressed by what I've read. Then again, maybe I just need to read more of it to get a better sense of/appreciation for the aesthetic of the series. <br /><br />I always wonder, when a character like Moon Knight at this stage in his career pops up in other titles handled by writers other than the creator, how that appearance came about. Like, this isn't a "goose the sales of the title character" appearance, nor a "set the stage for the upcoming series debut of the guest star" appearance. Did Kraft, Mantlo and Grant just all read the MARVEL SPOTLIGHT appearances and like the characters? Were some or all of them friends of Moench's who spotlighted his creation as a favor? Did a Marvel editor direct them to use the character for whatever reason? I find myself endlessly fascinated by stuff like that. <br /><br /><i>However, does anyone else find it odd that the two issues have completely different creative credits for every position aside from writer? Marvel in the seventies was really something of a mess.</i><br /><br />No kidding. Even the DEFENDERS issues have a bit of rotating creator cast on them. <br /><br />Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.com