PREVIEW: Moon Knight #18

The Superhuman Registration Act: Membership has its privileges. And Moon Knight’s about to get his revoked. Personally. By Tony Stark himself. Meanwhile, Black Spectre’s hatched a plan to put the final nail in Moon Knight’s coffin. Years ago, Moon Knight destroyed Carson Knowles’ life -- now he’s about the return the favor.
Story by Mike Benson
Art by Mark Texeira
Colors by Dan Brown
Letters by Vc - Joe Caramagna
Cover by Arthur Suydam

PREVIEW: MOON KNIGHT #17

“GOD AND COUNTRY,” PART 4
In the age of the Superhuman Registration Act, the only good hero is one that plays by the book -- which the card-carrying Moon Knight most assuredly does not. Indeed, with Moon Knight fast becoming the poster child for recklessness and brutality, the question of the day is just how he got a Registration Card in the first place! As Tony Stark's investigation unearths the ugly truth, Marc Spector braces himself for the consequences, unaware that an equally grave threat is preparing to strike. Carson Knowles -- a.k.a. the Black Spectre -- is back and he wants payback.
COVER BY: ARTHUR SUYDAM
WRITER: MIKE BENSON
CHARLIE HUSTON
PENCILS: JAVIER SALTARES
INKS: MARK TEXEIRA
COLORED BY: DAN BROWN
LETTERED BY: VC - JOE CARAMAGNA
Parental Advisory …$2.99

PREVIEW: MOON KNIGHT #16

“GOD AND COUNTRY,” PART 3
Killing someone who deserves it is easy. The alternative – it takes years of training, mountains of resolve. Moon Knight knows this fact intimately -- and he’s about to face his stiffest test. See, Carson Knowles knows a thing or two about self-restraint himself, but he’s just snapped. The genie is out of the bottle -- and it’s ugly. Enter: Black Spectre.
COVER BY: ARTHUR SUYDAM
WRITER: MIKE BENSON
PENCILS: MARK TEXEIRA
INKS: MARK TEXEIRA
COLORED BY: DAN BROWN
LETTERED BY: VC - JOE CARAMAGNA
Parental Advisory …$2.99

PREVIEW PUNISHER MAX ANNUAL #1

The Punisher dispenses a unique brand of justice, rampaging through the criminal world…but what happens to those who survive? Award-winning television scribe Mike Benson (Entourage) and fan favorite artist Laurence Campbell (Wolverine) team up to bring you Punisher Max Annual #1, a gripping tale of one criminal’s quest to dish out his own brand of punishment on Frank Castle! After “Mad Dog” Schultz’s gang is massacred by the Punisher, one man remains—Eddie Gands—and he wants to stay alive! But can any man, no matter how intricately he plans, evade the Punisher’s crosshairs? Exploring the depths of the human psyche, and one man’s desperate gamble to simply die another day, Punisher Max Annual shows you a different side of the Punisher’s war on crime.
Perfect for mature readers new and old, Punisher Max Annual shows just how far one man will go to evade Frank Castle…and what it’s like to be a criminal on the run from his vengeance! Even if he does survive, what kind of life does that mean? Find out this fall in Punisher Max Annual #1, when the Punisher and Eddie face off—but will either of them walk away unscathed?
Please note that this title is intended for mature audiences only.
Written by MIKE BENSON
Pencils & Cover by LAURENCE CAMPBELL
Rated T+…$3.99
FOC—9/6/07, On-Sale—9/26/07

‘MOON KNIGHT’ GETS A NEW ‘ENTOURAGE’

Let’s hug it out, Khonshu!
Fresh off the hit HBO show “Entourage,” Co-Executive Producer Mike Benson is coming over to Marvel’s Moon Knight starting with November’s issue #14, Wizard Universe has learned. Riding shotgun as co-plotter is Charlie Huston, the writer who reinvigorated the character and kick-started his current series.
(The run will be graced with covers by Arthur “Marvel Zombies” Suydam, which you’re seeing here first!)
Benson promises his journey to the dark side of the Moon Knight will thrill fans of the character—he should know, since he’s a lifelong fan himself. Read on to find out how he hooked up with the House of Ideas, which runs on the character are his favorite and whether Benson’s Moon Knight will live up to the fictional success of “Entourage”’s “Aquaman” flick—then click here to get Huston’s take on his new partner in crimefighting!
WIZARD: How did this deal come about?
MIKE BENSON: I’m friendly with Reggie Hudlin. Reggie had just started writing Black Panther and was directing a few episodes of “The Bernie Mac Show,” and I was one of the showrunners there toward the end. I’ve always been a big comic guy; actually, I had a few Bowen busts in my office, so he knew there was a fellow comic geek on the show.
Well, that answers the “are you a comics fan” question…
BENSON: Oh yeah. I read comics up until I was 14. Then I started playing sports and going out with girls, so I sort of put it away up—until a couple of years ago, when I picked up Sin City. My love for it just sort of came back. I also have twin boys who are now 3, and my wife was talking about decorating their rooms, which gave me an excuse to go back and buy old issues I’ve always wanted like Avengers #1. What I did was have them mounted and put on their wall, and it just brought back all the feelings I used to have. Anyway, Reggie knows my writing and we would banter back and forth, and he thought I should meet Axel [Alonso, Moon Knight editor].
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