If I sometimes forget between issues just how good Max Bemis' Moon Knight run is, it only takes a few pages of the latest issue to remind me!
Issue #197 is out and, boy, is it a doozy!
The short of it is that it takes place in a posh manor as a select group of four guests have been invited to the bi-annual feast of the Societe Des Sadiques.
We don't see the identity of the host at first but the issue is comprised primarily of each of the four guests introducing themselves and telling their stories of how they became enamored of the practice of sadism.
Each of the stories the guest tell is morbidly funny and chilling. The horror vibe of this MK run is right at the forefront here but purely psychological this issue, without a hint of the supernatural.
I won't go into details about the later section of the book because it's worth reading the surprises for yourself but I will say that what I imagined what might be a one and done story is actually a To Be Continued and that it ties back to the excellent Moon Knight #194.
I can't preach the gospel of this run enough. It's wonderfully weird, dryly funny, it's constantly throwing new ideas out, creating all new rogues for MK, and the art is consistently stellar.
I've surely said this in other write-ups on other issues but I'll say it again - this really is the best book that not enough people are talking about.
Looking forward to the ramp up to #200 and keeping my fingers crossed that Bemis is sticking around well past that milestone.