Ma, Simon :: Comic Art

Moon Knight 24 – page 5

Artists: Bill Sienkiewicz (All) , Doug Moench (Writer)

12 Comments - 394 Views - 16 Likes

Click Image to View Full Size

Additional Images:

Published page

Left to Right: Bill Sienkiewicz, Barry Windsor-Smith (obscured), Dave Sim, Gerhard at UKCAC 1986

Flatiron Building, December 1996

Previous Item:
Untitled – Thomas Ott

Next Item:
Paul Auster – Elliott Erwitt

Artwork Details

Title:	Moon Knight 24 – page 5
Artist:	Bill Sienkiewicz (All)
Artist:	Doug Moench (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	394
Likes on CAF:	16 17
Comments:	12
Added to Site:	5/3/2024
Comic Art Archive:

Description

Another vintage eBay purchase.

The above page is from the classic Stained Glass Scarlet storyline – every issue from 15 onwards is a classic.

I think my first exposure to Bill Sienkiewicz’s art was the at-the-time much-hyped release of Moon Knight 1, which was the character’s fully-fledged solo title after graduating from backups in The Hulk magazine. I thought the art was okay but dropped the title after three or four issues as I dismissed BS as just another Neal Adams clone; not as good as Mike Nasser/Netzer, although better than practically every other one, but a Neal Adams clone nevertheless. This opinion illustrates just how good I am at predicting future outcomes. I would probably have concluded that Barry Windsor-Smith was merely a Jack Kirby mimic who would never amount to anything if I had been around to read his early comics efforts. It was only after Marvel gave Moon Knight a soft relaunch with issue 15 which was the first (together with Ka-Zar and Micronauts) ongoing direct sales Marvel comic that I gave the comic another try. Its direct-sales status had no effect on its availability in the UK as the usual newsagents/newsstands carried it as normal because dedicated comics shop were then, as now, few and far between in the UK. A year is a long time in comics and I thought the development in the art between issues 3 and issue 15 was stark, which together with BS’s turn in the A Hard Look at Violence issue of the black and white Marvel magazine Bizarre Adventures proved that BS’s art was on the move – every issue of Moon Knight’s art was better than the one that preceded it. The best was yet to come with The New Mutants, Elektra Assassin – the mixed media extravaganza which I think is BS’s high point as he and Frank Miller pushed each other to the limit and beyond of what superhero comics were capable of, which was funny and involving and even had an exciting car chase which is hard to do in a comic – Love and War, Stray Toasters, The Shadow.

It is an indication of how far Bill Sienkiewicz’s stock had risen in the mid-80s that when I saw him at the UK Comic Art Convention in 1986 he would, if you got him between drawing sessions, sign as many comics as you put in front of him but by the following year you had to queue/line up for 30 minutes plus to get him to autograph anything and then you were limited to only one item. A year is a long time in comics.

Social/Sharing

About the Owner

	Simon Ma ( 2 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	April 2013
Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	UNITED KINGDOM
On CAF:	Artworks Commented On Liked Art Site Activity on CAF

Contact the Owner

Use can use a contact form to send an email to this gallery owner,
but, you must be logged in to use this feature.

Comments on this Artwork

You must be logged in to make comments.

David Kwock
Member Since 2012

Posted on 5/3/2024

Awesome page; love the graphic quality of it all. Also love the great insight and story; thanks for sharing!

Simon Ma
Member Since 2013

Posted on 6/10/2024

David Kwock wrote:

Awesome page; love the graphic quality of it all. Also love the great insight and story; thanks for sharing!

Thank you for your appreciation!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 5/4/2024

The city becomes just an important a character in this as Moon Knight drops into negative space and silhouette. The building is amazingly done, but tedious work as are all those cobblestones along the trail.

Simon Ma
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 6/10/2024

Marcus Wai wrote:

Yep, all those skills in his repertoire combining together as they would to even greater effect in his later colour work.

Rick W
Member Since 2017

Posted on 5/4/2024

Many elements of Bill's genius at play here! Congrats~

Simon Ma
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 6/10/2024

Rick W wrote:

Many elements of Bill's genius at play here! Congrats~

Totally agree. The creative evolution BS was undergoing is plain to see.

Nils E
Member Since 2014

Posted on 5/4/2024

and zip!

Simon Ma
Member Since 2013

Posted on 6/10/2024

Nils E wrote:

and zip!

Well, it is starting to wrinkle near the figure at the top of the building but if I got only that wrinkly after 42 years I would count myself lucky.

Mark Levy
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/5/2024

Love pages by the Greats with great architecture!

Simon Ma
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 6/10/2024

Mark Levy wrote:

Love pages by the Greats with great architecture!

I am with you on that, and you have two pages by the comic artist with architectural training par excellence – Marshall Rogers; they’re beauties.

Dave W
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 6/25/2024

Wonderful page, love the artwork! Thanks for sharing the art, the picture, and the back-story!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 7/12/2024

Gorgeous page from Bill Sienkiewicz's Moon Knight! Love the image of the young man drawing an "S" on the wall, then running from the building while a silent Moon Knight watches him from the top of the Flatiron Building. I love the inset image of the pure white cloak of Moon Knight and the blackness under his cowl in the third panel. Beautiful end panel with the man running along a small trickle of water that glows in the moonlight. It's a mysterious page that doesn't mean much without the rest of the book, but it's marvelously well drawn and wonderfully mysterious in all by itself. Fantastic pick-up, congrats!

All
	P A 9/6/2025 11:49:00 AM
	J Murdock 9/6/2025 11:31:00 AM
	COMIX ART 9/6/2025 11:30:00 AM
	Dave E 9/6/2025 11:22:00 AM
	Federico Bettini 9/6/2025 11:20:00 AM
View All


	James Cline 9/6/2025 11:18:00 AM
	Ben H 9/6/2025 11:10:00 AM
	Henrik Henrik 9/6/2025 10:58:00 AM
	Aasemoon ‎ 9/6/2025 10:54:00 AM
	Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy 9/6/2025 10:51:00 AM