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Breaking down the comics: End of dreams (Issue 12)

Moon Knight, Issue #12: The Nightmare of Morpheus

Written by Doug Moench and drawn by Bill Sienkiewicz

Let’s head back to 1981 when Doug and Bill were still on the team.

So originally I was only going to review a few key issues. And then I just… did them all. But I skipped a few of the early ones that just didn’t strike me as key. Or ones that just didn’t click with me when I initially read them back in the day.

This was one of them. Which was a bit of a disservice because it introduces Morpheus, who ended up being a big deal as far as his recurring or vital villains go in the early run. Then he came back later in Mackay. To those that didn’t read the early runs, they just didn’t understand where Morpheus was coming from or why it was bittersweet to see him go the way he did.

I’ve already reviewed subsequent Morpheus issues and we’ve seen the death of Marlene’s brother at the hands of Morpheus, which lead to a major blow between Marlene and MK and MK and his own self doubt.

So let’s go back to the start.

We open on an office building at night. Dr. Peter Alraune is working late.

"And in a way, it's all my fault... And now that Markham is missing, I'm even responsible for his disappearance." He thinks to himself.

"He must be in torment by now...Half-mad with anguish, unable to sleep, unable to even close his eyes, stumbling through the streets in a perpetual daze...He could be anywhere out there in the city...Anywhere at all."

We see a man in a trenchcoat moving down the street towards Peter's office. He tries the door to find it locked.

The man reveals a clawed hand and he breaks the window.

"Locked doors can't hide Alraune from me...Nothing can hide him from the vengeance of Morpheus!"

Peter decides that despite his 'professional ethics', he has to report the disappearance.

He calls the police to report his patient is missing. Just as he's about to give the name, the man in the trench coat bursts in.

"You! Markham! But...But that black field! My god--What happened to you?!"

The man in the shadows unveils himself to be a terrifying looking creature.

"You happened to me, Dr. Alraune...And now I am about to happen to you!"

He pleads with Markham, "I warned you of the risk, Markham! Your disease was completely unknown--An uncontrolled breakdown of chromosomal structure--"

Markham claims the experimental drug reacted with the disease and mutated him, turning him into the monster before us.

Dark shadows emanate from Markham to wrap around Peter's neck.

Peter again points out that Markham did sign a release and knowingly took a drug that was untested.

Yeah, because logic is going to get him out of this situation.

Markham claims that he is unable to sleep. Unable to close his eyes and unable to dream.

"It deprives a man of his psychic need for dreams..And it drives him mad! But those psychic dream energies must go somewhere, Doctor--They must be released somehow..." And more dark shadows emanate from him.

"In my case, thanks to the effects of your drug, that psychic dreamstuff has become a tangible physical energy...The Ebon sleep-energy which even now squeezes the life from you!"

It tightens around Peter's throat. He claims that he can put others to sleep and force them to dream, or he can put them in a 'permanent sleep'.

Alluding to the Greek god Morpheus, son of somnus, we see where he gets his new name from.

Just as he's about to off poor Peter, the police arrive.

Markham, now Morpheus, blasts Peter once more before he flees the scene.

The next night we see Moon Knight returning to Grant Mansion.

As he lands, Marlene rushes out to meet him.

"Quick, Steven--I just got a call from the hospital--They've been trying to locate me all day! It's my brother, Peter--He's badly hurt! We've got to get down there!"

Now, we it's interesting that to this point we've only really seen Marlene and don't know anything about her family. She was the one following her father out to the dig sites and into the desert in Egypt. Also interesting is that she was hard to locate. Meaning perhaps her brother didn't really know her location or her standing with 'Steven Grant'.

Moon Knight pulls off his cowl, "Of course, Marlene. Just give me time to change to Steven Grant."

It's these social situations that always call for Steven. Jake never goes anywhere with Marlene and Marc isn't invited. Steven is the socialite. He's the one that knows how to be proper and deal with adult situations.

At the hospital Marlene demands to see Peter, claiming that she's his only surviving family.

When she is finally let in to see him, we find him in poor shape.

He struggles to tell her that "Morpheus...Patient named Robert Markham...Rare disease...Experimental drug...turned him into a monster...Tried to kill me...For revenge and.." It's more than he can take and he slumps back, slipping into a coma.

Steven tries to comfort Marlene and take her home, but outside the hospital the police have gathered and are shooting at someone.

Morpheus has arrived at the hospital. He uses his dark powers to deflect bullets and toss about cars. He will have his revenge!

Steven rushes off to change and Moon Knight introduces himself the Moon Knight way.

He's doing fine.

Morpheus attacks and drains Moon Knight.

Moon Knight tries to keep attention on himself and away from the crowd of people nearby.

It works.

He’ll be fine.

But you see, the more he uses his powers, the more the become depleted and the big show with the police and with throwing Moon Knight around has worn him out.

He runs off again to recoop.

As Moon Knight extracts himself from the car, Marlene runs up to ask if he's alright.

"Be serious, Marlene... After he made me look like an amateur?"

He's so hard on himself all the time.

He tells Marlene to go home while he heads to Peter's office to look through his files for Robert Markham.

And to Peter’s off we go where we find DETECTIVE FLINT! And my all time favorite panel.

Let me introduce to you Detective Flint. This man has put up with so much.

(six through the window entrances on the counter now)

I love how Flint just rolls with the fact that Moon Knight just crashed through the window behind him. Could have used a door or opened the window of the crime scene... But no.

Still, he just invites Moon Knight to come in and do his thing.

Let’s take some time to devote love to this man.

He introduces himself. He knows vigilantism is frowned on, but he could care less. Flint figures it's help or watch them do it anyways.

He tells Moon Knight the details on the medical experiments and lets Moon Knight do his thing in the files while he has himself a cup of coffee.

And I just appreciate the way this page is done. Flint making his coffee so meticulously, looking so tired, and Moon Knight just digging through the file cabinet in the background. It's beautiful. It’s also a brilliant way to lay the ground rules of the bad guy and move the story along without a lot of investigating and exposition.

There's this beautiful respect here. Moon Knight is used to dealing with people that don't trust him, that give him a hard time, or that just refuse to work with him.

He instantly takes a shine to Flint and I must say that I do too.

Also Moon Knight totally just jumped out his broken window.

Moon Knight returns to Grant Mansion to find a hysterical Marlene.

"He's still in a coma, Steven. He's my brother and I hardly even think about him--And now he may be dying!"

"My brother. Steven, do you understand?! You've got to stop Morpheus--You've got to!"

Yeah... It's safe to say he understands. Considering that Marc's brother Randall was killed a long while ago early on in the Moon Knight career before he got his own comic.

Elsewhere, we find Morpheus gloating about being stronger than even Moon Knight.

It's dawn and Morpheus finds himself drained, but now he rebuilds his Ebon energies.

Come nightfall his energy has rebuilt to a dangerous level.

Each night that he fails to sleep the more his energy builds.

He concludes that if he waits a week he'd be able to destroy the hospital and Moon Knight. So he decides to unleash his energy robbing banks in order to build a palace for himself in the meantime. “A dream palace”.

Look, I never said his plans were coherent.

It’s a sleepless man with no eyelids that walks around shirtless all the time. He’s going to be a little eccentric.

So he goes and blows up a bank. This attracts a little attention.

Moon Knight gets the drop on Morpheus and punches him in the back of the head.

Then Morpheus uses his powers to fling Moon Knight around a little.

Look at this dramatic man. He’s so hard on himself!

…Oh no. Not the zoo. Moon Knight no. You know you and animals never ends well…

I really wish I had kept a count of the number of times Moon Knight is attacked by animals.

Yeah that seems about right.

He manages to get away from the panther. Just a little torn up.

Morpheus taunts him to take his best shot. Moon Knight throws his truncheon past him to ricochet off a wall and bean him in the back of the head.

Unfortunately for Moon Knight Morpheus still has a load of power and he blasts Moon Knight away.

Worn out but desperate not to lose again, Moon Knight makes a break for the caretaker's building.

Cornered in the building, he puts his plan into action, he tells Morpheus to just finish him.

At the last second, Moon Knight doges out of the way and Morpheus strikes the generator.

The electrical backlash runs up his Ebon energyand strikes him right in the eyes.

The light negates his dark energies and strips Morphus of his powers.

And Moon Knight takes advantage of Morpheus' lost powers to knock him out.

The police are called in to clean up.

Flint shows up and we've got a buffed out but exhausted Moon Knight with a panther clawed up mask and this man...

"You're a good man, Moon Knight. Now you'd better split. Before I'm forced to ask questions. I hate questions. The answers never cut it."

"Yeah. Well take good care of him, Flint. --And make sure you have the "Do not disturb" sign on his bedroom door knob."

Moon Knight is such a cad.

They transport Morpheus to the hospital where he is sedated. They note they have to sedate him 8 hours every night forever unless someone comes up with a cure.

Many days later, we come to Marlene waiting next to her comatose brother, who finally wakes. They are reunited in a hug and end issue!

OKAY! So why did I skip this issue in my original review run? I’ll be honest: I was never a Morpheus fan and my memory is terrible. I forgot about Detective Flint and the joy of the panels I included here. Aside from introducing Morpheus and Detective Flint, not much actual Moon Knight advancing in character actually happens here (if you discount him sobbing to himself in a crumpled heap about being a loser).

And you know, maybe it was a happy accident that I skipped this one till now. It works now that MacKay has killed off Morpheus. Now you can see his start. We know that he comes back and there’s a huge run with Moon Knight hallucinating about being on the moon and then he comes back again to kill Peter, which I feel is the starting point of sending Marelene into a spiral that eventually does lead her to pull away from the Moon Knight system.

Considering this is issue 12 and so close to the start, we are trying to build up a villain base for our new hero. In classic comic book fashion, they are looking for villains that can come back again and again and up the stakes each time. And, Morpheus did do that. He has scary powers, a scary appearance, and Marelen’s brother is often at stake (until his death at Morpheus’ hands).

And I’ve said it before, but the thing about Moon Knight villains is that they are weird. They aren’t typical and don’t have the personal vendetta that, say, Spider-Man villains have. They tended to just come out of nowhere and have their own issues that may or may not make sense, and then they disappear for long stretches at a time.

The most common villain in Moon Knight’s roster tended to be mental health and self doubt.

And while Morpheus can now be looked back on and given an approving nod, it feels sad now knowing that all of Moon Knight’s original villains have been killed off in today’s runs. Making room for bigger and better villains with higher fight value and bigger stakes.

But a part of me can’t help but miss the old villains. The old stakes. The way they challenged him in ways that were more than fists and weapons. And perhaps, it feels like the old Moon Knight is fading away too. Or more still, perhaps we lost the old Moon Knight many years ago as the writers lost sight of where he came from. With the death of Moon Knight approaching in the current MacKay run (We shall see how future me looks back on this once it is all said and done), is it a way to kill what has been done and finally start fresh? A way to bring back something lost? Or is it a way to finally put an end to the dreams of the past?

#Moon Knight #Moon Knight comics #Analyzing the comics #Marc Spector #Steven Grant #Jake Lockley #I legit forgot how much this particular issue gives us #window smashing #Detective Flint #Fighting a panther #Crumpled little meowmeow #It's so hard not to call him a wet meow meow while analyzing #you have no idea

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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Marc Spector is a Jewish-American rabbi's wayward son. As an adult, Spector had been a heavyweight boxer before becoming a U.S. Marine serving in Force Recon, afterward, he left the Marines to become a mercenary occasionally doing work for the CIA. As a mercenary he befriends the French pilot Jean-Paul DuChamp, whom he affectionately calls "Frenchie". While working for the African mercenary Raoul Bushman in Egypt, the group stumbles upon an archaeological dig whose crew includes Dr. Peter Alraune and his daughter Marlene Alraune. The dig had uncovered an ancient temple where artifacts included a statue of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Intent on looting the dig, Bushman kills Dr. Alraune. In response to Alraune's murder, Spector challenges Bushman to personal combat and is defeated by Bushman and left to die in the sub-zero temperatures of the desert night. The Egyptians who worship the ancient gods find Spector and carry him to their temple. Helpless before the statue of Khonshu, Spector's heart stops. Khonshu appears to him in a vision, offering Spector a second chance at life if he becomes the god's avatar on Earth. Spector awakens, wraps himself in the silver shroud that covers Khonshu's statue, and again confronts Bushman. He defeats Bushman and returns to America with Marlene, Frenchie, and the statue of Khonshu. Deciding to become a crimefighter, Spector creates a silver cloaked costume, based on the silver shroud, and becomes Moon Knight aka "The Fist of Khonshu".[24]

After his return to the United States, Spector invests the money that he had accumulated as a mercenary and develops a small fortune. To distance himself from his mercenary past, he creates the identity of millionaire entrepreneur Steven Grant, using this identity to purchase a spacious estate. To remain in contact with the street and criminal element, he also creates the identity of taxicab driver Jake Lockley and has acquired civilian allies such as Bertrand Crawley, Gena Landers, and her sons.[25]

In the character's first appearance, the criminal organization the Committee supplies Marc Spector with the name Moon Knight, his costume and weapons (using silver) to hunt down Jack Russell. In Los Angeles, Moon Knight captures the Werewolf for the Committee, but then frees him and halts the Committee's plans, fighting Russell again.[26] He battles Conquer Lord,[27] teams up with Spider-Man to fight Cyclone,[28] and fights Lupinar,[29] and his brother Randall, the Hatchet-Man.[30]

His origin of being "created by The Committee" is explained as a ruse set up by Frenchie so Marc can shut the Committee down.[31] He then encounters the Midnight Man[32] and returns to Chicago to prevent the poisoning of its water supply by a group called the Werewolves,[33] encounters Morpheus[34] and teams with Daredevil to fight the Jester.[35] It is around this time that he first encounters Stained Glass Scarlet.[36] Later, he battled the Werewolf once again,[37] battled Bora, and met the X-Men, the Fantastic Four,[38] and Doctor Strange.[39]

Volume 2: Fist of Khonshu (1985)Edit

Spector abandons his Moon Knight, Grant, and Lockley identities after the effects of Russell's bite (lunar cycle-based strength)[40] fade away, and functions as an independently wealthy man opening art galleries around the world, with the help of art historian Spence. Spector's estranged relationship with Marlene ends when she finally leaves him for her ex-husband when he becomes Moon Knight again.

The cult of Khonshu telepathically summons Spector to Egypt and supplies him with a new arsenal of moon-themed projectile weaponry, originally designed by a time-traveling Hawkeye in ancient Egypt. Khonshu himself appears to Spector and enters his body, giving him the same lunar abilities he previously had.[41]

As the agent of Khonshu, he aids the West Coast Avengers, but at the cost of alienating Frenchie and further distancing Marlene.[42] He time travels to 2940 BC to rescue the Avengers, where he learns of his weapons' design by Hawkeye.[43] He officially joins the West Coast Avengers[44] and enters a relationship with Tigra for the remainder of his tenure on the team.

While investigating the Phantom Rider with Daimon Hellstrom, Moon Knight and the Avengers are attacked by soldiers working for Khonshu's rival, Seth, who is invading Asgard. Khonshu abandons Moon Knight to battle Seth after explaining it was his wish to join the team, not Spector's. Moon Knight resigns from the team,[45] and reunites with Marlene and Frenchie,[volume & issue needed] only to die and be resurrected by Khonshu once more.[volume & issue needed]

Marc Spector: Moon Knight (1989–1994)Edit

This volume introduces Moon Knight's teenage sidekick Jeff Wilde, also known as "Midnight", the son of Midnight Man, a member of Moon Knight's rogues gallery. At this time, Moon Knight first encounters the Black Cat.[46] Midnight is turned into a cyborg by the Secret Empire, then is seemingly killed in a battle with Moon Knight, Spider-Man, Darkhawk, the Punisher, Nova and Night Thrasher.[47]

Teaming up with the Punisher, Moon Knight defeated ULTIMATUM,[48] and during the "Acts of Vengeance", fought Killer Shrike, Coachwhip, and the second Ringer.[49] He then encountered Silver Sable and her allies Sandman and Paladin.[50] As Marc Spector, he was tried for murder in Bosqueverde, South America.[51] Moon Knight teamed up with the Punisher again, as well as Spider-Man against the Secret Empire.[52]

While fighting with his brother Randal Spector over who is destined to carry the mantle of Moon Knight, Marc discovers Khonshu is not the god of vengeance but the god of justice.[53]

Moon Knight eventually upgrades his armor to adamantium armor rather than his original Kevlar costume.[54] This upgrade is critical since Moon Knight needs the armor to hold his body together after being infected by the then-possessed Hobgoblin. The disease is revealed to be the villain known as Demogoblin trying to possess him.[55] With the help of Doctor Strange and Mister Fantastic, the Demogoblin parasite is removed. Moon Knight seemingly severs his ties to the Avengers by burning his membership ID card after being brought in by Thor to answer charges in regard to his illegal actions against Doctor Doom.[56] By the end of the series, Moon Knight is killed violently, sacrificing himself to save his loved ones from a computerized villain called Seth and his "Zero Hour" program.[57]

Resurrection Wars and High StrangersEdit

Moon Knight was resurrected in two separate limited series in 1998 and 1999.

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Minor appearancesEdit

In 1998, Spector uses his Ka to help a critically injured Black Panther through the Kingdom of the Dead.[58]

In 2001 and 2002, Moon Knight joins the "Marvel Knights" non-team to capture the Punisher.[59] After making a brief appearance in the "Avengers Disassembled" story-arc, he makes a minor return in the 2005 Marvel Team-Up miniseries, fighting alongside Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the Punisher. He later appears in issue #2 of the Great Lakes Avengers mini-series where Doorman offered to recruit him in the GLA, but he immediately rejects the offer.[60]

Moon Knight Volume 3 (2006–2009)Edit

This volume opens with Marc Spector's early retirement which comes after a brutal battle with Bushman. Although his body is broken after a tremendous fall and both knees shattered, Moon Knight finally defeats his nemesis Bushman by carving off his face with a crescent moon dart. Spector is then haunted by a spiritual apparition of Khonshu, who chose a faceless Bushman as his ethereal representation. Marc Spector's background is updated, so he fought in the Gulf War and that his time as a mercenary was during the 1990s. It is also revealed that Frenchie is homosexual and in love with Marc Spector; which is why he stuck around for so long.

The new Secret Committee then hires The Profile, an amoral character who can analyze a persona past and future habits with a glance, to help them entrap Moon Knight. He escapes after the plan collapses because they authorized a mugging of Frenchie too soon. Profile then becomes a reluctant source of information for Spector himself, even giving him advice on rekindling his relationship with Marlene.

Moon Knight eventually gets drawn into the Superhero Registration Act as he investigates a string of murders perpetrated by Midnight, his former sidekick. Other Marvel heroes take notice of his violent return to vigilantism. Spider-Man attempts to contact Moon Knight but is rebuked.[61] Captain America pays him a visit to deliver a warning and they quarrel.[62] The Punisher and Moon Knight have a lengthy conversation about the nature of their vigilantism and their shared past.[63] Moon Knight is forced into a final confrontation with his cybernetically enhanced former sidekick Midnight, seemingly killing him for good.[34]

Iron Man also investigates Moon Knight's activities by placing him under close surveillance. Finding his mental condition unstable, Iron Man decides that arresting Moon Knight under the Registration Act might make his mental instability worse. Moon Knight begrudgingly applies for registration after much prodding from Khonshu, not wanting the law to keep him from his work. The new law requires him to submit to a psychiatric exam. The psychiatrist controlling the exam, along with the government and Tony Stark, has no intention of granting Marc Spector approval for registration. After speaking with Spector's repressed alter egos Jake Lockley and Steven Grant, the psychiatrist begins the process of officially turning him down, suggesting possible future imprisonment. Subconsciously Spector breaks the doctor's will by speaking in the voice of Khonshu and pointing out the doctor's own antisocial tendencies, as told to him earlier by the Profile. The psychiatrist not only approves his application but bows to worship him as well. However, later on, Marc meets the Profile with their dialogue suggesting that the personalities above were just an act to be approved for registration.[35]

Moon Knight shows little regard for his newly licensed superhero status or any passion to the people around him, further alienating himself. His former nemesis Black Spectre returns. Carson Knowles, recently released from prison, attempts to frame his murders on Moon Knight. He steals some Stark nanotechnology and plans to unleash it on the city. Moon Knight pushes Knowles off a building apparently to his death. Tony Stark, as the head of the Initiative, revokes his superhero registration, but buries the fact that Spectre had stolen Stark Tech.[64]

The Thunderbolts, led by Norman Osborn, are now on the hunt for Moon Knight. Tony Stark and second-in-command Maria Hill argue with former Avengers government liaison Raymond Sikorsky, now a representative of the Commission on Superhuman Activities, who desperately wants for Moon Knight to be apprehended with extreme prejudice.[65] Marc Spector himself busts up a drug deal while wearing an entirely black costume while going through an internal monologue about how crime-fighting is much easier without the burden of his reputation and "costume recognition."[66]

Several weeks later, after barely surviving an altercation with the Thunderbolts, Spector pleads for Khonshu's forgiveness for turning his back on him and for the god's renewed assistance. Khonshu appears and informs Spector he doesn't need him anymore, as he now has other worshipers. Spector returns to his Moon Knight costume to aid Frenchie DuChamp in gaining revenge on the Whyos gang for attacking his restaurant and injuring Frenchie's lover Rob, only to find the Whyos' attack was designed to draw Spector into another conflict with the Thunderbolts when he is ambushed by Venom.[67] After a brief fight Moon Knight is captured, but escapes when S.H.I.E.L.D. shows up. Frenchie agrees to help Spector, and Ray joins the reformed team as well. Bullseye is released to kill Moon Knight, as Spector prepares to go out with a bang.[68]

Moon Knight is next seen battling Bullseye on the streets of NYC. He eventually leads Bullseye to a bunker/warehouse where he has planted several explosives. Bullseye narrowly escapes as Moon Knight ignites the explosives. Later that day two press conferences are held: one by Norman Osborn to announce the Thunderbolts' success and Moon Knight's death and the other held by Tony Stark who denounces the methods used by the Thunderbolts. At the end of the issue, it is revealed that Moon Knight has faked his death, escapes from the warehouse through a secret passage in the floor, and is hiding in Mexico. It is also revealed that the Marc Spector persona has "died" and that Jake Lockley is now in control.[69]

Now living as Lockley, the Moon Knight escaped to Mexico.[70] Laying low to avoid attracting the attention of the Registration Act any further, Lockley gets roped into a mission involving criminal cartels, two boisterous sibling luchador assassins, and a murderous Toltec avatar. During this stint in Mexico, Moon Knight learns he was being shadowed by The Punisher from the moment he crossed the border. Frank Castle's reasoning was that he knew Moon Knight would find himself somehow involved with the very cartel Frank had been pursuing; however, the Toltec god's avatar made quick work of the cartel.[71]

Eventually, the super-hero Civil War ended with Norman Osborn as director of H.A.M.M.E.R. and with him replacing S.H.I.E.L.D.. Lockley knows that Osborn had been behind the group of Thunderbolts sent to kill him and that a deranged psychotic was not fit to run the U.S.A.'s national security agencies, so using some spoils from the Cartel, Moon Knight decided it was time for a comeback.

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fandomshatepeopleofcolor · 5 years ago

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I thought moon knight was Egyptian???

According to this https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Moon_Knight

While on a mission in Sudan, mercenary Marc Spector was left for dead in the desert by Raul Bushman, a ruthless African general who killed archaeologist Dr. Peter Alraune, afterwards Marc was later resurrected by the ancient Egyptian moon god known as Khonshu in exchange for being his avatar on Earth. Marc would later return to New York City and become the superhero known as Moon Knight.

So no Marc Spector doesn’t have to be Egyptian but he does have to be Jewish.

mod mal

#marc spector #moon knight #disney+#itsjustqueenrosebud16

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Moon Knight Theory Explains Who Killed Layla’s Father

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This article contains Moon Knight spoilers.

There is a LOT going on in Moon Knight episode 4. The final few minutes include our title character seemingly dying, only to shift gears into a dreamlike reality that paints the events of the show as the delusions of a sick man. Then it gets even weirder and ends with a hell of a cliffhanger.

But those surreal final moments distract from one of the big subplots introduced in the past couple of episodes: what happened to Layla’s father? In fact, the question is really a thread that makes us wonder about Marc’s origins because we’re 2/3 into the series and still only have vague descriptions of how Moon Knight came to be. It’s a curious situation, as it roughly syncs up with a comic fan’s knowledge of Moon Knight’s origin, but even then, there’s definitely more than meets the eye.

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Moon Knight’s Marvel Comics Origin

Though Moon Knight appeared several times in Marvel Comics before getting his own solo series, it wasn’t until Moon Knight #1 that we saw his actual origin story. Marc Spector was a mercenary working under the brutal leadership of Raoul Bushman. Hailing from the fictional African nation of Burunda, Bushman was a sadist who was so into murder and inflicting terror that he tattooed a skull over his face and replaced his teeth with metal. He and his people were working on a mission on the border of Sudan and Egypt, but Bushman became sidetracked by the possibility of stealing some gold.

Dr. Peter Alraune attempted to stop Bushman and stab him in the back. Marc saved Bushman’s life by telling him to watch out. Marc then watched in horror as Bushman chomped Alraune’s throat out. Marc found Alraune’s daughter Marlene (Layla’s comic counterpart) and insisted she escape. Marlene accused Marc of killing her father and he initially accepted responsibility just so he could cut down on the arguments and scare her off.

Bushman had his men open fire on some civilians for the sake of cutting out witnesses and resistance. A disgusted Marc attacked him and was beaten down for his efforts. Exiled, Marc wandered the desert until he collapsed. He was discovered by some hooded men stationed in a pharaoh’s tomb. Marlene was there and felt guilty for taking pleasure in seeing the man she thought killed her father dead.

Marc awoke in front of a statue of Khonshu, fully healed and having some innate knowledge of what Khonshu represented. He dressed in a white cloak, tracked down Bushman, and kicked his ass. All the while, Marlene finally understood that Bushman was the one behind her father’s murder.

What Do We Know of Moon Knight’s MCU Origin?

Details are a bit scattershot, but they do line up with the comic version so far. Marc Spector was working with a “partner” who became greedy and that turned to violence. Layla’s father was a victim of that violence. He wasn’t the only one, as a group of archeologists were all slaughtered. Somehow, this incident led to Marc becoming the avatar of Khonshu, God of the Moon.

According to the records read by Arthur Harrow’s people, Marc was given official blame for all the dead archeologists. When Harrow himself tried to judge Marc/Steven, he did see that Marc was responsible for Layla’s father’s death and Marc had kept that information from her. Marc claims that he was indeed there, but he was powerless to stop the death. He sought out Layla afterwards, could not bring himself to explain his involvement, and ended up marrying her down the line.

Will Bushman Appear in Moon Knight?

Based on the original comic and the vague references on the show, it seems like a slam dunk, right? Bushman killed Layla’s father.

Well…probably not.

Head writer and executive producer Jeremy Slater was asked on Twitter about the show’s use of Arthur Harrow. For those who don’t know, Harrow only appeared in a forgettable single issue of Moon Knight’s comic back in the mid-1980s and not only did he do little of note, but he was completely different from Ethan Hawke’s portrayal. The question, which interestingly did NOT mention Bushman by name, asked why they went with Harrow instead of any other Moon Knight villain.

“Because his only recognizable villain was Bushman, who just felt too close to Black Panther’s Erik Killmonger. So we decided to invent a villain instead.”

Considering we live in a world where Andrew Garfield kept insisting he wasn’t going to be in Spider-Man: No Way Home, take this quote how you will. Still, if you take Slater at his word, then they certainly aren’t going to throw Bushman into the story so late in the game.

So, then…who was Marc Spector’s partner?

Did Jake Lockley Kill Layla’s Father?

Hinted in the first couple episodes and made apparent in the third, Marc and Steven aren’t the only personalities living in that body. There is a third, seemingly more violent personality in the mix. While we haven’t seen him in action just yet, fans label this third personality “Jake” since Jake Lockley is a third Moon Knight identity/personality from the comics who has yet to show up onscreen. Based on the third episode, when neither Steven nor Marc would take responsibility for lethally dispatching some of Harrow’s goons, he has no qualms about killing.

The ending of episode four hints even more strongly that a third, suppressed personality is violent and unstable. When Steven was locked inside a sarcophagus inside the apparent “asylum,” the pounding inside sounded more panicked and scared. Marc set him free. But we also see a second sarcophagus, from which the pounding seems more volatile and violent. Marc chose to keep him locked up.

Jake may not only be the third personality, but also the show’s counterpart to Bushman. He’s likely the one who killed Layla’s father. He’s the one who killed those other archeologists. That’s why Marc gets blamed. That’s why Marc both claims he wasn’t responsible, while at the same time feeling tremendous guilt. For all we know, Steven might have been a late creation, built by Marc’s psyche as a complete opposite of the man he’s afraid to see in the mirror, while Jake is the monster that Steven believes Marc to be.

Then again, we do know that Frenchie exists in some form and he was Marc’s mercenary partner in the comics. Maybe he can shed some light on the situation.

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MOON KNIGHT

Marc Spector was the son of a rabbi whose family had fled Europe in the 1930s to escape the Holocaust. As Marc matured, he rejected his father's morality and embraced materialism. He became a heavyweight boxer, then a U.S. Marine, and then a CIA operative. The Egyptians who worship the ancient gods find Spector and carry him to their temple. Helpless before the statue of Khonshu, Spector's heart stops. Khonshu appears to him in a vision, offering Spector a second chance at life if he becomes the god's avatar on Earth.

Powers and Abilities

Over the course of his life as a boxer, U.S. Marine, mercenary, and costumed superhero, Marc Spector has become an expert at hand-to-hand combat techniques and martial arts such as Boxing, Kung Fu, Eskrima, Judo, Karate, Ninjutsu, Savate, and Muay Thai. He is an Olympic-level athlete and a skilled acrobat and gymnast and excels as a combat strategist. He employs a variety of weapons over the course of his career, including throwing darts, nunchaku, bo staff, and a truncheon. He is skilled with most weapons and an expert with throwing weapons. Spector gained his superhuman powers as a result of a visitation by the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Moon Knight's strength, endurance, and reflexes are enhanced depending upon the phases of the moon. The fuller the moon, the more strength Moon Knight derives from it, though even during a new moon, he can lift several hundred pounds. It's not known how much of this strength is mystical and how much is simply the result of self-hypnosis due to his psychological instability. Due to his multiple personalities, he is also resistant to some psychic attacks and sometimes receives prophetic visions. Moon Knight is shown to possess a very high tolerance for pain such as ignoring a bullet wound through his leg while only letting off a slight grunt of pain. At one point, Moon Knight is given special weapons by the cult of Khonshu, including bolas, golden throwing crescent-darts shaped like scarabs, an ivory boomerang, throwing irons, and a golden stick in the shape of an ankh that glowed in the presence of danger that can be used as a throwing weapon or bludgeon. During the third series, Moon Knight's silver-white costume includes adamantium, and he acquires an array of high-tech weaponry including an adamantium staff, a truncheon capable of firing a cable line, and gauntlets that fire crescent darts.

Bio

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Marc Spector is a Jewish-American rabbi's wayward son. As an adult, Spector had been a heavyweight boxer before becoming a U.S. Marine, afterward, he left the United States military to become a mercenary. He later becomes a strong and skilled combatant and befriends the French pilot Jean-Paul DuChamp, whom he affectionately calls "Frenchie". While working for the African mercenary Raoul Bushman in Egypt, the group stumbles upon an archaeological dig whose crew includes Dr. Peter Alraune and his daughter Marlene. The dig had uncovered an ancient temple where artifacts included a statue of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Intent on looting the dig, Bushman kills Dr. Alraune. In response to Alraune's murder, Spector challenges Bushman to personal combat and is defeated by Bushman and left to die in the sub-zero temperatures of the desert night. The Egyptians who worship the ancient gods find Spector and carry him to their temple. Helpless before the statue of Khonshu, Spector's heart stops. Khonshu appears to him in a vision, offering Spector a second chance at life if he becomes the god's avatar on Earth. Spector awakens, wraps himself in the silver shroud that covers Khonshu's statue, and again confronts Bushman. He defeats Bushman and returns to America with Marlene Alraune, Frenchie, and the statue of Khonshu. Deciding to become a crimefighter, Spector creates a silver cloaked costume, based on the silver shroud, and becomes Moon Knight aka "The Fist of Khonshu".After his return to the United States, Spector invests the money that he had accumulated as a mercenary and develops a small fortune. To distance himself from his mercenary past, he creates the identity of millionaire entrepreneur Steven Grant, using this identity to purchase a spacious estate. To remain in contact with the street and criminal element, he also creates the identity of taxicab driver Jake Lockley and has acquired civilian allies such as Bertrand Crawley and Gena Landers and her sons. In the character's first appearance, the criminal organization the Committee supplies Marc Spector with the name Moon Knight, his costume and weapons (using silver) to hunt down Jack Russell. In Los Angeles, Moon Knight captures the Werewolf for the Committee, but then frees him and halts the Committee's plans, fighting Russell again. He battles Conquer-Lord, teams up with Spider-Man to fight Cyclone, and fights Lupinar and his brother Randall, the Hatchet-Man. His origin of being "created by The Committee" is explained as a ruse set up by Frenchie so Marc can shut the Committee down. He then encounters the Midnight Man and returns to Chicago to prevent the poisoning of its water supply by a group called the Werewolves, encounters Morpheus and teams with Daredevil to fight the Jester. It is around this time that he first encounters Stained Glass Scarlet. Later, he battled the Werewolf once again, battled Bora, and met the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and Doctor Strange.

Significance

While his similarities to Batman are hard to deny, his differences make him a more interesting study for the concept of 'hero'. His origin story has a heavy religious angle, which Marvel has been known to tip-toe around when it comes to adapting heroes for television and movies. His powers were granted to him by the Egyptian moon god Khonshu after he lost a fight and was left for dead in the desert. Although the degree to which his powers are enhanced are dependent on the phases of the Moon (honestly such a cool idea right there), he maintains superior martial arts abilities and is a master with most weapons both melee and range. Which means he has tons of gadgets and knows how to use them. At times, he is an uber-violent vigilante who fights for his Moon god. He's like Batman with religious conviction which is why Moon Knight needs to be more explored and made more public as he is one of those characters that fall under the radar.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Knight

https://www.marvel.com/characters/moon-knight-marc-spector

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“Moon Knight” by @manueljiniesta

El Caballero Luna (Moon Knight en el original de inglés) es un un superhéroe, que aparece en Marvel Comics.

Nacido en Chicago, Illinois, Marc Spector es el hijo descarriado de un rabino estadounidense. Como adulto, Spector pasa el tiempo como un boxeador de peso pesado, un infante de marina de EE.UU., y un mercenario. Mientras trabaja en Egipto con el mercenario Bushman, se topa con una excavación arqueológica cuyo equipo incluye al Dr. Peter Alraune y su hija Marlene. La excavación había descubierto un templo antiguo, donde los artefactos incluyen una estatua del dios egipcio Khonshu. Intentando saquear la excavación, Bushman mata a el Dr. Alraune. En respuesta al asesinato de Alraune, Spector reta a Bushman a un combate personal, pero es golpeado casi hasta la muerte y dejado morir en las temperaturas bajo cero de la noche del desierto.

Los egipcios nómadas que adoran a los dioses del antiguo Egipto encuentran a Spector y lo llevan a su templo. Indefenso ante la estatua de Khonshu, el corazón de Spector se detiene. Khonshu se le aparece en una visión, ofreciendo a Spector una segunda oportunidad en la vida si se convierte en el avatar del dios en la tierra. Spector despierta, se envuelve a sí mismo con el manto de plata que cubre la estatua de Khonshu, y de nuevo se enfrenta a Bushman. Derrota a Bushman y vuelve a América con Marlene Alraune, y la estatua de Khonshu. Decidido a convertirse en un justiciero, Spector crea un traje de plata, basado en el manto de plata, y se convierte en el Caballero Luna.

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Episode 139- LUNAR-PICK Classic Run Review: Awwwwwwwwwwww....!!

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EPISODE 139:

High Priest of Khonshu Rey shoots the breeze with seasoned Loony and valued Patroony, Josh 'Geronimo' Johnson to chat all things happening in this mad world, as well as to take a breather from it all, and chat some classic Moon Knight!

Popular amongst the Loonies, Josh and Rey review one of Moon Knight's more mysterious and super powered enemies - one which beats him twice in the issue, before Moony get s the last laugh!

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PHASE OF THE MOON: WANING CRESCENT

LUNAR-PICK - CLASSIC RUN REVIEW

MOON KNIGHT VOL.1, ISSUE #12

- "THE NIGHTMARE OF MORPHEUS"

Released October 1981

Writer - Doug Moench

Penciler - Bill Sienkiewicz

Inker - Bill Sienkiewicz

Colourist - Christie Scheele

Letterer - Joe Rosen

Editor - Denny O’Neill

BARE BONES (WRITTEN BY REY):

Dr. Peter Alraune (Marlene’s brother) ponders over the guilt he bears for his patient, Robert Markham, who has gone horribly astray.

Just as he decides to report Markham to the police over the phone as missing, an intruder breaks in and reveals himself to be Markham himself, though now totally crazed and disfigured.

With mysterious dark powers, Markham (calling himself Morpheus after the Greek god) assaults Alraune but before he is able to finish the job, the police arrive and Morpheus flees into the night.

Marlene hears news of her brother now in hospital and pleads to Steven Grant to accompany her to see him. Peter slips in and out of consciousness but sadly as Marlene and Steven arrive, he falls into a coma.

It’s not long during their visit that Morpheus returns to presumably finish what he started, and as he attacks the hospital police guards, Moon Knight springs into action!

Morpheus proves, however, too much for Moon Knight to handle, and he makes short work of Moon Knight using his versatile ebon energy.

Moon Knight licks his wounds and returns to the scene of the crime (Peter Alraune’s office) to try and dig up information on Morpheus.

He is greeted by detective Flint – a seasoned, weary D.I who rather than get in Moon Knight’s way, assists him. Flint gives Moon Knight vital information and the thankful White knight leaves the office in search of Morpheus.

Meanwhile, as Morpheus becomes more and more crazed, he decides to rob a bank, which is easily detected by Moon Knight.

The two clash again, and for a second time, Morpheus beats Moon Knight effortlessly.

Moon Knight vows to do better and chases Morpheus into a zoo and after an intense fight where both seem to win at some point, Moon Knight lures Morpheus towards an electric generator.

Feigning injury, Moon Knight tricks Morpheus to shoot at the generator and as Moon Knight had hoped the electricity negates Morpheus’ ebon energy, rendering him powerless and at the mercy of the Fist of Khonshu.

Morpheus is arrested and brought to Seagate prison where he is sedated – effectively keeping Morpheus and his ebon energy under wraps.

Moon Knight forges a friendship with Detective Flint and as the story ends, Peter Alraune wakes from his coma, much to Marlene’s delight.

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Moon Knight: la Marvel sta valutando Pedro Pascal per il ruolo dell’eroe?

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Moon Knight: la Marvel sta valutando Pedro Pascal per il ruolo dell’eroe?

Alla fine dello scorso mese vi avevamo riportato che, secondo un recente rumor, Daniel Radcliffe, noto al grande pubblico per aver interpretato Harry Potter nell’omonima saga cinematografica di successo, sarebbe stato considerato per il ruolo di Marc Spector nella serie Marvel Moon Knight in arrivo prossimamente su Disney+.

Adesso, un nuovo report emerso online grazie al sito Showbiz Cheat Sheet (via ComicBookMovie), suggerisce che un altro attore sarebbe stato considerato dai Marvel Studios per la parte: si tratta di un attore che la Disney ha già reclutato nella sua scuderia, dal momento che stiamo parlando di Pedro Pascal, protagonista di The Mandalorian, la serie ambientata nell’universo di Star Wars.

Sul sito si legge: “Secondo numerose fonti interne, il Mandaloriano in persona, Pedro Pascal, sarebbe uno degli attori che la Marvel starebbe considerando per il ruolo di Moon Knight nell’omonima serie destinata a Disney+. Non ci sono ancora trattative in corso e l’eventuale casting di Pascal dipenderà anche dalla disponibilità dell’attore e dai suoi impegni con la seconda stagione di The Mandalorian. L’attore sarebbe in lista, ma non è stato ancora selezionato ufficialmente.”

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LEGGI ANCHE – Moon Knight: da Harry Potter arriva il protagonista della serie Marvel?

Qualche settimana fa era stato Geeks WorldWide a suggerire che i Marvel Studios fossero in cerca di un attore “alla Zac Efron” per il ruolo di Moon Knight, preferibilmente di origini israeliane. Non era la prima volta che il nome di Efron veniva avvicinato ad una produzione Marvel, essendo stato anche in lizza per interpretare Ikaris in Gli Eterni (la scelta è poi ricaduta su Richard Madden), senza contare che la star di High School Musical e Baywatch rientrava perfettamente nelle caratteristiche descritte (ha origini ebraiche).

Per quanto riguarda le sue origini nei fumetti, Marc Spector diventa un mercenario per conto di Raoul Bushman in Egitto, e si unisce ad un gruppo formato dal dottor Peter Alraune e da sua figlia Marlene. Durante quella spedizione, nella quale viene ritrovata la statua del dio egiziano Khonshu, Bushman uccide il dr. Alraune e Spector viene lasciato in fin di vita nel deserto. Qui viene raccolto dagli egiziani e portato al cospetto della statua del Dio che gli appare in sogno chiedendogli di diventare il suo missionario sulla Terra.

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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Marc Spector is a Jewish-American rabbi's wayward son. As an adult, Spector had been a heavyweight boxerbefore becoming a U.S. Marine serving in Force Recon, afterward, he left the Marines to become a mercenary occasionally doing work for the CIA. As a mercenary he befriends the French pilot Jean-Paul DuChamp, whom he affectionately calls "Frenchie". While working for the African mercenary Raoul Bushman in Egypt, the group stumbles upon an archaeological dig whose crew includes Dr. Peter Alraune and his daughter Marlene Alraune. The dig had uncovered an ancient temple where artifacts included a statue of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Intent on looting the dig, Bushman kills Dr. Alraune. In response to Alraune's murder, Spector challenges Bushman to personal combat and is defeated by Bushman and left to die in the sub-zero temperatures of the desert night. The Egyptians who worship the ancient gods find Spector and carry him to their temple. Helpless before the statue of Khonshu, Spector's heart stops. Khonshu appears to him in a vision, offering Spector a second chance at life if he becomes the god's avatar on Earth. Spector awakens, wraps himself in the silver shroud that covers Khonshu's statue, and again confronts Bushman. He defeats Bushman and returns to America with Marlene, Frenchie, and the statue of Khonshu. Deciding to become a crimefighter, Spector creates a silver cloaked costume, based on the silver shroud, and becomes Moon Knight aka "The Fist of Khonshu".[24]

After his return to the United States, Spector invests the money that he had accumulated as a mercenary and develops a small fortune. To distance himself from his mercenary past, he creates the identity of millionaireentrepreneur Steven Grant, using this identity to purchase a spacious estate. To remain in contact with the street and criminal element, he also creates the identity of taxicab driver Jake Lockley and has acquired civilian allies such as Bertrand Crawley, Gena Landers, and her sons.[25]

In the character's first appearance, the criminal organization the Committee supplies Marc Spector with the name Moon Knight, his costume and weapons (using silver) to hunt down Jack Russell. In Los Angeles, Moon Knight captures the Werewolf for the Committee, but then frees him and halts the Committee's plans, fighting Russell again.[26]He battles Conquer Lord,[27] teams up with Spider-Man to fight Cyclone,[28] and fights Lupinar,[29] and his brother Randall, the Hatchet-Man.[30]

His origin of being "created by The Committee" is explained as a ruse set up by Frenchie so Marc can shut the Committee down.[31] He then encounters the Midnight Man[32] and returns to Chicago to prevent the poisoning of its water supply by a group called the Werewolves,[33] encounters Morpheus[34] and teams with Daredevil to fight the Jester.[35] It is around this time that he first encounters Stained Glass Scarlet.[36]Later, he battled the Werewolf once again,[37]battled Bora, and met the X-Men, the Fantastic Four,[38] and Doctor Strange.[39]

Volume 2: Fist of Khonshu (1985)Edit

Spector abandons his Moon Knight, Grant, and Lockley identities after the effects of Russell's bite (lunar cycle-based strength)[40]fade away, and functions as an independently wealthy man opening art galleries around the world, with the help of art historian Spence. Spector's estranged relationship with Marlene ends when she finally leaves him for her ex-husband when he becomes Moon Knight again.

As the agent of Khonshu, he aids the West Coast Avengers, but at the cost of alienating Frenchie and further distancing Marlene.[42]He time travels to 2940 BC to rescue the Avengers, where he learns of his weapons' design by Hawkeye.[43] He officially joins the West Coast Avengers[44] and enters a relationship with Tigra for the remainder of his tenure on the team.

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Moon Knight: da Harry Potter arriva il protagonista della serie Marvel?

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Moon Knight: da Harry Potter arriva il protagonista della serie Marvel?

Da quando è stato annunciato il debutto su Disney+ della serie Moon Knight, ci sono state numerose speculazioni sulla trama della nuova serie Marvel dedicata a Marc Spector, soprattutto in merito al casting del protagonista. Stiamo infatti parlando di un personaggio che – almeno fisicamente – non rispecchia la tradizionale figura imponente alla Chris Hemsworth che siamo abituati a vedere nei film del MCU; per di più, i problemi mentali che affliggono il personaggio creato da Doug Moench e Don Perlin presumono che l’attore che verrà scelto per interpretarlo sia in grado di sfoggiare una certa dose di eccentricità.

Un nuovo rumor emerso grazie a Full Circle Cinema (via ComicBookMovie), suggerisce che Daniel Radcliffe, noto al grande pubblico per aver interpretato Harry Potter nell’omonima saga cinematografica di successo, sarebbe stato considerato proprio per il ruolo di Marc Spector nella serie. Naturalmente, quello di Radcliffe potrebbe non essere l’unico nome preso in considerazione dai Marvel Studios: se le voci dovessero essere confermate, è innegabile che si tratterebbe di un ruolo assolutamente inedito per l’ex incarnazione del celebre maghetto occhialuto.

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Moon Knight: Stained Glass Scarlet sarà uno dei villain della serie?

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Moon Knight: Stained Glass Scarlet sarà uno dei villain della serie?

Arrivano nuove indiscrezioni su Moon Knight, la serie attualmente in sviluppo destinata alla piattaforma streaming di Disney + e dedicata appunto all’alter ego di Marc Spector, il personaggio dei fumetti creato da Doug Moench e Don Perlin. Secondo quanto riportato dal sito MCU Cosmic infatti, Stained Glass Scarlet (Scarlet Fasinera) sarà uno degli antagonisti dello show.

Ex suora diventata una vigilante dopo essere stata costretta a uccidere il figlio criminale, Scarlet viene addestrata nell’arte del combattimento durante il periodo trascorso a lavorare come guardia in un carcere femminile. La sua infanzia non è stata delle più felici: subisce gli abusi del padre, poi ucciso dando fuoco al letto con una sigaretta, e per questo crimine considerato un incidente viene affidata agli zii che migliorano le condizioni della sua vita. Più tardi conosce e sposa Vince Fasinera, anche lui criminale, che la maltratta proprio come aveva fatto suo padre. Da quell’unione nasce un figlio, Joseph, detto “Mad Dog” Fasinera.

Sebbene il sito sia sempre stato una fonte abbastanza attendibile, vi invitiamo a prendere la notizia con la dovuta cautela. Se così fosse, la serie assumerebbe dei contorni intriganti introducendo nel MCU personaggi inediti con alle spalle storie interessanti da raccontare.

Moon Knight: 9 attori perfetti per il personaggio

Qualche settimana fa era stato Geeks WorldWide a suggerire che i Marvel Studios fossero in cerca di un attore “alla Zac Efron” per il ruolo di Moon Knight, preferibilmente di origini israeliane.

Non è la prima volta che il nome di Efron viene avvicinato ad una produzione Marvel, essendo stato in lizza per interpretare Ikaris in Gli Eterni (la scelta è poi ricaduta su Richard Madden), senza contare che la star di High School Musical e Baywatch rientra perfettamente nelle caratteristiche descritte (ha origini ebraiche).

Fonte: MCU Cosmic (via CBM)

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Moon Knight: i Marvel Studios cercano un attore “alla Zac Efron”

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Moon Knight: i Marvel Studios cercano un attore “alla Zac Efron”

Arriverà nei prossimi anni su Disney + la serie interamente dedicata a Moon Knight, alter ego Marc Spector creato da Doug Moench e Don Perlin, e confermata di recente durante il D23 Expo. Ora è il sito Geeks WorldWide a darci qualche aggiornamento sulla produzione, riportando che i Marvel Studios sarebbero in cerca di un attore “alla Zac Efron” per il ruolo del protagonista, preferibilmente di origini israeliane.

Leggi anche – Moon Knight: 9 attori perfetti per il personaggio

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Episode 5:

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy – plenty of exciting speculation around Moon Knight potentially entering the Netflix Marvel Universe (finally!) High Priests Connor and Rey discuss the exciting news which came from what to expect in the upcoming Punisher TV show – fingers crossed it’s for our boy, MK!

We wrap up the first tremendous arc by Jeff Lemire and Greg Smallwood in issue #5 of “Moon Knight” (Vol. 8) as well as revisit a classic with Vol. 1 issue #12 – “The Nightmare of Morpheus”.

Speaking of which, a new segment, “Character Spotlight” kicks off with an in-depth review of Morpheus the villian – get to know the history, powers and relevance that Morpheus has for Moon Knight as well as the rest of the Marvel Universe. It’s all here in this one episode – grab some moonshine and get ya false idols out, because it’s Moon Knight all the way, baby!

The Bare Bones:

Lemire’s Moon Knight, issue #5 – “ Welcome to New Egypt: Part 5 of 5”

Stopped at the entrance to the mysterious pyramid by what appears to be himself, Mr. Knight attacks the classic costumed Moon Knight after Marlene is coaxed to follow the mysterious imposter.

Mr. Knight manages to stab Moon Knight but is quickly countered and Mr. Knight can’t help as Marlene is whisked away.

Mr. Knight follows the trail of blood but what follows is not what he expects at all.

Deep in the pyramid, Mr. Knight arrives at a tomb door where the trail stops but as he enters, his world changes.

Finding himself no longer Mr. Knight and in the pyramid ,but in fact on the moon, Marc Spector has to immediately escape from the sounds of growls and space wolves which lead him through another doorway.

Beyond this, he comes out the other side as Steven Grant and now on set of some production, with Marlene surprisingly there to greet him. The reunion is short lived however, as the familiar faces of Billy and Bobby (the hospital wardens) attack Steven, forcing him through yet another door.

Again, his world is upended and we now see Jake Lockley on the seedy streets of New York, late night

no doubt, and in a far less salubrious part of town. Despite the different world, Billy and Bobby pop up again to cause grief but Jake manages to elude them once again via a third doorway.

Reality returns to Mr. Knight and he is once again confronted by the Classic Moon Knight visage and the creature underneath the mask. It is Khonshu, and the deity’s plan of wanting to possess Marc (both mentally and physically) are revealed.

Marc Spector refuses, and to escape it looks as though he would prefer death over submission. He flees out of the pyramid and wilfully leaps to his death, after which there is only darkness.

Marc finds himself abruptly awake and as Steven Grant in his bed.

Marlene is there to wish him a good morning and as Steven Grant looks over the New York skyline. He can’t help but shed a tear of joy at what he finally considers for himself, some inner peace.

Moon Knight, Vol. 1 issue #12 – “ The Nightmare of Morpheus”