Marc Spector (Earth-616)

Moon Knight
Name	Marc Spector
Current Alias	Moon Knight
Aliases	Codenames: Mr. Knight Editorial Names: Crescent Crusader Nicknames: Casper Knight of Moons Marky Mark Mooney Moony Stupid Moon Man Impersonations: Midnight Man Bullseye Spider-Man Other Aliases: Asset Prime Cowled Avenger Fist of Khonshu Fist of the Phoenix Fist of Vengeance Hero-Boy Ian Waller Jake Lockley Lunar Legionnaire Moon Demon Moon Knight One The Moon Man Sergeant Spector Sheet Face Steven 'Steve' Grant White Knight Yitzak Topol
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Fists of Khonshu Midnight Mission Formerly Cult of Khonshu Midnight Sons Secret Avengers Heroes For Hire Initiative "Marvel Knights" SpectorCorp Avengers (West Coast) Defenders associate the Committee Karnak Cowboys CIA U.S. Marine Corps
Relatives	Ancestors: Seth Phalkon (alleged ancestor) Grandparents: Unnamed paternal grandfather (deceased) Unnamed paternal grandmother Parents: Elias Spector (father, deceased) Mrs. Spector (deceased) Clones and Donors: Moon Knight (clone, deceased) Siblings: Randall Spector (brother, deceased) Spouses: Marlene Alraune (wife, estranged) Children: Diatrice Alraune (daughter) Other Relatives: Unidentified niece Family-in-Law: Unidentified sister-in-law Peter Alraune, Sr. (father-in-law, deceased) Peter Alraune, Jr. (brother-in-law, deceased)
Host of	Formerly Unnamed Spirit of Vengeance Phoenix Force
Marital Status	Separated
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′2″ (1.88 m)
Weight	225 lbs (102.06 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Brown
Unusual Features	Scar over his left eye
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Hellbent left for dead in the desert, on a mercenary mission in Egypt, where an idol of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu, saved him and gave him his moon-based powers.
Living Status	Alive; formerly deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Chicago, Illinois
Place of Death	Manhattan, New York City, New York
Cause of Death	Killed by Raul Bushman (resurrected by Khonshu) Killed by the Green Goblin (resurrected by Death) Drowned in the East River after being stabbed by the Stained Glass Scarlet (resurrected by Khonshu) Exploded by Seth (resurrected by Khonshu) Sacrificed himself to explode the Black Spectre's resonator (resurrected by Khonshu)
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American, criminal record (pardoned)
Occupation	Vigilante, entrepreneur, adventurer, millionaire Formerly mercenary, cab driver, CIA liaison, U.S. marine commando, boxer
Education	High-school graduate
Base of Operations	Manhattan, New York City, New York Formerly Spector Mansion, Long Island, New York City, New York; Avengers Compound, Los Angeles, California; Mercy Hospital for the Mentally Ill, Hell's Kitchen, New York City, New York.
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Doug Moench, Don Perlin
First	Werewolf by Night #32 (May, 1975)
First	Werewolf by Night #32 (May, 1975)

 Let's establish some parameters. I'm not Spider-Man. And I'm not the Punisher. They represent the extreme ends of the same costumed spectrum. I'm Moon Knight. And you all know that means one thing. No one in this bar--myself included--knows precisely what I am capable of. I beat the Avengers. Imagine what I could do to any one of you. 

—Moon Knight

Marc Spector, better known as the vigilante Moon Knight, was once a mercenary left for dead in the desert, where he was revived by the Moon god Khonshu. Appointed as Khonshu's fist and high priest, Moon Knight enacts justice to protect those who travel at night. Marc also has dissociative identity disorder, some of his alters being millionaire Steven Grant and cab driver Jake Lockley.

In the beginning of his career, Marc fought crime on the streets with the help of a network of informants, including his best friend "Frenchie" Duchamp, the homeless Bertrand Crawley, and diner owner Gena Landers. Since the early days, Marc has mostly worked alone, but he's also been a member of a few superhero teams, including the West Coast Avengers, the Secret Avengers, and the Heroes for Hire.

Recently, Marc discovered he had a daughter named Diatrice with his long-time lover Marlene Alraune, but when Khonshu sensed Mephisto's plans for world domination, Marc left her to fight by his god's side and prevent that from coming true. When Khonshu succumbed to madness, however, Marc had to turn against him and help the Avengers defeat him. Following Khonshu's imprisonment, Spector established the Midnight Mission to offer his help to any night dweller who might need his assistance.

Quick Answers

What event led to Marc Spector becoming the vigilante Moon Knight?

Marc Spector, also known as Moon Knight, was once a mercenary who was left for dead in the desert after a confrontation with his fellow mercenary, Raoul Bushman. He was revived by the Egyptian Moon god, Khonshu, who gave him a second chance at life and appointed him his avatar of justice, leading him to become the vigilante known as Moon Knight.

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Who is the Moon god that revived Marc Spector in the desert?

The Moon god that revived Marc Spector in the desert is Khonshu. Khonshu is a member of the Ennead, the Heliopolitan race of gods that were worshipped by the people of Ancient Egypt. He is the God of the Moon, who also prided himself in being the protector of travellers in the night. Not being able to enter the Earthly plane, Khonshu has picked countless champions throughout history to work as an avatar and be guided by his will.

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What is the significance of the alter egos Steven Grant and Jake Lockley to Moon Knight?

Marc Spector has multiple alter egos, including Steven Grant and Jake Lockley, which are not just disguises, but distinct personalities within Marc Spector. Steven Grant is a successful entrepreneur, a persona that allows Moon Knight to move in high society and finance his vigilante activities. On the other hand, Jake Lockley is a taxi cab driver, a persona that helps him keep an ear to the ground, gathering street-level intelligence. These alter egos play a significant role in Moon Knight's crime-fighting strategy, providing him with resources, information, and a way to infiltrate different layers of society.

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How does Moon Knight protect those who travel at night?

Moon Knight, also known as Marc Spector, took on the duty of protecting night travelers, sometimes resorting to means considered rather brutal by others. Recently, he had established a congregation called the Midnight Mission, in New York, which is open to anyone seeking his help.

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What is the nature of Moon Knight's dissociative identity disorder?

Marc Spector developed his Dissociative Identity Disorder after some childhood trauma, and it grew increasingly worse due to Khonshu's meddling with his head. It has been stated that Marc suffers from "a madness so powerful it can only be described as magic".

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History

Early Life

Marc Spector was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a rabbi who as a child had managed to escape Nazi prosecution after Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia. Marc grew up on the poor side of the city, where his father Elias was the target of discrimination; Marc couldn't understand why his father would never fight back against persecution. He grew up with his younger brother Randall. His father would walk his kids to school everyday, but him being a Rabbi caused Randall to be bullied, but Marc was there to defend him. His father was disappointed with his boys violent nature and their obsession with war, he believed that should concentrate on their education but his wife dismissed this as boy being boys.

During the last years of his childhood, Marc discovered by chance that a close friend of his family, Rabbi Yitz Perlman, was in reality a Nazi deserter and secretly a serial killer of Jews named Ernst. Marc's fighting instinct kicked off for the first time when he fended off against Perlman to escape his grasp. Perlman later disappeared without a trace. This traumatic event also caused Marc to develop a Dissociative identity disorder. The first alters developed by Marc were Steven Grant and Jake Lockley. Shortly before Elias decided to intern Marc at the Putnam Psychiatric Hospital, Marc was approached for the first time by the Egyptian deity Khonshu, claiming to be Marc's true progenitor. After his father's death, Marc was allowed to leave the hospital temporarily to attend the funeral and a late luncheon, but, after hearing Khonshu's voice, he ran away. After his death Marc resented his father, believing that Elias was embarrassed by him.

Knightly Origins

Marc enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served for three years. On his second tour in Iraq, his superiors caught notice of Marc's bizarre behavior. After his past was dug up, Marc was dishonorably discharged. He later joined the CIA, and worked with several people who would later interact with Moon Knight, including William Cross, Amos Lardner, and his own brother, Randall Spector. Randall killed Spector's girlfriend Lisa with a hatchet to keep her from exposing a gun-running scheme; Spector retaliated with a grenade and assumed Randall was dead.

Once he left the CIA, Spector enrolled in illegal fights, where he befriended "Frenchie" Duchamp and both became soldiers-for-hire. They took on several assignments, mainly in Africa and South America. Spector later went to trial for assassinating the president of Bosqueverde, a South American country.

Dying at the feet of Khonshu's statue

During this time, Spector and Frenchie sometimes did missions as part of the Karnak Cowboys, and Spector eventually became romantically involved with their colleague Layla El-Faouly. After an escape gone wrong, however, Layla apparently lost her life, a loss that eventually led Spector to meet Raul Bushman, in Egypt. Together, they travelled to North Sudan, near the Egyptian border, for a raid on an archaeological site. When Bushman killed the lead archaeologist, Peter Alraune, to find an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, Spector punched Bushman to protect Alraune's daughter, Marlene. Furious, Bushman mortally wounded him in the desert, killing everyone in the place except for Marlene, Frenchie and a villager willing to tell him the secrets of the tomb. Spector managed to reach the tomb before he collapsed, and Marlene and the crew laid him beneath an idol of Khonshu. His spirit had an encounter with Khonshu, who promised to save his life in exchange for his service. Spector agreed, although he later considered this encounter a hallucination. Restored to life, he punished Bushman's men, while Bushman himself escaped.

Phases of the Moon

Having finally found a purpose in life, Spector applied himself fully. He moved to New York with Frenchie and Marlene (now his lover), and developed the costume, equipment, and persona of Moon Knight. With a fortune made from gambling, in addition to support his new career of fighting crime, he began using his Steven Grant persona as a financier and Jake Lockley as a cab driver whose purpose was to gather information at street level. His original persona, with its multiple facets, faded into the background. Still, leading four separate lives put great mental stress on Spector. Lockley developed a network of informants, including the homeless Bertrand Crawley, diner owner Gena Landers, and her two sons, Ricky and Ray.

Werewolf by Night

1st costume

Since the criminal fraternity had yet to hear of Moon Knight, Spector used his anonymity to spy on the Los Angeles-based crime cartel known as the Committee. Frenchie, as "Monsieur LeBlanc," infiltrated the group to investigate their underworld financial dealings. When the Committee became interested in capturing the werewolf Jack Russell, Frenchie, a French industrialist, recommended they hire Spector for his mercenary skills. He outfitted Spector as Moon Knight, an identity "LeBlanc" falsely claimed to have devised, with a silver battle suit resembling Khonshu's statue. Posing as a villain, Spector was asked to prove his loyalty by capturing the so-called Werewolf by Night. Armed with silver weapons, Moon Knight fought the Werewolf for hours until dawn transformed him into the more easily defeated Jack. Moon Knight brought Russell, his lover Topaz, and his sister Lissa to the Committee. A sympathetic Spector ultimately betrayed the Committee by freeing Russell and rescuing Topaz and Lissa when he realized Jack's humanity and learned the Committee intended to turn Russell into an assassin under their control and hoped Lissa would become a werewolf as well. Russell's ferocious alter ego helped Moon Knight destroy the Committee and brought a temporary halt to the Committee's operations.

Continued Work

Spector faced Conquer-Lord on his own before briefly joining the Defenders to battle a Life-Model Decoy version of the Zodiac. The first skeleton from Spector's closet to bedevil Moon Knight was William Cross (now the villain Crossfire), from whom Spector rescued the Thing. He met Spider-Man for the first time when they teamed up against the Masked Marauder, who at the time called himself "Big M" and employed the original Cyclone.

Moon Knight had reached the big time and encountered super-villains with more frequency. Very early on, he had to face a serial killer dubbed the Hatchet-Man, who claimed to be his brother Randall. Later on, Spector investigated the death of Amos Lardner when his body arrived in a crate on Spector's doorstep. He learned that Amos' brother James had become a test subject in a CIA experiment (one that Spector himself had participated in), and when Amos investigated, he was forced to undergo the same treatment and committed suicide as a result.

Spector faced other menaces: some super-powered, some insane, some simply ambitious, but all dangerous. He confronted the Slasher, a man slaying homeless people in a effort to find his father. He tracked down Bushman and sent him to jail, but Bushman struck back by having Midnight Man (a more recent foe) destroy Spector's idol of Khonshu. By this time Spector was convinced that Khonshu had given him his powers, as well as a focus in life. His precarious self-control broke down until Marlene produced another idol, which she claimed was the original.

The threat of Morpheus

Moon Knight's next major foe, Morpheus, turned out to be a patient of Doctor Peter Alraune, Marlene's brother. The idol of Khonshu sustained Spector again when he first encountered the Black Spectre, who tried to terrorize people into supporting his bid for mayor. Nobody, including Dr. Alraune, believed Spector when he claimed that Knowles was the Black Spectre, but Khonshu gave him the strength to prevail.

A battle with the Fly left Spector unable to walk, but he quickly recovered. To stop an ancient Egyptian curse, Spector briefly hosted the spirit of a priest of Khonshu, which helped to integrate his personalities, but later Spector suffered another serious mental breakdown and decided to abandon all of his alternate identities to settle down with Marlene; by reconciling with his father's legacy, though, he found a measure of peace and decided to retire from crime-fighting.

Fist of Khonshu

As part of his new life, Spector gave up his Grant identity and sold the idol at a gallery in Paris. He had a vision, however, telling him that "the image is delivered up to evil." Called back to action as Moon Knight, he learned that Marlene could no longer tolerate his schizophrenic behavior, and she left him. In the Egyptian Valley of the Kings, Spector met three ancient priests of Khonshu, who told him that Khonshu had chosen him as an earthly champion and gave him new weapons. Only later did Spector realize that Khonshu himself was influencing him subconsciously.

Avengers West Coast

Spector joined the West Coast Avengers for a time after rescuing some of their members who had been time-shifted to Pharaonic Egypt. Hawkeye got help from Khonshu, in exchange for designing Moon Knight's new weaponry. Khonshu alerted Spector in the present day, who helped the Avengers return home safely.

With Tigra

While an Avenger, Spector became romantically involved with Tigra,, who he'd met some time before on a visit to the Avengers Mansion. After a while, there was a controversy amongst the team upon the discovery that Hawkeye's wife Mockingbird had allowed the Phantom Rider (who had sexually assaulted her) to die while cast away in time. Spector, Tigra, and Mockingbird left the team as a splinter group. Together with Bill Foster they daunted the High Evolutionary, and they also fought the Night Shift. When they consulted with Hellstorm about Phantom Rider's ghost haunting Mockingbird, Spector learned of Khonshu's presence in his own psyche, and Hellstorm convinced the moon god to depart.

Midnight

Back in New York, Spector reunited with Marlene and went back to less-cosmic crime-fighting. He soon learned that Jeff Wilde, the son of his old foe Midnight Man, had tried to take his place during his time on the West Coast and now wanted to become an ally as Midnight. The new Midnight fought crime for some time together with Spector, until Midnight was seemingly disintegrated during battle with the Secret Empire. Wilde had survived, however, and was turned into a cyborg soldier by the Secret Empire, told that Moon Knight had been responsible for his father's death. These difficulties with the Empire drew Spector (as well as Darkhawk, New Warriors Night Thrasher and Nova, the Punisher, and Spider-Man) into a near war. At the end of the climactic battle, Wilde again seemingly perished, this time crushed by debris when the Empire's headquarters collapsed around him.

Shadowknight

Spector underwent another near-death experience. He then found that his brother, Randall had survived, and in addition had been trying to take his place as Khonshu's champion. Randall (as Shadowknight) succeeded in usurping Spector's powers temporarily. With the Punisher's help, Spector defeated Shadowknight. The power levels of his foes kept increasing, so Spector continually upgraded his own equipment. He retooled his Kevlar armor and steel crescent darts with Adamantium and his public persona with a firm named Spectorcorp.

Infinity War & Infinity Crusade

During the Infinity War, Spector had to contend with Moon Shade, an evil twin of himself created by the Magus (himself an evil twin of Adam Warlock). Luckily, Moon Shade suffered from the same blunted focus caused by Spector's multiple personalities, while Moon Shade's threat had the effect of sharpening Spector's own focus. Moon Shade also had an Achilles' heel: the adamantium in Spector's new weapons. During another cosmic event, the Infinity Crusade, the Goddess (another aspect of Warlock) selected Spector as one of the most spiritual beings on Earth, thanks to his near-death experiences and his devotion to Khonshu.

The Final Phase

Seth Phalkon attacked SpectorCorp with a computer virus. Rather than let it destroy the entire conglomerate and his employees, Spector quarantined it in his own building, Shadowkeep, along with himself. He died in the ensuing meltdown.

Resurrection War

The Moon Knight returns

Khonshu resurrected Spector again to counter another plot by Seth, who had recruited Spector's old foes Bushman, the Black Spectre, and Morpheus. Using an idol of Seth, they tried to break up a peace conference at the U.N. Spector foiled the plot by destroying the idol.

Marvel Knights

Despite his mistrust of teams, Spector joined a group that tried to bring in the Punisher for his excessive vigilantism, and he put up the funds for a headquarters. Zaran wounded Spector severely, and the team's building exploded in the same attack. Drained of money, health, and enthusiasm, Spector retired again.

The Bottom

Spector finally exorcised one of his demons after a brutal rooftop battle, when he killed Bushman and used the sharp end of his crescent dart to carve off Bushman's face, unaware that the battle had been set up by a new generation of the Committee. Moon Knight survived, albeit with damaged knees. Crippled and despondent, he turned to pills and alcohol for a time after pushing away his loved ones and keeping himself isolated. After Frenchie was severely beaten right after meeting with Marc and coming out of the closet to him, Marc tracked down his assailant and then returned to his role as Moon Knight. These events forced Spector to shake off his lethargy, at the price of some of his psychological stability.

Mark still believed that he was Khonshu's champion, but in his mind Khonshu wore the mutilated face of Bushman as well as appearing as others from Spector's past. The Committee sent Taskmaster to kill Spector but was shot out of a window instead with help from Marlene and Samuels. After returning home Spector had his wounds bandaged and, despite his injuries, dressed in his costume and flew one of his Moon-copters into their Manhattan office building and resumed his fight with Taskmaster. After defeating a terrified Taskmaster he left the destroyed office with the Committee's file on him and cleaned up his life including going to physical therapy. Despite this he didn't feel ready to fully act as Moon Knight again and in an argument with the Bushman hallucination, Khonsu revealed that he had planted the seeds of vengeance in the minds of the New Committee and subtly manipulated them so Marc would pray to him, believe in him more and become more vengeful.

Bushman & Initiative

Registered Superhero

The Civil War mostly passed him by, although Captain America told him to stay on the sidelines because he thought Spector belonged in a straitjacket, and Tony Stark approached him shortly before the final battle in the Superhuman Registration Act conflict, knowing that Captain America had contacted him and requested that he tell him if he heard from him again.

Around this time he also went up against the new Midnight who was obsessed with him and wanted to be his arch enemy, killing people to get his attention until Moon Knight ultimately killed him after being freed by Lynn Church who believed Midnight was going too far after he began trying to remove Moon Knights vertebra from his back with a pair of pliers instead of allowing him to kill them as they actually wanted.

Soon after, with the Civil War now over, Marc made the decision to register with the government to ensure that no one would be trying to arrest him while he was 'working'. He used information gathered by Profile on the Doctor who was going to perform his interview to frighten, intimidate and essentially blackmail him into passing his application, as he knew the authorities would initially try to arrest and or commit him otherwise. Spector was registered as an independent with little oversight as he had aimed for.

Moon Knight had to fake his own death when Osborn sent his Thunderbolts to kill him. After that, he fled to Mexico using the name Jake Lockley for a while. He eventually met up with the Punisher and the Zapata Brothers to help save Carmen Alcantara from her father's drug cartel.

Dark Reign

Sometime after, Moon Knight returned to New York with the intention of being a hero but still struggled against his violent nature and was hounded by a small imaginary Khonshu. While trying to walk the path of good, he made a bold return by stopping a bank robbery without killing any of the robbers. Much to Norman Osborn's disdain, Moon Knight was now a hero and not a murderous vigilante, so he summoned the Hood and Profile to take care of him. The Hood supernaturally revived Bushman and recruited him as part of his force to combat Moon Knight. When investigating a warehouse at the docks, Moon Knight was ambushed and shot by Bushman. The two engaged in a violent fight and Bushman ended up impaled by a machine gun. As Moon Knight was about to carve off Bushman's face once more, a vision of Khonshu appeared, yelling at Moon Knight to obey him. Bushman then pleaded for Moon Knight not to take his face off, and Moon Knight reluctantly did not.

Secret Avengers

Original lineup of the Secret Avengers

After Norman Osborn's defeat in the Siege of Asgard, Steve Rogers was appointed as his replacement. He reorganized the Avengers, recruiting Moon Knight to be on his team of Secret Avengers. Their first mission sent the team to Mars. Later on Moon Knight was part of a team that infiltrated a Secret Empire undercity beneath Cincinnati. Some of his teammates, such as Beast, did not trust Spector due to his mental illness.

Shadowland

After stopping a gang of bank robbers together with Jean-Paul, Spector returns to his newly-bought mansion and dives into its pool, scaring Marlene. He comes into the mansion and goes to bed with her, later coming downstairs to his own room. In the room, he is haunted by visions of Khonshu, as well as his different identities. While he's in his bed, Khonshu shows him his past, telling him that the only place where he ever felt at home was inside Moon Knight's costume, spilling the blood of Khonshu's enemies. Marc wanders into his armory, still haunted by Khonshu, and breaks down, while Marlene asks him, who is he today.

Later, Marc arrives home and is told by Marlene to follow the trail of rose petals, left by her for him to follow. He chases her to the roof of the mansion, where she pretends to fall, only for it to be revealed as a setup by her and Jean-Paul, sitting atop the Angel Wing behind a small table with dinner on it. While the three of them fly over New York, Marlene reveals to Marc that she is pregnant.

Later, Marc reads in a newspaper about a mysterious killer who calls himself Shadowknight and goes out as Jake Lockley to find information on him. Outside Gena's he gets another vision of Khonshu, who says to him that he is being upstaged, as he always feared. Inside Gena's, Marc gets information on Shadowknight's probable position from Crawley and leaves for work as a taxi driver. While working, Jake picks up Steve Rogers, who asks him for help at Hell's Kitchen. Later, Lockley vandalises his own cab to get spotted by the Hand ninjas and taken into the castle's dungeon, where he throws up a set of lockpicks he swallowed earlier and breaks himself out, only for his plan to be interrupted by Ghost Rider. After that, he fought together with other heroes at Hell's Kitchen, and was stopped by Daredevil, possessed by The Beast. Daredevil tried to take over his mind, but was stopped by Khonshu and forced to leave. After telling the other heroes about Daredevil's possession, he talks to Khonshu, who tells Spector about the Sapphire Crescent.

Later, Marc returns home, only to find his house vandalised and Marlene on the verge of consciousness, telling him that she was attacked by Shadowknight. Marc calls for an ambulance and finds out that Randall's attack caused a miscarriage, causing him to break down. Marc comes to the statue of Khonshu and tells him that he will do what he has to, before leaving on the Angel Wing to battle Shadowknight, who was just spotted by satellite imagery. He crashes the wing into Shadowknight, damaging both Randall and himself, prompting the former to question his sanity. Marc chases Randall into a church, breaking through its stained glass window, and prompting Randall to reveal his identity. Randall then uses his powers to defeat Marc and then leave.

Later, Marc arrives at a Day of the Dead celebration, where he finds the Sapphire Crescent in one the fortune teller's possession. After he buys it and relays what he did to Captain America, he finds the Crescent stolen by a masked man. He chases the man, who reveals himself to be Randall, and fights him for it. He changes into Moon Knight and follows Randall to stop him from killing more innocent people. Randall distracts him by throwing a crescent dart at Marlene, and is then backed into a pier. Standing at its edge, Randall reveals that he strapped a bomb to himself, and that Marc is out of crescent darts. In desperation, Marc throws the Sapphire Crescent at Randall's neck, killing him and causing him to fall off the pier, losing the Crescent forever.

Later, back at the mansion, Khonshu rejoices in his victory, while Marc comes back into the fight with ninjas of the Hand. Later, at one of the nights, he comes out of bed and, staring into the night, answers Marlene that Jake Lockley is dead and he is Marc Spector.

The One-Man Avenger

Following his brief stint as a member of Steve Rogers's Secret Avengers, Moon Knight relocated to California and became a TV producer, establishing a new base of operations in Los Angeles; his multiple personalities also changed, developing three new personalities based on the forms of Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Captain America. For a time, Jake Lockey had been the hero's dominant personality, but Marc Spector was now back in control. He appeared confident and self-assured, riding high after producing a TV show called "Legend of Khonshu." Spector still suffered from a dissociative identity disorder, but he now used it to his advantage, leveraging his multiple personalities to help Moon Knight fight crime. While the assassin Daken was helping F.B.I. agent Donna Kiel investigate a case of someone with claws murdering young stars around L.A., the two were separated, and Daken was attacked by Moon Knight, who believed Daken was, in fact, the Claws Killer. Donna worked with Moon Knight to find the culprit until Marcus Roston, the true murderer, used the drug Heat to manipulate Donna into convincing Moon Knight to abandon his search. Later, dressed as and believing himself to be Spider-Man, Marc directly confronted a nightclub operated by Snapdragon.

Battling Count Nefaria, the kingpin of L.A.

Snapdragon, employed by Los Angeles' new kingpin of crime, was running a blackmailing operation with strippers. Marc attempted to shut the operation down but got knocked out. Fortunately, he was saved by the deaf hero Echo, who was working undercover and had traveled to the West Coast to investigate a mysterious new Kingpin of Crime. In retaliation, Snapdragon put together a team to take out the adventurers with her employer's permission. The Shift were hired by Snapdragon to capture Moon Knight, but the vigilante defeated them. For their failure, the super-powered Count Nefaria, revealed to be the secret crime Kingpin of Los Angeles, incinerated them, burning Tatterdemalion and his allies to ashes. The Count's reign of evil was eventually brought to an end when he was taken down by the Avengers and a half-crazed Moon Knight who used the strategies of his personas to successfully defeat him after they discovered his identity—but, tragically, not before the Count killed Echo with an optic blast, vaporizing her heart. Once again, jail beckoned for Nefaria. The Ultron head they had been fighting over was given to Tony Stark before Spector returned to New York. Three months later, "Legend of Khonshu" was canceled.

Avengers vs. X-Men

Moon Knight took the side of his fellow Avengers against the X-Men. He was sent to keep an eye on the Jean Grey School together with Falcon and She-Hulk. He took an aggressive attitude to his job, and after exchanging barbs with Frenzy, he attacked her, leading to a fight. After She-Hulk injured some kids in the belief that they were a greater threat, a full scale conflict erupted with the rest of the school's faculty joining in the battle. The rest of the X-Men soon joined the fight. During the battle, Spector intentionally touched Rogue with his bare hand. With the ability to absorb the powers and memories of anyone she touches, she took on the memories of all of Moon Knight's personalities and was defeated, as she could not hold so many minds in her consciousness. After the battle, Spector was invited to Stark Tower along with others to celebrate the return of Janet Van Dyne, who had disappeared several years earlier.

From the Dead

After leaving the West Coast, Marc Spector returned to New York with a stack of laundered cash, plus new technology and weapons. Rededicated to being the protector of night travelers, he adopted an enhanced costume and high-tech equipment. But the troubled hero's persona remained fractured, and when a homicidal slasher began terrorizing the city, he investigated the case as the mysterious Mister Knight. With help from Detective Flint of the NYPD's Freak Beat Task Force, Knight uncovered the killer as a psychotic ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. agent injured in a bomb blast and using body parts from his victims to improve himself. Knight injured the murderer before killing him in self-defense as he was fired upon, reflecting afterward in his mansion on recent developments in his life. In the past, he'd felt that his multiple personalities stemmed from Dissociative Identity Disorder. However, he'd recently learned that this was untrue. In fact, on first becoming Moon Knight, his brain had been colonized by Khonshu. Despite this, his psychologist had concluded that Spector was actually suffering from brain damage, and his ongoing multiple personality issues were diagnosed as his mind struggling to reconcile Khonshu's four different aspects: Pathfinder, Embracer, Defender, and Watcher of Overnight Travelers.

New suit

Spector tackled his next case as Moon Knight, tracking a sniper killing Wall Street financiers who were former special operations agents. The sniper, resenting his former comrades for leaving him for dead during a mission and feeling betrayed that they had gone on to become wealthy in the financial sector, was ultimately defeated by Moon Knight but then killed by a former teammate. Spector next attempted to tackle the ghosts of a street gang, donning mystical armor possessed by Khonshu to overcome them. Following that, Mister Knight was called in by Doctor Skelton, a sleep scientist whose patients were all experiencing the same dream, uncovering a corpse hidden under the floorboards that had been producing spores. After saving a little girl from kidnappers, Spector faced a more traditional adversary: Officer Ryan Trent, a deranged cop turned Black Spectre, whose plan was to defeat Moon Knight and then reveal his true identity in the hope of recognition. As Moon Knight confronted him, Trent was blown up by one of his own devices. The vigilante explained to the badly wounded Trent that his mistake was in wanting people to love him—whereas Moon Knight always triumphed because he had no such need.

When General Aliman Lor, a rebel leader from Akima and suspected war criminal, came to America to address the United Nations, under the cover of night, a camouflaged hitman in New York City aimed at his target. Before he could strike, however, Mister Knight intercepted him, sparking a chase as Lor fled. As the hitman prepared to execute Lor, Marc subdued him on a rooftop, only to discover that his psychologist, Dr. Elisa Warsame, had orchestrated the hit. A hostage crisis later unfolded at the World Trade Center. Moon Knight, summoned by Detective Flint, managed to disarm the bomb-wielding terrorist. Unfortunately, a leaked video of his violent methods sparked controversy, leading to Flint's dismissal and further betrayal by his psychologist. Warsame hypnotized her patient and convinced Khonshu to leave Spector and join her in her crusade for revenge against her family's murderer. Marc lost his multiple personalities and was captured by law enforcement after stopping another attempted attack on Lor, this time at a UN rally. He was then imprisoned in a remote location, from which he eventually managed to escape. Once Khonshu finally gave up on Warsame, he returned to Marc and helped him stop her from killing Lor.

Tormented by ghosts in his rundown mansion, Marc Spector heeded Khonshu's command to follow anguished spirits to a slaughterhouse. Inside, Moon Knight observed a gang entrapping ghosts to sell as golden trophies. He assaulted the gangsters and released the spirits but rejected their thanks. As a wave of slayings struck Manhattan's wealthy, the hero accepted a police request for help. When dogs attacked a high-class restaurant, he plunged into the chaos. Although badly injured, he followed the hounds to a scrapyard where their owner confessed to training them out of loathing for the elite. Defying Khonshu's instructions, Moon Knight battled a bogeyman terrorizing children. After violent clashes, he obliterated the creature, whose final words revealed Khonshu as its god too. Manhattan fell prey to another evil when residents were plucked from the streets by flyers. Using his Angel Wing glider, Moon Knight found a cult worshiping the goddess Raptor and freed their prisoners. Infiltrating a sect for vagrants, he discovered human sacrifices to Khonshu. Their leader claimed they were pledged to serve Khonshu together. Rejecting her belief, Moon Knight fought her in a violent battle. One perished and one survived—Moon Knight. He and his god had made their peace.

Lunatic

When Marc Spector woke to find himself in a sanatorium, he had no recollection of how he had got there. He would confront Khonshu to regain his sanity. All of it had seemingly been Khonshu's doing to inhabit Spector's body so he could be born into his new world as its ruler. But in actuality, everything that had happened took place in Marc's head or as an abstraction. In it, Marc confronted his alternate personas and realized that if he was ever going to be whole again, they had to go. After returning to the hospital, he crushed an illusory Khonshu's head and thus reconciled his illness, leaving Marc able to reappropriate Khonsu.

The Return of Ernst

Marc reappropriated Khonshu and resumed his normal life as well as his Moon Knight persona, but, unbeknownst to him, Sun King (the avatar of Amon Ra) and Bushman had joined efforts and were planning to kill him. To accomplish this, they went to Marlene's house to use her as leverage, but ended up discovering she and Marc had a daughter together named Diatrice. They forced Marlene to get Marc to her house, where they revealed Diatrice's existence. After a fight, the villains escaped with Marlene. After taking Diatrice to safety, Marc was contacted by the villains and forced to follow them to their base of operations, Isla Ra.

Once welcomed to Isla Ra, Marc engaged Sun King in a spiritual battle during which Sun King successfully made Marc doubt everything he knew, and consider that Khonshu was wrong. However, during ritual combat against Sun King, Marc caught a second wind by believing in Diatrice. Marc's strength manifested in a berserker rage he used to defeat Sun King and break his spirit. Following Sun King's admission of defeat, Moon Knight took his followers for himself.

Getting close to his daughter

Shortly afterwards, Moon Knight infiltrated a gathering of the cultist Société des Sadiques after learning that their leader was Ernst. When Marc confronted him, Ernst revealed he had pulled the strings behind their reunion, and intended Marc to join him. After overcoming the Société's physical trials, Marc's beliefs were attacked in a personal confrontation with Ernst. Spector managed to reject Ernst and killed him. Afterwards, Moon Knight joined forces with Sun King to take down the remaining acolytes of the Société before they could kill Diatrice in revenge.

Contagion

When a mysterious disease from K'un-Lun began infecting Manhattan, Moon Knight was the last to arrive on the scene where some heroes had killed the carrier. Jessica Jones told Moon Knight that the threat was neutralized, but Marc told them that another carrier was wreaking havoc at the hospital. He, alongside the other heroes, tried to fight it, but it managed to spread to a number of them forcing the rest to retreat. After six days of containment thanks to the League of International Magic Practitioners who used their power to contain the infection, the heroes didn't know what to do to cure the infected, since if more time passed it would eat away their bodies. After Señor Mágico told the heroes that the infecteds' minds had gone somewhere within the Urchin, Moon Knight had the idea to let himself get infected due to his broken mind which could allow him to free the others' minds. Jessica protested the idea, but when the magic containment was broken, the infected individuals attacked the remaining heroes. Moon Knight went with his plan and allowed the virus to infect him, sending his mind within the Urchin. While there he witnessed all the other infected individuals trapped in Urchin. After fellow hero Pei was infected, he freed her mind from the Urchin which allowed her to fight back from within. Then Moon Knight tried to free the mind of the girl who had become the second carrier, but was knocked out during the struggle. Thankfully, Pei was able to free all of the infecteds' minds allowing to get rid of the infection and finally contain what was left of the Urchin.

Serpent War

After Marc suffered a prophetic dream, Khonshu also felt it, and ordered Marc to investigate the place he saw in the dream. Upon entering the abandoned house, he saw the cult of Set digging up the grave of James Allison. He attacked them, but during the battle the cult disappeared, and Moon Knight was transported to England in 1584, where he met Solomon Kane. That era's corpse of James convinced them to join forces and fight the threat of Set. After going through Northumberland, they waited for the Shandy boat to take them to their destination, but the crew had already been possessed by Set. After killing the crew, they used another ship to Rotterdam and made their way to Italy.

Upon finding the lair of the cult, they ambushed them and were able to get the bracelet that needed to be destroyed. However, when Khonshu was able to reach Moon Knight again, the god told him that he needed to wear the bracelet instead. After doing so, Moon Knight's soul was transported to Eternal Egypt where Set awaited. After Khonshu defeated Set, Moon Knight returned back to his body, and alongside Solomon he went to Hyboria where they met Conan and Dark Agnes. After finding out that they all had been manipulated by the Wyrm, they prepared to fight the being. During the battle, Khonshu gave Moon Knight enough power to defeat Wyrm, and returned him to his time, but with a sliver of Khonshu's power still within him.

The Age of Khonshu

When Khonshu became plagued by visions of the end of the world at the hands of an army of the demon Mephisto and his pandimensional alternate selves, Marc was affected by these horrific premonitions. Confronting Khonshu, Moon Knight discovered his master was as much of a victim as himself. With assistance from the Cult of Khonshu, Moon Knight reluctantly embarked on a quest to absorb the powers of the modern-age counterparts of a group of Avengers of the Stone Age into mystical ankhs in order to prepare to defend the Earth. His victims were Iron Fist, Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, and Thor.

Imbued with the Phoenix Force

After Moon Knight killed Mephisto and handed over his new powers to Khonshu, the Moon God took over Manhattan, rechristening it New Thebes City and using it as the starting point of a global conquest, with the Avengers becoming fugitives due to harboring one of Khonshu's targets, the infant Starbrand. As Khonshu began to succumb to madness and paranoia, Moon Knight was encouraged by the Unseen during a visit on the Moon to seek out a different power. In a battle against the Black Panther, Spector used the physical beating as a token of devotion while praying to the Phoenix Force. Becoming the Phoenix's host, Moon Knight used its power to attack Khonshu, leaving him to be defeated and have the stolen powers stripped off him by the Avengers. After the Phoenix Force tried to persuade Marc into razing the Earth, Marc began to reject the cosmic force, and allowed Thor to knock him out, becoming free of the Phoenix. As Manhattan recovered from Khonshu's short-lived rule, the Avengers decided to leave Moon Knight unincarcerated, with Black Panther even offering him a place in the team to help avoid the prophesied future. Marc refused since the Avengers had interfered in his own attempt to stop Mephisto.

The Beginning of the Midnight Mission

Following his rejection of Khonshu as an object of worship, Spector appropriated his former master's mission, that of protecting night travelers. Remaining in Manhattan, he claimed a portion of the city as his territory and brutally protected anybody within it. He also established a congregation named the Midnight Mission whose doors were open to anybody who needed his help.

In this neighborhood, young Reese and other locals were forcedly turned into vampires by the Structure, a vampiric pyramid scheme cult. Moon Knight killed their "recruiters", but spared Reese and the others when she explained they had been turned against their will. Reese then became his first recruit, beginning to work at the Midnight Mission as a receptionist.

This attracted the attention of Badr, a fellow Fist of Khonshu who called himself Hunter's Moon. Before long, he confronted Moon Knight, chastising him for taking in enemies of Khonshu, and being determined to "correct" him. Badr beat Moon Knight and invaded the Midnight Mission to kill Reese and other vampires, but Spector recovered and knocked him unconscious after attacking him from behind. Dragging Badr outside his building, Moon Knight warned him about crossing him again.

When Zodiac moved against Moon Knight, Reese reached Hunter's Moon and begged him to help Spector. Impressed by her bravery in approaching him, Badr realized Spector couldn't be such a bad person if he could inspire such loyalty and decided to help him.

With Tigra

Then, Tigra, who had visited Marc occasionally to keep an eye on him on behalf of the Black Panther, found herself growing increasingly closer to him over time, finally deciding to flip on the Avengers for him. Eventually, the two started dating.

Sacrifice

Going after the new Black Spectre, Moon Knight and Hunter's Moon learned from Vibro's mind that Spectre was working with Sarnak to transform Manhattan's underground into a gigantic resonator, which they sought to use in maddening all of the citizens. Having uncovered Black Spectre's plan, Moon Knight and the Midnight Mission broke inside his base, fighting through Black Spectre's forces, only for Moon Knight to be left alone wounded.

As the Midnight Mission fought the villain's forces, Moon Knight confronted the one he thought to be the Black Spectre. After defeating Ryan Trent, Moon Knight was met with the actual Black Spectre, his former ally Robert Plesko who fatally shot him and left him to die. Despite nearing his death, Moon Knight gathered up all of his remaining strength to make his way towards the "killsound" broadcaster, intending to blow it up. Before setting it to explode, Moon Knight recited the Shema. He then sacrificed himself and destroyed the resonator, thwarting Plesko's evil plan and saving Manhattan.

Weeks passed until Hunter's Moon and Tigra got to put their plan in motion to resurrect Spector. During Varnae's vampiric takeover of the Earth, they got Clea to send them to Asgard, where Khonshu was imprisoned, to get his help in the fight. With the aid of the Wrecker, they freed Khonshu from his prison and, with the god free, Tigra patiently waiting for Spector's resurrection, dreading the possibility he would return a zombie. But Khonshu reassured her he would not fail his son, and soon Spector and Tigra were reunited, sharing a loving kiss. Then, each of them led a cadre of warriors to battle the vampiric army.

With the war over, Khonshu forced Marc into paying off a debt - having saved Reese earlier, Khonshu wanted Marc to kill the Shroud, who had taken up the guise of Moon Knight in Marc's absence and went on a rampage. Marc confronted the Shroud and forced him to a fight to the death, which Marc won, temporarily stopping his heart before getting him revived, settling the debt through a loophole. To fully mark his return, he approached the Bar with No Name and hung up Shroud's Moon Knight costume as a warning that he's back and all previous agreements were active again.

Personality

Moon Knight can be best characterized by his relationship with Khonshu, and whether that is derived from his own mental illness or from actual divine inspiration. When Marc Spector first awakened at the foot of Khonshu's statue, it was ambiguous whether his survival was truly Khonshu's doing or if Spector merely attributed it to the Moon God. Later stories introduced Khonshu as an undeniably real god, employing Moon Knight as his agent. Subsequent takes on Moon Knight would attempt to "walk back" the revelation that Khonshu was real, once again questioning whether the drive to be "the moon's knight of vengeance" was all in Spector's head.

Presently, it seems as if Marc Spector is both mentally ill and an agent of a higher power. Khonshu does exist, and has chosen Marc as his avatar, but Marc's mental illness sometimes causes him to experience conversations with a Khonshu that is only in his mind, not with the actual god. There are also discrepancies over whether Marc Spector was already schizophrenic or dissociative from an early age (making him a convenient host for Khonshu) or if Khonshu imposed this mental condition upon Marc. Khonshu is a god of multiple facets, and Marc Spector has taken on multiple identities in the past in order to properly represent all aspects of his god. This includes his original alter egos of Steven Grant, Jake Lockley, and Moon Knight, the representations of Captain America, Wolverine, and Spider-Man communicating with him, or his recent set of identities and attire like Mr. Knight.

Unlike most superheroes, Moon Knight is willing to brutally hurt and maim his opponents, and sometimes has even killed his enemies, as is seen by his ripping the face off Raul Bushman, or carving crescents on his victims' foreheads.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

Enhanced Brain Function: After being brought back to life by the moon god Khonshu, Marc's brain structure was fundamentally changed, due to being in brain-to-brain contact with him. He states that his brain was "rebuilt as a god's weapon". While the full extent of the changes to Marc's mind are unknown, he has displayed a mental resistance to telepathic attacks. When Hawley entered Moon Knight's mind, he was instantly overwhelmed due to its supernatural nature. Moon Knight had complete control over his mindscape and was able to attack and smother Hawley, leaving him catatonic in the real world.

Immortality: Marc Spector's pact with Khonshu comes with the advantages of retroactive eternal life. Moon Knight has died and been brought back to life by Khonshu on numerous occasions, three to be precise. Fatal wounds that would end any other mortal superhero are restored by his patron divinity to full health, allowing Mark to continue his vengeful spree.

Former Powers

Divine Empowerment: After Marc was imbued with a sliver of Khonshu's power he displayed these powers:

• Power Absorption: Employing a set of divine ankhs Moon Knight was able to absorb the mystical powers of the Iron Fist, the Sorcerer Supreme, Ghost Rider's Spirit of Vengeance, and was seemingly able to absorb the Starbrand and the Phoenix Force if he had been given the chance. This power seems limited as Moon Knight was unable to absorb Black Panther's powers due to the latter's powers being embedded in his blood.
• Necromancy: Moon Knight was able to control an entire army of undead mummies.
• Lunakinesis: Moon Knight was able to control the universe's different moons and objects made out of them, which allowed him to take control of Mjolnir despite not being worthy.
  • Geokinesis: As most orbital astral bodies are comprised entirely out of mineral, rock, and dead terra firma, this indicates an underlying ability to control different earthen elements by sheer will.
• Phase Transformation: After the Serpent War where he was jettisoned across time and space and back, and realizing his retention of Khonshu's power after seeing the world through a god's perception, Marc stepped through solid glass while transforming into his caped semblance, coming out the other side.
• Moon Empowerment: Marc once mentioned that the supermoon feeds into the strength level of his abilities, giving him enough power to best the likes of Earth's greatest champions single handed.
• Self Sustenance: Moon Knight can survive indefinitely without need of a breathable atmosphere.

Phoenix Force: Marc came under the thrall of the Phoenix Force as a replacement deity to Khonshu.

Lunar Strength: Through the power of Khonshu, Marc Spector received increased strength at night and under the light of the moon. His strength naturally increased after nightfall and whenever he was away from direct sunlight. Under the new moon, when the moon was not visible in the sky, his strength increased so that he could lift 1000 lbs. Over the next two weeks, his strength would increase even further as the moon became larger in the night sky. Under the light of the full moon, his strength reached its peak, allowing him to lift 4000 lbs, or 2 tons.

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 various martial arts. He is an Olympic-level athlete and a skilled acrobat and gymnast, and excels as a combat strategist.

• Expert Pilot: He is an excellent pilot and aviator due to his years as a U.S. Marine and a mercenary.
• Expert Detective: Spector is a good detective/private investigator with broad skills, knowledge, and understanding of the criminal underworld. He also knows many of the streets of New York very well due to being a cab driver in the alias of Jake Lockley.
• Interrogation Expert: He is an expert at interrogation often employing military secret police methods of torture.
• Master Marksman: He is capable of hurling all types of projectiles with great aim and pin point accuracy as well as an excellent sharpshooter/marksman. He is able to slice a bullet in half with a crescent disc.
• Weapons Master: Spector is adept with nearly every weapon ever invented ranging from many types swords, combat knives, batons, chains, brass knuckles, thrown projectiles such as shuriken, longbows, bolos, boomerangs to use of all types of firearms such as pistols, sniper rifles, automatic assault rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers, anti-tank bazooka, and even electronic remote firing stations such as 20/30mm anti-aircraft full auto chain guns, Gatling cannons, mechanized mortars, missile launchers, etc.
• Master Martial Artist: Spector is a former heavyweight boxing champion who underwent intense training as a commando, intelligence operative and mercenary. He is skilled in armed and unarmed combat with training in Boxing, Judo, Krav Maga, Silat, Dambe, Savate, Escrima, Karate, Muay Thai, and Kung Fu; his knowledge is extensive enough that it has been shown that he can use pressure points against his opponents, striking nerve clusters to stun or even instantly incapacitate. On more than one occasion without powers, he has fought the Punisher to a stand still.
• Multilingual: In addition to English, Spector is fluent in Symkarian and Arabic.
• Pain Resistance: Insanity, torture, spiritually gifted, or simply numb from all the years of damage to his body, Moon Knight has an incredibly high tolerance and strong threshold for pain.
• Telepathic Resistance: Spector's multiple personalities give him some protection against certain psychic powers such as possession or mental control.

Additional Attributes

Dissociative Identity Disorder: As the result of a traumatic childhood experience, Marc developed dissociative identity disorder, two of his alters being the millionaire Steven Grant and the cab driver Jake Lockley. Marc's mind was further fractured by Khonshu's influence when he appointed Spector as his avatar. Khonshu is said to have four aspects; Pathfinder, Embracer, Defender, and the Watcher of overnight travelers. Spector cycles through these aspects, and his brain applies his alters to them. In essence, Marc's mind has been "colonized" by Khonshu, and the different alters Marc displays are also a way to cope with the damage.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Armored costume

Moon Knight's Suit: Spector's original costume included Kevlar armor. It had a built-in two-way radio system so that Spector could summon du Champ, who typically provided backup in a helicopter. Spector later upgraded the Kevlar to Adamantium, and du Champ added dart launchers to the gauntlets. More recently, he added a flashlight so he could explore dark places, like the subway.

• Glider Cloak: Although Spector cannot fly, he can spread his cloak and slow his descent from great heights. To a slight extent he can steer his fall. Because it must be flexible, the cloak is not armored. Duchamp created the cloak.
• Carbonadium Armored Vestment: Before he moved to the West Coast to operate there, he was wearing a costume that was made of carbonadium which he claimed was almost as tough as adamantium but more flexible. The suit had several features identified: Crescent Dart Launchers in his wrist, Crescent Cable line used for swinging or for grappling, jump jets, laser cutting torch, and a few other features.

Former Equipment

Avengers Identicard

Eye of Agamotto: After absorbing Doctor Strange's powers Moon Knight was able to use the Eye of Agamotto.

Weapons

Although he has mastered almost every weapon ever invented, Moon Knight displays an obvious fondness for certain moon-themed objects referred to as his toys. These include throwing darts, nunchaku, and a truncheon.

Crescent Darts: Most likely his favorite weapon, these symmetrical throwing blades function as "calling cards" as well as weapons. Spector keeps a dozen of them in protective holsters spaced around his belt.

Truncheon: This ingenious device functions as a simple club, nunchaku, and a grappling hook. By itself, it can be wielded as a blunt instrument or thrown. It separates into two shorter clubs (linked by a chain) to entangle a weapon or limb, or to lengthen the club's arc of travel and thus its force. The hook springs forth from one end and, with a cable attached, allows Moon Knight to climb to, descend from, or swing around a fixed point. It weighs 12 pounds (5.5 kg) and is 12 inches (30 cm) long. When not in use, it fits into a holster on his left calf. Later improvements include upgrading the stainless steel to adamantium, incorporating the cable with the hook, and adding the option to extend to 8 feet (242 cm) long.

Crescent Launcher Pistols: He also used 2 pistols which fired crescent darts with cables that allowed him to grapple, trip or pin his enemies to surfaces. These had enough force to push a man back into a wall and pin him there.

Energy Shield: Buck Lime built him an energy shield similar to Captain America's Vibranium shield.

Web-Shooters/Wolverine's Claws: Buck Lime created a pair of bracers which can be used as Web-Shooters (like Spider-Man's) or metal claws (like Wolverine's).

Silver Cestus: On his first mission as Moon Knight (bringing in the Werewolf By Night for the Committee), Spector wore two silver cesti on his arms.

During his time as the Fist of Khonshu, Spector used another set of weapons, keeping them in a leather pouch or on his person.

Ankhs: This Egyptian symbol made of gold lit up in the face of imminent danger. Like the truncheon above, it could serve as a thrown or hand-held club. It weighed 12 pounds (5.5 kg) and was 12 inches (30 cm) long. Moon Knight then used some Divine Ankhs which allowed Moon Knight to absorb the heroes mystical powers and containing them in individual ankhs.

Other Weapons: Moon Knight also used other weapons such as scarab darts, an ivory boomerang, grappling hook and lariat, bola, san-setsu-kon (three-piece staff), and a truncheon with built-in taser.

Former Weapons

Mjolnir: Thanks to his powers of manipulating moon rocks Moon Knight was able to use the mighty hammer, despite not being worthy.

Transportation

Flying drone (As Moon Knight), Modified limousine (As Mr. Knight); formerly Moon Knight's Helicopter, Avengers Quinjet, Angel Wing

Former Transportation

Hell Charger

Notes

• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2004 #1 incorrectly claims that Moon Knight joined the Avengers in West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #21. This was later corrected in the Official F.A.Q. of the Marvel Universe Handbooks (21st century editions) and the OHOTMU:Data Corrections Avengers 2004 to instead be the correct issue of West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #33.
• The Trading Card Variant Cover of Moon Knight #188 notes that Marc was part of the Marvel Knights from Marvel Knights #5-15. However, he actually joined the group at the end of issue #4 and left after retiring in issue #14.
• Before the retcons of Moon Knight (Vol. 8), Marc was not sent to a mental hospital in his youth and his father only died much later on. He grew up to be an angry rebellious teenager, getting into fights at school. When he turned eighteen, Marc joined a gym and became a boxer, fighting for dirty money until Elias confronted him and begged him to stop. This infuriated Marc and he lashed out and punched his father, who disowned his son. The next day Marc left to join the U.S. Marines. Marc and Elias met a few times throughout the years, before he died of cancer as an old man.

Trivia

Declan look

• According to Warren Ellis, he invented the "Declan look" of Moon Knight with artist Michael Lark on an issue of Secret Avengers, which he later redeveloped into the "Mr. Knight" persona with a look evolved by Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire on their 2016 Moon Knight run. Incidentally, on that run, Bellaire took all the color off Moon Knight himself.
• During Damnation, Moon Knight was seemingly able to lift Mjolnir before Thor called it back. However, co-writer Donny Cates later cleared the confusion on Twitter by clarifying that Moon Knight wasn't worthy of Mjolnir, and the hammer was already lifting in preparation to fly back to Thor.

See Also

• 551 appearance(s) of Marc Spector (Earth-616)
• 22 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Marc Spector (Earth-616)
• 47 minor appearance(s) of Marc Spector (Earth-616)
• 52 mention(s) of Marc Spector (Earth-616)
• 18 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Marc Spector (Earth-616)
• 1086 image(s) of Marc Spector (Earth-616)
• 92 quotation(s) by or about Marc Spector (Earth-616)
• 18 victim(s) killed by Marc Spector (Earth-616)
• 12 item(s) used/owned by Marc Spector (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Marc Spector on Marvel.com
• Marc Spector on Wikipedia.org