History
Reuben Davis was raised in Chicago alongside Marc Spector and studied under Rabbi Elias Spector, where he was introduced to the mystical power attainable through mastery of Kabbalah. After Elias Spector’s death, Davis became obsessed with ensuring he alone possessed the rabbi’s esoteric knowledge. He delivered the eulogy at the funeral, where he reunited with Marc—now operating as Moon Knight—and resented him for having abandoned his father years earlier.
Assuming the identity of Zohar, Davis exhumed Elias Spector’s corpse and hid it beneath his apartment, masking the grave robbery by hiring a local named Curly to send children to vandalize the cemetery and create a distraction. Zohar used the corpse to draw mystical energy and also stole the remainder of Elias’s manuscripts from the family home.
Moon Knight, angered by the desecration of his father's grave, followed leads that eventually brought him to Curly—who was unaware of the mastermind behind the plot. Meanwhile, Marlene encountered Zohar during a break-in and was knocked unconscious by a magical blast.
Seeing Marc as a sinful and wayward figure, Zohar planned a violent reckoning. He lured Marc to a chapel under the pretense of investigating the desecrations, then ambushed him—blasting him and dropping a stained-glass window onto him. Believing Marc dead, Zohar next attacked a class studying Kabbalah to eliminate potential rivals, only to be injured and forced to flee when police intervened.
Retreating to his lair, Zohar sought to heal himself through magic. Moon Knight, having survived the ambush and deduced Davis's identity, confronted him. Zohar reanimated Elias Spector’s body, forcing Moon Knight into a tragic standoff. Refusing to harm his father’s corpse, Marc was nearly strangled. Marlene intervened and erased the Hebrew letter “E” (aleph) from the corpse’s forehead—transforming the word “EMETH” (truth) into “METH” (death)—and banishing the animated form. Elias Spector was reburied, and Zohar’s powers were seemingly lost with him.[1]