Moon Knight
Moon Knight is a comic book character that first appeared in Werewolf by Night #32
Moon Knight, Marc Spector, Steven Grant, Jake Lockley: different aspects of the same man. All serving Khonshu, the God of Vengeance, as his "Avatar"
Origin
Before the Avatar
Rebelling against his rabbi father, Marc Spector was a heavyweight boxer, a U.S. Marine, and a CIA agent. Frustrated with the politics of the agency, Marc went on to become a mercenary. In Africa, he met a French mercenary, Jean-Paul " Frenchie" DuChamp, who would become one of Marc's closest friends. Frenchie later became Marc's pilot. While working for terrorist, Raoul Bushman, Marc began to question his choices. In Sudan they stumbled across an archaeologist Dr. Peter Alraune's excavation of an Egyptian Pharaoh's tomb. There, Bushman killed the Archaeologist.
Khonshu
Marc, feeling guilt, attempted to help, Alraune's daughter, Marlene Alraune escape. Annoyed with his betrayal, Bushman beat Spector and left him in the desert to die.
Barely conscious, Spector managed to return to the ancient tomb. Marlene was there with her father's men and brought Marc to rest near a statue of the moon god, Khonshu. Weak from his fight with Bushman and the elements of the desert, Spector died.
As Marlene cried over his body, Spector suddenly came back to life. It was his belief that Khonshu had brought him back from the dead in order to be the moon's knight of vengeance. Spector removed a cloak from the statue of Khonshu and confronted Bushman again, and this time, he came out victorious, thus Moon Knight was born.
Returning to the states with Marlene and Frenchie, the trio decided to fight a war against evil. Spector used his fortune from
The Hero of the Night rises
Lunar Legionnaire
The Fist of Khonshu
When the Avengers West Coast got trapped in ancient Egypt, Khonshu warned Moon Knight about the danger the team faced and he was able return the Avengers to the present. Moon Knight then joined the Avengers West Coast. He also became possessed by Khonshu which gave the powers based on the moon. This in turn alienated his friends Frenchie and Marlene. Moon Knight even had a relationship with Tigra that last until he resigned. Moon Knight, Tigra and Mockingbird formed a splinter group of Avengers when it was discovered that Mockingbird allowed the Phantom Rider to be killed. When the team seeked help from Hellstorm for the Phantom Rider's haunting of Mockingbird, it was discovered that Khonshu is inside Moon Knight's mind. Hellstorm was able to convince the god to leave Moon Knight's mind. Things didn't goes so well after when Marc launched a premeditated attack against Doctor Doom, the Avengers scolded him for his actions. Eventually Marc found out that it was Khonshu, not him, who wanted to join the Avengers West Coast. With that in mind, Moon Knight denied to be in the active roster and burned his Avenger Identicard.Infinity War and Crusade
When the Magus, the evil incarnation of Adam Warlock plan to gain absolute power, he created evil doppelgangers of both heroes and villains on earth. Moon Knight had to face his own evil self, manifested as Moonshade which he defeated. After the War, the Goddess, the good incarnation of Adam Warlock recruited many heroes who are very spiritual, religious have had near-death experiences. Because of Moon Knight's close affiliation with the moon god and his first resurrection to serve as the avatar of vengeance, the Goddess recruited Moon Knight to defend her as she purges the evil in the universe. Moon Knight was returned to normal when the Goddess was defeated by the combined efforts of Adam Warlock, Thanos and Professor X.Moon Knight has faced several hardships and has even died and been reborn again through the will of Khonshu.
In a final battle with Bushman, Moon Knight seemingly went over the edge. He used one of his crescent darts and carved off Bushman's face, giving him a true death's head. Both of his legs were also broke in this confrontation. Unable to continue his career as Moon Knight, Marc began taking more and more painkillers. His manner had gotten to the point that he alienated those around him. Frenchie decided there was nothing more he could do. In an argument with Marlene, Marc struck her in anger. Appalled by this, Marlene left.
Knowing that he is weak, the Committee hired the Taskmaster to take out Moon Knight. Taskmaster tortured Marc but he was defended by his butler and one of his friends. This gave Marc the strength to defeat Taskmaster. Marc then begun to rebuild himself and his life. He finally got himself out of his wheelchair and has begun physical therapy with the help of Frenchie's boyfriend. Frenchie no longer will fly for Marc but one of Gina's sons. (Gina was one of Marc's contacts at the diner Jake would go to). Being a true agent for vengeance, Moon Knight has taken his fight back to the streets and seems to be making up for lost time. His sanity is even more in question as he constantly "sees" and "hears" Khonshu talk to him and give him foul suggestions. Khonshu has also taken the guise of the deceased Bushman.
Civil War and the Initiative
Marc Spector's Registration Card
With a warrant for his arrest the C.S.A. call in for the Thunderbolts to come and hunt down Moon Knight as a fugitive of law. Iron Man strongly opposes the idea but is overruled on the matter. Moon Knight continues to lie low only to resurface in a black uniform and fight threats that need a beating. SHIELD also interrogates several of his friends and contacts, although nothing comes out of them. Now is the time for the Thunderbolts to strike. Several weeks later after having a run-in with the Thunderbolts, Moon Knight pleads with Khonshu for forgiveness for losing his faith at him, but the Lunar god will not have it and says that he has worshipers that actually follow him. Marc returned into his costume to help Frenchie, who was attacked by a gang and left his boyfriend injured. But little did he knew that the attack was used to set-up Moon Knight to be captured by the Thunderbolts. Moon Knight was then ambushed by Venom. He was captured by the reformed villain team, but he got away when SHIELD came. Frenchie agreed to help Moon Knight while the Thunderbolts release Bullseye to kill him. Moon Knight and Bullseye fought all throughout New York and the fight leads them to a warehouse, which was secretly planted with many explosives. Moon Knight sets it off and the warehouse explodes with Bullseye almost getting killed and Moon Knight escaping in a secret passage. Later a press conference Norman Osborn tells the reporters about the Thunderbolts's success in eliminating Moon Knight, while Iron Man condemns his team on the death of the vigilante. Moon Knight is later seen alive and have faked his own death, but has killed the Marc Spector persona and now the Jake Lockley is now in control. Moon Knight has been hired by a millionaire to look for his daughter who has been kidnapped by corrupt cops. Little did Moon Knight know that the Punisher is also in the trail of the corrupt cops and is now out to bring them justice through what he knows best, punishment.
Moon Knight then goes to fight off the Zapata Brothers (who were brought in by Alcantara after Jake killed his henchmen and took his condemned daughter) only to make a deal with them to take down Alcantara. Moon Knight then proceeds to a full on assualt on Alcantara when he finds everyone is murdered except Alcantara himself until Toltec finds them and Moon Knight walks away as Toltec kills Alcantara. Moon Knight (having taken Alcantara's money and bought himself a condo) has seen on tv what Norman Osborn has become and vows to go back to the U.S. and bring him down.
Return with a Vengeance
Moon Knight has returned to New York to exact his revenge to Norman Osborn and did so by stopping a bank heist but without killing the bank robbers, much to the surprise of the police. Khonshu is still convincing him to become the ruthless vigilante he was before, but Moon Knight plans for his redemption and become a hero once again. News of Moon Knight's return circulated the city, with Norman Osborn denouncing him as a renegade and a menace and he promised the public that Moon Knight will be dealt with. Sentry appeared before Moon Knight and reminded him that he can never run from his past and that he will be tested for to prove himself as a hero, to which he replied that he will also be tested as well. Jake called on to the Tinkerer to fix and upgrade his gadgets and also took time to visit Marlene, Frenchie and his partner. Moon Knight paid a visit to his criminal contact, the Profile and told him about the Slug and some stolen diamonds that he have. Moon Knight confronted the Slug and his henchmen for the diamonds, while Khonshu urges him to kill the villain but he was squashed in the floor. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn has delegated the Hood on stopping Moon Knight. The Hood then sent a telepath to track down and profile Moon Knight. When he did so, he told the two members of the Cabal that he cannot read his mind but he was still clinging on his Marc Spector personality. The telepath thought of a plan to take down Moon Knight and it involves the grave of his late nemesis, Raoul Bushman.Powers and Abilities
He is highly trained in hand-to-hand fighting through his training as a boxer, marine, and CIA agent. He is not the conventional hero, as he will use drastic means and violence to stop criminals.Because of his many personalities he made in his mind, Moon Knight has developed some protection against psychic assaults. When he became the Fist of Khonshu, he adopted powers derived from the moon. Moon Knight had enhanced strength, stamina, and reflexes based on the phase of the moon. He is at his strongest at a full moon as he could lift the weight of 2 tons and at normal strength when there is a no moon, where he could lift at least 450 lbs. He can also see magical being that normal humans cannot see and night vision. Moon Knight can become invisible in a shadowed area
Crescent Darts
His mode of transportation is the Mooncopter that is piloted by Frenchie, but is now used by one of his contact's son. He is also an expert at throwing weapons especially his trademark crescent darts that he also use to carve his enemies' face off as what he did to Taskmaster and Bushman. At one point, he was given ancient Egyptian weapons by the followers of Khonshu but later retires these items to be replaced to more updated weapons. Recently, Moon Knight rides a moon-themed motorcycle and has been wearing body armor that protects him from large caliber bullets, carries two pistols that fire crescent darts that are connected with a cable to pin down criminals or use as a zip line and he can now fire multiple crescent darts from under his wrist.
Alternate Realities
Moon Knight 2099Marvel 2099 (Earth-928)
A female Moon Knight is featured fighting crime in the lunar city of Attilan. Her identity, abilities and motivations are never revealed. 
Moon Knight 2099
Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610)
In the Ultimate Universe, he was first introduced as an ex-Navy Seal who participated in the Gulf War. He later worked in Roxxon Industries under the name of Paladin until Roxxon fell apart, and later becoming Moon Knight. Moon Knight first fought Spider-Man as he thought that he blew up a building, and he later got involved into a gang war between Kingpin and Hammerhead. In the middle of the fight with Spider-Man, Iron Fist and Shang-Chi, he was impaled by Elektra, but not before impaling a moon blade in her head when she was about to kill Black Cat. Once he had awaken from the coma, courtesy of Elektra, he fought Spider-Man, the Punisher and
Ultimate Moon Knight
He was later invited into Daredevil's group (the Ultimate Knights) whose goal was to bring down the Kingpin of crime. He created a new personality, Ronin in order to get closer to the Kingpin. Moon Knight offered to be the one to (among the Ultimate Knights) become the Kingpin's bodyguard/assassin.
The Kingpin instructs Ronin to bring him Spider-Man as a test. He finds out that most believe that Spider-Man goes to Midtown High School, so he drives a bus through the wall in order to lure him out. Kitty Pryde arrives before Spider-Man, and ends up being knocked-out by Ronin's vicious attack with a fire extinguisher. Spider-Man arrives just in time to see it happen, then jumps into the fight himself. He ends up being shot with a tranquilizer dart in the neck, and then Ronin uses his web shooters to swing away from the school, bringing him to the Kingpin. When he arrives, he only says, "What's next?”
While Spider-Man was being tortured by Kingpin, Ronin stood in the back; however, it turns out Fisk knew he was Moon Knight all along. He attacked him and had his men take him to the river and executed in costume to send a message to the other "costumes". In Moon Knight's mind we see Moon Knight drowning and the other three personalities standing around him. Suddenly, Ronin comes in and pulls him out of the water. From there he went to the police and told them who he was and that Wilson Fisk sent him to be executed being the first hero ever to publicly unmask himself to enforce justice. Wilson Fisk was arrested and prosecuted thanks to Moon Knight, at the cost of his secret identity being revealed.
It is stated that he suffers from an incredibly complex case of dissociative identity disorder (commonly known as multiple personality disorder). It is so complex that the identities: Marc Spector, Steven Grant, Moon Knight, and a little red-haired girl actually speak to each other on what appears to be a playground. He is also currently living with his girlfriend, Marlene, who complains a lot about Moon Knight's disorder.
House of M (Earth-58163)
In the House of M reality, he was a CIA operative before Magneto's reign of mutant supremacy. He became a wanted human on the run for "war crimes" against mutants and later a vigilante in New York. Marc Spector is a member of Luke Cage's Avengers along with Iron Fist when Luke and Hawkeye were recruiting to join the fight against the House of M. He first appeared without his costume when he was with the Human Resistance Movement, but wears his classic costume when he joined the Avengers.Marvel Zombiverse (Earth-2149)
Moon Knight was one of the few superheroes that remained uninfected by the zombie plague. He was still in living form in Marvel Zombies: Dead Days and was part of Nick Fury's resistance against the zombie superheroes, but was apparently killed and turned into a zombie when he seen as one of the superhero zombies that was attacking Dr. Doom's castle. He was killed by Silver Surfer in self defense, when Moon Knight and the other zombie superheroes tried to devour the Silver Surfer.Earth X (Earth-9997)
On Earth X, Moon Knight is fighting a never ending battle against the Sons of Seth, for the statue of Khonshu, which is made out of ancient vibranium, that gave immortality to those who ingest it's dust. When Captain Marvel claimed the Re-Animator stone, it caused Moon Knight to die. He later help Mar-Vell in the realm of the dead.After the defeat of Death, Moon Knight was allowed to enter the Paradise that Mar-Vell created.Amalgam Universe (Earth-9602)
In this reality Marc Spector is only a split personality of Dick Grayson. He became the hero named " Moonwing".He was later recruited by Bruce Wayne to SHIELD.
Moonwing
Dino-World (Earth-99476)
In this reality, Moon Knight is a gun-slinging velociraptor, named Dino Knight, whose life force is sucked by Moon Knight's doppelganger during the Infinity War, Moonshade.What If? (Earth-244121992)
In this reality where the Punisher is in possession of the Venom Symbiote, Moon Knight is one of the heroes that tried to stop his brutal way of serving justice along with Spider-Man and Daredevil.Multiple Realities (Earth-???)
Moon Knight travel to other realities and met other versions of himself, such as; Dark Moon, Moon-Fang, Crescent Moon, Grey Wing, Moon Man, Moon Boy, Moon Maid, Mister Spector, Ivory and the Moon Ghost.Mutant X (Earth-1298)
In this reality, Moon Knight belong to a team called the Lethal Legion that fought the Beyonder where he lost his life.Exiles (Earth-8545)
In this reality, Earth was consumed by a mutated form of the Legacy Virus and Warlock's technorganic virus. Moon Knight was one of the infected heroes that formed the Vi-Locks Prime.Bullet Points (Earth-70105)
In this reality, Moon Knight is one of many heroes that defended Earth from Galactus.Earth-81156
In this pocket universe where Night Thrasher has become an evil version of Iron Man, Moon Knight was imprisoned along with other heroes until he was freed by the New Warriors.
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| Super Name: | Moon Knight |
| Real Name: | Marc Spector |
| Aliases: |
Marc Spector Steven Grant Jake Lockley Ronin Fist of Khonshu Lunar Legionnaire Crescent Crusader Paladin Yitzak Topol Moony Looney |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | Werewolf by Night #32 |
| Appears in: | 360 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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