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    Character » Moon Knight appears in 1413 issues.

    Moon Knight, Marc Spector, Steven Grant, and Jake Lockley: four different aspects of the same man who was resurrected by Khonshu (the Egyptian Lunar-God of Vengeance and Justice) to serve as his "avatar." Those unjust mortals who prey upon the innocents traveling at night, with powers that come from the moon, beware the Vengeance of the Moon Knight!

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    #1  Edited By DanialCarroll

    I'm reading the 1980 Moon Knight series at the moment and I just finished The Moon Kings/Night of The Wolves, in which a terrorist puts a toxin into the Chicago water supply causing all the people to become insane. This instantly made me think of Batman Begins, and got me wondering, was there a Batman arc that used this plot device pre-1981, possibly one that Batman Begins used as inspiration?

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    #2  Edited By Veshark

    Well there was the Man Who Laughs (first appearance of Joker) and A Death In the Family for Joker poisoning the water supply, but neither one is pre-1981. Man Who Laughs is 2005 and Death is 1988.

    I can't think of any other Batman villain who pulled that stunt though....

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    #3  Edited By Jonny_Anonymous

    hmmmmmmm

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    #4  Edited By DanialCarroll
    @Veshark A Twitter friend mentioned that Scarecrow poisoned the water supply in BTAS, but no one could think of any pre-'81 occurrences on there either.
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    #5  Edited By Veshark

    Hmm....strange. I can't say for certain that MK is the first character to have this trope, but he very well might have done it before Batman...

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    #6  Edited By DanialCarroll

    @Veshark: Yeah, poisoning the water supply is nothing new, but it was specifically the insanity toxin affecting an entire city via this method that had me wondering.

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