Moon Knight

[BoosterBronze]

If anyone asked, I'd say I was a huge Moon Knight fan, but here's the thing.

I dont remember any Moon Knight stories. None. I've lost a lot of comics over the years, and the only Moon Knight storuy I still own was a SpiderMan crossover "Round Robin."

What were MK's great stories? Who were his villains? Were they that unmemorable?

[Dennis K]

Count me in too as far as being a MK fan goes. I as well have a hard time recalling any particular story arc, other than his origin. I still wish they'd bring him back though, seems like he could fit in on some team.

[Smuggletrain]

I still wish they'd bring him back though, seems like he could fit in on some team.


He's coming back in Marvel Team-up #7. King of the Ring arc.

[Will.S]

Oops, double post.

[Will.S]

He's coming back in Marvel Team-up #7. King of the Ring arc.
Yeah that and he was in Priest's Black Panther run in the "Quest for Khonshu" story.

I hope Marvel reprints his best stories one day into a big paperback unless one exists that I'm unaware of.

[Matt_K]

There's been a rumoured Bendis penned Moon Knight MK project whispered of for a while, but whether it's actually happening is another story.

[zeppelined]

Hello. New here. I'm a big Moon Knight fan, and I was just reading some old issues today with MK in them. I have a nice run of Defenders in the 40 to 50 issue range, and Moon Knight plays a major role in a pretty good storyline involving Scorpio (Jake Fury), a Nick Fury LMD, and a can of warm beer.

Seriously. The writer goes *way* out of his way to focus on the procurement and drinking of this beer, and I do believe the beer can comes into play when Moon Knight escapes a dastardly death trap.

Oddly enough, it seems that some of Moonie's better stories happened when he was part of a team, despite his reputation as a loner. In his earlier series, I think they relied on the whole multiple identity thing way too much, so you got a lot of the same plot line. "I'm a cab driver!" "I'm a millionaire!" "I'm a superhero!" He let so many people in on his "secret," and appeared to discuss it openly when other people were around, it seemed a bit silly.

[Darkoth]

I think the creative team really hit stride later on in the original series.Thier where stories about child abuse,a mother who would avenge her childs death,gang violence and so on,more than just average superheroics.Actually come to think of it,it was probably the most groundbreaking book of the late 70's /early 80's.Sienkevietch's (sp) art really broke away from traditional style,paving the way for the now defunct Epic line,but perhaps was a springboard of sorts for DC's Vertigo books.

[Cash Lone]

Doug Moench/Bill Scienkivwaeruafjadfj - oh however u spell his name. Their run on Moon Knight was very powerful.

Some of the ones I recall are when Moon Knight fought a vietnam vet who went by the name Black Spector.

Xenos - was a villain who was kind of like Willard. He had a basement filled w/ rats but dressed in doll outfits. As Moon Knight went to investigate who was assassinating foreign dignitaries - he entered the basement and Wham! got smashed upside the head w/ a broken jar of rat food. Then the rats started tearing after poor Moonie.

The Werewolf by Night crossover was kick ass.

Moonies meeting w/ the Scarlet - the Nun who left religion behind to marry. Was especially downbeat and unlike anything that Marvel was publishing at the time.

[SleepWalker]

I tend to have enjoyed MK's appearances outside of his own series, but I am partial to the Fist of Khonshu series from the 80s and the original series.

Moon Knight's first meeting and team-up with Spider-man back in Peter Parker, Spectacular Spider-man #22-23 is good stuff too.

[Cash Lone]

Moench and Sienkiewicz were the only team to date that got MK right. Man did that stuff ever rank up there with O'Neill and Adams' Batman. Anyone who thinks MK was a lame character and a Bats rip-off needs to check out that run. Very cool character.

WORD. Remember issue 26? "Hit it"! That was awesome. Sienkiewicz really out did himself on that one.

[Pedalhome]

I'm also a big Moon Knight fan. I'd pick up a solo book if it ever appeared, but they probably do what they did with Hawkeye's "ongoing" series. We all know what happened there...

I still wish they'd bring him back though, seems like he could fit in on some team.

Hey, why not put him in the New Avengers? Everyone else is on that team :mad: , why not our beloved Moon Knight too?

[Paradox]

Pedalhome needs a dose of reality:

Hey, why not put him in the New Avengers? Everyone else is on that team :mad: , why not our beloved Moon Knight too?

1. a) There is no "team" as of yet.

b) "everyone else" is NOT on the team. There's only seven folks listed as GOING to be. That's hardly "everyone else".

2. "Everyone else is on the team, why not [fill in character]" is kind of a ludicrous reason for putting someone on a team.

3. To be properly explored, Moon Knight works better away from a team (other than his own "Shadow-like" group of operatives). The multi-personality thing and the group of people working for him would more detract than add to a group book. It would be to complex to explore in that setting, and if you tried, it would end up being "Moon Knight, his operatives, and the Avengers". He's a lousy fit, and pretty much showed that when he was hanging around with the West Coast branch back in the '80s.

So, I say, do not add him to the Avengers...get someone really creative and give him back his own book. :D

[Neolucifer]

Yet you can mostly remember Moon Knight in team ups with a few other heroes :D . For me it was especially in bagley's amazing spiderman run , when spidey was dealing with the secret empire (another group to resurrect and revamp damn it) and they revived Moonie's former sidekick .

[gforce99]

I love Moon Knight. Mark Spector was one of the best superheroes ever.

I am surprised no one has mentioned the 90s MK series, with great art by Sal Velluto. One of the first stories involved the Bushmaster and MK dealing with evil thugs in Africa.

Also, MK holds the honorable distinction as being the only Avenger kicked out of the Avengers for avenging. Thats awesome! :)

[Dennis K]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he shows up in the new Black Panther monthly.

[Pedalhome]

1. a) There is no "team" as of yet.

b) "everyone else" is NOT on the team. There's only seven folks listed as GOING to be. That's hardly "everyone else".

2. "Everyone else is on the team, why not [fill in character]" is kind of a ludicrous reason for putting someone on a team.

3. To be properly explored, Moon Knight works better away from a team (other than his own "Shadow-like" group of operatives). The multi-personality thing and the group of people working for him would more detract than add to a group book. It would be to complex to explore in that setting, and if you tried, it would end up being "Moon Knight, his operatives, and the Avengers". He's a lousy fit, and pretty much showed that when he was hanging around with the West Coast branch back in the '80s.

So, I say, do not add him to the Avengers...get someone really creative and give him back his own book. :D

I was being sarcastic. I forgot that you can't hear the intonation of my typing.

1. I realise that "everybody else" is not on the team. I'm just a grumpy-assed traditionalist who was unhappy about some of the changes that have taken place within The Avengers and the New Avengers.

2. You're right, it is poor logic to include a character on a team simply because "everybody else" is on the team. You'll have to forgive me, I was trying to think like Bendis.

3. I fully agree with your thrid point. Moon Knight is best suited to a solo type story. That's just his style.

I'm sorry that I brought up the New Avengers. That doesn't belong in this thread and there has been too much complaining about the topic anyway. Back to Moon Knight!

[gforce99]

Remind me, what happened to Moon Knight?
The last time I saw him (literally 10 years ago) he stopped being the fist for Khonshu.
Why I don't remember.

Can anyone help me?

[tricksterpup]

gosh the stories I remember were the Werewolf by night stories and also Issue #25 from his own series. I forget this Villain's name but he wanted to be the Anti Moonknight.

http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/54721388088.25.GIF

[gforce99]

gosh the stories I remember were the Werewolf by night stories and also Issue #25 from his own series. I forget this Villain's name but he wanted to be the Anti Moonknight.

http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/54721388088.25.GIF
I was going to say his Infinity War doppleganger, but then I thought "if I remind these guys of Infinity War, they'll kill me..."

And of course the comic you mention came out 15 years before Infinity anything.

Who was the best MK bad guy? Besides Khonshu.

[Tobias March]

I always liked that the god whose tomb he fell into happened to be a god of scribes and writers. At least I think that's correct.

[Will.S]

I haven't had the pleasure of reading his early stories beyond what I read in Wizard a few months ago on the character but I'm a fan of some of his recent appearance like in the Christopher Priest Black Panther arc and the character's design overall.

I think Marvel can easily pitch a new Moon Knight book by using the whole mutiple personality angle in a Memento'ish way by having his various personalities every month try to solve a mystery that another personality left behind as a loose end or something. They would all remember that they are Moon Knight as well so there'll be action as well.

[FanboyStranger]

WORD. Remember issue 26? "Hit it"! That was awesome. Sienkiewicz really out did himself on that one.

I was re-reading my copy of Violent Cases the other day, and Dave McKean cites that issue as what made him want to become an artist. That's high praise.

[mattbib]

The use of Moon Knight in West Coast Avengers kind of fell flat. But it was an interesting try.

I've enjoyed the back-issues I've purchased of the first series, as well as the various minis he's had. And I did like his appearances in Marvel Knights.

That said, is it me or do too many people confuse Spector's multiple identities for multiple personalities?

[SUPERMAN PRIME]

who is moon knight ?i mean powers history etc?

[mattbib]

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[SUPERMAN PRIME]

thanks pal

[Stephane Garrelie]

I loved what I've read of Moench and Sienkevicz's run
(Loved Moench on Captain Marvel and on Master of Kung-fu too)
and I hope there will be an essential werwolf by night of his run.
The 90's series by Chuck dixon had it's moments.(I loved the story with silver sable).
so if it's Moench and Sienkevicz again why not.
If Michelinie is on the job idem.

[tricksterpup]

The use of Moon Knight in West Coast Avengers kind of fell flat. But it was an interesting try.

I've enjoyed the back-issues I've purchased of the first series, as well as the various minis he's had. And I did like his appearances in Marvel Knights.

That said, is it me or do too many people confuse Spector's multiple identities for multiple personalities?
I think you are right here, they think he has multiple personalities but they were more like Batman disquises than a personality issue. I am with you matt, been a big fan of the first series and also the black and white back ups in the incredible hunk magazine.. :D

[Stephane Garrelie]

The use of Moon Knight in West Coast Avengers kind of fell flat. But it was an interesting try.
I didn't like him in WCA, like Steve Englehart he's better in/on solo character(s) séries :) :p

[iwarrior]

I remember Mike Grell saying somewhere that he thought the character had untapped potential.