Moon Knight - The Fist of Khonshu
b'We\'re back with another Character Corner episode and this time we\'re talking about the character Moon Knight. Or should we say the characters Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Jake Lockley. Moon Knight is an interesting character to cover. First appearing in 1975 in Werewolf By Night, its pretty clear that early Moon Knight was Marvel\'s answer to DC\'s Batman. There\'s so many obvious comparisons.\\xa0Early on in Moon Knight stories, Marc Spector wasn\'t suffering from mental illness. Rather his three personalities were actually cover aliases for him. Interestingly enough, all his aliases also seem to line up with aspects of Bruce Wayne. You have the Billionaire playboy Steven Grant. The highly skilled mercenary Marc Spector. Then there\'s the seedy Jake Lockley that is clearly based off of Matches Malone (who first appeared in 1972 in Batman comics). Then there\'s the Moon Knight concept itself. Dressed in all white (versus the all black of Batman), a hero of the night that looks at himself as the "spirit of vengeance" and taking out those criminals that prey on the weak.\\xa0\\nBut then Marvel started to put some space between the characters by introducing Khonshu, the Moon God that took Marc Spector has his priest (or fist depending on how you look at it). Instead of some internal drive to make criminals fear him because of the murder of his parents, Spector is driven to fight crime because his God commands it. Or is it that he\'s just insane? Or both? Later comics definitely show that Khonshu is a very real (and petty and vengeful God). And it\'s Khonshu that has pretty much driven Marc insane. But it makes for a really interesting character and some very good comics to read (except for the Bendis run. Don\'t do that to yourselves).\\xa0\\nIssues:\\xa0\\n\\n\\tWerewolf By Night #32 - First Appearance\\n\\tBad Moon Rising Moon Knight Epic Collection\\n\\tMoon Knight Volume 1\\n\\tMoon Knight: Fist of Khonshu\\n\\tMarc Spector: Moon Knight\\n\\tMoon Knight: Resurrection Wars #1 - 4\\n\\tMoon Knight: High Strangeness #1 - 4\\n\\tMarvel Knights #1 - 15\\n\\tMoon Knight (2006 - 2009) #1 - 30\\n\\tVengeance of Moon Knight\\n\\tSecret Avengers\\xa0\\n\\n\\tIssue #19 - First appearance of the Mr. Knight suit\\n\\n\\n\\tMoon Knight (2011 - 2012) #1 - 12 - Bendis (you can skip it)\\n\\tMoon Knight (2014) Marvel Now\\n\\n\\tIssues 1 - 6 (Warren Ellis)\\n\\tIssues 7 -12 (Brian Wood)\\n\\tIssues 13 - 17 (Cullen Bunn)\\n\\n\\n\\tAll New, All Different Moon Knight (Jeff Lemire Run)\\n\\tAvengers Vol 8 #33 - 38 - Age of Khonshu\\n\\tMoon Knight (2021 - )\\n\\n\\nLike what you hear? Subscribe so you don\'t miss an episode!\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nFollow us on Twitter:\\n\\n@Dpalm66\\n@InsanityReport\\n@TheMTRNetwork\\n\\xa0\\n\\nOur shirts are now on TeePublic:\\xa0\\xa0https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network\\n\\n\\nWant more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!'