His accomplices and his enemies! Dive deeper into the world of Moon Knight with the characters that define it.
More than ever, people want to know as much as they can about the Lunar Legionnaire, also known as Moon Knight, as well as his accomplices and enemies.
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Fortunately, there are plenty of notable comics to read starring Marc Spector (and his identities), whether he’s fighting crime as a lone vigilante or playing in the big leagues as an occasional Avenger.
However, you cannot truly understand a person without also knowing who he loves, hates, and punches repeatedly in the face. With that in mind, here’s a Moon Knight “Who’s Who” of everyone, including the good, the bad, and the grotesque, knows who’s his accomplices and who’s his enemies.
Accomplice/Enemy: Werewolf by Night
Although he would eventually win his own ongoing series, Moon Knight debuted in Werewolf By Night #32-33 in 1975. In that story, he attacks teenage Jack Russell in his lycanthropic form on behalf of a shadowy organization called The Committee.
However, after discovering his plan to use Jack’s blood to turn his own sister into an armed werewolf, Spector switched sides and helped free the captives. Though far from friends, Moon Knight and Werewolf By Night have crossed paths in a variety of circumstances ever since.
Friend: Frenchie
Before becoming Moon Knight, Marc Spector was a mercenary who started working with Jean-Paul Duchamp aka Frenchie. In 1980’s Moon Knight #1, the character informed Spector that his boss, Raoul Bushman, was worse than they thought. After Marc was attacked by his boss in an archeological dig site’s tomb (and found Marlene Alraune on the brink of death), Frenchie swooped in and pulled them both out safely.
From there, Duchamp moved to New York City with the rest of the crew, often piloting the crescent-shaped helicopter that aided Marc in his quest for revenge. Since then, the two have worked together and regularly supported each other.
Friend: Khonshu
One of the most powerful beings as accomplices and enemies of Moon Knight. As Kitty Pryde once said about Professor X, Khonshu is an idiot. Sure, he saved Marc Spector’s life in that tomb, but he may have been manipulating him for years before that, too. Regardless, he chose Spector as his fist and avatar, though he often belittles and tests him unnecessarily.
In Avengers (2018) #33-37, Khonshu pushed Moon Knight into helping him take over the entire planet by stealing the powers of Iron Fist, Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, and Thor. The Avengers banded together to stop him and the God of Thunder stopped Khonshu. As revealed in the most recent Moon Knight #1, Spector rejected the god, but still devoted himself to the ideals of Khonshu as part of the Midnight Mission.
Enemy: Raoul Bushman
By molding his face into a skull and using metal teeth, terrorist-for-hire Raoul Bushman brought fear and death to many. Years ago, he hired a pair of mercenaries named Marc Spector and Jean-Paul Duchamp to crush rebel forces in Sudan and loot whatever they could along the way. When Marc’s consciousness became a problem, Raoul knocked him out and left him for dead, but Marc wandered through the desert until he stumbled upon the temple that would make him a Moon Knight.
The two have fallen out several times since, including during Marc’s early days as a vigilante in New York City. Since then he has become one of the main villains of Moon Knight. Even in death, Raoul has haunted Marc, most notably in Moon Knight (2006).
Friend: Marlene Alraune
Debuting in Marvel Spotlight (1971) #28, Marlene Alraune had been to North Africa with her archaeologist father Peter in search of the tomb of Pharaoh Seti II. When Raoul Bushman and his team arrived in town, they panicked and Peter was killed after attempting to kill the villain. Marlene ran to the tomb to remove the artifacts before Raoul could attack them. As such, she was present when Marc Spector stumbled in and appeared to die. She also witnessed Marc’s supposed resurrection and the nascent days of Moon Knight.
Marlene apparently liked what she saw, because she began a relationship with Spector and moved to New York with him, where she established the identities of Steven Grant and Jake Lockley in order to become a more efficient crime fighter. Although their relationship has been complicated, the two seem to come back to each other more often than not. She even shares a girl, Diatrice, with the identity of Jake Lockley. Because the Moon Knight lifestyle carries a lot of dangers, Marlene has since moved in with her daughter and cut ties.
Friend: Bertrand Crawley
In his quest to learn as much as he could about New York’s underworld, Spector used Jake Lockley’s persona to absorb as much as possible. However, the taxi driver could not do everything alone. He also received information from the loquacious Bertrand Crawley, a philosophical man who wanders the streets of the city collecting all the information to pass it on to Moon Knight, who already knows who are his enemies and who are his accomplices.
Crawley would explain in Moon Knight (1980) #2 that he used to lead a typical life as a textbook salesman with a wife and child, but fell victim to drinking. His wife couldn’t handle her self-destructive streak and left. He responded by plunging deeper into her addiction, leaving her life and his home behind. Like almost everyone who entered Spector’s orbit at this time, he and Crawley found themselves crossing paths on a semi-regular basis.
Friend: Gena Landers
Like Crawley, Gena Landers also became an important part of Marc’s early days as a Moon Knight. She owned and operated Gena’s Diner, which Lockley and Crawley frequented, as did her two sons, Ricky and Ray.
The teens also ended up helping Moon Knight on more than a few occasions. She and Crawley both made their first appearances in Marvel Spotlight #28.
Enemy: Stained Glass Scarlet
The woman known as Stained Glass Scarlet spent three years living in a dilapidated church in the South Bronx. A victim of horrible men for most of her life, she crossed paths with Moon Knight when she went out to kill her own son, a fugitive criminal known as “Mad Dog”.
From there, she decided to become a crossbow-wielding vigilante herself, cleaning up the streets in her own murderous way. She has since died and, as chronicled in Moon Knight #8 of the current series, has become a living legend made of stained glass! For reasons yet to be explained, he once shared a psychic relationship with Moon Knight.
Friend: Tiger
Marc Spector switched coasts and went to California after the West Coast Avengers encountered Khonshu in the past. His time with the team began in West Coast Avengers (1985) #21 and continued through issue #41 when an unfortunate encounter with the lunar deity left him reeling.
However, during that time, Moon Knight began a relationship with his teammate Tigra. Though it didn’t work out between them, the pair have since made amends, with Greer Nelson most recently lending a hand (and listening) in Moon Knight (2021) #4.
Family: Randal Spector
Marc’s younger brother, Randall, spent his youth trying to live up to his brother’s perception of perfection. He too became a soldier and later a mercenary. In that course, he killed the nurse Lisa Maloney, a woman Marc was interested in.
To get revenge, Marc attempted to kill his brother with a grenade, but Rand survived and would seek revenge himself. He later joined some rebels in Africa, the same ones who were attacked by Raoul Bushman just before Marc became Moon Knight! Aggrieved further, Rand has assumed a variety of identities in his own crusade, including Hatchet-Man, Shadowknight, and Night Shadow.
Enemy: Arthur Harrow
Tormented by what he considered “grotesque paralysis and agonizing pain”, the egomaniac Dr. Arthur Harrow experimented on humans in an effort to cure himself, despite wanting to be one of his accomplices, but with the slogan of becoming one. one of Moon Knight’s worst enemies.
Using Nazi medical information acquired by the mysterious Omnium group, he worked on their pain project in the Yucatan until Moon Knight stumbled upon his existence through the kidnapping of Dr. Grail, the scientist who discovered Harrow’s true source of information, who He only made one appearance in Moon Knight (1985) #2, but he sure made an impact!
Friend: echo
During another move to California in Moon Knight (2011), Marc not only imagined conversations with Captain America, Iron Man, and Wolverine, he had actual conversations with Echo! Maya Lopez had been working undercover when she encountered Spector on a case involving an Ultron head that she recovered.
They bonded and he began to have feelings for her, but that was cut short by her (apparent) death at the hands of Count Nefaria in issue #9.
Enemy: Sun King
Having survived incredible trauma, the man known as “Patient 86” at Ravencroft Institute soon revealed himself to be the flame-wielding representation of the Egyptian sun god Amon Ra.
He debuted in Moon Knight (2016) #188 and appeared in every issue until the series ended with issue #200, offering plenty of trouble for Spector as his equal and opposite! He even teamed up with Raoul Bushman and threatened Marlene and Diatrice, but the two bad guys ended up working together to stop their common enemy.
Friend: Reese
Another of Moon Knight’s accomplices fighting his enemies is a young woman named Reese who had become a vampire after being kidnapped by the perpetrators of a pyramid cult.
He spared her life and established her as part of the Midnight Mission, an organization dedicated to helping people and those who travel at night. This former vegan now drinks blood to survive and is the receptionist for Mr. Knight!
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Source: Marvel
Moon Knight is featured in SMASH and Marvel Comics Mexico
In the desert sands of Egypt, Marc Spector received a brutal beating and was abandoned to his fate, his body was destroyed by the terrible pain. He was alone until Khonshu appeared. The great god needed a weapon, an arbiter of vengeance on Earth willing to hurt those who deserved it in his name.
A pact was formed and a warrior was born: Moon Knight. The night he had his new protector and Marc Spector had a reason to live. A new opportunity to redeem himself, a new thirst for life and a new purpose.
SMASH and Marvel Comics Mexico bring you Moon Knight: The Fund. Charlie Huston brings us an action story with the strokes of the great artist David Finch
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