And also millionaire playboy Steven Grant. Created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, Moon Knight is the soldier of fortune Marc Spector. Moon Knight serves only a supporting role in company-wide crossovers and his short tenure in the Avengers was with the West Coast team.Īnd yet, Moon Knight is one of the most interesting Marvel superheroes, and one with a rabid cult following, thanks to his strange origin. Although he’s had many solo series since 1980, none of them have lasted more than 40 issues. Moon Knight is, at best, a C-level Marvel superhero. With award-winning actors Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke in leading roles, and directing split between Egyptian director Moahamed Diab and indie-horror filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead ( Synchronic is on Netflix-check it out when you get a chance), the series has talent both in front of and behind the camera.īut the character on which the show is based has far less name recognition. Moon Knight Vol.The newest Marvel Cinematic Universe series on Disney+, Moon Knight, boasts unparalleled talent. Here are six Moon Knight comics you should consider diving into ahead of the series premiere. Plus, he's never really been an A-lister before, so his comics come and go, leaving readers with multiple volumes of often disjointed storytelling to choose from. The very nature of his initial invention, which grew to involve several alternate personalities, meant that there have always been many ways to take the character, and different creative teams have taken full advantage of that.

In the pages of Marvel Comics, Moon Knight's been around for more than 40 years now, and yet he remains a tricky character to pin down. Starring Oscar Isaac in the title role, the series will give Marvel Cinematic Universe fans a fresh look at the hero, a man with dissociative identity disorder who becomes the avatar for the Egyptian moon god Khonshu, inheriting all the powers that come with that mantle (including a cool costume) along the way. On March 30, one of Marvel's strangest heroes will get his own Disney+ series when Moon Knight arrives on the streaming service.

Moon Knight, Vol. 1 by Warren Ellis