Moon Knight

Moon Knight is an Egyptian-themed comic book superhero from Marvel Comics. more...

Publication history

The character was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin in Werewolf by Night (vol. 1) #32 (August 1975), and has starred in three eponymous ongoing series and several miniseries. Moon Knight's most notable artist over the years has been Bill Sienkiewicz. He illustrated many of Moon Knight's appearances in Hulk! Magazine, and also launched the character's first solo series. He stayed onboard for 25+ issues and enjoyed a long tenure on the comic, producing memorable covers for Moon Knight as well. He is widely considered the definitive Moon Knight artist. Writer Doug Moench also had a long, productive run, defining the character with often dark adventures.

During the early 1980s Moon Knight was one of the three Marvel titles turned into direct distribution only titles. The Moon Knight series ended in Moon Knight (v3) #60 with art by Stephen Platt depicting his death.

A new Moon Knight ongoing series was launched in April 2006 by David Finch and Charlie Huston. It will explore the psyche of this character's three alternate personas and his connection to an Egyptian deity that may or may not be imagined.

Character analysis

Moon Knight is often criticized as a "poor man's Batman," and the parallels are indeed apparent. Both are wealthy vigilantes that take to the streets at night to fight crime. They both rely on creating fear among the criminal element, and both use various themed weapons in combat. They even both come replete with specialized vehicles and well-armed mansions.

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