Warning: Contains spoilers for Moon Knight: Fist of Honshu #1moon night May be Marvel’s most emotionally and psychologically complex hero. Although most would cite his dissociative identity disorder as his greatest conflict, it is instead the shared feelings that all of ​​Marc Spector’s enders. If there’s one thing Marc Spector, Stephen Grant and Jake Lockley can agree on, it’s that they’re drawn to one terrible addiction that defines their entire system: violence.
Moon Knight: Fist of Honshu #1 – written by Jed MacKay, with art by Alessandro Cappuccio – follows Moon Knight’s return to his Midnight Mission after his selfless sacrifice to save his allies.
After his resurrection, Moon Knight returns to the land of the living with a revitalized devotion to Honshu and his mission to exact bloody revenge in Honshu’s name. now, Moon Knight has finally gone re-embraced the brutality he was first known for – and that makes him unfit to be an avenger.
Moon Knight has a violence problem — but now Marc Spector is embracing it
Moon Knight: Fist of Honshu #1 – Written by Jed MacKay; Art by Alessandro Cappuccio; Color by Rachel Rosenberg; Lettering by Cory Petit
Moon Knight isn’t nicknamed the “Fist of Konshu” for no reason. Konshu may be the god of the moon, but he is also the god of revenge. To protect the night’s travelers requires a special “deadly justice” that most heroes shy away from. While most of Marvel’s greatest heroes, like Captain America, Spider-Man and the Wasp, refuse to take another’s life, Moon Knight serves a higher purpose. Moon Knight, especially his Mr. Knight persona, and Honshu share a familial father-son relationship that lifts any emotional burden the Crescent Crusader may feel about serving divine justice.
This isn’t the first time Moon Knight has admitted his “addiction,” even declaring at times that he craves his enemies’ blood to transform his all-white form into a bloody crimson.
Returning from the dead, Mr. Knight embraces his “addiction” to violence by DMaking one of his coldest self-admissions: “I like it when they see me coming.” Yes, all Moon Knights are adorned with a completely white outfit while hunting down their prey in the night, but he specifically enjoys wearing white, so that he can see the fear in his enemies’ eyes when he almost fatally assaults them. This isn’t the first time Moon Knight has admitted his “addiction,” even declaring at times that he craves his enemies’ blood to transform his all-white form into a bloody crimson.
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Moon Knight is also unpredictable for Earth’s mightiest heroes
His intense violent ideas and unwavering religious devotion to Kunshu Given the Fist of Honshu a troubled reputation among Marvel’s fiercest team, the Avengers. While Moon Knight was briefly admitted to the superhero team in the 80s, it’s not uncommon for the Avengers to fear Moon Knight, if not outright hate him. To them, he is an unpredictable force of chaos that serves the agenda of an Elder God, who can turn against humanity at any moment. Even one of Moon Knight’s greatest heroes, Captain America, has shown how little he respects the “Cowled Avenger.”
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Hypocritically, the Avengers hosted multiple killers and religious fanatics among their ranks. Hawkeye, Cable and Red Hulk are all killers who have served in the Avengers and pious heroes like Thor, Ares and Hercules will inevitably serve their own purposes beyond the needs of the Avengers. Regardless of their opinion, Moon Knight is back with a revitalized sense of purpose and violent justice. Although he may claim that violence is his “addiction,” that doesn’t stop moon night Of enjoying every moment of beating his opponents into a bloody unrecognizable mess.
Moon Knight: Fist of Honshu #1 is available now from Marvel Comics.
Moon Knight stars Oscar Isaac as Steven Grant, a gift-shop employee in London who discovers he has dissociative identity disorder. He shares a body with Marc Spector and together, they travel to Egypt to uncover a deadly mystery surrounding the gods. moon night It consisted of six episodes and was the fifth live-action television show in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 4. Also starring in the series is Ethan Hawke as the villain Arthur Harrow and May Kalamavi as Layla El-Faouli.