Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1Moon Knight may be Marvel’s most emotionally and psychologically complicated hero. Although most cite his Dissociative Identity Disorder as his biggest conflict, it is the shared feelings that all Marc Spector alters. If there’s one thing Marc Spector, Stephen Grant, and Jake Lockley agree on, it’s that they’re drawn to a horrible vice that defines their entire system: violence.
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #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 Khonshu and his mission to carry out bloody revenge in Khonshu’s name. Now, Moon Knight has finally gone fully re-embraced the brutality he was first known for – and that makes him unfit to be an Avenger.
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Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1 – Written by Jed MacKay; Art by Alessandro Cappuccio; Color by Rachelle Rosenberg; Cory Petit Lyrics
Moon Knight isn’t nicknamed “Fist of Konshu” for no reason. Konshu may be the God of the Moon, but he is also the God of Revenge. Protecting night travelers requires a specific “lethal 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 person’s life, Moon Knight serves a greater purpose. Moon Knight, especially his Mr. Knight persona, and Khonshu share a familial father-son relationship that alleviates any emotional burden the Crescent Crusader may feel while serving divine justice.
This isn’t the first time Moon Knight has admitted his “addiction,” even explaining at times that he wants the blood of his enemies to turn his all-white form into a bloody crimson form.
Returned from the dead, Mr. Knight embraces his “addiction” to violence as he ddelivering one of his coldest self-admissions: “I like it when they see me coming.” Yes, all Moon Knights are adorned in a completely white outfit while hunting their prey at night, but he specifically likes to wear white so he can see the fear in his enemies’ eyes when he almost fatally attacks them. This isn’t the first time Moon Knight has admitted his “addiction,” even explaining at times that he wants the blood of his enemies to turn his all-white form into a bloody crimson form.
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His intense and violent ideations and unwavering religious devotion to Khonshu gave the Fist of Khonshu a disturbing reputation among Marvel’s most powerful team, the Avengers. Although Moon Knight was briefly admitted to the superheroic team in the 80s, it is not an uncommon known fact that the Avengers fear Moon Knight, if not outright hate him. To them, he is an unpredictable force of chaos who serves the agenda of an Elder God, who could turn against humanity at any moment. Even one of Moon Knight’s greatest heroes, Captain America, showed how little he respects the “Hooded Avenger”.
Hypocritically, the Avengers have hosted numerous assassins and religious fanatics among their ranks. Hawkeye, Cable, and Red Hulk are all assassins who served in the Avengers, and godly heroes like Thor, Ares, and Hercules will inevitably serve their own purposes beyond the Avengers’ needs. 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 “vice,” that doesn’t stop him Moon Knight of enjoying every moment defeating your opponents into a bloody, unrecognizable mess.
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1 is now available from Marvel Comics.
Moon Knight stars Oscar Isaac as Steven Grant, a London gift shop employee 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 Knight consisted of six episodes and was the fifth live-action TV show in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Also starring in the series are Ethan Hawke as the villain Arthur Harrow and May Calamawy as Layla El-Faouly.