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Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1Moon Knight may be Marvel’s most emotionally and psychologically complicated hero. While most would cite his Dissociative Identity Disorder as his greatest strife, it’s instead the shared feelings that all of Marc Spector’s alters. If there is anything that Marc Spector, Stephen Grant, and Jake Lockley can agree on, it is that they are drawn to one horrible addiction 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 deal out bloody vengeance in Khonshu’s name. Now, Moon Knight has finally fully 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 Khonshu #1 –Written By Jed MacKay; Art By Alessandro Cappuccio; Color By Rachelle Rosenberg; Lettering By Cory Petit
Moon Knight is not nicknamed the “Fist of Konshu” without reason. Konshu may be the God of the Moon, but he is also the God of Vengeance. To protect the night’s travelers requires a particular “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’s life, Moon Knight serves a higher purpose. Moon Knight, especially his Mr. Knight persona, and Khonshu share a familial father-son relationship which lifts any emotional burdens the Crescent Crusader may feel about serving divine justice.
This isn’t the first time Moon Knight has admitted his “addiction,” even explaining at times that he wants his enemies’ blood to transform his all-white form into one of bloody crimson.
Returned from the dead, Mr. Knight embraces his “addiction” to violence by delivering 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 near-fatally assaults them. This isn’t the first time Moon Knight has admitted his “addiction,” even explaining at times that he wants his enemies’ blood to transform his all-white form into one of bloody crimson.
Why The Avengers Don’t Want To Work With Moon Knight
Moon Knight Is Too Unpredictable For Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
His intense violent ideations and unwavering religious devotion to Khonshu have given the Fist of Khonshu an unsettling reputation among Marvel’s mightiest team, the Avengers. While Moon Knight was briefly admitted to the superheroic team in the ‘80s, it is not an uncommonly known fact that the Avengers fear Moon Knight, if not hate him outright. 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, has shown how little he respects the “Cowled Avenger.”
Moon Knight Is Officially Replacing Silver Surfer As the Herald of Galactus (With Huge New Powers & Weapon)
Moon Knight is the perfect new herald for Galactus in this “What If?” story, playing on the character’s long history with Marvel’s cosmic side.
Hypocritically, the Avengers have hosted multiple killers and religious fanatics among their ranks. Hawkeye, Cable, and Red Hulk are all killers who have served in the Avengers and godly 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. While he may claim that violence is his “addiction,” that doesn’t stop Moon Knight from enjoying every moment of beating his opponents into a bloody unrecognizable mess.
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1is available now from Marvel Comics.
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