Moon Knight

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Marc Spector is a Jewish-American rabbi's wayward son. As an adult, Spector had been a heavyweight boxer before becoming a U.S. Marine serving in Force Recon, afterward, he left the Marines to become a mercenary occasionally doing work for the CIA. As a mercenary he befriends the French pilot Jean-Paul DuChamp, whom he affectionately calls "Frenchie". While working for the African mercenary Raoul Bushman in Egypt, the group stumbles upon an archaeological dig whose crew includes Dr. Peter Alraune and his daughter Marlene Alraune. The dig had uncovered an ancient temple where artifacts included a statue of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Intent on looting the dig, Bushman kills Dr. Alraune. In response to Alraune's murder, Spector challenges Bushman to personal combat and is defeated by Bushman and left to die in the sub-zero temperatures of the desert night.

The Egyptians who worship the ancient gods find Spector and carry him to their temple. Helpless before the statue of Khonshu, Spector's heart stops. Khonshu appears to him in a vision, offering Spector a second chance at life if he becomes the god's avatar on Earth. Spector awakens, wraps himself in the silver shroud that covers Khonshu's statue, and again confronts Bushman. He defeats Bushman and returns to America with Marlene, Frenchie, and the statue of Khonshu. Deciding to become a crimefighter, Spector creates a silver cloaked costume, based on the silver shroud, and becomes Moon Knight aka "The Fist of Khonshu".

After his return to the United States, Spector invests the money that he had accumulated as a mercenary and develops a small fortune. To distance himself from his mercenary past, he creates the identity of millionaire entrepreneur Steven Grant, using this identity to purchase a spacious estate. To remain in contact with the street and criminal element, he also creates the identity of taxicab driver Jake Lockley and has acquired civilian allies such as Bertrand Crawley and Gena Landers and her sons.

In the character's first appearance, the criminal organization the Committee supplies Marc Spector with the name Moon Knight, his costume and weapons (using silver) to hunt down Jack Russell. In Los Angeles, Moon Knight captures the Werewolf for the Committee, but then frees him and halts the Committee's plans, fighting Russell again.[23] He battles Conquer Lord,[24] teams up with Spider-Man to fight Cyclone,[25] and fights Lupinar,[26] and his brother Randall, the Hatchet-Man.[27]

His origin of being "created by The Committee" is explained as a ruse set up by Frenchie so Marc can shut the Committee down.[28] He then encounters the Midnight Man[29] and returns to Chicago to prevent the poisoning of its water supply by a group called the Werewolves,[30] encounters Morpheus[31] and teams with Daredevil to fight the Jester.[32] It is around this time that he first encounters Stained Glass Scarlet.[33] Later, he battled the Werewolf once again,[34] battled Bora, and met the X-Men, the Fantastic Four,[35] and Doctor Strange.[36]

Spector abandons his Moon Knight, Grant, and Lockley identities after the effects of Russell's bite (lunar cycle-based strength)[37] fade away, and functions as an independently wealthy man opening art galleries around the world, with the help of art historian Spence. Spector's estranged relationship with Marlene ends when she finally leaves him for her ex-husband when he becomes Moon Knight again.

The cult of Khonshu telepathically summons Spector to Egypt and supplies him with a new arsenal of moon-themed projectile weaponry, originally designed by a time-traveling Hawkeye in ancient Egypt. Khonshu himself appears to Spector and enters his body, giving him the same lunar abilities he previously had.[38]

As the agent of Khonshu, he aids the West Coast Avengers, but at the cost of alienating Frenchie and further distancing Marlene.[39] He time travels to 2940 BC to rescue the Avengers, where he learns of his weapons' design by Hawkeye.[40] He officially joins the West Coast Avengers[41] and enters a relationship with Tigra for the remainder of his tenure on the team.

While investigating the Phantom Rider with Daimon Hellstrom, Moon Knight and the Avengers are attacked by soldiers working for Khonshu's rival, Seth, who is invading Asgard. Khonshu abandons Moon Knight to battle Seth after explaining it was his wish to join the team, not Spector's. Moon Knight resigns from the team,[42] and reunites with Marlene and Frenchie, only to die and be resurrected by Khonshu once more.

This volume introduces Moon Knight's teenage sidekick Jeff Wilde, also known as "Midnight", the son of Midnight Man, a member of Moon Knight's rogues gallery. At this time, Moon Knight first encounters the Black Cat.[43] Midnight is turned into a cyborg by the Secret Empire, then is seemingly killed in a battle with Moon Knight, Spider-Man, Darkhawk, the Punisher, Nova and Night Thrasher.[44]

Teaming up with the Punisher, Moon Knight defeated ULTIMATUM,[45] and during the "Acts of Vengeance", fought Killer Shrike, Coachwhip, and the second Ringer.[46] He then encountered Silver Sable and her allies Sandman and Paladin.[47] As Marc Spector, he was tried for murder in Bosqueverde, South America.[48] Moon Knight teamed up with the Punisher again, as well as Spider-Man against the Secret Empire.[49]

While fighting with his brother Randal Spector over who is destined to carry the mantle of Moon Knight, Marc discovers Khonshu is not the god of vengeance but the god of justice.[50]

Moon Knight eventually upgrades his armor to adamantium armor rather than his original Kevlar costume.[51] This upgrade is critical since Moon Knight needs the armor to hold his body together after being infected by the then-possessed Hobgoblin. The disease is revealed to be the villain known as Demogoblin trying to possess him.[52] With the help of Doctor Strange and Mister Fantastic, the Demogoblin parasite is removed. Moon Knight seemingly severs his ties to the Avengers by burning his membership ID card after being brought in by Thor to answer charges in regard to his illegal actions against Doctor Doom.[53] By the end of the series, Moon Knight is killed violently, sacrificing himself to save his loved ones from a computerized villain called Seth and his "Zero Hour" program.[54]

Moon Knight was resurrected in two separate limited series in 1998 and 1999.

In 1998, Spector uses his Ka to help a critically injured Black Panther through the Kingdom of the Dead.[55]

In 2001 and 2002, Moon Knight joins the "Marvel Knights" non-team to capture the Punisher.[56] After making a brief appearance in the "Avengers Disassembled" story-arc, he makes a minor return in the 2005 Marvel Team-Up miniseries, fighting alongside Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the Punisher. He later appears in issue #2 of the Great Lakes Avengers mini-series where Doorman offered to recruit him in the GLA, but he immediately rejects the offer.[57]

This volume opens with Marc Spector's early retirement which comes after a brutal battle with Bushman. Although his body is broken after a tremendous fall and both knees shattered, Moon Knight finally defeats his nemesis Bushman by carving off his face with a crescent moon dart. Spector is then haunted by a spiritual apparition of Khonshu, who chose a faceless Bushman as his ethereal representation. Marc Spector's background is updated, so he fought in the Gulf War and that his time as a mercenary was during the 1990s. It is also revealed that Frenchie is homosexual and in love with Marc Spector; which is why he stuck around for so long.

The new Secret Committee then hires The Profile, an amoral character who can analyze a persona past and future habits with a glance, to help them entrap Moon Knight. He escapes after the plan collapses because they authorized a mugging of Frenchie too soon. Profile then becomes a reluctant source of information for Spector himself, even giving him advice on rekindling his relationship with Marlene.

Moon Knight eventually gets drawn into the Superhero Registration Act as he investigates a string of murders perpetrated by Midnight, his former sidekick. Other Marvel heroes take notice of his violent return to vigilantism. Spider-Man attempts to contact Moon Knight but is rebuked.[58] Captain America pays him a visit to deliver a warning and they quarrel.[59] The Punisher and Moon Knight have a lengthy conversation about the nature of their vigilantism and their shared past.[60] Moon Knight is forced into a final confrontation with his cybernetically enhanced former sidekick Midnight, seemingly killing him for good.[31]

Iron Man also investigates Moon Knight's activities by placing him under close surveillance. Finding his mental condition unstable, Iron Man decides that arresting Moon Knight under the Registration Act might make his mental instability worse. Moon Knight begrudgingly applies for registration after much prodding from Khonshu, not wanting the law to keep him from his work. The new law requires him to submit to a psychiatric exam. The psychiatrist controlling the exam, along with the government and Tony Stark, has no intention of granting Marc Spector approval for registration. After speaking with Spector's repressed alter egos Jake Lockley and Steven Grant, the psychiatrist begins the process of officially turning him down, suggesting possible future imprisonment. Subconsciously Spector breaks the doctor's will by speaking in the voice of Khonshu and pointing out the doctor's own antisocial tendencies, as told to him earlier by the Profile. The psychiatrist not only approves his application but bows to worship him as well. However, later on, Marc meets the Profile with their dialogue suggesting that the personalities above were just an act to be approved for registration.[32]

Moon Knight shows little regard for his newly licensed superhero status or any passion to the people around him, further alienating himself. His former nemesis Black Spectre returns. Carson Knowles, recently released from prison, attempts to frame his murders on Moon Knight. He steals some Stark nanotechnology and plans to unleash it on the city. Moon Knight pushes Knowles off a building apparently to his death. Tony Stark, as the head of the Initiative, revokes his superhero registration, but buries the fact that Spectre had stolen Stark Tech.[61]

The Thunderbolts, led by Norman Osborn, are now on the hunt for Moon Knight. Tony Stark and second-in-command Maria Hill argue with former Avengers government liaison Raymond Sikorsky, now a representative of the Commission on Superhuman Activities, who desperately wants for Moon Knight to be apprehended with extreme prejudice.[62] Marc Spector himself busts up a drug deal while wearing an entirely black costume while going through an internal monologue about how crime-fighting is much easier without the burden of his reputation and "costume recognition."[63]

Several weeks later, after barely surviving an altercation with the Thunderbolts, Spector pleads for Khonshu's forgiveness for turning his back on him and for the god's renewed assistance. Khonshu appears and informs Spector he doesn't need him anymore, as he now has other worshipers. Spector returns to his Moon Knight costume to aid Frenchie DuChamp in gaining revenge on the Whyos gang for attacking his restaurant and injuring Frenchie's lover Rob, only to find the Whyos' attack was designed to draw Spector into another conflict with the Thunderbolts when he is ambushed by Venom.[64] After a brief fight Moon Knight is captured, but escapes when S.H.I.E.L.D. shows up. Frenchie agrees to help Spector, and Ray joins the reformed team as well. Bullseye is released to kill Moon Knight, as Spector prepares to go out with a bang.[65]

Moon Knight is next seen battling Bullseye on the streets of NYC. He eventually leads Bullseye to a bunker/warehouse where he has planted several explosives. Bullseye narrowly escapes as Moon Knight ignites the explosives. Later that day two press conferences are held: one by Norman Osborn to announce the Thunderbolts' success and Moon Knight's death and the other held by Tony Stark who denounces the methods used by the Thunderbolts. At the end of the issue, it is revealed that Moon Knight has faked his death, escapes from the warehouse through a secret passage in the floor, and is hiding in Mexico. It is also revealed that the Marc Spector persona has "died" and that Jake Lockley is now in control.[66]

Now living as Lockley, the Moon Knight escaped to Mexico.[67] Laying low to avoid attracting the attention of the Registration Act any further, Lockley gets roped into a mission involving criminal cartels, two boisterous sibling luchador assassins, and a murderous Toltec avatar. During this stint in Mexico, Moon Knight learns he was being shadowed by The Punisher from the moment he crossed the border. Frank Castle's reasoning was that he knew Moon Knight would find himself somehow involved with the very cartel Frank had been pursuing; however, the Toltec god's avatar made quick work of the cartel.[68]

Eventually, the super-hero Civil War ended with Norman Osborn as director of H.A.M.M.E.R. and with him replacing S.H.I.E.L.D.. Lockley knows that Osborn had been behind the group of Thunderbolts sent to kill him and that a deranged psychotic was not fit to run the U.S.A.'s national security agencies, so using some spoils from the Cartel, Moon Knight decided it was time for a comeback.[68]

Moon Knight returns to New York after faking his death with Jake Lockley as his dominant personality, but still struggles against his violent nature and is hounded by Khonshu in the form of a small imaginary tormentor resembling a man in the Moon Knight costume with a bird skull who goads him to kill. While trying to walk the path of a hero he makes a bold return taking on many criminals but killing none of them; now the people of New York begin to see him as a hero and not a murderous vigilante much to Norman Osborn's disdain. Jake's personality has been one of struggle against the inner demon trying to get him to kill while juggling sobriety.[69]

Later, the Sentry takes Moon Knight across the city while he saves people and stops crimes telling Lockley that eventually he will be tested and that he will fail, to which Moon Knight replies "So will you". They stare each other down for a moment before Moon Knight eventually leaves.[70]

Norman Osborn summons the Hood and Profile to take down Moon Knight. The Hood uses Dormammu's powers to bring Moon Knight's longtime foe Bushman back to life. Bushman gathers an army by enlisting Scarecrow to break into Ravencroft Asylum, where they lobotomize the prisoners to make them more compliant.[71]

Jake Lockley tries to make amends to Marlene and Frenchie for his previous behavior and mental breakdown. Under the Jake Lockley persona, he is regarded as saner; Marlene mentions that his "eyes are clear". Bushman's army and the Scarecrow soon attack New York, but Moon Knight defeats them. Bushman manages to escape, only to later be confronted and subdued by Moon Knight. A growing Khonshu screams for vengeance, yet Moon Knight manages to defy him and spare Bushman's life. At the conclusion, Bushman winds up in a mental institute and Jake Lockley begins to start a new life with Marlene.[72]

Moon Knight then notices an attack on a hospital and confronts Deadpool, who is about to kill an elderly man. Moon Knight prevents the murder but learns that the man was a Ukrainian mobster who kidnapped kids of families who didn't sell their properties to his real estate firm. The mother of a missing child hired Deadpool to kill the mobster before he succumbs to terminal disease.[73] Moon Knight is able to find the boy but isn't able to prevent the mother from injecting the mobster with Potassium Chloride.[74]

Moon Knight then bumps into Spider-man and helps him defeat Sandman, thanks to Frenchie using the jet engines of fighter jet from the USS Intrepid tied in Spider-Man's web to blow away Sandman.[75] Commander Steve Rogers acknowledges his mental stability and teamwork, so he asks him to join the Secret Avengers to rescue an oil freighter from terrorists. During the skirmish on the deck, Moon Knight is able to secure the hostages, without killing any terrorists. The terrorists then use a magic conch to summon sea monsters as the ship is sinking. Moon Knight then locks his armor and secures himself to a large plate and Valkyrie's winged horse Aragorn, so she can fly them away.[76]

Moon Knight became a supporting member of Secret Avengers, beginning in May 2010. The new team features Steve Rogers, War Machine, Valkyrie, Beast, Nova, the new Ant-Man, as well as the redemption thirsty Moon Knight.[77] He remained with the Secret Avengers until the line-up was reshuffled by Hawkeye.[78]

During the Shadowland storyline, Moon Knight is still operating as Jake Lockley. Daredevil, who has been possessed by The Hand, hires Profile to take down Moon Knight.[79] During an assault on the Shadowland fortress with Iron Fist, Ghost Rider, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and Elektra, Daredevil almost kills Moon Knight, but Khonshu appears and asks him to spare his life. Daredevil is apparently able to see the apparition and leaves him. Khonshu reveals that he spared Moon Knight's life in order to kill the second avatar of Khonshu and deliver the ancient Sapphire Crescent. It turns out the impostor is Moon Knight's brother Randall Spector in the alias of Shadow Knight. Shadow Knight then attacks Spector's house and almost kills Marlene, who earlier revealed she was pregnant.[80] They both end up in New Orleans tracking down the Sapphire Crescent. They fight until a standoff, with Randall keeping a hostage and Moon Knight out of throwing crescents. Moon Knight then uses the Sapphire Crescent to kill his own brother before he could kill any more hostages. This causes him to have a mental breakdown and resurface the Marc Spector personality again.[81]

In this series, Spector is shown in Los Angeles as the creator of a TV show based on his origin and superheroics dubbed "Legends of the Khonshu". Later on, as Moon Knight, he intercepts a delivery of an Ultron robot body. Spector has also developed three new multiple personalities based on Spider-Man, Wolverine, and the original Captain America who help guide him.[82] Moon Knight gets the head of the Ultron and attacks a strip club as Spider-Man to get to the mysterious L.A. Kingpin. Moon Knight beats the club leader Snapdragon, but gets shot by a guard before getting answers. It was the superhero Echo who saved him, but she lost her cover in the process.[83] Moon Knight and Echo then decide to team up against the Kingpin.[84] Meanwhile, it is also revealed that Spector hired ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Buck Lime to design his weapons while posing as a soldier of fortune consultant for his TV show.[84] After a fight with the Night Shift sent by Snapdragon, Moon Knight and Echo formally team up against the Kingpin. Buck, however, informs the Avengers of Ultron's head, and they visit Spector who convinces them (and later Buck) that he knows what he is doing.[85][86] Together with Buck and Echo, Moon Knight beats the Kingpin who turns out to be Count Nefaria, but they capture Snapdragon and Count Nefaria escapes.[86] Moon Knight and Echo keep targeting and attacking Nefaria's bases of operations.[87] Soon, however, Nefaria strikes back, and Echo is killed. This sends Moon Knight's Wolverine personality into berserker mode and it seemingly kills the Captain America and Spider-Man personalities.[88] Moon Knight proceeds to violently attack Nefaria who gets beaten up badly. Nefaria, however, survives and sends his daughter, Madame Masque to retrieve the Ultron head, who succeeds.[89] Moon Knight and Buck retaliate and attack her. Madame Masque is about to beat Moon Knight, but just then he develops an Echo personality, who tells him to not let her die in vain. Moon Knight fights back, and defeats Madame Masque.[90] Meanwhile, the police have Snapdragon testify against Nefaria, and get a warrant for his arrest. Nefaria angrily attacks the police station and is about to kill Snapdragon, but Moon Knight intervenes again. In the ensuing battle, Moon Knight is beaten, and Nefaria orders him to return the Ultron head, and work for him. Moon Knight tells Nefaria that the head is outside, but the tables were turned as Moon Knight had called the Avengers, and Nefaria was defeated. The next day, Tony Stark commends Marc Spector for a job well done and tells that Ultron is waiting and planning a robot holocaust. After Stark leaves, it seems that Spector developed an Iron Man personality as well. In the epilogue to the series, Spector leaves Hollywood.[91]

During the events of the "Avengers vs. X-Men" storyline, Moon Knight is partnered with Falcon and She-Hulk as part of a small team of Avengers assigned to watch over the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.[92] During the ensuing skirmish initiated by Frenzy, Moon Knight tricks Gambit into damaging his armor, allowing Moon Knight to grab Rogue with his bare hand and drive her insane with his multiple personalities.[93] He is last seen at Stark Tower as one of the many former Avengers celebrating the return of Janet van Dyne.[94]

Spector has returned to New York and now utilizes two costumed personas. The first is Moon Knight, using a plethora of high-tech equipment such as a voice-controlled glider/drone,[95] alongside magical trinkets such as an enchanted skull helmet and other shamanic dressings.[96] As Moon Knight, Spector deals with unfamiliar territory, often delving into the supernatural. The second persona is Mr. Knight, dressed in an all-white business suit, gloves, and mask, who consults with the New York Police Department and deals with common thugs and crimes such as kidnapping.[97]

A sixth volume was released as part of All-New, All-Different Marvel with author Jeff Lemire and artist Greg Smallwood.[98] In this series, Marc Specter wakes up in a mental institute with no recollection of his past or how he got there. The staff, led by Dr. Emmit, seems to have supernatural powers and thwart Marc's attempts to recover his past. He meets fellow inmates Gina, Marlene, Frenchie, and Bertrand Crawley, but sees Moon Knight on TV, then begins to question his sanity.[99]

After re-appropriating Khonshu, Marc Spector resumed his normal life and his Moon Knight alias despite breaking up with Marlene Alrune. Meanwhile, Raoul Bushman collaborates with a mysterious mental patient only referred to as "Patient 86", who becomes an avatar of Ra and calling himself the Sun King. Together they come up with a plot to kill Moon Knight.[100] To accomplish the plans to kill Moon Knight, Bushman and Sun King went to Marlene's house and discovered that she and Jack Lockley's aspect of Moon Knight had a child together, much to the shock of Marc Spector and Steve Grant.[101] Raoul and Sun King kidnap Marlene and force Moon Knight to visit an island dedicated to Ra. Moon Knight is given psychedelic drugs and eventually is forced to face off with Sun King. Khonshu suggest to Moon Knight that maybe Sun King only believes he is the avatar of Ra and if Marc Spector is truly the avatar of Khonshu, he should be able to manifest powers. Moon Knight is able to overpower Sun King and Bushman escapes.[102]

Over the course of his life as a boxer, U.S. Marine, mercenary, and costumed superhero, Marc Spector has become an expert at hand-to-hand combat techniques and martial arts such as boxing,[105] kung fu, eskrima, judo,[106] karate, ninjutsu, savate,[107] and Muay Thai. He is an Olympic-level athlete and a skilled acrobat and gymnast and excels as a combat strategist. He employs a variety of weapons over the course of his career, including throwing darts, nunchaku, bō staff and a truncheon. He is skilled with most weapons and an expert with throwing weapons. Spector is a superb driver and can pilot a helicopter.

Taskmaster, who has the ability to copy and replicate anyone's fighting style, has stated that he prefers not to copy Moon Knight's style, as Moon Knight would rather take a punch than block it.[108]

Spector gained his superhuman powers as a result of a visitation by the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Moon Knight's strength, endurance, and reflexes are enhanced depending upon the phases of the moon.[109] The fuller the moon, the more strength Moon Knight derives from it; even during a new moon, he can lift several hundred pounds. It's not known how much of this strength is mystical and how much is simply the result of self-hypnosis due to his psychological instability.

At some unspecified point in time Moon Knight is thought to have lost these powers (he is last seen using his lunar superstrength while in the West Coast Avengers, a team he leaves in 1989.[110]), with his loss of powers officially confirmed in 2007 during the Midnight Sun arc of Moon Knight, with Khonshu claiming that this loss of power is punishment for his disobedience.[111]

Due to his multiple personalities, he is also resistant to some psychic attacks and sometimes receives prophetic visions. Moon Knight is shown to possess a very high tolerance for pain such as ignoring a crossbow bolt fired into his shoulder by Taskmaster.[112] as well as when he receives a bullet wound through his leg while only letting off a slight grunt of pain.[113]

During the Charlie Huston run of Moon Knight, the Profile, an amoral profiler-for-hire with the possibly mutant power to instinctively analyse and predict the actions of anyone he observes, claims that his abilities do not function correctly on "supernaturals" and that Marc is physically painful for him to look at while wearing the "vestments" that make up his costume. He offers the explanation that either Khonshu is real and his presence interferes with the Profile's abilities or Marc is so crazy that it is tantamount to magic and his sheer belief in Khonshu is enough to disrupt the Profile.[114]

During Volume 2, Moon Knight is given special weapons by the cult of Khonshu,[115] including bolas, golden throwing crescent-darts shaped like scarabs, an ivory boomerang, throwing irons, an axe-shaped lasso-grapple, and a golden ankh that glowed in the presence of danger that can be used as a throwing weapon or bludgeon. These items are later replaced with duplicate weapons crafted by Hawkeye. He later retires these items to his personal museum after abandoning the "Egyptian" motif in favor of updated versions of his original styled-gear, including a truncheon/staff/nunchuck combo, and a compound bow.[116]

During the events of Marc Spector: Moon Knight, his silver-white costume includes adamantium for greater protection, and he acquires an array of high-tech weaponry including an adamantium staff, a truncheon capable of firing a cable line, and gauntlets that fire crescent darts.[117] He has also been depicted using spiked knuckles.

During the events of "Dark Reign," Moon Knight vows never to murder again, and hires Tinkerer to upgrade his gear. Moon Knight's costume uses carbonadium as armor, and has joint-locking functions, allowing him to support weights far greater than what he can normally lift.[118] Moon Knight uses this feature to support a building from collapsing, then leaves the armor to battle villains in his underwear.[118] Additionally, Moon Knight can 'suit up' by use of a remote control device which assembles the individual pieces of this armor onto his body, similar in fashion to Iron Man.[118] He uses a gun that shoots a grappling hook and bolas to knock out villains and uses a white motorcycle for transport.[119]

For transportation, Moon Knight employs a variety of sophisticated aircraft. These include the Mooncopter and Angelwing, featuring VTOL (vertical take-off and landing), a rope ladder, and 20 mm cannons. Later, Moon Knight utilizes a remote controlled white limousine when acting as "Mr. Knight", and a similarly remote controlled crescent-shaped drone/glider when acting as Moon Knight.[120]

The one-shot 2099: Manifest Destiny (March 1998) introduced a female Marvel 2099 version of Moon Knight, fighting crime in the lunar city of Attilan. This version of the character also appears in issue #14 of Spider-Man 2099 (2015).

Moon Knight appears in House of M as part of Luke Cage's Sapien Resistance against Earth's rulers, the House of Magnus (Magneto and his children, Quicksilver, Polaris, and the Scarlet Witch), although he is not wearing his costume in this timeline.[121] He also appears in House of M: Avengers wearing his costume. A little more of his backstory is uncovered as well, still following Khonshu and still suffering from multiple personalities.[122]

In the Infinity War crossover, the alien double of Moon Knight uses Franklin Richards' powers to become the multi-dimensional Moon Shade. He then murders the majority of the Multiverse's alternate versions of Moon Knight.[123]

In Marvel Zombies, Moon Knight is one of the superheroes infected by the zombie plague. Previously he had been part of the resistance organized by Nick Fury, but presumably turned into one of the zombies in a later battle.[124] He is attacked by 'Deadites', reanimated versions of many of the dead humans, which seemingly tear Moon Knight apart[125] (he presumably escapes, as he is seen in the first issue of the regular Marvel Zombies series, which is set after Army of Darkness). He is later killed by Deadpool, who appears on the Marvel Zombies Earth and cuts his head off.[126]

In the pages of Old Man Logan, a flashback was seen where Moon Knight assisted Daredevil and She-Hulk in fighting Enchantress and Electro in Manhattan. In his fight against Electro, Moon Knight was electrocuted into a state of unconsciousness.[127]

S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 features an ancient Egyptian version of Moon Knight. This version is similar in appearance to the Khonshu statue that Marc Spector worshiped in the past. He can be seen holding a staff that has a crescent moon at the top.[128]

The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Moon Knight is a former Navy SEAL that is the product of a Super Soldier experiment gone wrong. The "personalities" of Steven Grant, Marc Spector, Moon Knight, an unnamed red-headed little girl, and Ronin interact through internal monologue. Prior to being Moon Knight, he worked for the Roxxon Corporation as Paladin. It is also noted that he has a form of dissociative identity disorder. He lives with his girlfriend Marlene Alraune who displays knowledge of his Moon Knight identity. Moon Knight first appears during the Warriors story-arc as an active participant of a gang war waged by the Kingpin and newcomer Hammerhead.[129] During the battle, he is impaled by the assassin Elektra. Although gravely wounded, Moon Knight subdues Elektra with a moon-blade to Elektra's head before slipping into a coma. Upon waking up, Moon Knight escapes from custody and engages in a fight with the Punisher, Spider-Man, and Daredevil. After the battle, Daredevil invites Moon Knight to join an organization of superheroes with the goal of bringing down the Kingpin.[130] As part of this group, Spector adopts the Ronin identity to infiltrate the Kingpin's ranks. The idea of turning 'Ronin' into the main persona is made by the Grant and Spector personalities who oppose the Moon Knight persona and the small girl persona's concerns. In doing so, they create a far more ruthless personality who the Kingpin would find suitable. Moon Knight himself is angered by this decision, but is seemingly destroyed by the Ronin personality.[131] The Kingpin discovers that Ronin is working for Daredevil and orders his execution.[132] He survives, however, and after regaining consciousness goes to the police claiming that the Kingpin ordered his execution. This provides a charge for the police to arrest the Kingpin, but he has to reveal his secret identity for a charge to be placed. It also seems that the Moon Knight persona is still alive after the Ronin persona decides to wake him up.[133]

In Universe X, Moon Knight is locked in a never-ending battle with the Sons of Set, over the statue of Khonshu. It's actually stated that Marc Spector has been dead from the beginning, and just as the moon reflects light, Spector has been "reflecting" the form of a living man, making him effectively immortal. Moreover, it is also suggested that the original inspiration for the moon god Khonshu was the Watcher Uatu who watches the Earth from his base on the moon.

During the "Secret Wars" storyline, different versions of Moon Knight reside in the different Battleworld domains:

• In the Battleworld domain of the Regency, Moon Knight was mentioned as one of the superheroes that were targeted by Regent during his rise to power.[134]

• In the Battleworld domain of K'un-L'un, Spector is a master of the Faces of the Moon faction. He faced off against Shang-Chi in the Tournament of the Thirteen Chambers and was defeated.[135]

• In the Battleworld domain of Egyptia, Spector is a member of the Moon Knights. He tricks several mutant assassins into thinking he'll lead them to Khonshu, but instead turns into a werewolf. Knonshu appears and turns the mutants into werewolves, who then turn on their allies back at base.[136]

• In the Battleworld domain of Marville, Moon Knight is among the heroes that fought for the attention of the twins Zach and Zoe.[137]

In the Extraordinary X-Men Apocalypse Wars crossover, a female version of Moon Knight is one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse.[138] She is killed by Nightcrawler, who teleports her into a spiked pit trap.[139]

During the "Infinity Wars" storyline, Peter Spector (Moon Knight's story with elements of Spider-Man's life) was attacked by Goblin by Night, who killed his Uncle Ben and aunt May. In near death is revived from the Master Weaver by a Spider to be his avatar and is given spider-powers, but splitting his personality into four. With his newfound powers he fights the crime with the name ArachKnight and is president of his company with his girlfriend Marlene Jane.[140]

• Moon Knight was planned to appear in the live-action Blade series, but the show was canceled before his appearance.[141]
• Moon Knight appears in Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister Six, voiced by Diedrich Bader.[142][143] This version is shown to follow the advice of the Moon. In the Christmas special episode "The Moon Knight Before Christmas", he is first seen chasing after Frances Beck when Spider-Man saves the girl while house-sitting for Doctor Strange. After figuring out that Frances is the daughter and would-be-successor of Mysterio and recalling Strange's "The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend" quote, Spider-Man works with Moon Knight in order to take out the female Mysterio. Using a special wand from a restricted room in the Sanctum Sanctorum at the Moon's advice, Moon Knight impales the Mysterio helmet with the device. After Spider-Man extracts Quentin Beck and Frances from the helmet before father and daughter are doomed, Moon Knight joins Spider-Man, May Parker, and the Becks in having dinner.
• Moon Knight appears in the Avengers Assemble animated series, voiced by Gideon Emery.[144][143] He makes a cameo in the episode "Avengers World", among the heroes the Avengers planned to recruit in their expansion program. Moon Knight fully appears in the episode "Beyond" where the pyramid he is guarding ends up in the Battleworld domain of Egyptia. When Captain America and Black Widow enter the pyramid and reunite with Iron Man, they fight a mind-controlled Moon Knight and an army of sand-powered mummies to claim a certain orb that he is guarding. After a lengthy battle, Iron Man destroys the device controlling Moon Knight as he helps to finish off the remaining mummies. When Captain America thanks him for his help and states that they would need more soldiers in battle, Moon Knight states that he has to keep the evils locked in the pyramid from being freed. Before leaving with Iron Man and Black Widow, Captain America states that the offer still stands when he is ready.
• Moon Knight appears in the Spider-Man episode "Vengeance of Venom", voiced by Peter Giles.[145] Marc Spector became a cynical survivalist after someone close to him was killed causing him to abandon the Moon Knight identity. Because of this, Ironheart states that Moon Knight wasn't seen in 8 months. Spider-Man was saved by Marc Spector during the Symbiote invasion and was reluctant to take on the Moon Knight identity again. Following a pep talk from Aunt May when she and those with her were fightin the Symbiotes, Marc Spector became Moon Knight again and assisted in fighting them until Max Modell was able to use the Symbiote-controlled Groot to create the Anti-Venom symbiote.
• Marc Spector will appear in an upcoming Disney+ series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[146]

• On November 10, 2019, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige revealed that Moon Knight is set to appear in future MCU films following his introduction in the Moon Knight television series.[147]

• Moon Knight appears as an unlockable playable character in the Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 versions of Marvel Ultimate Alliance,[148] voiced by Nolan North.[143]
• Moon Knight appears in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.[143] He is first seen in his Mooncopter at the top of Spector Tower during Spider-Man's fight with Black Cat, and helps the web-slinger by fighting off the Kingpin's mercenaries who are escorting Black Cat. After Spider-Man defeats Black Cat, he goes to confront her at her penthouse, where he can choose to either return her feelings for him and spend the night with her, or reject her advances and leave to speak with Moon Knight instead. If it's the latter, Spider-Man begins working with Moon Knight to stop Kingpin's illegal activities, otherwise Spider-Man will be working with Black Cat against Kingpin; regardless the choice, however, Moon Knight becomes an ally and the player can summon him at any time during gameplay to help them fight enemies. Shortly before the symbiote invasion, Moon Knight is seen arguing with Vulture on whether or not should Spider-Man release the Tinkerer from Ryker's Island, and Spider-Man must choose between him and Vutlure to take him to the island. During the symbiote invasion, Moon Knight isn't seen doing too much, remaining on the rooftop of the Spector Tower just like before, although a mission involves Spider-Man helping him and some S.H.I.E.L.D. agents defend the rooftop from a symbiote attack. At the end of the game, if the player chooses to activate the device built by the Tinkerer to destroy all the symbiotes and stop the invasion, Moon Knight appears in the final mission, giving Spider-Man a ride to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, where he helps the other hero allies fight the symbiotes aboard, while Spider-Man plants bombs to destroy the Helicarrier and stop Venom for good. Artwork shown during the end credits of this version of the game depict a symbiote infected Moon Knight, but this concept was not used in the actual game. In the PlayStation 2 and PSP versions of the game, Moon Knight is an assist character who will use his lunar attacks on enemies.[149]
• Moon Knight appears in Hawkeye's ending for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. He appears as a member of his West Coast Avengers.
• Moon Knight appears in Marvel Pinball and the downloadable content for Pinball FX 2, voiced by Troy Baker.[143] In his own table, the player controls Moon Knight into the world of crime fighting on the streets of New York City. The table pits the player against four of Moon Knight's traditional enemies: Morpheus, Midnight, Bushman, and Black Spectre. It also features characters such as Moon Knights love interest Marlene Alraune, and allies Frenchie and Bertrand Crawley. It culminates in a battle with the god of evil and death Khonshu.[150][151]
• Moon Knight appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance.[152]
• Moon Knight appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel Heroes, voiced again by Robin Atkin Downes.[153][154]
• Moon Knight appears as an unlockable playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Keith Silverstein.[155]
• Moon Knight appears in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Alan Adelberg.[143]
• Moon Knight appears in Lego Marvel's Avengers, voiced again by Keith Silverstein.[156]
• Moon Knight appears as an unlockable playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.[157]
• Moon Knight appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel Contest of Champions.
• Moon Knight appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel Future Fight.[158]
• Moon Knight appears as a playable character in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, voiced by Gideon Emery.[143] He was added through the DLC "Marvel Knights: Curse of the Vampire".[159]