Marvel Comics: Moon Knight Explained

[marklewis]

I like it how Moon Knight's character has a split personality, and yet his comic has been rebooted so many times with his character being changed, sort of breaking that 4th wall.

[steffanofumo]

Just admit that you don't like the character lol, saying you don't understand why people like it doesn't make any sense, every one has different taste and gravitate to different comics, and people seem to love Moon Knight.

[Its_Eli-si]

Give this guy his own TV series. Marvel pls!

[silverfangmoonhunter]

This doesn't sound at all like Batman tbh

[everetth-top]

I like Moon Knight because of his costume. Superficial....yes. But it is one hell of a design!

[victorcarlstrom]

Moon Knight is kind of an acquired taste. The way I see it, all the various reboots are actually Marc trying to deal with all the trauma in his life, and he rewrites his memories to cope.

The way I've always described him to my friends is what if Batman didn't have parent-issues and instead had multiple personalities. Someone mentioned Taskmaster in another post. Taskmaster has said he can fight like Moonknight but refuses to, because Moonknight would rather take a punch to score a knockout than dodge out of the way. The Charlie Huston run goes into this a little. That's series did an awesome job highlighting his mental problems and destructive nature.

A character in that arc called The Profile was introduced as well. Basically he can look at someone and know all about them: fears, desires, secrets, etc. He could read Marc Spector but in the guise of Moon Knight made him freak out, implying that in the personality of Moon Knight, Spector is a drastically different person.

Moon Knight has a surprisingly amount of depth to him once you get past the Batman connection. He's also really unpredictable so you never know where his story will take you. Plus, he one of the few rare detectives in Marvel, whereas DC is chock full of detectives.

[VoiceInHisHead]

Moon Knight has quickly become one of my favorite comic books characters since I started reading Jeff Lemire's series. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to dip their toe into the character.

[brunfranc]

He's not just Batman, because Batman only has a fake persona, whereas this guy is actually multiple diferent people. And on top of that, batman doesnt answear to a higher authority like Moon Knight does.

[AndrewOMalley]

I've always liked Moon Knight's design!

[soexcited]

He is nothing like batman at all besides him being wealthy and figthing crime at night. God i hate it when people think they actually get characters when they really don't

[colprom]

Was great until the 'Moon Knight is a ripoff Batman' part. Like you must of known the the reaction of Moon Knight fans lol. Anyway I don't see how him using gadgets makes him a batman ripoff, that is literally there only comparison.

[theshadowcatcher]

If Marvel would just make up their minds, this character could be great.

[christopherbayard]

I don't think MK is anything like Batman. He is an avatar of an egyptian god, and might or might not have dissociative identity disorder. I think he is even more interesting than Batman, on some levels.

[batfreeze]

Everything is inspired by something or someone else. Batman was inspired by Zorro and The Shadow. The Hulk was inspired by the dichotomy between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Moon Knight isn't a rip off of Batman. He may be inspired by Batman, but Batman doesn't kill people or dress up in bright colors.

[batfan]

It sounds like elements of Batman were slowly added to Moon Knight, while Moon Knight's personality, background and morals are his own.

Given his willingness to kill, and the Konshu/powers angle, I'd say it's less that he's a ripoff of Batman, and more AzBats (Jean-Paul Valley) was a ripoff of Moon Knight.

[thorbjrn]

Everybody that reads this comment, please tweet to Netflix and Marvel that they need to make a Moon Knight show

[RYANLIL]

Moon knight is nothing like batman, people love to compare Marvel and DC about everything.. what multiple personalities does Bruce Wayne have.. just because marvel created a dark and gritty character doesn't justify you saying oh he is rip off of batman essentially..rlly biased

[jrrd]

I never understood the love of Moon Knight until sitting down and reading the 2006 run and never stopped. It's fair to compare generalities with characters, but it's the nuances separating the heroes/villains making the difference. If we only define heroes by abilities, you'll have a hard time enjoying any character. How many characters have super strength, speed, and toughness? But if I asked to guess the one I was thinking of, you would ask what was the story behind the character to guess. Being said I love Mooney; I like Batman but what I like about Batman, I can find in Mooney. Moreover I respect Marc over Bruce. He's self-made, a damaged hero, a broken person, and even with a moon god as a patron, an underdog. Mooney could be Batman? Batman could never be Mooney. WISH I could write some Moon Knight.

[comics_explained]

Just because I don't like something guys doesn't mean it's an attack against you. Chill out. Their just comics.

[klaudyd]

Too say that Moonknight is Marvel's Batman really means you don't get the character. He is anything but that