So is he really the envoy of the Egyptian god Khonshu or just crazy? This question, which always plays a role, when Marc Spector slips into the costume of Moon Knight, has at least been answered for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In the sixth installment of the Disney+ series, Spector and his friends save the world, making it absolutely clear that yes, the Egyptian gods exist. And even if Marc Spector and his second identity Steven Grand believe at the end of the series that they have nothing to do with Khonshu and the other gods, the post credit scene of the sixth episode shows that the story of Moon Knight is not over yet is. And beware: spoilers for the end of the first season of Moon Knight are coming.
Marc Spector’s third identity
Moon Knight: Moon Knight’s powers would make him a perfect member of the Defenders.
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There appears someone who Moon Knight connoisseurs have long missed: Jake Lockley. He is the third personality that regularly haunts Marc Spector’s head. In the comics he is a taxi driver who knows everyone and everything, in the Moon Knight series Jake is a violent psychopath. At the end of Moon Knight, he remains as the only one of the three personalities in Khonshu’s service and thus Marc Spector unknowingly continues to be the Moon Knight.
Another big surprise were the cameo appearances and references to other heroes, films and series – or rather the fact that there were almost none. Lead actor Oscar Isaac has emphasized in interviews that Moon Knight deals very loosely with the MCU canon. He and the rest of the team really liked this artistic freedom. The most important question for Moon Knights fans is therefore, do the series and the hero even fit into the MCU?
Parallel world or prequel?
The introduction of the Multiverse has given Marvel a whole new range of possibilities. Who says all movies and series still have to be set in the regular MCU? Perhaps Moon Knight is a first test balloon as to whether viewers will also watch Marvel series that are not linked to the official MCU timeline. That would at least explain why there are hardly any of the usual allusions to other MCU titles. Moon Knight could be set on an Earth in the multiverse where the Avengers don’t exist.
Moon Knight: Turn back time quickly. Is this the incident mentioned in Captain America 2?
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Alternatively, an observation that’s been floating around the internet recently would explain why Moon Knight, while having next to no ties to the rest of the MCU, is nonetheless part of the universe. In Captain America’s second solo film, The Return of the First Avenger, both a crazy taxi driver and an incident in Cairo are mentioned. Depending on how much forward planning you allow the Marvel team, these comments could be a first hint at Moon Knight, setting the series’ storyline several years before Thanos’ attack.
Moon Knight would then represent a kind of prequel and the superhero would already have a few years of experience when he next appeared in the MCU. The fact that Marc Spector is unaware at the end of the series that part of him is still Khonshu’s avatar would also explain why he has little to no contact with the rest of the superheroes.
What’s next for Marc Spector?
Moon Knight: The Defenders is known from the Netflix Marvel series
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Regardless of when exactly Moon Knight is set now, the question remains as to how Marvel could use the mysterious superhero. There are two superhero groups in the comics that Moon Knight has been a member of before: the West Coast Avengers and the Defenders. One group was founded by Hawkeye to ensure law and order on the US West Coast, the other is already known from the Marvel Netflix series.
Its members include Daredevil, often a close ally of Marc Spector in the comics. And next to Hawkeye, his student Kate Bishop and Echo, one of the characters that will soon appear in one or more Disney+ series or maybe even a movie. Marvel is also rumored to be toying with the idea of making a Defenders series. So there would be several projects in which Moon Knight could have at least one guest appearance.
Of course, there could be another choice for Moon Knight: the magic corner of the MCU. This is where beings like Khonshu would fit in perfectly. like dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness shows, there is also a good place to present more serious topics. Moon Knight writer Jeremy Slater has already hinted that he’d like to make a movie starring the mad hero. Perhaps Marc Spector’s struggle against his inner demons will lead him to those that exist on the fringes of the MCU.
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