Moon Knight
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AlthoughMoon Knightis oftentimes referred to as Marvel’sBatman , the latest adventure of Marc Spector proves he will never be the Dark Knight - and he hasDoctor Strange’swife to thank for the realization . Just like Batman , Moon Knight does n’t possess any supernatural ability ( his ability are granted to himby the Egyptian God Khonshu ) and must bank on other elements to get the better of criminals . ButStrange # 5suggests Moon Knight will never measure up to DC ’s more famed counterpart - simply because he just is n’t scary enough .
Batman and Moon Knight portion out many similarities and , at first glance , even appear to be inspired by the other . Just like Bruce Wayne , Steven Grant ( one of Moon Knight ’s alternate personalities ) has passel of high - powered connections and uses his vast riches to further his crimefighting operations . They employ tools rather than powers to become a superhero , and later interpreting of Batman seem to cast from Moon Knight ’s DID : modern writers treatBatman and Bruce Wayne as two separate people(or at least treat Bruce Wayne as the mask and Batman as the man ) . But that is where the similarities end .
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InStrange # 5 , written by Jed MacKay with graphics by Marcelo Ferreira , Doctor Strange ’s wife Clea play along Moon Knight on a " work night " while questioning him about how he can bring back from the idle as often as he does ( Clea wants to incur as much information as possible to resurrecther love Doctor Strange after his end ) . Moon Knight admits he has no power over it ; Khonshu brings him back , sometimes even against his will , and he has no magic superpower of his own . To demonstrate , he attempts to intimidate a outlaw on his own , without much success . “You are foolish not to reverence the Moon Knight , kidnapper,“warns Clea . “He is a God ’s official document of vengeance and is not tie up by the laws of mortals … but he is still just a man . “At this compass point , Clea unleashes all her charming fury on the kidnapper , prove him the horrors of the Dark Dimension while Moon Knight can only watch from afar .
Moon Knight simply can not terrorize criminals like Clea - or Batman . The reliable strength of Batman lie in in what he doesnotdo : namely , Batman does not kill his enemy . Oddly enough , this make criminals even more fearful of the Dark Knight ; they jazz he will never kill an opponent and will instead break as many os in their body as he deems necessary . Moon Knight has no linguistic rule against killing - but since he has no limit , he ’s paradoxically not as fearsome as Batman .
Criminals diffuse stories about Batman ’s exploits as if he had powers even though he does not . Moon Knight does not inspire such tall tales - and it does n’t help his cause that any one of his four alternate personality can take over at any moment , make the hero appear odd to those whom he defend . Doctor Strange’swife is clear magicaland has ability far beyondMoon Knight’sown , but Moon Knight ca n’t even prompt rumors about himself on the layer ofBatman’sown , and that is why he will never be Marvel ’s Dark Knight .
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