“What ifGalactus, the Devourer of Worlds, choseMoon Knightas his newest herald?” is a question Marvel will soon answer. While the Fist of Vengeance and Galactus have never met, it may surprise readers that Moon Knight has already proven powerful enough to handle the Power Cosmic and not want them. Marc Spector is already a man touched by a god, another cosmic deity’s powers shouldn’t pose a problem.
As revealed by Marvel,What If…? Galactus Transformed Moon Knight?#1 – by Alex Segura, Scot Eaton, & Cam Smith – is one of a series of new comics coming out next yearfeaturing some unsuspecting Marvel characters being turned into heralds of Galactus.
As many fans will know, the Fist of Khonshu has already wielded cosmic powers far older than Galactus, and chose to give them away. Like a true herald of Galactus, Marc Spector knows how to both wield and hold back power.
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What If…? Galactus Transformed Moon Knight?#1–Written By Alex Segura; Art By Scot Eaton & Cam Smith; Cover Art by Ron Lim
Marc Spector, on a near-cosmic level, is known as one of Earth’s most spiritual beings, fully due to his constant teetering between life and death and the sincerity of his devotion to Khonshu. The Power Cosmic, much like any other energy in the Marvel Universe, can be treated as both scientific and magical in nature. One source of cosmic power specifically,the Phoenix Force, isa living embodiment of cosmic power, older than Galactus himself, and once chose Marc Spector as its avatar.
During theInfinity Crusadesevent, the Goddess, a logical cosmic being and part of Adam Warlock, chose Moon Knight to serve in her army against her evil other half, noting his unyielding spiritual devotion as a true selfless acolyte.
Throughout theAge of Khonshuseries, Marc was able to wield a Spirit of Vengeance andhold Thor’s hammer, but his greatest achievement was when he was chosen to become the next Phoenix. Khonshu had become undependable and paranoid, so, while locked in battle with the Black Panther, Moon Knight prayed to the Phoenix Force, offering his pain as tribute. Like Galactus’s call,the Phoenix Force breeds temptationto become something worse, but even in the face of near-infinite cosmic power, Marc Spector chose to let it go. Marc knows better than most how far unchecked gods can fall.
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The Phoenix Force wouldn’t be the last cosmic-level power Moon Knight was made to wield. In Agatha Harkness’sattempt to recreate a Darkhold, she pitted Moon Knight and Taegukgi against each other in an arena that warped them into godly variants of themselves. Marc was transformed into a divine version of himself that had usurped Khonshu and taken his place as the “Patricidal God of the Moon.” In this form,Moon Knight had become a literal god in his own right, a cosmic being powerful enough to kill and assume the mantle of an Elder God.
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Like before, Marc willingly gave away his powers. Marc Spector has wielded the power of gods and cosmic entities many times and has done so with a level of grace and humility that might not be expected from the sameman who claims to wear whiteso that his enemies can see their blood on him. It is Galactus that truly holds the Power Cosmic, but it is his heralds that choose restraint and mercy on his behalf. While a seemingly unlikely choice,Moon Knightproves himself a worthy successor to the Silver Surfer’s title of herald ofGalactus.
Moon Knight
Cast
Moon Knight stars Oscar Isaac as Steven Grant, a gift-shop employee in London who discovers he has dissociative identity disorder. He shares a body with Marc Spector and together, they travel to Egypt to uncover a deadly mystery surrounding the gods.Moon Knightconsisted of six episodes and was the fifth live-action TV show in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 4. Also starring in the series is Ethan Hawke as the villainous Arthur Harrow and May Calamawy as Layla El-Faouly.
