Moon Knight Begins A New Journey For The MCU

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After a long wait, Marvel’s latest superhero has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the new series Moon Knight. With the first episode now streaming on Disney Plus, fans have met Oscar Isaac’s Steven Grant/Marc Spector, and witnessed his dissociative identity disorder. With this series, though, the studio has set off on a new journey, when trying to bring in a low profile comic book character into the larger, more glamorous universe.

Over the past few years, Marvel has reworked many of its original characters that were introduced into the MCU two decades ago. Most of the content in Phase 4 of the MCU has also dug deeper into the stories of existing characters. However, with Moon Knight, the studio has taken a bold step towards focusing on a character that isn’t as popular as its predecessors, and the main challenge now is to turn him into a household name.

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The premiere episode of Moon Knight was reminiscent of the early MCU films, including Iron Man and Captain America: The First Avenger, and promised to build from the ground up. While bringing an entirely new character into the MCU, the first episode of Moon Knight seemed like a breath of fresh air, with the character not being overshadowed by fan expectations. The studio has more flexibility in molding the character to their own specifications, rather than taking him on a journey that is bombarded with fan theories and viral memes.

Based on the Marvel Comics character, which was originally created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, Moon Knight brings to life the character that comic book fans have been reading about since 1975. It is the first Disney Plus and Marvel series to be narrating a superhero origin