Moon Knight Detail Already Teased Its Next Shocking Identity Twist
Warning: Contains spoilers for Moon Knight episode 1.
In Moon Knight episode 1, the Disney+ series gets off to a strange start, but it’s talk of gods is already subtly hinting at a huge twist to Steven’s alters compared to the original Marvel comics. Moon Knight has already made some changes to the character of Moon Knight and how he is presented. In the comics, Marc Spector serves as the primary, while Steven, a millionaire, is an alter – however, Moon Knight is presenting Steven as the primary from the audience’s perspective, and he’s a far cry from a millionaire.
In Moon Knight episode 1, “The Goldfish Problem,” during Steven Grant’s (Oscar Isaac) work at the museum gift shop, he tries to inform his manager that the posters for the Egyptian Gods exhibit are wrong, portraying only seven gods where there should be nine. His manager quips that they were probably fired and dismisses his protests. Later on, Steven is reading a book on Egyptian Gods to try and stay awake and a page about The Ennead, a fictionalized version of which is represented in Marvel comics and now the MCU, is shown and mentions that all nine gods of the Ennead came from one original god who was not depicted.
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The imagery of the nine gods that make up the Egyptian Ennead creates a clear parallel to the main character of Moon Knight, who lives with DID and contains multiple individuals. However, this depiction of the Ennead suggests that the Moon Knight TV show might be working to make this central character significantly more complex. In the comics, Marc Spector serves as primary for the character with four other alters: Steven Grant (a millionaire), Jake Lockley (a cab driver), Moon
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