No, Moon Knight Is Not The MCU Batman: He's Better
The Marvel character Moon Knight has often been compared to DC's Batman, the iconic caped crusader, but Marvel's superhero is significantly better. Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac in the titular role, will introduce another masked vigilante to the MCU. Far from being just another man in a mask, Moon Knight's intriguing origin story is complicated by the hero's dissociative identity disorder and the mysteries of ancient Egyptian gods. Marc Spector starts off his journey as a mercenary, a hitman for hire, in stark contrast to the DC hero.
It's well known to comic book fans that Bruce Wayne's Batman is a billionaire on a crusade to rid Gotham of corruption and crime. He does this using his sizeable financial resources and extensive combat training. Batman's origin story remains largely unchanged in its multiple iterations with Bruce seeking vengeance for the murder of his parents. Conversely, Moon Knight's messy origin story is far more interesting.
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The MCU's Moon Knight has visual similarities to Batman, but that's where the similarities mostly stop. The origin of the Moon Knight persona involves a heroic sacrifice and his death and resurrection by the spirit of the moon god Khonshu. As seen in the Moon Knight trailer, Marc Spector is also a more troubled character suffering from major depressive disorder and dissociative-identity disorder, with two additional personalities sharing his body along with his superhero persona. The new Disney+ show will first introduce Moon Knight's character as Steve Grant, one of Marc Spector's personalities. The official show synopsis calls Steve “a mild-mannered gift-shop employee,” a significant change from
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