The MCU's Next Avenger Fixes Marvel's Oldest Costume Mistake
Warning: Contains Spoilers For Moon Knight!
Moon Knight is finally solving one of the biggest superhero problems in the MCU, before the character is even formally a member of the Avengers. This issue has been present since the first wave of Marvel phase 1 films, including Thor. However, it is exemplified in The Avengers and has persisted into later phases, even past the events of the Infinity Saga and into phase 4. Moon Knight is finally setting the record straight, taking note of its Marvel Comics source material to do so.
Oscar Isaac stars in Moon Knight as Marc Spector, a man with dissociative identity disorder, who becomes the avatar for the Egyptian moon god, Khonshu. With Khonshu's powers at his disposal, Marc is able to transform into the vigilante Moon Knight, donning an Egyptian mummy-inspired garb, complete with a hooded cape and glowing eyes. He also brandishes two crescent moon-shaped weapons which can detach from the central plate on his chest. One of Marc's personalities is a British man named Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift shop assistant in London. When Grant is in control and becomes Khonshu's avatar, he becomes Mr. Knight, a sharply dressed variation of Moon Knight in a white three-piece suit and gloves.
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The superhero costumes in Moon Knight are both comic accurate and make sense in the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Other movies and TV series in the MCU have historically struggled to get this balance right. While Captain America's costume in Captain America: The First Avenger is great, his winged helmet costume in The Avengers is a misfire and looks neither realistic nor comic-accurate. Its plastic aesthetic
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