Don't leave home without it!

Although I love the character, and we saw the Infinity War tie-in some years back, I don't think I bought any of this series fresh off the racks! Maybe we'll see why...from 1992, Marc Spector: Moon Knight #40, "Endgame" Written by Terry Kavanagh, with a plot assist from Ron Garney, pencils by Gary Kwapisz, inks by Tom Palmer.

At least right this moment, Marc seems less crazy than usual; with the multi-national corporation Spectorcorp, a "Shadow-Cabinet" of advisors and operatives that I'm hoping is named that because he stole the idea from the Shadow, and a new suit of armor. The villains are pretty low-grade: the Latverian Sensor Squad, but of course they're just lackeys of Dr. Doom! Who seems pretty invested in getting a mysterious amulet back. Moon Knight consults with Mr. Fantastic on this one, flashing his Avengers ID card to convince Reed his mission is on the up-and-up. It totally isn't, and I almost wonder if Reed wouldn't have suspected that; but I suppose that would give him deniability. Or maybe he just thinks Moon Knight's cool; after all, he kinda is. (Man, I had forgotten the surprisingly nice gimmick cover for MS:MK #50 where Moon Knight burns his card!)

After a fight in the Latverian embassy, Doom realizes MK may not be well: in fact, he looks like his skin is falling off, and I'm not sure why at this point. (If you want spoilers, you can check the cover of MS:MK #44. The Infinity War crossover went longer than I'd thought, four issues!) With Doom having shot up a good portion of his own house, Moon Knight decides they're even for him coming at Spectorcorp, and gives Doom the amulet: it had been his mother's, and may have held a picture of Doom's father.

This isn't my favorite look for Moon Knight, even if more armor would make sense. Somehow, it makes him feel more Batman-y than he did before, and he could be mighty Batman-y. Also, it is somewhat telling that even with millions invested in tech and equipment, and using gear stolen from Doom, Moon Knight's weapon of choice is still his trusty truncheon, which is rarely drawn as having any sort of handle, or weighted end, and instead looks like a lead pipe. Something to be said for the basics. And I do love how the only thing he ever really did as an Avenger, was abuse the hell out of the privilege with the ID. And he was able to get ID multiple times!