be sure to check out Rob plays there you can hang out with me while we play video games and talk about life stuff so Moon Knight was created by writer Doug mink and artist Don Perlin and made his debut in werewolf by night number NUMBER_TOKEN in August of NUMBER_TOKEN initially depicted as a villain Moon Knight was never intended to make any more appearances beyond this to issue first encounter with werewolf by night however according to an interview with Doug mink on hammock monsters comm Marvel editor Marv Wolfman liked the character so much they suggested mink and pearl into a one-shot story for Marvel spotlight a book Marvel used to try out new characters to gauge their popularity with readers to that end Moon Knight was featured in issues number NUMBER_TOKEN and NUMBER_TOKEN in NUMBER_TOKEN this time a hero instead of a villain following these appearances mink began to use Moon Knight in the backup stories featured in The Hulk magazine a publication aimed at more mature magazine audiences that mink was writing at the time according to Doug himself the decision to bring Moon Knight into the magazine was done at the suggestion of fellow Marvel writer Ralph Macchio who was a fan of the character from the Marvel spotlight appearances in order to fill pages needed for the magazine later in NUMBER_TOKEN Moon Knight joined the defenders in issue number NUMBER_TOKEN during David crash run on the book and would make its final appearances with the team in issue number NUMBER_TOKEN because Moon Knight was proving to be such a popular character with readers he was given his first solo ongoing series in NUMBER_TOKEN under the writing of Doug mink with Ville sing collects on art it is in this series that moon Knights origin is finally revealed the man that would eventually become Moon Knight was born mark specter the son of a Chicago rabbi who rebelled against his father's faith and viewed him as a coward due to his decision to flee Europe to escape the Holocaust instead of fighting against the oppression of his people after a brief stint as a boxer mark joined the United States Marine Corps and after receiving his discharge is hired by the CIA where he worked alongside his brother Randall as it would turn out Randall would soon be revealed to be a traitor that was illegally trading weapons and would actually murder Mark's girlfriend in order to silence her after she found out a secret as a result this causes mark to pursue Randall and it seems that in the ensuing conflict Randall is killed by a grenade shortly after this mark became disillusioned with the CIA and left to become a mercenary for hire which led him on a mission in Africa where he first met French pilot jean-paul du Chun the chef who mark would give the name Frenchy would become one of mark's closest companions as well as his personal pirate mark's mercenary career would eventually lead him to Salima sudan under the employ of a tear wrists named wild Bushman Wallen Salima Mark and his team happened upon an archaeological dig ran by dr. Peter Albert and his daughter Marlene Bushman who mark had become disenchanted with due to his ruthlessness and brutality wanted to loot the dig site which uncovered a Pharaoh's tomb as a result bush kills dr. al rain leading to a confrontation between mark and Bushman which results in mark being defeated and left for dead in the desert fortunately for spectre Marlene and the men working
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