Marc Spector

### Abilities

Moon Knight suit allows enhanced physical attributes based on the cycle of the moon, supernatural ability to summon weaponry and the Moon Knight suit.

### Affiliations

Khonshu, USMC (Formerly), Raoul Bushman (Formerly), Jean-Paul Duchamp

## Debut

### First Appearance

Moon Knight: Red Vendetta (Out of Universe)

**Marc Spector**, also known by the names of alters **Steven Grant** or **Jake Lockley** or by the vigilante title **Moon Knight**, is the current avatar of the Egyptian God and Ennead member Khonshu and a superhero operating in San Francisco, California.

## Early Life

At some point in his life, Spector devolped dissociative identity disorder which spawned the alters Steven Grant and Jake Lockley.

Spector enlisted in the U.S. Marine's in 1971 upon turning 19 and was sent to Indochina to serve on the frontlines in the Vietnam War. Serving a unit alongside Frank Castle, Billy Russo, and Curtis Hoyle. During his time in Vietnam, he would also meet James Howlett. After the U.S.'s exit of the Vietnam War in 1974, Spector remained in the country along with his unit working as Marine Special Forces under the jurisdiction of the CIA.

In 1978, while working in a special forces unit known as CERBERUS attempting to locate the kidnapped Tony Stark, Spector and his unit were commanded by William Rawlins to partake a dangerous mission to capture a Vietnamese general with possible crucial information. Despite protests from Castle that the lead the mission was based on certainly an ambush that'd get the entire platoon killed, Rawlins sent them ahead to mission in the city of Khe Sahn where Castle's predictions would prove to be true. Castle went rogue and disobeyed officer in charge Ray Schoonover, taking charge of the situation to get his remaining men out safe. When they made it back to camp and Castle punched Rawlins' eye out in a fit of rage, Spector took the fall for having taken control and disobeyed Schoonover to protect Frank from further disciplinary action to add onto his trouble for having assulting Rawlins. Spector then recieved a dishonorable discharge for this, and exits the U.S. Armed Force to start a new career as a mercenary.

## Origin

In 1981, Spector forms an alliance with fellow mercenaries Raoul Bushman, Jean-Paul Duchamp and Erik Stevens. In 1985, while working in Egypt, a disagreement between Spector and Bushman regarding the execution of civilians led to Bushman mortally wounding him and leaving him to die. After bleeding out before a statue of Khonshu, Spector is greeted in the void by the voice of the Egyptian God Khonshu, who offers him a chance to live again as Khonshu's avatar to protect the travelers of the night. Marc accepts and is reborn by Khonshu as the vigilante superhero Moon Knight

## History

#### Moving to San Francisco

At some point Spector moved to San Francisco and formed an alliance with SFPD officer Detective Robert Flint.

#### Meeting with Frank Castle

In early 1986, Moon Knight met with old friend and battlefield brother Frank Castle (Now known as the Punisher) while Spector was in New York City. The two discussed their vigilante activities and the superhuman registration act.

### ***Moon Knight: Red Vendetta***

In late 1986, Moon Knight was called upon by Detective Flint to help solve a series of gang related murders commited with a crossbow. On Flint's recommendation, Moon Knight heads down to the San Francisco Bay Area to gain intel from a gang member selling drugs. After interrogating him to get the name of a boy who was killed named Joseph Fascinera, Moon Knight has a painful mental barrage of memories that aren't his own.

After heading home to decide his next move, Moon Knight uses records to locate Joseph's address where his still living mother Scarlet lives. Jake Lockley breaks into the Fascinera Apartment to find it runned down yet lived in, and he discovers red clothing hidden within the same place as a crossbow. Jake (and the other alters) are struck with yet another batch of displaced memories, with Marc realizing they were seeing the memories of someone else. Jake slips out of the apartment as Scarlet returns home, and Moon Knight takes over to stake her out from a nearby rooftop. Scarlet pretends to be unaware of Moon Knight and leads him into an alleyway, where she seemingly causes another flood of foreign memories to bombard him, slipping away from him in the chaos.

Having heard her mention Khonshu, Moon Knight travels to the extradimensional overvoid to confront Khonshu, where Khonshu ceases to feign ignorance and tells him that Scarlet is the avatar of the Egyptian Goddess Ma'at and that she has a psychic connection to Marc. Marc lashses out at Khonshu, who reminds Marc of who saved his life and gave him this power.

Moon Knight is summoned by Doctor Stephen Strange to the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York City where they discuss Khonshu and his presence on Earth so that Doctor Strange can clear up confusion on the motives and intent of the Khonshu. Afterwards, Moon Knight questions Doctor Strange on the psychic link, and Strange discovers and removes a barrier placed by Khonshu between Moon Knight and Scarlet meant to keep Spector in the dark.