I like it how Moon Knight's character has a split personality, and yet his comic has been rebooted so many times with his character being changed, sort of breaking that 4th wall.

Give this guy his own TV series. Marvel pls!

This doesn't sound at all like Batman tbh

He is nothing like batman at all besides him being wealthy and figthing crime at night. God i hate it when people think they actually get characters when they really don't

Everything is inspired by something or someone else. Batman was inspired by Zorro and The Shadow. The Hulk was inspired by the dichotomy between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Moon Knight isn't a rip off of Batman. He may be inspired by Batman, but Batman doesn't kill people or dress up in bright colors.

I like Moon Knight because of his costume. Superficial....yes. But it is one hell of a design!

Just admit that you don't like the character lol, saying you don't understand why people like it doesn't make any sense, every one has different taste and gravitate to different comics, and people seem to love Moon Knight.

He's not just Batman, because Batman only has a fake persona, whereas this guy is actually multiple diferent people. And on top of that, batman doesnt answear to a higher authority like Moon Knight does.

Was great until the 'Moon Knight is a ripoff Batman' part. Like you must of known the the reaction of Moon Knight fans lol. Anyway I don't see how him using gadgets makes him a batman ripoff, that is literally there only comparison.

Moon Knight has quickly become one of my favorite comic books characters since I started reading Jeff Lemire's series. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to dip their toe into the character.

I've always liked Moon Knight's design!

If Marvel would just make up their minds, this character could be great.

I don't think MK is anything like Batman. He is an avatar of an egyptian god, and might or might not have dissociative identity disorder. I think he is even more interesting than Batman, on some levels.

Moon Knight is kind of an acquired taste. The way I see it, all the various reboots are actually Marc trying to deal with all the trauma in his life, and he rewrites his memories to cope. The way I've always described him to my friends is what if Batman didn't have parent-issues and instead had multiple personalities. Someone mentioned Taskmaster in another post. Taskmaster has said he can fight like Moonknight but refuses to, because Moonknight would rather take a punch to score a knockout than dodge out of the way. The Charlie Huston run goes into this a little. That's series did an awesome job highlighting his mental problems and destructive nature. A character in that arc called The Profile was introduced as well. Basically he can look at someone and know all about them: fears, desires, secrets, etc. He could read Marc Spector but in the guise of Moon Knight made him freak out, implying that in the personality of Moon Knight, Spector is a drastically different person. Moon Knight has a surprisingly amount of depth to him once you get past the Batman connection. He's also really unpredictable so you never know where his story will take you. Plus, he one of the few rare detectives in Marvel, whereas DC is chock full of detectives.

Too say that Moonknight is Marvel's Batman really means you don't get the character. He is anything but that

Moon knight is nothing like batman, people love to compare Marvel and DC about everything.. what multiple personalities does Bruce Wayne have.. just because marvel created a dark and gritty character doesn't justify you saying oh he is rip off of batman essentially..rlly biased

Everybody that reads this comment, please tweet to Netflix and Marvel that they need to make a Moon Knight show

I never understood the love of Moon Knight until sitting down and reading the 2006 run and never stopped. It's fair to compare generalities with characters, but it's the nuances separating the heroes/villains making the difference. If we only define heroes by abilities, you'll have a hard time enjoying any character. How many characters have super strength, speed, and toughness? But if I asked to guess the one I was thinking of, you would ask what was the story behind the character to guess. Being said I love Mooney; I like Batman but what I like about Batman, I can find in Mooney. Moreover I respect Marc over Bruce. He's self-made, a damaged hero, a broken person, and even with a moon god as a patron, an underdog. Mooney could be Batman? Batman could never be Mooney. WISH I could write some Moon Knight.

Just because I don't like something guys doesn't mean it's an attack against you. Chill out. Their just comics.

It sounds like elements of Batman were slowly added to Moon Knight, while Moon Knight's personality, background and morals are his own. Given his willingness to kill, and the Konshu/powers angle, I'd say it's less that he's a ripoff of Batman, and more AzBats (Jean-Paul Valley) was a ripoff of Moon Knight.

I enjoy Moonknight mostly because he combines some of my favorite genres, which you don't really see together all that often. Mr. Knight with his suit delivers the film noir dark detective vibe. Kunshuu involves ancient egyptian mysticism, Moonknight himsef is pretty much Batman, and then you got the mental illness. And that really does it for me.

Great video, man! I've always thought Moon Knight was super interesting and learned some cool things here.

Please don't stop making comic videos rob, I love these videos and they are a great referencing tool for art and inspirational stories as well.

I'd just like to say I'm very happy you are releasing content so much more often. I appreciate ya!

Seems like you're doing something with your voice. This video was great, just like the rest of your stuff. Thanks for the work you do.

The 2006 Moon Knight is the BEST version of him. Dark, gritty, and he is just freaking awesome! If a Netflix show happened they need to look at this version of the series for inspiration

Hey Rob, thanks for the "Marvel Comics: Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider Explained" video. It really helped to put last night's episode of AoS into context.

There was a point in the Comics where Frenchie could call on any of his prior lives or ancestors. Might have been part of Blades series or Midnight Suns.

Question, if you smash Tigra.....does that make you a furry?

Moon Knight is one of the most interesting Marvel characters. In the hands of good writers like Ellis, he is fascinating. And I don't consider him "Marvel's Batman". Just 'cause he throws Batran... I mean, crescent-shaped darts? They have different origins, different drives and different personalities.

Rob, I appreciate you doing the video! I loved him when I was a kid, and you came through for me! Thank you!

One of the best explainations I think you've done so far.

I'm not sure I would agree that he's Marvel's version of Batman. Batman has some pretty clear motivations and ethics (although he may have strayed from time to time). Moon Knight seems to mired in a lot more confusion in terms of who he is and why he's doing what he does. It probably resonates with people because we're all trying to figure ourselves out.

I am one of those diehard obsessed Moon Knight Fans. And yeah, he's a lot like batman, but there's also always this underlying supernatural feel to his books and although his purpose is to serve Konshu, they're always arguing and at each other's throats in Marc's head. And especially in the current Moon Knight ongoing, I love the sense of mystery and confusion in not knowing what's real and what's just Marc going insane.

omg ever since the hickman stuff your vids have improved by 100% percent

Thank you so much for doing this video! With his rumored movie in the pipeline I had never heard of Moon Knight until a month or so ago- now that I know more about him, I'm greatly underwhelmed..

i love moonknight and as an egyptian i like how his origin ties to egypt history and when someone says moon knight is like batman my only response is fuck u go read a comic i hope he gets a netflix series

It will be really interesting how this character’s story will be played on Disney+

the shade at the end lol, it's all good. thanks for this video, a great wrap up.

Moon Knight is the most underrated hero ever

I've always loved Moon Knight. Seeing him join the defenders on Netflix would change the world! Come on Netflix! !

The Egyptian overtones to his character including the fact that he may or may not be possessed by Khonsu as an explanation for his disorder and his decision to become a hero weigh heavily over the character. Nothing is concrete or solid with this character which creates interest in not only the mystery but also how he perceives the mystery. Moon Knight is easily one of the most intriguing characters in Marvel’s gallery and really draws little comparison to Batman if any. Given your extensive knowledge on the character I would assume you’d have extensive understanding but that does not appear to be the case

Glad you finally did a Moon Knight video, next I hope you will do a video on Son Of Satan - Daimon Hellstrom/Hellstorm

Rob, you sound like you’re doing a piece for Dateline on NBC. Great video, re-do it tho. 😂😂😂

I'm a Moon Knight fan cause he runs the gamut from street level to avengers level. And he's crazy awesome.

I really love Moon Knight, might be my favorite super hero. I just really like how his stories touch on mental illness. He's also a bad ass.

Moon Knight is one of those Marvel characters that people are drawn to because of the character design. Much like Ghost Rider, it's the look that hooks people. In reading the various books, you can see the Batman comparisons are more about the silhouette of the character. The artistic choice of placing the character in darkness and shadow, the classic dramatic poses, etc. If anything, Moon Knight is the polar opposite of Batman, probably because the writers often knew the product they were producing was going to draw the comparison.

I loved your videos about Silver Surfer, my favorite character in comics. Do you know if he is also expected to get some reboot or new story line in the future ?

This is one of those comic books that I wish they could figure out what they want to do with the character. Very similar to Captain Marvel in that vain. Their is something about Moon Knight that I find interesting and not the run of the mill "super hero" standard of character style creations. It'll be great once they get someone who can define the direction of the character just like what happened to Deadpool.

Moon Knight with the power of mooning, it sounds like a south park hero

love your videos please keep up the good work

my favorite marvel hero this was so awesome i didnt kno that much about moon knight turns out thank you! Cant wait to hunt down the comics mentioned i havent read yet

Man you've been on fire lately. All the hard work you've been putting in is greatly appreciated

Moon Knight is certainly my favourite hero. He just clicks well for me. The Marvel NOW run was particularly great, both in art design and storytelling. Another thing that clicks is how he'll take on insane odds simply because he has to. Like when he took on Count Nerferia. Or even when broken, he took on Taskmaster. Or when he beat up Deadpool so badly that Deadpool had to be hospitalized and give up on a mission. As for the constant Batman comparison, this is the best differentiating factor between the two I've seen explained: "Huston accepted that the two characters had their similarities, but went on to contrast the two by noting in particular differences in origin, motives, and personality. "Bruce Wayne", he said, "fights crime to avenge the murders of his parents", whereas Moon Knight "beats up whoever has it coming because he believes he is the avatar of the Egyptian god of vengeance and it helps him to feel better about all the people he killed when he was a mercenary." Thus, while Batman is motivated by vengeance for wrong done to his parents, Marc Spector is motivated by vengeance as a concept. Huston further notes that Bruce Wayne, Batman's alter ego, takes on other personalities merely to aid in his fight. However, Moon Knight has three alter egos which aid him as much in dealing with personal demons as fighting law-breakers, and which have taken a further psychological toll of causing dissociative identity disorder." I do agree that he's been all over the place design wise... but he's not Batman. Similarities to be sure, but if you wrote Batman like Moon Knight you'd have people rioting the streets. Or'd you'd have Batman from BvS. Either or.

Y'all so funny - now Rob does such an amazing job changing his natural oration style (which was awesome!) to appeal to your critiques and nobody notices AT ALL! superb storytelling Rob #respect

Just watched the new trailer now I know what to expect! Great informative vid.

Moon Knight reminds me of The Shadow more than Batman to be honest. However Batman is inspired off of (& rips off a few times) the Shadow

Lol, I can understand why Rob doesn't like Moon Knight. Me personally, I get he's Marvel's version of Batman, but that doesn't mean he can't be unique. What I love about Moon Knight is the fact that HE IS CRAZY. Due to that, you get a superhero that can make for some really interesting and awesome stories that you wouldn't really find in a Batman comic. In any case, I hope they make a Netflix series that's sort of like Fight Club, with an unreliable narrator and a kickass super hero :)

Thank you so much for making this! The artist is from my hometown and was very confused jumping in Moon Knight 1# (post Secret Wars 2015.) It's all good if you don't enjoy a certain character; personality I'm tired of superman. Love your videos though Rob; keep up the good work!

Hey, Rob, I was wondering if you'd be able to possibly do a video providing your own theory about the Spider Totems. Or maybe a character explanation of Kaine

You should redo a new video about Moon Knight in the current style of explaining comics

I'm conflicted. Great info, but I'm not a fan of the tone. Usually youre a bit more candid.

Hey Rob. I'm subscribed to so many UKposts channels and I just want you to know you are my favorite channel. Great humor(like the new rundowns) and love when you do stories like Hickmans. I have seen you uploading everyday now which is great cause I know you will get subscribers. I also have noticed you have been trying new types of videos like the rundowns that are less serious and videos like this where you use a more serious voice. But coming from someone who has been with you from the beginning I just want to say your voice is already perfect man you don't need to do this fake voice cause your fans like me can tell you are faking. Just my advice, obviously you don't have to listen to a dumb UKposts commenter fan but just saying your regular voice is perfect and you don't need to alter it in any way.

5 years ago u made this video.And now I’m watching Moon Knight series on Disney Plus.

Damn Moon Knight has an rocky history of on going series

Thank you! I learned a lot about the character... I am a little obcessed with the Moon Knight and I think it is because of the costume.... He definately instills fear in his opponents, much like Batman. The difference is the fanatic obcession with Khonshu and the moon. The religious fervor for vengence and justice makes his need to be a hero almost as justified as Bruce Wayne's. Someone with too much faith running aound at night in white pajamas saying he is the fist of an ancient Egyptian god dealing justice as he seem fit? Interesting character to me... hope Netflix gives him some love. Thanks again.

i've been reading moon knight since 90/91 and this guy is no batman or marvel's batman at that. you could lazily say the same about daredevil. he has a few similarities to the bat but is a different character all his own and arguably just as complex. i like what i've read of him since grade school and though i'm highly enjoying the current run started by lemire, i must say that the previous run by ellis was by far the most impressive and just batshit crazy awesome with a varied range of content. love you your videos rob, hate that youtube tried putting the screws to you not long ago but i just disagree about the batman comment. he has more in common with early spawn imo(issues 1-50). keep up the awesome work dude. SPLOOSH! lol

Thanks for info. Don't really know what to expect when the tv series drop this year.

Thank you. I NEVER got why Moon Knight was so popular among some fans.

His orgin story is much more interesting than batman

Thanks for the video Rob. I've always been a little interested in the character, I can see why that is not the case with you. Nevertheless, you gave a thorough analysis of the character like always. I think I will be checking some of Moon Knight's comics out in my next Comixology purchase. Don't mind the haters, trolls, and easily-offended geeks. You did nothing to disrespect the character's creators and/or its fans.

Thank you for posting this! I love Moon Night!

Wait a minute. So you recon his story to make the series more violent (cool), turn Frenchie into a gay guy (cool, to then make him into a super villain who's in love with him only to kill him off? Something seems wrong about that...

they just announced moon knight so i had to search him on your account.. glad you had an origin for him already

Rob you really got people in their feelings with this video. Can I ask for a new type of video though? Maybe a comparing series where you focus on obvious rip offs/copies (namor/aquaman, deadpool/death stroke, superman/sentry, etc) How they are alike, how they are different, whose stronger (not death battle though), etc

Awesome! I've been waiting for you to finally get to Moon Knight!

Eyy!!! My boy Moon Knight, favourite Marvel Character.

Damn it, Moon Moon

i would love to see this as as seperate film from the MCU exploring the last storyline of the Mental Health concept in a Mental Facility. It'd be a great to have a Darker more serious film from the Marvel side and yea be rated R def

hola comics explained, nice videos. i always loved moon knight. will you ever do anything on plastic man? I think he deserves more respect than people give him.

I strongly disagree on your opinion of moon knight being marvels version of Batman. Not even close... I don’t see the similarities whatsoever

He should not have anything to do with the Egyptian gods. Keep working the multiple personality disorder or better yet go into some schizophrenia; the damaged psychological fight, is the best route to go in my opinion.

I've always liked the LOOK of this character, but never knew much about him until now. Thanks! He's been rebooted so many times, though... is there any sort of hardback book that has all his stuff in one place? Probably not... and even if there was it would be pretty dang expensive. :(

This video made me curious about this character. Thanks

Get ready for this video to blow up.

He's a mix of Black panther and Batman IMO

He's like Batman Meets Ghost Rider with a dash of Wacked Out Scarlet Witch. It'll be interesting to see what Feige does with him.

could you do Longshot/ Shatterstar (I think its impossible to do one without the other) next?

Thanks for the video... I disagree about Moon Knight being a Batman ripoff.. sure there are some similarities but that happens with tons of characters.. more important is what his actually personality is like. The mental issues are very interesting and the more mystic side of his powers, whether real or imagined, are very unique. I tend to like most street level characters in general and Moon Knight looks amazing. The MK art by Maleev is fantastic. When do we get a Namor video..! Great job as always

That’s a pretty damn bold statement to say that moon knight is marvel’s Batman.....did you not understand any of the history of the character that you just spoke about?

UKposts recommendations are a thing of beauty

*explains in great detail all of moon knights reboots and characterization that seperate him from Batman* "But in the end, Moon Knight is just Batman". ... huh?

I'd love to see Moon Knight given the Marvel Max treatment.

Just to be picky, Seth is pronounced "Set" not "Seff" :P but great video!

Gotta say, I respect the way you presented this. Though you mentioned the noted similarities between Batman and Moon Knight, you never revealed your actual opinion until the last few seconds. That is quality education, right there. Thanks.

I honestly can't wait for the Disney+ Moon Knight series. I hope they use Jeff Lemire's run. Like, I can just imagine the whole show feeling almost like Mr. Robot, but on a more supernatural level, while simultaneously toying with the idea that Marc is just a crazy guy who developed multiple personalities due to all of his trauma i.e his near death experience, having to kill his brother, and being a soldier, and later a mercenary. I hope Shia Labeouf is casted as him, if I'm being honest. I feel he could really bring something to the role, not to mention that he's played a soldier dealing with ptsd, he's played a cab driver, and I could see him pulling off the role of a millionaire who is just slightly unhinged underneath his cool persona. Oh, and let's not forget that he also has to be convincing when it comes to mental instability. Shia is obviously more stable now than he was before (especially now that he's patched things up with his father) but at the end of the day, he's been there. The mental instability, I mean. This could very well be his, "Iron Man" role. Plus, who wouldn't want to see a reunion between Shia Labeouf and Keanu Reeves, with Keanu as Ghost Rider, and Shia as Moon Knight? I mean, come on.

moon knight is crazy. that's what makes him interesting.

pretty sure Marvels version of Batman is the Black Panther

Feeling the music Rob

Just curious if anyone is here after Disney dropped the trailer for the Moon Knight show? It looks like it’s gonna be a hell of a ride and I can’t wait 😮‍💨