Marc Spector is back in business in Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1 from writer Jed MacKay, artist Alessandro Cappuccio, colorist Rachelle Rosenberg, and letterer Cory Petit. The new ongoing series revives a classic '80s title while restoring Spector's status quo following his death and resurrection.
It turns out that Marc Spector's new status quo isn't all that different from what was happening before he died in 2023's Moon Knight #30, although he does have a new villain to deal with. But as Moon Knight returns to a fan-favorite incarnation to hunt him, it turns out someone else is hunting Moon Knight in turn.
Spoilers ahead for Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1 returns Moon Knight to his Mr. Knight persona, once again on the trail of a new villain named Achilles Fairchild, a violent drug dealer with a Southern accent. Fairchild is not just an ordinary dealer, but he is the source of a new drug known as “shine” that has a magical potency that leaves many of its users hopelessly addicted, beyond the effects of any narcotic or earthly drug. .
And to protect him, Fairchild has an army of masked guards whom Moon Knight brutally destroys in a brutal fight that shows Marc Spector is wasting no time getting dirty now that he's back. But Moon Knight stops short of attacking Fairchild himself, as he calls his guards and invites Moon Knight, fully dressed in his Mr. Knight outfit, to sit down.
Meanwhile, the story goes back and forth to a different meeting, a meeting between ex-cop Flint, who previously had a violent relationship with Moon Knight that led him to resign from the police force, and Detective Frazier, who is interrogating him about The return of Marc Spector and his well-known associates in Midnight Mission.
Back at the club, Moon Knight confronts Fairchild with the glitter and tells him to get off his territory. Fairchild refuses, prompting Moon Knight to outright threaten to kill him if he doesn't.
This leads Fairchild to introduce his personal bodyguard, Carver, a magical weapon-wielding former mercenary from the Norse kingdom of Vanaheim. And while they're not breaking down yet, you can bet Carver is being set up for a big, probably bloody fight with Moon Knight in the future.
Moon Knight makes his exit, but not before reiterating that he will come for Fairchild if he doesn't shine off the streets, telling him that he gave him a warning only because “I like it when they see me coming”, a familiar. refrain from when he first took on his Mr. Knight persona.
Meanwhile, back at the diner where Flint and Frazier meet, Flint refuses to reveal any information about Moon Knight to Detective Frazier, leaving her there with no clues to try to locate the violent vigilante. But there is one more twist…
It turns out that both stories are connected, when Frazier leaves the restaurant and walks straight into Achilles Fairchild's limo, where it is revealed that she is actually corrupt and working for him in exchange for more shine to feed his growing addiction.
The story continues in Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #2 on November 20.
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