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Name That (Comic) Character: Answer

And our mystery character is…

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Moon Knight in a very Batman-esqe pose.

Moon Knight

1) This character was created in 1975.

Moon Knight was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin, first appearing in Werewolf by Night #32 (August 1975).

2) S/he has been a periodic member of secondary Avengers teams.

Moon Knight has been a member of both the West Coast Avengers and Secret Avengers.

3) The character has been written by Ed Brubaker and Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Bill Sienkiewicz and David Finch.

Brubaker wrote Secret Avengers, Bendis wrote Moon Knight, Vol. 6, Sienkiewicz pencilled Moon Knight, Vol. 1, and Finch pencilled Moon Knight, Vol. 4

4) This character has often been described by fellow characters as having psychological problems.

Adopting multiple alter egos as well as believing himself to be the avatar of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu have taken a toll on Moon Knight’s sanity and resulted in his suffering from dissociative identity disorder.

5) This sometime Avenger is Jewish.

Moon Knight is the son of a rabbi.

6) S/he has had significant military training.

Marc Spencer (aka Moon Knight) served in the US Marine Corps and worked as a mercenary.

7) Although this character is from Marvel, fans commonly consider her/him to be a knockoff of a DC character.

Moon Knight is often thought of as a Batman knockoff, though there are differences in characterization.

8) S/he has, at times, also wielded supernatural powers (but doesn’t normally have them).

Moon Knight was the Fist of Khonshu when he was possessed by the spirit of Khonshu and had temporary supernatural powers as a result.

Did you guess right? Congratulations to luna for their correct guess. Now go check out Moon Knight Vol.7, #1 out in comic books stores this week.

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Name That (Comic) Character

So you want to be a gumshoe?  A real, honest-to-gosh private eye?  Well, we’ve got a puzzle for you!  Today we’re introducing a new periodic feature “Name That Character”. We will provide you with a handful of hints and then, as the title suggests, your goal is to guess which comic character we are talking about. It’s just that simple.

Question_mark1) This character was created in 1975.

2) S/he has been a periodic member of secondary Avengers teams.

3) The character has been written by Ed Brubaker and Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Bill Sienkiewicz and David Finch.

4) This character has often been described by fellow characters as having psychological problems.

5) This sometime Avenger is Jewish.

6) S/he has had significant military training.

7) Although this character is from Marvel, fans commonly consider him/her to be a knockoff of a DC character.

8) S/he has, at times, also wielded supernatural powers (but doesn’t normally have them).

Who is this character?  Think you know?  Let us know in the comments, and we will post the answer to the riddle tomorrow!

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