Where should I start with the Moon Knight comics?

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Marvel Spotlight #28 Cover

Part 1: The Stalker Called Moon Knight

Official Synopsis: Discover the many faces of the Moon Knight! Mercenary. Werewolfhunter. Super hero. Millionaire playboy. Cab driver. Ghost? Moon Knight is many things to many people, with the multiple personalities to match! Follow the Fist of Khonshu as he battles to find his place in the Marvel Universe in this collection of his earliest appearances. From his startling debut as a nemesis of Werewolf by Night to an unlikely stint with the Defenders.

Reading Order:

• Werewolf by Night #32-33

• Marvel Spotlight #28-29

• The Defenders #46-51

• The Spectacular Spider-Man #22-23

• Marvel Two-in-One #52

Moon Knight (1980) #1 Cover

Part 2: The Macabre Moon Knight

Official Synopsis: Marvel's multiple-personality midnight marauder takes the fight to the strangest rogues' gallery in all of comics - from Arsenal, the one-man army, to the nun with a crossbow known as Stained Glass Scarlet. The Jester is no joke, for Moon Knight or Daredevil. Then there's Morpheus, who's guaranteed to give you sleepless nights.

Reading Order:

• Moon Knight (1980) #1-16

• The Amazing Spider-Man #220

• Moon Knight #17-23

• Iron Man #161

• Moon Knight #24-25

• Power Man and Iron Fist #87-88

• Moon Knight #26-#39

• Marvel Team-Up #144

West Coast Avengers #21 Cover

Part 3: West Coast Knights

Official Synopsis: Moon Knight grabs a place in the sun, joining the West Coast Avengers just in time for a Zodiac attack, as two old faces return...one from the grave. But with her marriage at stake, can Mockingbird lay to rest a troubling ghost from her jaunt to the past?

Reading Order:

• Moon Knight (1985) #1-6

• Marvel Fanfare #30

• The West Coast Avengers #21-24

• The West Coast Avengers Annual #2

• The Avengers Annual #16

• The West Coast Avengers #25-37

• The West Coast Avengers Annual #3

• The West Coast Avengers #38-41

Marc Spector: Moon Knight #9 Cover

Part 4: New Moon

This period of Moon Knight’s history sees Marc Spector dealing with a number of revelations, including the true nature of the god Khonshu. He also plays a brief role in the Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity Wars events, and makes a drastic decision about his status as an Avenger.

Reading Order:

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight #1-14

• Marvel Super-Heroes #1

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight #15-33

• The Amazing Spider-Man #353-358

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight #34-40

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Special #1

• Moon Knight: Divided We Fall #1

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight #41-60

Moon Knight (2006) #3 Cover

Part 5: God and Country

After returning to life, Moon Knight has a number of encounters with other heroes including Black Panther and Daredevil, and, in the aftermath of the Superhuman Civil War, he somehow ends up with a registration card.

Reading Order:

• Moon Knight (1998) #1-4

• Moon Knight (1999) #1-4

• Black Panther #21-22

• Marvel Knights #1-15

• Marvel Team-Up (2004) #7-10

• Moon Knight (2006) #1-13

• Moon Knight Annual #1

• Moon Knight #14-30

Shadowland: Moon Knight #2 Cover

Part 6: Of Secrets and Shadows

Official Synopsis: Daredevil, the former defender of Hell's Kitchen turned leader of the ninja death cult known as the Hand, summons the villainous Profile to take Moon Knight out of the picture for good. To complete his objective, the Profile enlists the aid of a mysterious figure - a second avatar of Khonshu, the Shadow Knight!

Reading Order:

• Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1-8

• Secret Avengers (2010) #1-4

• Vengeance of the Moon Knight #9-10

• Shadowland #1

• Shadowland: Moon Knight #1

• Shadowland #2-3

• Shadowland: Moon Knight #2-3

• Shadowland #4-5

• Shadowland: After the Fall #1

Moon Knight (2011) #1 Cover

Part 7: The Heroic Moon Knight

In addition to working for the Heroes for Hire and Secret Avengers, Marc Spector takes the next logical step in his vigilante career… develops a television series based on his life! Then, he begins taking on even more personalities, this time based on classic Marvel heroes. And, when the Watcher is brutally murdered, Moon Knight is on the case to find the killer.

Reading Order:

• Heroes for Hire (2011) #1-5

• Secret Avengers #9-12.1

• Onslaught Unleashed #1-4

• Heroes for Hire #12

• Secret Avengers #16-21

• Moon Knight (2011) #1-12

• Daken: Dark Wolverine #13-16

• Original Sin #1-8

Moon Knight (2016) #1 Cover

Part 8: Lunatic

Moon Knight gets down to business as Mr. Knight, a new personality who’s working with the NYPD to clean up crime around Manhattan. But, Marc Spector’s life soon spirals even further out of control when a trip to a mental asylum makes him question everything he thought he knew about Khonshu and Moon Knight.

Reading Order:

• Moon Knight (2014) #1-17

• Moon Knight (2016) #1-14

• Moon Knight #188-200

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