Marvel Two in One The Thing and Moon Knight #52
Marvel Two in One #52 is a team up with the Thing which also includes the first Crossfire appearance.
This was released in the summer of 1979, shortly before his first solo title.
Great early book to own for any Moon Knight fan and still pretty affordable with Moon Knight on the cover as well.
Moon Knight teams-up with Mr. Fantastic and the Thing! While accepting an award at a ceremony on his behalf, Reed Richards witnesses an attempted assassination.
Ben Grimm quickly goes into “Thing” mode, but not before Moon Knight arrives on the scene with answers and the location of the mercenary.
Marvel Preview #21
Before the big solo title, there was a magazine that was released to spotlight Moon Knight. That book is Marvel Preview #21.
This is the beginning of Sienkienwicz on Moon Knight art.
This preview went into details of Moon Knights origins, from being the actual villain in Werewolf at Night to now super hero with recaps of most of his appearances to date.
This isn’t your normal comic but I think it’s definitely a book that every Moon Knight fan should have within their collection.
This one is always slim pickings as well when I browse them for sale. Always just a couple of dozen or so listings at a time.
Moon Knight #1
The first solo title of Moon Knight. It’s not his first appearance but it’s still very much a key book that kicked off his Marvel career as a legit super hero if you ask me.
With Siekienwicz creating some iconic cover art for these, these early volume one issues are always a pick up if you find them out in the wild and back issue bins.
A few years back I was able to score my CGC 9.8 for around $150 I think ( I know I didn’t spend more than $150 though). These have taken off since that time. The most recent CGC 9.8 went for $820 a few days ago.
This does have the first appearance of Bushman within it though who I recall being likely one of the first villains in the upcoming Disney+ show. It could have all changed by now though. I can only imagine he’ll eventually show up as one of Moon Knights primary antagonists.
Moon Knight #9
Has a very cool Frank Miller cover for Moon Knight #9. It’s an early must for any Moon Knight & Frank Miller fan I think. I do believe this was Miller’s first cover for Moon Knight. We’ll forgive Frank for making Moon Knights left leg with what appears to be a little extra long though…
Marc Spector: Moon Knight #55
This issue is special. I almost classify this one as one of the most important Moon Knight books to date.
It really put the spotlight on Moon Knight and I think made new fans out of the character.
Marc Spector Moon Knight #55 was the first Platt cover and Moon Knight saw great success during Platt’s tenure on cover duty.
Avengers #211
Moon Knight tries out for Avengers for first time in Avengers #211. This book will be key if we ever see a future Avengers movie with Moon Knight either in it or part of the team.
Moon Knight is on the cover but it’s a huge group shot on this one.
Click the next page to conclude the top early Moon Knight books. And yes, sorry for the multiple pages, but some of these images are huge so didn’t want them all trying to load on a single page.
Lets hope the writer of the upcoming Moon Knight monthly title has plans to have the character form his own team consisting of himself Black Crow Spiderwoman The Shroud The Judge Mayhem and Nocturne.
You missed out on the hulk magazine appearances. Came out before Moon Knight 1 and has Bill S first art.
Yeah, forgot about those to be honest. Thanks for the reminder. It was Hulk Magazine #13 was the first right?
#11 was the first Moon Knight in the run….#13 is the first Bill S (I can’t spell his name) on MK
Yeah, that’s right. I have issues spelling his name too.. I have to sit and think about it for a second. Sienkiewicz. I do it in installments.. Sien… Kie… wicz.. the cz at the end always throws me off, I want to throw an S in there.. 😉
These would have been so much better if Moon Knight was on the covers though.
There are reprints for the hulk magazine appearances in moon knight special edition
Yeah. I would imagine these Hulk Magazines would be more sought after if they had Moon Knight on the covers, like a small image of him in the corner, etc. Probably the only thing holding these back in bigger popularity is a) long after first appearance and b) he’s just the back stories as the primary focus is Hulk.
You missed Fists of Khonshu #2, you idiot.
Yeah, nobody saw that one coming you turd blossom!
I kid. 😉
I know.. that’s why I called you a turd blossom, cause I’m kidding too!