Marvel Comics (Earth-1610)

Ultimate Moon Knight

Ultimate Moon Knight

A former Navy SEAL recruited into a Gulf War super soldier program that went awry, the man known as Marc Spector had a fractured identity. Following a brief service with Roxxon Oil under the name Paladin, Spector’s multiple personalities resolved to fight against the criminal underworld in the costumed guise of Moon Knight. An alliance with Daredevil and other street heroes prompted Spector to create a new personality, that of Ronin, to infiltrate the crime boss Kingpin’s organization. Though Kingpin attempted to execute Spector, he managed to survive the attempt, unmask himself, and report the crime to the authorities who put Kingpin away once and for all. Aliases: Marc Spector, Steven Grant, Paladin, Moon Knight, Ronin.

Strength

  • Smashes apart brick with a kick (source) (USM 80)
  • One-shot kills a man (source) (USM 84)
  • One-shot knocks out 4 men in quick succession (source) (USM 107)
  • Knocks out Shadowcat (source) (USM 108)

Durability

  • Shrugs off a kick from Spider-Man to keep fighting (source) (USM 80)
  • Stabbed in the chest by Elektra, leading to him playing possum until he could kill Elektra later. This put him into a coma, from which he awoke after a few weeks of recuperation at the behest of his alternate personalities. He was in good enough condition to escape the hospital, the cops stationed there, and make his way across the city’s rooftops to his apartment (source) (USM 84)
  • Shrugs off a kick from the Punisher to counterattack (source) (USM An 2)
  • Shrugs off hits from Shadowcat to keep fighting (source) (USM 108)
  • Kicked by Spider-Man into a locker, crumpling it, only to bounce right back (source) (USM 108)
  • Takes several blows to the face from Kingpin (source) (USM 109)
  • Shot in the head execution style, but his psyches bring him back to consciousness and he makes his way to a police station (source) (USM 110)

Speed

  • Surprises Spider-Man with a thrown baton, a kick to the head, and smashing his face into a rooftop (source) (USM 79)
  • Spider-Man dodges his blows while saying Moon Knight is almost faster than him (source) (USM 80)
  • Leaps out of the way of gunfire while attacking (source) (USM 84)
  • Evades Hammerhead’s gunfire and Elektra’s thrown sai (source) (USM 84)
  • Evades submachine gunfire from the Punisher while rushing toward him (source) (USM An 2)
  • Downs men surrounding him with guns without taking any hits or bullets (source) (USM 108)
  • Dodges around Spider-Man’s webbing (source) (USM 108)

Equipment

  • His equipment is described in his handbook entry (source) (US)
  • Throws crescent darts that embed into a brick wall (source) (USM 80)
  • Uses a collapsible staff (source) (USM 80)
  • Uses his blades to cut himself free of Spider-Man’s webbing (source) (USM 84)
  • Embeds a crescent dart in the back of Elektra’s skull, downing her (source) (USM 85)
  • Throws a dagger Daredevil deflects (source) (USM An 2)
  • Quickly escapes webbing the Punisher couldn’t, presumably with the blade in his hand (source) (USM An 2)
  • Uses a nunchuck and a truncheon simultaneously (source) (USM 108)
  • Fires a submachine gun at Shadowcat (source) (USM 108)
  • Cuts himself out of webbing with a blade in his gauntlet, then fires darts from his gauntlet (source) (USM 108)
  • Tags Spider-Man in the neck with a dart, then KOs him and keeps him unconscious long enough to escape with Spider-Man’s web shooters (source) (USM 108)

Skills

  • Fights with Spider-Man until Spider-Man runs away (source) (USM 80)
  • Former Navy SEAL (source) (USM 108)
  • Outfights Shadowcat and Spider-Man while his psyches struggle for control (source) (USM 108)

Misc

  • Gets a boost in power from Dr. Strange’s enhancement spell when Moon Knight creates the identity of Ronin (source) (USM 107)
  • Creates the identity of Ronin to go undercover as a hit man for the Kingpin, but the identity then asserts dominance over by beating them in a mental struggle for control (source) (USM 108)
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