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* NeverLiveItDown: Moon Knight has frequently interacted with other Avengers in relatively lighthearted adventures, and most of his stories are no more violent than any other Marvel superhero, yet the story where he carved off Bushman's face in self-defense is cited by some as the key reason that any adaptation of the character ''has'' to be R-rated in nature.

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* NeverLiveItDown: Moon Knight has frequently interacted with other Avengers in relatively lighthearted adventures, and most of his stories are no more violent than any other Marvel superhero, yet the story where he carved off Bushman's face in self-defense self-defense, which the character himself notes is a low point he never wishes to return to, is cited by some as the key reason that any adaptation of the character ''has'' to be R-rated in nature.
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** Creator/BrianMichaelBendis's short lived run on the book. [[SpiritAdvisor Khonshu]] is suddenly replaced by Marc having visions of Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, Comicbook/SpiderMan and Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}, Marc trying to mimic other superheroes, and a nonsensical plot involving Ultron's disembodied head that went [[AbortedArc nowhere]][[note]]The plot line involving the head was intended to serve as a tie in to Comicbook/AgeOfUltron, a Bendis helmed crossover event, but due to the event being postponed to make room for Comicbook/AvengersVsXmen any sort of connection the two books might have had would be lost on the reader, so the tie-in material was hastily written out, leaving readers scratching their heads as to the plots inclusion.[[/note]].

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** Creator/BrianMichaelBendis's short lived run on the book. [[SpiritAdvisor Khonshu]] is suddenly replaced by Marc having visions of Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, Comicbook/SpiderMan and Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}, Marc trying to mimic other superheroes, and a nonsensical plot involving Ultron's disembodied head that went [[AbortedArc nowhere]][[note]]The plot line involving the head was intended to serve as a tie in to Comicbook/AgeOfUltron, a Bendis helmed crossover event, but due to the event being postponed to make room for Comicbook/AvengersVsXmen any sort of connection the two books might have had would be lost on the reader, so the tie-in material was hastily written out, leaving readers scratching their heads as to the plots inclusion.[[/note]]. Ironically, the run was actually the first to fully canonize the idea of Marc having DID, which would become a foundational part of the character under later writers.
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** [[https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/marvel-moon-knight-brutal-kevin-feige-not-pulling-back-exclusive/ Kevin Feige talked about in an interview]] how this series was going to be the [[DarkerAndEdgier most brutal out of all the Disney+ Marvel shows]] they'd release thus far. While many agree it is, others say it didn't go farther enough, with many fans wanting it to be at [[Series/Daredevil2015 Daredevil's]] level of graphic violence.
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** [[https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/marvel-moon-knight-brutal-kevin-feige-not-pulling-back-exclusive/ Kevin Feige talked about in an interview]] how this series was going to be the [[DarkerAndEdgier most brutal out of all the Disney+ Marvel shows]] they'd release thus far. While many agree it is, others say it didn't go farther enough, with many fans wanting it to be at [[Series/Daredevil2015 Daredevil's]] level of graphic violence.
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** But even Deadpool has plenty of nuance to his character in the comics that, ironically ''like Moon Knight'', are arguably glossed over and generalized in his adaptation.

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** *** But even Deadpool has plenty of nuance to his character in the comics that, ironically ''like Moon Knight'', are arguably glossed over and generalized in his adaptation.
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** But even Deadpool has plenty of nuance to his character in the comics that, ironically ''like Moon Knight'', are arguably glossed over and generalized in his adaptation.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: One of the reasons for Max Bemis's run becoming as disliked as it was is attributed to Bemis's decision to {{Retcon}} Jake Lockley into the violent persona, with clashed heavily with Jake's previous portrayals as a gruff but otherwise sociable and nice alter that was arguably much more heroic than Marc. That said, implications of Jake being the most violent alter was already a seed that's been planted before Bemis came on board. Creator/BrianWood's run introduced the mysterious "Lockley" persona that appeared in one issue who is heavily implied to be Jake, and he's a rather brutal KnightTemplar in his one appearance. Creator/JeffLemire's run has Marc face Jake and confront him for his tendency to resort to violence. It's likely these interpretations that inspired Bemis to go the direction he did in the first place.
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* ValuesResonance: The original Moench run has some surprisingly forward-looking elements given it was being serialized in the 80's. One of the more prominent examples is a story where Moon Knight goes to St. Lucien to repay a favor from an old friend, and runs into an affluent white man named Norman Vidal who runs a drug operation and uses black folk mysticism to essentially enslave black people from the poorer parts of the city, drugging them to become a "zombie army". In addition to this, there's also a more grounded critique by Moench with the police chief saying that he needs Marc's help because the powerful and wealthy don't care about the poor black citizens and only want the police to protect the wealthy and affluent parts of the city that attract tourism. It stands out as a very resonant criticism of race and class divides that feels very relevant in an age where these topics have become more prominent in the political sphere.

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* ValuesResonance: The original Moench run has some surprisingly forward-looking elements given it was being serialized in the 80's. One of the more prominent examples is a story where about a racist, xenophobic terrorist calling himself "Xenos" who attempts to kill a a japanese embassador due to his fear of America being invaded and polluted by foreign elements. He is revealed to be a cop who was a partner of one of Moon Knight goes to St. Lucien to repay a favor from an old friend, and runs into an affluent white man named Norman Vidal who runs a drug operation and uses black folk mysticism to essentially enslave black people from the poorer parts of the city, drugging them to become a "zombie army". In addition to this, there's also a more grounded critique by Moench with the Knight's police chief saying that he needs Marc's help because contacts. In the powerful and wealthy don't care about the poor black citizens and only want the wake of police to protect the wealthy brutality and affluent parts of the city that attract tourism. It stands out as racism undergoing more scrutiny, it's a very resonant criticism of race and class divides that feels very relevant in an age where these topics have become more prominent in the political sphere.story.

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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Marlene Alraune. Though Moon Knight doesn't exactly have a very big base ''to'' break, its notable that if you look up her character on social media, the responses are very mixed, as few of them as they are. For some, she was a fun character in the early days compared to the female love interests of the time, especially due to her ActionGirl tendencies and willingness to defend herself; as the franchise evolved, Marlene did too and thus people enjoyed how she grew to compliment Marc's increasing insanity with her own messier mental health. For others though, she was a vapid and selfish character in the early days who bore all the worst traits of women of that era in comics, particularly how she treated Marc/Steven's mental health; as the franchise evolved, her constant absence was seen as evidence that she held it back and the book would do better to do away with her completely. There doesn't appear to be much middle ground between the two extremes, with those that like her ''really'' liking her, while those who don't ''really'' not liking her. Interestingly, for a franchise who's main character has a gay best friend he has genuine chemistry with, Marlene ''isn't'' hated by Frenchie/Marc shippers, who instead seem fond of the idea of a OT3 situation (likely because Marlene and Frenchie are both close friends who both suffered heavily due to their relationship with Marc).



** The MaybeMagicMaybeMundane aspect of Moon Knight's characterisation. For some fans, he's more interesting if you think he's just a normal man who's got serious Schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder, and Khonshu is just a hallucination. Others however prefer the idea that he's really possessed by Khonshu and is acting as his avatar. Some writers play up the ambiguous nature while other (such as Creator/WarrenEllis and the writers following) instead go with things being explicitly the latter. For some, the former idea makes him a somewhat-positive example of mental illness in comics since while he struggles with it and is quite violent he's still a heroic figure, while others find the 'he's crazy' explanation to be somewhat overplayed by certain writers and see it as essentially ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} without the fun.

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** The MaybeMagicMaybeMundane aspect of Moon Knight's characterisation. For some fans, he's more interesting if you think he's just a normal man who's got serious Schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, and Khonshu is just a hallucination. Others however prefer the idea that he's really possessed by Khonshu and is acting as his avatar. Some writers play up the ambiguous nature while other (such as Creator/WarrenEllis and the writers following) instead go with things being explicitly the latter. For some, the former idea makes him a somewhat-positive example of mental illness in comics since while he struggles with it and is quite violent he's still a heroic figure, while others find the 'he's crazy' explanation to be somewhat overplayed by certain writers and see it as essentially ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} without the fun.
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* ValuesResonance: The original Moench run has some surprisingly forward-looking elements given it was being serialized in the 80's. One of the more prominent examples is a story where Moon Knight goes to St. Lucien to repay a favor from an old friend, and runs into an affluent white man named Norman Vidal who runs a drug operation and uses black folk mysticism to essentially enslave black people from the poorer parts of the city, drugging them to become a "zombie army". In addition to this, there's also a more grounded critique by Moench with the police chief saying that he needs Marc's help because the powerful and wealthy don't care about the poor black citizens and only want the police to protect the wealthy and affluent parts of the city that attract tourism. It stands out as a very resonant criticism of race and class divides that feels very relevant in an age where these topics have become more prominent in the political sphere.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: As it turns out, the "[[https://preview.redd.it/jruuz99x56481.jpg?auto=webp&s=d4834f28e47ff2e3913e794f368c9d79529a6345 let's get this bread]]" edit has more canon basis than most people realize. In his first appearances in ''Werewolf by Night'' #32 and #33, Moon Knight repeatedly refers to his payment for capturing Jack Russell as "[[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDCEKjkX4AAdIBx.jpg my bread]]".

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Dork Age is now Audience Alienating Era, updating tense of entry on Bemis's run


* AudienceAlienatingEra: Despite being a (relatively) obscure character, he's had a few.
** ''Marc Spector: Moon Knight'', despite being Moon Knight's longest running book to date at 60 issues, is also one of his most obscure and least referenced for this reason. The book was mired in the worst elements of UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicbooks and involved a plot about Marc, Frenchie, and Marc's [[ComicbookDeath not-quite-dead]] brother being descedants of the Knight's Templar and involved in a conspiracy involving two warring groups of immortal demons fighting each other for [[VaguenessIsComing unclear reasons.]] Subsequent writers tended to ignore this story entirely. It did not help that this story was the final arc of the book and ended with an abrupt death of Moon Knight himself in #60 (March, 1994), just as he was trying to get some answers. When he was mysteriously resurrected in 1998, he was unaware of what had happened to him and had seemingly forgotten the events leading to his death.
** Creator/BrianMichaelBendis's short lived run on the book. [[SpiritAdvisor Khonshu]] is suddenly replaced by Marc having visions of Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, Comicbook/SpiderMan and Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}, Marc trying to mimic other superheroes, and a nonsensical plot involving Ultron's disembodied head that went [[AbortedArc nowhere]][[note]]The plot line involving the head was intended to serve as a tie in to Comicbook/AgeOfUltron, a Bendis helmed crossover event, but due to the event being postponed to make room for Comicbook/AvengersVsXmen any sort of connection the two books might have had would be lost on the reader, so the tie-in material was hastily written out, leaving readers scratching their heads as to the plots inclusion.[[/note]].
** Max Bemis's run was already off to a rocky start by merit of following the beloved Ellis and Lemire takes on the character, but the controversial choices that the author made quickly soured his run to members of the fanbase. Decisions including ignoring Marc's increasingly popular Mr. Knight persona, inexplicably reviving Khonshu despite his defeat being a driving force in the latter half of the previous volume, and providing a SoftReboot by way of bringing Marlene and Frenchie back into Marc's life despite previous authors making it very clear that they had washed their hands of him because of his dangerous lifestyle and self-destructive behavior. [[spoiler:The matter of Marlene and his Jake Lockley identity having a daughter, kept secret from Marc and his other personalities, is something most fans would like to ignore.]]



* DorkAge: Despite being a (relatively) obscure character, he's had a few.
** ''Marc Spector: Moon Knight'', despite being Moon Knight's longest running book to date at 60 issues, is also one of his most obscure and least referenced for this reason. The book was mired in the worst elements of UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicbooks and involved a plot about Marc, Frenchie, and Marc's [[ComicbookDeath not-quite-dead]] brother being descedants of the Knight's Templar and involved in a conspiracy involving two warring groups of immortal demons fighting each other for [[VaguenessIsComing unclear reasons.]] Subsequent writers tended to ignore this story entirely. It did not help that this story was the final arc of the book and ended with an abrupt death of Moon Knight himself in #60 (March, 1994), just as he was trying to get some answers. When he was mysteriously resurrected in 1998, he was unaware of what had happened to him and had seemingly forgotten the events leading to his death.
** Creator/BrianMichaelBendis's short lived run on the book. [[SpiritAdvisor Khonshu]] is suddenly replaced by Marc having visions of Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, Comicbook/SpiderMan and Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}, Marc trying to mimic other superheroes, and a nonsensical plot involving Ultron's disembodied head that went [[AbortedArc nowhere]][[note]]The plot line involving the head was intended to serve as a tie in to Comicbook/AgeOfUltron, a Bendis helmed crossover event, but due to the event being postponed to make room for Comicbook/AvengersVsXmen any sort of connection the two books might have had would be lost on the reader, so the tie-in material was hastily written out, leaving readers scratching their heads as to the plots inclusion.[[/note]].
** Max Bemis's run was already off to a rocky start by merit of following the beloved Ellis and Lemire takes on the character, but the controversial choices that the author made have quickly soured his run to members of the fanbase. Decisions including ignoring Marc's increasingly popular Mr. Knight persona, inexplicably reviving Khonshu despite his defeat being a driving force in the latter half of the previous volume, and providing a SoftReboot by way of bringing Marlene and Frenchie back into Marc's life despite previous authors making it very clear that they had washed their hands of him because of his dangerous lifestyle and self-destructive behavior. [[spoiler:The matter of Marlene and his Jake Lockley identity having a daughter, kept secret from Marc and his other personalities, is something most fans would like to ignore.]]
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** In the 2021 run, Moon Knight kills a pair of vampires who had been attacking people in the neighborhood, only to find the truck they were driving has four newly turned vampires in it. These vampires plead for mercy, explaining that they were kidnapped and turned against their will. Moon Knight... does just that. He even goes so far as to hire one of them to be his secretary, and then defends them against his counterpart, Hunter's Moon. This gets even more heartwarming in hindsight when we're told that vampires are actually a high priority target for elimination by Khonshu's agents.
** In the 2021 arc, Moon Knight is asked to investigate an EldritchLocation that turns out to be the House of Shadows, a GeniusLoci and ''old''-school ComicBook/DoctorStrange villain. After getting its attention by revealing he came armed with enough explosives to blow it to pieces, Moon Knight then gives it a speech about how he ''understands'' the House and isn't afraid of it. He offers to take the House as his own residence, if it will agree to stop preying on others. As all the House of Shadows really ever wanted was to be treated like an actual house, it agrees and becomes Moon Knight's new Midnight Mansion.
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Misuse. Can't be rescued if he was never hated in the first place.


* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: While never a full-on Scrappy, Moon Knight wallowed in obscurity and uneven writing for years before Warren Ellis came along and completely revamped the character.

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Hiding ZCEs, deleting general example.


* MemeticMutation:
** "Giant fucking bird skull."
** "In this issue Moon Knight punches ghosts!"
** Marc's "Mister Knight" persona has become rather memetic thanks to the snazzy, BadassInANiceSuit style it has.
** There exists a popular edited image of Moon Knight walking down some stairs, saying: [[https://i.imgur.com/LoZOSta.jpg "I know you're here, Dracula, you big fucking nerd. Where's my goddamn money?"]] Frequently used by fans of works involving vampires, such as ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}''.
*** This eventually ballooned to [[https://i.imgur.com/7uSM5RZ.jpg memetically]] making Dracula Moon Knight's ArchEnemy in spite of the two never, if not barely, interacting. Though considering Dracula is a public domain character and part of the Marvel canon, it's not out of the realm of possibility that eventually we'll get to see Moon Knight canonically confronting Dracula and demand his goddamn money.
** In general, Moon Knight's reputation for being an insane character has led to edits of panels featuring him replacing his dialogue with AxCrazy or {{Cloudcuckoolander}} traits. One of the most notable examples of this is the [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/aa5d1a413a02174125aa296e99cb8a1f/e207b8f3de823649-82/s640x960/6f95f12ed83bdf5dc22fb04b6ef104cdcd53e387.jpg "Random bullshit, go!"]] edit.

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* %%* MemeticMutation:
** "Giant fucking bird skull."
** "In this issue Moon Knight punches ghosts!"
** Marc's "Mister Knight" persona has become rather memetic thanks to the snazzy, BadassInANiceSuit style it has.
** There exists a popular edited image of Moon Knight walking down some stairs, saying: [[https://i.imgur.com/LoZOSta.jpg "I know you're here, Dracula, you big fucking nerd. Where's my goddamn money?"]] Frequently used by fans of works involving vampires, such as ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}''.
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''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}''. This eventually ballooned to [[https://i.imgur.com/7uSM5RZ.jpg memetically]] making Dracula Moon Knight's ArchEnemy in spite of the two never, if not barely, interacting. Though considering Dracula is a public domain character and part of the Marvel canon, it's not out of the realm of possibility that eventually we'll get to see Moon Knight canonically confronting Dracula and demand his goddamn money.
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** In general, Moon Knight's reputation for being an insane character has led to edits of panels featuring him replacing his dialogue with AxCrazy or {{Cloudcuckoolander}} traits. One of the most notable examples of this is the [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/aa5d1a413a02174125aa296e99cb8a1f/e207b8f3de823649-82/s640x960/6f95f12ed83bdf5dc22fb04b6ef104cdcd53e387.jpg "Random bullshit, go!"]] edit.
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He's still the main character, so he doesn't count.


* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Out of all of Moon Knight's personalities/incarnations, the currently most popular seems to be his "[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/4/4a/Marc_Spector_%28Earth-616%29_from_Moon_Knight_Vol_8_9_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170609132232 Mister Knight]]" persona due to how freaking ''cool'' it looks.
** Moon Knight in general could be described as this when compared to the rest of the Marvel Universe. He's ''far'' from A-List, but he still has a fanbase who are happy to support his book whenever it gets relaunched, and often approve of his appearances in other series or media.
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** "Random bullshit go!"
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* MagnificentBastard: See [[MagnificentBastard/MarvelComics here]].
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misuse, refers to objective misconceptions that annoy fans


* FandomBerserkButton: Fans tend to lash out at the idea of Moon Knight being a straight-up CaptainErsatz Of Batman, calling it a reductive excuse to [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch not bother reading Moon Knight’s comics and actually learning about the character.]] People who make the claim usually get called out by fans on the grounds of CriticalResearchFailure.
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* CrazyAwesome: Moon Knight, a lunatic with split personalities who flies around in a ''moon-shaped helicopter'' and regularly battles supernatural creatures.

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** Crawley in the original run. He became alcoholic, causing his wife to leave with their son, Jimmy. Years later, Jimmy became the Slasher, a villain who slashed homeless bums all in the hopes of finding his estranged father. In an altercation with Moon Knight, Jimmy fell to his death. Crawley blamed himself, for failing his family years earlier.
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Fixing a typo


* FandomBerserkButton: Fans tend to lash out at the idea of Moon Knight being a straight-up CaptainErsatz Of Batman, calling it a reductive excuse to [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontSatch not bother reading Moon Knight’s comics and actually learning about the character.]] People who make the claim usually get called out by fans on the grounds of CriticalResearchFailure.

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* FandomBerserkButton: Fans tend to lash out at the idea of Moon Knight being a straight-up CaptainErsatz Of Batman, calling it a reductive excuse to [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontSatch [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch not bother reading Moon Knight’s comics and actually learning about the character.]] People who make the claim usually get called out by fans on the grounds of CriticalResearchFailure.
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* FandomBerserkButton: Fans tend to lash out at the idea of Moon Knight being a straight-up CaptainErsatz Of Batman, calling it a reductive excuse to [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontSatch not bother reading Moon Knight’s comics and actually learning about the character.]] People who make the claim usually get called out by fans on the grounds of CriticalResearchFailure.
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** In a subtle EstablishingSeriesMoment, the first issue of Ellis's run ends with Marc returning home to his dusty, derelict, empty mansion, alone with nobody but his alters and Khonshu. As Khonshu declares him his son, Marc looks as if he's on the verge of tears, like he knows that he can never escape this life after having driven so many of his loved ones away, as the finale of the run shows us.

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* SignatureScene: Issue five of Warren Ellis's run, in which Moon Knight steadily goes through an entire building fighting mooks one-by-one to save a little girl from her kidnappers.

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** The scene where Moon Knight rips Bushman's face in issue two of Charlie Heston's run.
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Issue five of Warren Ellis's run, in which Moon Knight steadily goes through an entire building fighting mooks one-by-one to save a little girl from her kidnappers.

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