Allies
Jean-Paul "Frenchie" Du Champ
Alter Ego: Frenchie
First Appearance: Werewolf by Night (vol. 1) #32
Jean-Paul "Frenchie" Du Champ was a French pilot who became a soldier of fortune in Africa where he met and befriended fellow mercenary, Marc Spector. After becoming Moon Knight, Spector contacted Frenchie and hired him on as the pilot of the Moon Copter. Frenchie would end up working in close tandem with Moon Knight on missions for many years, serving as his de facto partner for many adventures. In their time together, Frenchie had developed feelings for his old friend, something which Marc was completely oblivious to.
As the years went on, Frenchie became more disillusioned with the adventuring lifestyle, and with his friend Marc Spector as well. After losing his legs on a mission, Frenchie retired from the adventuring business for good and opened a restaurant, where he met his future husband and personal trainer Rob Silverman.
- Expy: Of Shadow agents Cliff Marsland and Harry Vincent.
- Ignored Enamored Underling: Frenchie worked with and for Marc for years due to a deep romantic love for him. Over the years Marc's instability emotionally exhausted Frenchie, leading him to leave Marc behind.
- Retired Badass: He's quit adventuring with Marc and has settled into running a restaurant with his husband.
- We Used to Be Friends: Frenchie no longer wants anything to do with Marc, having gotten over his feelings for him and settled down.
Marlene Alraune
First Appearance: Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) #28
Marlene Alraune was the daughter of Doctor Peter Alraune, Sr., a noted archaeologist. At an early age, she married Eric Jules Fontaine, but their marriage lasted only a brief time. She joined her father on an archeological dig in the Sudan where they discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Seti III, which housed the statue of Khonshu. Their site was discovered and ransacked by Raoul Bushman and his mercenaries, one of whom was Marc Spector, who tried to defend the archeologists.
When her father was killed in the struggle, Marlene brought Marc to the foot of the statue of Khonshu in desperation, where he was miraculously healed. After defeating Bushman in a rematch, Marc brought Marlene back to America where she became his trusted confidant. Falling somewhat in love with Spector, Marlene served as one of Moon Knight's agents, training in martial arts and other techniques to become a capable spy. She fell in love with the Steven Grant identity and found it hard to separate Marc from Steven.
Marlene was always worried about Marc losing track of himself in his different personas, and encouraged him to seek help about them. After a string of fights, Marlene gave Marc an ultimatum: her or Moon Knight. He chose Moon Knight, and she left him. Years later, after becoming a social worker, Marlene checked in on Marc only to discover him a crippled wreck, prompting her to return to help him get well again.
- Expy: Of Margo Lane
- Love Cannot Overcome: She leaves Marc when he chooses to be the Moon Knight over her. Eventually does this a second time after the Age of Khonshu and permanently abandoned Marc with their daughter.
- Love Interest: One for Marc.
- Loves My Alter Ego: Is revealed to have had a fling with Jake Lockley once, which resulted in a daughter.
- Mama Bear: Becomes a Battle Couple with Marc for a brief moment to rescue their daughter.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: She defiantly mocks the Sun King for being
cliche and becoming the type of villain who kidnaps the hero's girlfriend, ties her to a chair, and monologues about his plans. She goes as far as to predict that he will be so forgettable that he won't even have a Wikipedia article.
Betrand Crawley
Alter Ego: Betrand Crawley
First Appearance: Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) #28
Bertrand Crawley was a homeless man living in New York City, where he frequented Gena's Diner. Having a natural flair for the dramatic, Crawley often behaved as if he were a member of the British aristocracy as opposed to a man living on the streets. Crawley used to have a wife and son, and a nine-to-five job, but due to his alcoholism lost all of them. Since then, Crawley has served as one of Moon Knight's most trusted informants. He mainly dealt with the Jake Lockley identity.
- The Alcoholic: Lost everything because of it.
- Beneath Notice: Is free to act as Moon Knight's eyes and ears. People aren't that careful about what they say in front of a Skid Row wino.
- Cool Old Guy: Not very sanitary, but good company.
- Hidden Depths: He often acts like a fool, but also provides wisdom and insight into others matters.
- Dark and Troubled Past: The son he walked out on grew up to be serial killer the Slasher and came after him.
- Impoverished Patrician: Has the demeanor of an English lord, even though he's American and was only middle class even before his alcoholic slide.
- My Greatest Failure: Part of his backstory is he left his wife and child due to his job, and became an alcoholic and never saw them again. His wife died alone at some point and his son became a serial killer, the Slasher. Crawley blames himself for leaving in the first place, and assists Moon Knight to repent for his actions.
- Undying Loyalty: Of all of Marc's associates, Crawley is the one who never gave up on him, no matter how much Marc pushes him away.
Gena Landers
First Appearance: Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) #28
Gena Landers ran a diner in Brooklyn, New York with her two sons, Ray and Ricky. A long time friend of Crawley, through him she met cabbie Jake Lockley. After learning that Jake was really the superhero Moon Knight, she became an informant for him, receiving a handsome payment which she used to help her sons through school. A kind and loving woman most of the time, she is not afraid to call out Jake or Moon Knight on their actions and often harmful consequences, serving as a much needed dose of reality for the hero. She mainly dealt with the Jake Lockley identity.
Dr. Yehya Badr/Hunter's Moon
Alter Ego: Hunter's Moon, Dr. Moon
First Appearance: Moon Knight (Vol. 9) #1
The left Fist of Khonshu. An Egyptian doctor, Dr. Yehya Badr was attacked by a group of vampires one night. Left for dead, he underwent the same experience as Marc Spector did and was resurrected as the Hunter's Moon. Disapproving of his "brother's" methods and disregard towards their god, Hunter's Moon originally sought to punish him for his weakness. But circumstances eventually convinced him to reevaluate his views and he has since turned himself around to be Moon Knight's ally, even if the two admittedly don't like each other.
- Aloof Ally: He doesn't necessarily like or respect Marc or the company he keeps, but is willing to patch him up and lend a hand whenever it's needed as a brother priest of Khonshu.
- Character Development: Reese's selflessness and bravery in going to someone who actively hated vampires to save her friend causes him to reevaluate his opinions on Marc. He also goes out of his way to apologize for how he treated Reese when they have a moment alone.
- Church Militant: As the Left Fist of Khonshu, Badr is a high priest of the "Greatest of the Great Gods" and far more devout in his faith than Marc. In Vengeance of the Moon Knight, he's able to use his faith to banish invading demons.
- Combat Medic: In addition to being a skilled doctor, Badr is a Fist of Khonshu. He's an expert hand-to-hand combatant and a near equal to Marc, getting the better of him in their first encounter but later being beaten by Marc's pragmatism.
- Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Looks a lot like Lance Reddick.
- Decoy Antagonist: He's introduced as a potential Evil Counterpart for Moon Knight, only to quickly switch sides once it was clear he has zero affiliation with Zodiac and was willing to help Marc when he needs to.
- Fantastic Racism: Really does not like vampires; he initially claims that this is because Khonshu's cult is traditionally focused on battling vampires as one of the many predators that stalk humanity in the night, but it turns out he has a personal reason for his dislike - he was killed by vampires, then revived by Khonshu as the newest Hunter's Moon. Despite this, after getting to know Reese, he does apologize for treating her unfairly.
- Ghost Memory: He explains that his fighting skills are from the Chorus, the memories of previous Fists of Khonshu, invested in him on his "ordination". While this initially allowed him to kick Moon Knight's ass, this is later proven to have its disadvantages due to Marc having actually learned how to fight on his own while Badr is basically just recycling from his predecessors' memories. On the other hand, Badr is able to appease his predecessors by invoking his connection to them, where Marc doesn't even know he can talk them down, never having received the Chorus. This serves as another part of their contrast; Badr has the legacy and memories of the Fists of Khonshu, while Marc has the various skills he's acquired through personal experience, and both have their advantages and disadvantages.
- Good Is Not Soft: Like Marc, Dr. Badr is sincerely devoted to protecting the wanderers of the night as per his role as a Fist of Khonshu. Also like Marc, Badr has zero qualms with extreme violence, seeing it as an expression of his faith in the "Greatest of the Great Gods". He's even more ruthless than Marc, going after the innocent Reese as vampires are recurring foes of the Fists of Khonshu.
- Shadow Archetype: To Mr. Knight. Dr. Badr is a faithful priest to Khonshu himself, while Moon Knight is faithful to the mission, but not to the god. While Moon Knight is the right hand of Khonshu, Dr. Badr is the left hand, the Hunter's Moon. While Moon Knight wears white, the Hunter's Moon wears black; while Moon Knight uses a crescent, Hunter's Moon uses a full moon.
- Turn to Religion: He notes that, as a child, he never truly felt the same reverence and faith as his family and peers in Islam, and whilst he feigned belief for social acceptance, he privately became a strict rationalist. But when Khonshu made him Hunter's Moon, he turned to worshipping Khonshu sincerely and willingly, happy to finally feel the faith that had been absent in him all his life.
- What You Are in the Dark: 2021's Annual #1 shows him regarding Marc's daughter Diatrice as an aberration, and thus he doesn't care if she dies at Jack Russell's hands if it means keeping Khonshu alive. It doesn't help that Khonshu orders him to kill Diatrice, who Marc points out would be Badr's niece and Khonshu's granddaughter based on Badr's insistence of their "familial" ties. So once he gets his hands on Diatrice, Badr refuses to kill her, and goes as far as to Calling the Old Man Out when Khonshu lambasts him for sparing her.
Ray Landers
First Appearance: Moon Knight (vol. 1) #2
Ray was the son of Gena Landers and the brother of Ricky Landers. As a kid he was recruited by Moon Knight to be one of his agents, where he often served as a scout. Ray and his brother made good money working for Moon Knight, and enjoyed the adventure and excitement working for him brought, despite their mother's frequent objections. After a number of close call's, however, it became clear to Moon Knight that his line of work was too dangerous for children, and he relieved Ray from duty.
After Moon Knight briefly retired, Ray joined the Armed Forces with his brother, serving a tour in Afghanistan. Returning from duty, Ray was contacted by Moon Knight again, this time to serve as the new pilot of the Moon Copter. He accepted, but the team-up proved to be contentious as Ray felt he wasn't getting the same level of respect as Moon Knights previous partner, Frenchie. The two parted ways, but have since made up.
Reese
First Appearance: Moon Knight (Vol. 9) #1
A vampire aided by Moon Knight. She is his assistant in managing the Midnight Mission and acts as his researcher during different criminal investigations.
- Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: She was turned into a vampire by a cult, but after Marc spares her life and she promises she won't kill or turn anyone, he hires her as his secretary.
- How Do I Shot Web?: Given that she was turned as part of a pyramid scheme cult and her kidnappers were killed before she could do any harm, she has no idea how to use her powers. But after Reese and the other visitors to the Midnight Mission are attacked by Zodiac, Marc calls in a favor from Blade to train her on how to use her powers to defend herself.
- Only One Name: So far her last name is unknown.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Her sclerae is red due to her transformation, and despite her promise to not kill anyone, she's still very good at defending herself.
- Sassy Secretary: Yes, she might work for Marc as his secretary, but it doesn't mean she won't snark at her boss. He later admits that he wants this from Reese, as she had no prior connections to him or any ties to the superhero world, letting her speak to and criticize him without any personal biases.
- Vegetarian Vampire: Played with. She does not go out to hurt anyone, but does drink from blood bags. However, in her introductory issue, she outright says she was vegan before her transformation.
Ricky Landers
First Appearance: Moon Knight (vol. 1) #2
Gena Lander's other son, and brother of Ray. He also served as an agent of Moon Knight as a kid, and just like Ray, joined the army in his teens. Unlike Ray, he never returned from duty.
- Bus Crash: He and his brother Ray are frequently seen in volume 1 but disappear from the book later. It seems they both joined the army, but Ricky died while on duty.
Samuels
First Appearance: Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) #28
Steven Grant's loyal butler. When Moon Knight lost the use of his legs after a battle with Bushman, Samuels remained by his side through the tough times that followed, and has continued to work for him even after his recovery.
Soldier
First Appearance: Moon Knight (Vol. 9) #2
A former member of HYDRA who joined Moon Knight's following after Moon Knight saved his mother.
- The Atoner: Soldier deserted HYDRA well before encountering Moon Knight, but remains haunted by his past actions.
- Emergency Transformation: Soldier becomes a vampire after Reese attempts to Take The Bullet for him from Zodiac. This adds to his already prodigious skillset, and in issue #30 he fights his way up thirty floors of armed men offpanel, noting that there was enough blood that he could just keep going indefinitely.
- Tattooed Crook: Soldier's body is covered in tattoos that black out his old ones, which affirmed his loyalty to HYDRA.
- Undying Loyalty: Soldier is fanatically loyal to Moon Knight, admitting that it's the same aspects of his personality that HYDRA recruiters preyed upon to radicalize in the first place; ultimately he just wants to be useful and feel that he's doing good work, even if it kills him.
Nedda
First Appearance: Moon Knight (vol. 1) #3
Steven Grant's loyal maid. When Moon Knight lost the use of his legs after a battle with Bushman, Nedda remained by his side through the tough times that followed, and has continued to work for him even after his recovery.
Dr. Peter Alraune
First Appearance: Moon Knight (vol. 1) #1
The father of Marlene Alraune, Peter Alraune Sr was an archaeologist who spent years searching the Sudan desert just south of Egypt for ancient artefacts where he would discover the ancient tomb of Pharoah Seti III. Unfortunately for him, their discovery was found out by Raoul Bushman. In his attempts to protect his daughter and the artifacts, he was killed.
Detective Flint
First Appearance: Moon Knight (vol. 1) #12
A New York police detective who is often assigned to deal with the "special cases" that Moon Knight, or as he's later know, Mister Knight, deals with. A gruff and often cynical man, he isn't particularly fond of Moon Knight or his job. Considering the often morbid nature of the cases he works on, he is begrudgingly accepting of Moon Knight's help.
- Catchphrase: Says "sure, sure," a lot.
- The Commissioner Gordon: Is Moon Knight's primary ally in the NYPD.
- Turn in Your Badge: Willingly does this after Moon Knight's "Lockley" persona causes a lot more harm than good.
Rob Silverman
First Appearance: Moon Knight (vol. 2) #3
Rob is a physical therapist and the lover of Jean-Paul "Frenchie" Duchamp. He helps Frenchie with the use of his prosthetic legs and served as Marc's physical trainer when he was recovering from injuries sustained in a fight with Bushman. Although initially impressed with Marc's history as the superhero Moon Knight, he later grew embittered towards Spector, particularly over Spector's dismissal of Frenchie's friendship.
- Fan Boy: He is one for Moon Knight, initially. Jean-Paul has to convince him Moon Knight is not worth it.
Echo
Alter Ego: Maya Lopez
First Appearance: Daredevil (vol. 2) #9
The House of Shadows
First Appearance: Strange Tales #120 (February, 1964)
The House of Shadows is a living building (or possibly an architecture-haunting spirit) from another dimension, first encountered by Doctor Strange in the form of reputedly haunted old cottage on the outskirts of New York City. The House attempted to abduct a TV reporter which tried to investigate the cottage, which drew the attention of Doctor Strange, who freed the reporter and banished the House back to its own dimension. It subsequently returned and was encountered by Rom: Spaceknight; attempting to take ROM's human companions Steve Jackson and Brandy Clark prisoner, ROM battled the spirit and was mentally contacted by Dr. Strange, who advised the Space Knight to use his Neutralizer to banish the House of Shadows once more. It returned to Earth yet again by possessing a condominium and sculpting itself into a new floor; when it began abducting the residents, this once more drew Dr. Strange's attention, and he sent his disciple Rintrah to banish it. It manifested again and came into the possession of the zombie serial killer Digger, who eventually sold it. Finally, it came to manifest in New York as an extra floor in an apartment building, whereupon it came to the attention of Moon Knight. However, rather than banishing it, Moon Knight offered to accept the House of Shadows as an ally and even live in it, if it would promise to stop attempting to take occupants by force. Grateful for the offer, the House agreed and became Moon Knight's new Midnight Mansion.
- Alliance with an Abomination: Rather than take the traditional step of either getting in one of Marvel's magical heroes like Doctor Strange to banish it back to its own dimension, or the mundane alternative of blowing it up with copious amounts of explosives, Moon Knight talks to it and offers it a deal. If it agrees to stop kidnapping, then Moon Knight will use it as his new Midnight Mansion, living in it as if it were any house. This is deemed acceptable by the House of Shadows.
- Eldritch Location: The House of Shadows has total control over its interior, and can reshape itself as needed. This proves quite handy in defending the House or Moon Knight against attackers. It also has the ability to teleport to wherever it likes on Earth by subsuming a target piece of architecture, so it can be anywhere it wants.
- Genius Loci: The House of Shadows can take on the form of anything from a single floor to a whole building, but remains alive and sapient regardless. Moon Knight describes it as a "living structure from beyond space and time".
- I Have Many Names: Whilst it's primarily known as the House of Shadows, it's also been referred to as the Dweller in Shadows, the Haunted House, the House and even The Condo of Shadows. After allying itself with Moon Knight, it takes a new name: the Midnight Mansion.
- Poor Communication Kills: The House of Shadows never really wanted to hurt people, instead just wanting to be used and being curious about humans. However, its alien nature made it unaware of human vulnerabilities, and it also took offense when people kept trying to run away from or hurt it.
- Reality Warper: Within the confines of its interior, the House of Shadows has tremendous control over reality. It can create and remove objects as needed, move objects through telekinesis, adjust its internal dimensions and external dimensions as it sees fit, re-orientate gravity, restructure its layout to create and remove rooms where and when it wants, erect a forcefield to shield itself from harm or trap beings inside, and even create eyes and manipulator appendages from its own mass.
- Sapient House: Whilst the House of Shadows has always been alive and aware, the house part of the equation turns out to be particularly important to its mindset. As Moon Knight deduces, the House of Shadows mostly just wants to be lived in, like any house.
- The Bus Came Back: And how! The House of Shadows first appeared in 1964, then vanished until 1980 (Rom #5), and then disappeared again until 1992 (Dr. Strange Annual #2). After this, it received an entry in one of Marvel's "lore handbook" comics (Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone (and the Monster Hunters)) in 2006, and was mentioned in passing in Rintrah's profile in 2007's "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Mystic Arcana: The Book of Marvel Magic". It wouldn't be until Moon Knight Volume 9 #9 in 2022 that it finally returned!
Other Characters
The Profile
First Appearance: Moon Knight (vol. 2) #2
The Profile can observe someone and reduce them to data in his mind. With that data, he can reconstruct their past in minute detail, determine character traits, as well as predict their future actions accurately (beyond the ninetieth percentile). This manifests either as pictures scrawled around the person he is "profiling", or words floating around them which describe the person's personality. The Profile's ability works on both humans and superhumans alike. However, the Profile appears to not be immune to his own power, nor do his powers work on extra-dimensional beings (like Khonshu), something which has been exploited by Moon Knight on several occasions.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: The Profile's main ability is this. He can simply look at a person and know almost everything is there know to about them. He sees psychedelic words describing his targets, similar to Sherlock.
- Break Them by Talking: Constantly does this. One key moment sees him do this to Crawley, with Profile reaffirming Crawley's wife dying alone and son becoming a serial killer is all Crawley's fault for leaving years ago.
- Manipulative Bastard: He is this, doing it to help Moon Knight or his own personal gain. He manipulated Carson Knowles, the Black Spectre, after Knowles was released from prison. He simply mentions to Knowles, at a museum showcasing armor, that knights were given love from those they saved. This ultimately led Knowles to jump to his death, something the Profile probably knew would ultimately happen.
- Mutant: Heavily implied to be a mutant, after a woman he had sex with said mutants are weird to which he joked about, and stated by the writer later on to be one.
Toltec
First Appearance: Moon Knight (vol. 2) #27
A homegrown predator of Mexico City. Toltec is Mexico's version of the Punisher.
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Moon Knight isn't sure if Toltec has magical powers like him, or is just a very trained normal person, like the Punisher.
- Vigilante Man: Much like the Punisher, he's a Vigilante.
