Moon Knight’s Latest Episode Is Setting Up a Fascinating Story From the Comics

Yes, Moon Knight followers. That occurred. You didn’t dream the final 10 minutes of the newest episode, “The Tomb.” They had been actual and also you’ll be completely happy to comprehend it wasn’t just a few random creation. The twist is strongly rooted in one among Moon Knight’s most stunning and interesting comedian e book tales ever, a run by Jeff Lemire, Greg Smallwood, and Jordie Bellaire from 2016, and we’re right here to interrupt it down.

On the present, Marc and Layla go tomb raiding hoping to search out Ammit earlier than Harrow and his staff. You can learn the complete recap right here, however finally, Harrow shoots Marc, Marc falls into an abyss and wakes up… elsewhere. After nearly 4 episodes dominated by the pure look of the United Kingdom and Egypt, administrators Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead slam us with the chilly, white inside of a psychological well being facility. There are sufferers taking part in Bingo and watching TV—and one such affected person, Marc Spector, is watching a whiteboard. Another patient, who seems similar to Layla, takes his profitable Bingo card as Marc begins to regain consciousness. He tries to rise up however falls out of his wheelchair, dropping a Moon Knight toy within the course of. What the heck is happening right here?

The situation is sort of precisely how Moon Knight #1, released in 2016, begins. Created by Jeff Lemire, Greg Smallwood, and Jordie Bellaire, that comedian begins like this episode ends, with Marc waking up in a psychological facility. There, nonetheless, it’s a bit extra simple from the beginning. Marc’s advised that he was by no means Moon Knight. There is a Moon Knight, however he’s simply imagined it’s him in his head for years.

Is that the reality on the present although? It’s unclear. After Marc falls out of his chair, he’s sedated and introduced in to see the top of the power who’s, clearly, Ethan Hawke’s Harrow. Alt-Harrow explains {that a} film Marc watches on repeat referred to as Tomb Buster “makes a meal” of a lunar God, very like his tales. This concept can be drawn from the comics, the place Marc equally watches grand adventures on TV. Could Marc simply be stealing his concepts from the film?

The present then will get just a little Usual Suspects second, seemingly bolstering Alt-Harrow’s claims. There are familiar-looking statues. The portray on the wall seems just like the city from the primary episode. Even Harrow’s sneakers are the identical fashion. All of those visible indicators make it appear as if none of what occurred is actual. Marc made all of it up as a result of he’s mentally sick.

We wouldn’t wish to spoil what finally performs out within the 2016 run however, suffice to say, nothing might be taken at face worth—and, nicely, Marvel Studios did make a Moon Knight present with Marc Spector, did they not? There’s an excellent likelihood what we’ve been watching for nearly 4 episodes did, in actual fact, occur.

But then it’s important to surprise, what does the top of the episode imply? Marc escapes Alt-Harrow’s workplace and takes off working. Along the way in which, he sees a sarcophagus with somebody yelling and screaming inside. He opens it to search out… Steven. The two embrace, verify their confusion and head out. They peek in briefly at a 3rd sarcophagus which they don’t open (which, we will solely assume, means one other character is coming), and find yourself working right into a hippo-shaped deity. She says “Hi,” they scream, and the episode ends.

As was talked about in our recap that’s possible Taweret, the goddess of fertility and childbirth, who’s presumably one other member of the Ennead. But in that case, who has her trapped there? And will it’s the identical common clarification that occurred within the comics? (Again, no spoilers, but there’s a brief recap here.) We’d think about Moon Knight the present will wind up equally, however not precisely, aligned with comics however we’ll discover out for positive very quickly. Only two weeks of Moon Knight are left on Disney+.

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