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ARE THERE ANY SiMILARITIES BETWEEN MOON KNIGHT AND BATMAN


 In the Wake of the release of trailer for the Disney+ six episode series moon Knight with release date set in the same month as Matt IReeves the Batman,4th March and 30th March respectively.the dark Knights fanbase could not help but make age old comparison between moonknight and Batman,but are there any similarities between the two characters outside of doning a costume and throwing objects shaped like their logo and operating in the night ?.so let's begin

ARCHITYPE



Does the shadowy Knight persona belong to Batman ? Answers are no, and infact Batman took this architype from previous characters like shadow down to throwing boomerangs and using the dark to his advantage.

ORIGINS

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Moon Knight shares nothing with Batman when comes to origins, while Batman comes from a wealthy family moon Knight's is fairly rich, he has also been a boxer,a CIA agent and a mercenary and made his debut as a warewolf Hunter,Marc Spector’s CIA career and mercenary work added to his boxing skills to endow him with not only strength and endurance, but also with a high degree of tactical and strategic skills, as well as combat and weapons expertise. Beyond boxing, he knows several martial arts, is a talented athlete and gymnast, and can speak several languages. Unfortunately, these abilities are balanced by an uneven mental state that manifests itself in bouts of depression and multiple identity disorder.


MOTIVES



While Batman's motives are quite similar what differentiates moon Knight is that he enjoys what he does which is inflicting pain on his victims, while Batman dones a dark costume in order to enstill the elements of stealth and surprise, moon Knight dones a white costume because he wants him victims to see him coming,His madness pushes him to go forward, he has multiple personalities and his fighting style can change depending on which alter is in control, his vigilante persona is actually tied to his business, he made his first appearance as a mercenary hired by the council to put down a warewolf

ABILITIES

Batman has been depicted as almost peak human,who used martial arts to adverse effects,he is typically know for his iconic utility belt, Marc Spector on the other hand Over  hisyears as Moon Knight, Spector has also exhibited periodic demonstrations of supernatural powers such as enhanced strength during nights with full moons, prophetic visions and dreams, and the ability to drain another person’s life energies through physical contact.

The similarities between moonknight and Batman are as small as architype, which originally did not originate from Batman, So yes there are similarities between the two but neither took inspiration from the other as certain fandoms chose to believe


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