Moon Knight is the latest hit from Disney+ when it comes to creating television series that are set within the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as Marc Spector is a troubled man struggling with multiple personality disorder while also acting as an avenging angel on behalf of the god of the Moon. While the dysfunctional superhero might be in the midst of his first-ever live-action television series, the Marvel vigilante had appeared decades before in a manga series of his own, and almost was even given a special television appearance from Toei Animation to boot.
While the manga has basically been lost to the seas of time, with netizens managing to discover various panels from Toei’s take on Marc Spector, the collaboration between the entertainment company and Marvel did see some heroes and villains of the comic company receive projects of their own. The now infamous live-action Japanese Spider-Man series was a bi-product of this partnership, along with the anime special, Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned, which saw the lord of the vampires bouncing around Boston, Massachusetts. While it would take decades for Moon Knight to finally hit the small screen, general fan reception has proved that Marc Spector’s first outing is a success.
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From 1979 to 1980, Toei licensed Moon Knight and made a manga version. pic.twitter.com/U8qRYtRHlo
Was there a Sailor Moon crossover, or were they just wasting everyone’s time?
Early Ken Ishikawa? ? Never know about it… Interesting
A friend just told me about this, i still can’t believe it! Just Awesome!
I want to read it, especially since the manga version of spider man got so weird
Actually Moon Knight is weird enough to be a Japanese superhero Like Skull man or Golden Bat.
still find it crazy how the moon knight manga/pre-production work on the cancelled japanese tv series is still out in the world somewhere pic.twitter.com/xj2R7yLn0t
