May marks a big month for Marvel icon Moon Knight, in a new series by Eisner winning team Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev. Marvel has released a sneak peak of the new title along with the following press release:
Marvel is pleased to present your first look at MOON KNIGHT #1, from the Eisner Award-winning creative team of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev! Moon Knight heads to Los Angeles as a one-man Avengers team to dissolve a criminal syndicate tearing the City of Angels apart. Except there will be no warm welcome, because once word gets out about Marc Spector’s arrival, the mastermind behind L.A.’s crime circuit will stop at nothing to make an example of any Avengers who cross him. Plagued by incurable schizophrenia, can Moon Knight hold it together to clear out a city riddled with villains? This May, two of comics’ biggest talents reunite to redraw and redefine one of Marvel’s Big Shots, only in MOON KNIGHT #1 !
Moon Knight made his first appearance in Werewolf by Night #32 in 1975. His real name is Marc Spector and he gets his enhanced strength, speed, and endurance from the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Moon Knight suffers from incurable schizophrenia and employs self-hypnosis to try and keep his condition under control.
Look for Moon Knight #1 May 4th.