Publisher Marvel Comics Team affiliations Committee | Alter ego Randall Spector | |
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First appearance Hulk Magazine #17 (December 1979) Abilities Enhanced strength similar to Moon Knight, can emit energy blasts from eyes Similar Profile, Bushman, Frenchie, Black Spectre, Stained Glass Scarlet | ||
Shadow Knight (Randall Spector) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Fictional character biography
He is a nemesis of the superhero Moon Knight, as the two are brothers and have both at certain points been chosen as the avatar of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Randall Spector grew up with his brother Marc from birth, playing army with him often. He followed his brother into the Marines and eventually both became mercenaries in Northern Italy. It was later discovered that Randall killed Marc's then nurse girlfriend. Marc hunted his brother down until there was a standoff. Marc threw a grenade into Randall's treetop sniper position, thinking he killed him, but later Randall returns to New York on a killing spree focused on killing nurses. Moon Knight then uses his girlfriend Marelene as bait, but is unable to stop her from getting stabbed. He vows revenge, but is unable to kill his brother. Randall then leaps at Marc, but dodges him; however, Randall stabs himself into a tree branch.
It is later retconned that the person killed wasn't Randall, but an impostor with implanted memories. Randall is actually a member of the Cult of Khonshu, having been mystically enhanced with impenetrable skin and super-human strength by Princess Nephthys.
During the Shadowland storyline, Randall mysteriously resurfaced as the Shadow Knight, convinced by The Profile that he is Khonshu's next avatar on Earth. Sharing essentially all of Moon Knight's powers, except that he can emit a radioactive blast from his eyes, the two are almost entirely evenly matched. Randall attacks Moon Knight's pregnant girlfriend, Marlene. The two eventually meet up in New Orleans tracking the mysterious Sapphire Crescent. Randall ends up using a hostage as a shield with a bomb, and Moon Knight is out of throwing crescents; however, Moon Knight throws the Sapphire Crescent and kills his brother.