🔑 Key Facts
First cover art by Stephen Platt on Moon Knight
Marc Spector: Moon Knight #55 is the newest addition to my collection, and it is exactly the kind of wild, heavy 90s comic that reminds me why I still hunt for single issues.
The story opens with Marlene already regretting her decision to throw in with FalkonCorp, and there is this constant sense that she knows she has walked into something rotten and can’t easily walk back out. While she is sitting with that regret, Cruz and Cray sneak into the building in stolen guard uniforms, turning a quiet infiltration into an inevitable clash with Seth that feels more like a powder keg than a mission.
Meanwhile, Frenchie is having his own nightmare. He takes a brutal beating, then snaps back as Pierre Latrec and dishes out violence of his own, blurring the line between self‑defense and straight-up revenge. In parallel, Moon Knight is tearing his way into FalkonCorp, moving through the place like a ghost with a grudge until he reaches Seth’s office—where he’s confronted by a shocking vision of himself that hits harder as a character moment than as a simple plot twist. It’s messy, psychological, and brutal in a way that fits Marc Spector a little too well.
From a collector’s perspective, this issue is more than just a late‑run curiosity—it’s a bona fide key. It features the first cover art by Stephen Platt on Moon Knight, and that debut alone is a big part of why this book has a reputation. Platt’s hyper-detailed, over-the-top 90s style turns the whole thing into a visual time capsule, and that combination of striking cover, first Platt Moon Knight work, and intense story makes #55 the kind of issue that earns its spot in the box, not just fills a run.
