Shadow Knight ( Randall Spector ) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , commonly as an adversary of his brother, the superhero Moon Knight .
15-589: Shadow Knight may refer to: Shadow Knight (character) , a Marvel Comics supervillain Shadow Knight , a supplemental rule book for the Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game Shadow Knights , a 1991 video game See also [ edit ] Knight of Shadows (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
30-594: A final confrontation. This is also the first time Randall is referred to as Marc's younger brother; in all previous appearances, it has been clearly stated that Randall is the older sibling such as in Marc Spector: Moon Knight #28 where Marc refers to Randal as "MY BIG BROTHER. MY HERO." Spector was born in Chicago, Illinois , and is the son of Elias Spector , a rabbi who survived Nazi persecution. Randall and Marc are brothers, and at times both have been cast as
45-488: A flooded cave that he and his older brother Marc found. As the latter survived, their embittered mother Wendy blamed him for Randall's death, which caused her to become abusive towards Marc, who consequently developed dissociative identity disorder and created Steven Grant to protect himself from her. Hatchet A hatchet (from the Old French hachete , a diminutive form of hache , ' axe ' of Germanic origin)
60-624: A member of the Cult of Khonshu, having been mystically enhanced with impenetrable skin and superhuman strength by Princess Nephthys . During the Shadowland storyline, Randall mysteriously re-emerged as the Shadow Knight, convinced by The Profile that he is the next Khonshu avatar on Earth. Sharing essentially all of the Moon Knight's powers, except that he can emit a radioactive blast from his eyes,
75-405: A murder spree focused on killing nurses with a hatchet . Moon Knight uses his girlfriend Marlene as bait, but he can't stop being stabbed. He swears revenge but cannot kill his brother. Randall then jumps at Marc, but he dodges; however, Randall impales himself in a tree branch. It is later revealed that the person killed was not Randall but an impostor with implanted memories. Randall is actually
90-518: A revenant, under the direction of the Blasphemy Cartel, enemies of Clea Strange. His body was taken over by rebellious dead souls that reanimated it and fought Clea Strange and her mother, the warlord Umar. Nepthys' "lunar treatments" granted him superhuman strength and external durability, although his internal organs were like those of a normal human's. Randall Spector possessed extensive training in espionage and military combat tactics. However, he
105-581: Is a single-handed striking tool with a sharp blade on one side used to cut and split wood, and a hammerhead on the other side. Hatchets may also be used for hewing when making flattened surfaces on logs; when the hatchet head is optimized for this purpose it is called a hewing hatchet. Although hand axe and hatchet are often used interchangeably in contemporary usage, historically the nomenclature distinguishes two distinct classes of tools. All 19th and 20th century manufacturer and retailer literature unanimously separate hatches from hand axes, sometimes placing
120-564: Is his estranged brother Randall. In #18, Moon Knight confronts his brother in Central Park and a fight ensues in which Randall is killed. This was later retconned by writer Howard Mackie to be an impostor, and in Marc Spector: Moon Knight #33 and #35–38, Randall returns. During the Shadowland crossover, writer Gregg Hurwitz and artist Ron Garney wrote a three issue limited series where Moon Knight deals with his brother in
135-574: The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television miniseries Moon Knight , played by Claudio Fabian Contreras. Randall Spector was introduced in the "backup feature" of Hulk! Magazine #17 in October 1979 as a mysterious serial killer known as the Hatchet-Man who violently murders nurses around New York City . Moon Knight attempts to stop the murders and eventually deduces that the killer
150-587: The avatars of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu . Randall Spector grew up with his brother Marc, playing army games with him. He followed his brother into the Marine Corps, and eventually they both became mercenaries in northern Italy . It was later discovered that Randall killed Marc's then-nurse girlfriend. Marc chased his brother until there was a confrontation. Marc threw a grenade at Randall's sniper position, thinking he killed him, but then Randall returns to New York on
165-522: The former in a separate section of their product catalogs. Others might place the two categories separately but adjacent to each other. A hand axe (also known by terms including "camp axe," "belt axe," "hunters axe" and others) is a short-handled woods tool. A hatchet is a short-handled construction trades tool with multipurpose head purposely designed for a given application. For this reason, hatchet handles are generally straight so that users can rotate them in their hand to switch from one head feature to
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#1732855740177180-458: The other. The most common hatchet head patterns are the carpenter's hatchet, roofing/shingling hatchet and lathing/drywall hatchet. "Hatchet" was used to describe a small battle axe in Middle English . " Burying the hatchet " is a phrase meaning "making peace," attributed to an Iroquois tradition of hiding or putting away a tomahawk after a peace agreement. This tool article
195-519: The title Shadow Knight . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Knight&oldid=1154184091 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Shadow Knight (character) A young Randall makes his live-action debut in
210-578: The two are almost evenly matched. Randall attacks Moon Knight's pregnant girlfriend, Marlene. The two eventually meet up in New Orleans following 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 launches the Sapphire Crescent and kills his brother. The Shadow Knight made his return in Strange #4 as
225-440: Was barely able to access these skills after becoming insane. As the Hatchet-Man, he used an off-the-shelf Halloween mask to hide his face. As Shadow Knight, he wore Kevlar body armor for further protection. Wooden-handled hatchet. A young Randall Spector appears in flashbacks in the Marvel Cinematic Universe / Disney+ miniseries Moon Knight episode " Asylum ", portrayed by Claudio Fabian Contreras. This version died in
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