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Moon Knight #1

Marvel · Series began 1980 · November 1980

first appearance of Bushman

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Bushman (Marvel, Raul Bushman) — first appearance, also flashback

Dates

Cover date: November 1980
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition50¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition50¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860233711
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UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.
This edition’s page

Facsimile reprints exist

Moon Knight No. 1 Facsimile Edition (2022). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz, Sal Buscemainks: Bill Sienkiewicz, Franki Sienkiewicz, Frank Giacoiascript: Doug Moenchcolors: Bob Sharenletters: Tom Orzechowski, Irv Watanabe

Stories

The Macabre Moon Knight! · 24 pages
Bushman returns, and Moon Knight goes looking for him.

Publisher’s description

Before he was the macabre Moon Knight, he was mercenary Marc Spector. Witness the origin of the hero known as Moon Knight! Cloaked in the spirit of the Egyptian moon god, Moon Knight swears vengeance on “Bushman”, the mercenary who takes innocent lives and leaves his colleagues for dead.

Characters

Marc SpectorMoon KnightMarlene AlrauneJean-Paul DuchampBertrand CrawleyGena LandersRaul BushmanBushmanSamuelsPeter Alraune Sr.

Reprinted in

Savage Action (1980), Moon Knight (1980), Essential Moon Knight (2006), Vengeance of the Moon Knight (2009), Moon Knight Epic Collection (2014), True Believers: The Criminally Insane - Bushman (2020), Moon Knight Omnibus (2020), Moon Knight No. 1 Facsimile Edition (2022)