Black Spectre
comics character
Black Spectre is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first Black Spectre is a supervillain who first appeared in Moon Knight #25 (Nov. 1982) and was created by writer Doug Moench and penciller Bill Sienkiewicz. The different incarnations of the character is one of the greatest enemies of the vigilante Moon Knight.
Publication history
Black Spectre first appeared in the eponymous story from Moon Knight #25 (Nov. 1982) and was created by writer Doug Moench and penciller Bill Sienkiewicz.
Years later, writer Doug Moench developed his creation in the four part Moon Knight: The Resurrection War mini series (Feb.–April 1998), pencilled by Tommy Lee Edwards.
The character appeared in the 2006 Moon Knight series, in the arc entitled "God and Country", issues #15–19 (March–Aug. 2008), written by Mike Benson and pencilled by Mark Texeira.
Black Spectre has an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Update #2 (2010).
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