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Moon Knight #1 (LGY #201) — Cover A: Steve McNiven | CGC 9.8 White Pages Publisher: Marvel Comics | Release: July 21, 2021 Writer: Jed MacKay | Interior Artist: Alessandro Cappuccio | Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg Cover Artist: Steve McNiven | Cover Inker: Steve McNiven | Cover Colorist: Frank D'Armata CGC Universal Grade: 9.8 Near Mint/Mint | White Pages | CGC Census #: 3943635038 This is the Cover A standard edition of Moon Knight #1 (Vol. 9, LGY #201) — graded a perfect 9.8 Near Mint/Mint with White Pages by CGC — featuring Steve McNiven's breathtaking cover depicting Moon Knight erupting from the darkness, his white costume shredded and blazing against a backdrop of lightning and rain in one of the most viscerally powerful Moon Knight covers produced in the modern era. McNiven's stamp signature is visible on the cover. In the wake of his catastrophic battle against Khonshu during Age of Khonshu — where Marc Spector betrayed his own god to the Avengers — Moon Knight retreats to what he knows best. The mysterious Mr. Knight opens the doors of his Midnight Mission, offering protection to all those who travel at night and fear the weird and horrible. With Khonshu imprisoned in Asgard, Moon Knight continues to observe his sacred duty as the Fist of Khonshu — renegade priest, street-level protector, and apostate champion walking the line between violence and vengeance. Writer Jed MacKay and artist Alessandro Cappuccio launch what would become one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved Moon Knight runs of all time. 🔑 KEY ISSUE — YES, MAJOR Series premiere of Jed MacKay & Alessandro Cappuccio's acclaimed Moon Knight run — widely regarded as one of the finest Moon Knight runs ever published and one of the best Marvel ongoing series of the 2020s; MacKay's nuanced, psychologically rich characterization of Marc Spector and Cappuccio's atmospheric, shadowy art style elevated Moon Knight to new creative heights and garnered widespread critical acclaim 1st appearance of the Midnight Mission — Moon Knight's new base of operations, a sanctuary for those who travel at night, which became a central fixture of the entire MacKay run and a beloved new addition to Moon Knight's mythology 1st appearance of Reese — Moon Knight's new ally introduced in this issue, a key supporting character throughout MacKay's run Part of Marvel's Moon Knight renaissance — following the massive mainstream cultural moment generated by the Disney+ Moon Knight live-action series starring Oscar Isaac (March 2022), this issue became one of the most sought-after modern Moon Knight keys as new fans flooded into the character's comics history Steve McNiven Cover A — McNiven is one of Marvel's most celebrated superstar artists, renowned for his landmark work on Civil War, Old Man Logan, Wolverine, and New Avengers; his cover here is widely considered one of the definitive modern Moon Knight cover images CGC 9.8 White Pages — the highest commonly achievable CGC grade combined with the highest tier of interior page quality; an exceptional copy of a landmark modern Marvel key Ships in its CGC slab, protected in a Gemini mailer.