The following contains spoilers for What If…Galactus Transformed Moon Knight? #1 #1, due out next week from Marvel Comics.
Marvel continues its striking series of What If…? one-shots that looks at alternate realities and discovers what would have happened had Galactus turned to different characters from throughout the Marvel Universe to serve as his herald. This time around, in What If…Galactus Transformed Moon Knight? #1, in an exclusive preview at CBR, we see what happened to drive Moon Knight to becoming Galactus’ herald.
What If…Galactus Transformed Moon Knight? #1 is from writer Alex Segura, pencilers Scot Eaton and Chris Campana, inkers Cam Smith and Robert Poggi, colorist Rachelle Rosenberg, letterer Clayton Cowles, and it is all wrapped up in a cover by Ron Lim and Israel Silva (Lim, of course, had an iconic run on Silver Surfer, so he is quite familiar with Galactus), and it shows how Moon Knight came to this predicament in an alternate reality.
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WHAT IF…GALACTUS TRANSFORMED MOON KNIGHT? #1
Alex Segura (W) • SCOT EATON (A) • Cover by Ron Lim
DESIGN VARIANT BY RON LIM • VARIANT COVER BY IBAN COELLO
SCI-FI HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY PHILIP TAN • VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
When Khonshu, the Moon God, and Galactus, the World-Devourer, clash, Moon Knight is caught in the middle! To keep the peace, Moon Knight becomes the newest herald of Galactus – but his alters cause the Power Cosmic to manifest in startling new ways! Unless Moon Knight can conquer his new powers – and a few former heralds – the Earth itself faces extinction!
32 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$3.99
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In the preview pages, we see that Galactus, in this alternate universe, initially sought out to make KHONSHU serve as his herald, but the Egpyptian God of the Moon isn’t prepare to take such a subordinate role, even to a being as powerful as Galactus. The two powerful cosmic beings battle each other, but in the end, the World Devourer is too strong, and he seemingly destroys Khonshu in battle.
Before Khonshu succumbs to his wounds, however, he makes sure to call out to his avatar, Marc Spector, Moon Knight, and he draws him into the situaiton, and obviously, this will lead to Moon Knight becoming Galactus’ herald.
As to what ELSE Khonshu has up his sleeve, and how serving up Moon Knight to be Galactus’ herald would serve as revenge, you’ll have to pick up What If…Galactus Transformed Moon Knight? #1 next week!
Source: Marvel