Black Spectre

Few villains feel as tailor-made for a hero's world as Black Spectre, who crashed into the Marvel Universe in 1982 courtesy of the legendary Bronze Age creative team of Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz — the same visionary duo who helped define Moon Knight as one of comics' most distinctive figures. Emerging from the moody, street-level shadows of the Moon Knight mythos, Black Spectre has kept dangerous company ever since, sharing pages with Moon Knight himself, the ruthless Bushman, and other denizens of that corner of Marvel's universe. Though the character's catalog footprint is select rather than sprawling, appearances stretching across more than four decades — from Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu to the recent Moon Knight: City of the Dead — speak to a lasting grip on this particular slice of Marvel history. For fans who love their Bronze Age antagonists with staying power and serious artistic pedigree, Black Spectre is absolutely worth tracking down.