has become common practice for Marvel to introduce new characters before their solo outings, and Moon Knight is the perfect place for the MCU to set up Mahershala Ali’s portrayal of Blade ahead of Phase 5.

The Moon Knight series is set to appear on Disney+ sometime in 2022. Marc Spector is a lesser-known character from Marvel and potentially a big risk for the MCU, but he has an important connection to Blade.

While Moon Knight might only be familiar to devoted comic book fans, a lot of older Marvel fans are familiar with Blade from the Blade trilogy that was fronted by Wesley Snipes, even if they weren’t fully aware that the character was a Marvel property. The Daywalker is a part-vampire who was born after his mother was bitten by a vampire while she was giving birth.

His precise powers vary between different points in the comics and different adaptations of the character, but he is always a skilled fighter who hates and hunts vampires.