The Moon Knight Disney+ TV show can draw some inspiration from the unstable but kind-hearted characters of DC's Doom Patrol. Marc Spector a.k.a. Moon Knight will soon star in his own MCU series, which will likely be the most serious MCU installment Marvel Studios has ever released. In the comics, Moon Knight is essentially a broken man who goes down a rabbit hole full of violence and illegal crime-fighting after coming back from the dead, all the while struggling with his own fractured psyche. In short, every attempt at getting his life together only results in more bloodshed.

Doom Patrol follows a small team of metahumans who got their powers from unfortunate circumstances, which left them with deep psychological and physical trauma. While superhero teams like the Teen Titans also struggle with their own personal issues while trying to save the world, the heroes of the Doom Patrol weaponize theirs to fight world-ending threats so they can go back to dealing with their struggles. The Doom Patrol is guided by the Chief, who acts as their leader and mentor through the most absurd of battles.

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Marc Spector's bleak hardships are an essential part of his character. Disney likely won't push this aspect of the hero to its limit given that Moon Knight will premiere on the family-oriented Disney+ platform. However, the show can take advantage of the most extravagant parts of Moon Knight's lore, which comes from his resurrection by the power of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu, to explore the hero's psychological strife. The Moon Knight Disney+ show could use supernatural villains such as Marvel's Dracula and Werewolf by Night to explore Marc Spector's psyche, just like Doom Patrol does the same with ludicrous characters like Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man.

Diane Guerrero as Crazy Jane in DC's Doom Patrol and Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector in Marvel's Moon Knight

Although Doom Patrol deals with its fair share of mature themes, its main characters deal with much crazier antagonists than those of the Titans and even the Justice League. For instance, the talking cockroach Ezekiel teams up with the rat Admiral Whiskers to attack Danny the Street — the latter being a literal living, sentient street. The main conflict centers around the multiple-personality Jane, the invisible Negative Man, the elastic Rita Farr, the cyborg Vic Stone, and the tragic Robotman, who learn that their differences are what makes them heroes, supporting each other despite their clashing personalities and the unfortunate circumstances they find themselves in. Doom Patrol takes a poignant look at the lives of deeply damaged people, but instead of consisting of purely R-rated violence, the series achieves this in-depth perspective of its characters through sheer silliness.

Marc Spector also suffers from the same ailment as Doom Patrol's Kay Challis - a.k.a. "Crazy" Jane - who suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder. Jane's condition is a consequence of her past trauma, but she uses the subsequent powers it provides her to help her teammates and save the world. As Moon Knight's comic book stories usually have their origin in his DID, the Moon Knight Disney+ series could also explore the intricacies of Marc Spector's mental illness and show that while it is not a walk in the park, it isn't something to be afraid or ashamed of, either.

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