The Marvel Comics superhero Moon Knight is coming to television. The character has been around since the '70s and is currently experiencing an upsurge in popularity thanks to the top creative team working on the book. Acclaimed novelist Charlie Huston is the writer of the ongoing comic with fan favourite David Finch handling the art.

No doubt attracted by the popularity of the comic, production company No Equal Entertainment has made a deal with Marvel Studios to produce an ongoing series. As the ink is still wet on the agreement, no cast or production personnel have been decided yet.

Moon Knight is a hero in a similar vein to DC Comics’ Batman; he spends the night hours looking for evildoers and bringing them to justice. His secret identity is Marc Spector, an ex-mercenary forever changed by an encounter with the Egyptian god Konshu. Unlike Batman there is often a supernatural nature to his foes.

Television seems an ideal home for comic heroes, with the ongoing storylines more easily translated to a weekly TV format than a two hour motion picture. If this venture is successful it could lead to more of Marvel’s less well known heroes making the transition.

Hopefully the TV show will keep the dark and macabre atmosphere that has been a constant throughout the characters existence, never more so than in the current incarnation.