Moon Knight #35
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeMoon Knight #35 marks the first appearance of Bora (Anzhela Federova), a Soviet mutant with psionic wind powers who would go on to reappear in Web of Spider-Man and later lose her abilities on M-Day — making this issue her sole origin context. Beyond the debut, the story delivers a pivotal character moment: a temporarily paralyzed Marc Spector must find the will to rise from a wheelchair and fight again, making it one of the series' most character-driven turning points. The issue also stands as one of the more earnest entries in Marvel's 1984 'Assistant Editor's Month,' a company-wide event where assistant editors ran their titles while the regular editors were at San Diego Comic-Con — Moon Knight #35 chose genuine dramatic storytelling over the gimmicky humor that characterized many other titles that month. Its assembly of three major Marvel team rosters — Moon Knight's supporting cast, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four — in a single, double-sized narrative was an unusually ambitious crossover for a mid-tier solo title.
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Written by Tony Isabella and published with a January 1984 cover date (on-sale October 4, 1983), the issue was produced during Marvel's 'Assistant Editor's Month,' with assistant editor Linda Grant overseeing it in place of regular editor Denny O'Neil. The art was divided between two pencillers: Kevin Nowlan handled pages 1–27 (inked by Carl Potts and Joe Chiodo), while Bob McLeod drew pages 28–42 and also inked his own section — an early prominent showcase for both artists. The cover was by Carl Potts. Bob McLeod later recalled on Facebook that he experimented with a brush-pen for the helicopter sequences and quietly inserted caricatures of his parents, wife, and writer Tony Isabella into crowd scenes.
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- First appearance of Bora (real name Anzhela Federova), a Soviet mutant capable of summoning freezing arctic winds through psionic portals — created by Tony Isabella and Kevin Nowlan.
- Double-sized special issue (52 pages, 42 story pages) titled 'Second Wind,' published January 1984 (on-sale October 1983) by Marvel Comics.
- Written by Tony Isabella; pencilled by Kevin Nowlan (pages 1–27) and Bob McLeod (pages 28–42); cover by Carl Potts.
- Part of Marvel's 'Assistant Editor's Month' (January 1984 cover date), in which assistant editors took creative control of their titles while regular editors attended the 1983 San Diego Comic-Con; Moon Knight's assistant editor was Linda Grant.
- Pivotal character arc: The Fly injures Moon Knight so severely he is told he may never walk again; Marc Spector's determination to fight Bora drives him to stand from his wheelchair, resolving a major story thread.
- Features simultaneous guest appearances by the full X-Men roster (Storm, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Professor X) and the Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch, The Thing) alongside Moon Knight's core supporting cast.
- The ballet performance disrupted by Bora is the Soviet work 'Laurencia,' choreographed by Vakhtang Chabukiani to music based on Lope de Vega's play 'Fuente Ovejuna' — an unusually specific literary reference for a mainstream superhero comic.
- Reprinted in: Essential Moon Knight Vol. 3 (2009, black-and-white), Moon Knight Epic Collection Vol. 3: Final Rest (2018), and partially in Moon Knight Omnibus Vol. 2 (2021).
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The Fly cripples Moon Knight just in time for him to try and take down a new mutant who is killing dancers. Other heroes help.
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