Respect: Moon Knight, the cowled crusader!

Let's establish some parameters. I'm not Spider-Man. And I'm not the Punisher. They represent extreme ends of the same costumed spectrum. I'm Moon Knight. And you all know that means one thing. No one in this room– myself included– knows precisely what I am capable of. I beat the Avengers. Imagine what I could do to any one of you.

Table of contents:

• I. Introduction
• II. Strength
• III. Speed
• IV. Durability
• V. Skill
• VI. Equipment
• VII. Misc

I. Introduction

Moon Knight, el héroe en el que se convirtió Marc Spector al obtener una segunda oportunidad de parte de Khonshu, fue una figura emblemática dentro de la lucha contra el crimen. Sin embargo, tras su gran caída al fondo, se acabó volviendo un vigilante tan violento hasta el punto en el que, después de la Civil War y con Norman al poder, acabó siendo presionado hasta el punto en el que tuvo que fingir su muerte, exiliándose a Mexico.

Después de un par de años, volvió a EE.UU para reconstruir su reputación en búsqueda de la redención para demostrarle al mundo, y a sí mismo, que ha cambiado, es por ese motivo que a partir de este punto fue Jake Lockley el que afrontó el frente como Moon Knight durante diferentes eventos, llegando incluso a participar dentro de los Secret Avengers, ayudar a los héroes durante Shadowland (en donde Marc Spector volvió a ser la personalidad dominante), e incluso ser uno más dentro de los Heroes for Hire. Su carrera lo llevó hasta Los Angeles, para resolver una actividad criminal sospechosa la cual involucraba al Count Nefaria. Tras resolver los asuntos con ayuda de los Avengers, acabó volviendo a Nueva York. Tras una serie de eventos, Khonshu intentó llevar a su Puño a ser el salvador de la humanidad, haciendo que le robase los poderes a los Avengers, aunque Spector se rebeló adquiriendo el poder del fénix el cual acabó cediendo, rindiéndose.

Tras todo eso, el dios lunar pagaría por sus crímenes siendo encerrado en Asgard, y Moon Knight acabaría cambiando el enfoque de su carrera fundando la Midnight Mission con la que ayudaría a los viajeros de la noche, afrontando nuevas adversidades… Hasta acabar sacrificándose por su gente, muriendo. Sin embargo no todo terminaría ahí, pues un extraño tomaría el manto de Moon Knight hasta que sucedería una invasión vampírica, en donde Hunter's Moon y Tigra acabaron liberando a Khonshu de su prisión, y él devolvería a su fiel apóstol a la vida para salvar al mundo.

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Moon Knight, the hero Marc Spector became when he got a second chance from Khonshu, was an iconic figure in the fight against crime. However, after his big fall to the bottom, he ended up becoming such a violent vigilante to the point where, after Civil War and with Norman in power, he ended up being pushed to the point where he had to fake his death, exiling himself to Mexico.

After a couple of years, he returned to the U.S. to rebuild his reputation in search of redemption to show the world, and himself, that he has changed, it is for this reason that from this point on it was Jake Lockley who faced the front as Moon Knight during different events, even participating in the Secret Avengers, helping the heroes during Shadowland (where Marc Spector was again the dominant personality), and even being one more in the Heroes for Hire. His career took him to Los Angeles, to solve a suspicious criminal activity involving Count Nefaria. After resolving matters with the help of the Avengers, he ended up returning to New York. After a series of events, Khonshu tried to bring his Fist to be the savior of mankind, causing him to steal the Avengers' powers, although Spector rebelled by acquiring the power of the phoenix which he eventually gave up, surrendering.

After all that, the moon god would pay for his crimes by being imprisoned in Asgard, and Moon Knight would end up changing the focus of his career by founding the Midnight Mission with which he would help the night travelers, facing new adversities… Until he ended up sacrificing himself for his people, dying. However, not everything would end there, because a stranger would take the mantle of Moon Knight until a vampire invasion would happen, where Hunter's Moon and Tigra would end up freeing Khonshu from his prison, and he would return his faithful apostle to life to save the world.

• Expanded bio

Other RTs: Moon Knight MegaRT | Classic Moon Knight RT | Khonhsu RT

Modern Moon Knight (2010 – Now)

This section will cover all his feats from: Vengeance of Moon Knight until his last run written by Jed Mackay, so it will be a review through the Heroic Age, Marvel Now and the present, taking into account other feats which he will show in different appearances out of his books, which, in some occasions, can be somewhat inconsistent.

II. Strength

General

Base

• Objetive
  • Shows superiority in an arm wrestle against Frankenstein's monster.
  • Drags a normal human by the hair into a room from which it tears up the floor, ripping up the wooden slabs.
  • Splits his metal staff in half using his knee as a breaking point.
    • Later he pierces a Raptor with the spear.
  • Breaks free from bodily restraints to reduce in a single movement those who were holding him back.
  • Has such strength that it is capable of dislodging the bones of its opponents, causing them to protrude from their limbs.
  • Destroy a military jeep by dropping on it.
  • After attacking his opponent with a nerve strike, he throws him so hard that he breaks through a weak wall. He then finishes off another hostile with a single punch with a baseball to the head.
  • After dealing with a knife expert, causing him to stab himself, he throws it in such a way that it pierces and unhinges a door.
  • Defeats some "Kang agents" in a dystopic future.
  • (OFF-PANEL) Defeats Oddball without a fuss.
  • (OFF-PANEL) Kills without apparent problem "The Prince of Hearts", an old and unknown villain of Dr. Strange who was going to be stopped by Spiderman.
• Scaling
  • Overpowers Scarecrow.
  • Momentarily subdues a werewolf, although this was not the hostile one.
  • He completely reduces the hostile werewolf coming out uninjured, who showed himself to be on a par with Jack Russell.
  • Can hold a physical fight against multiple Vermin clones.

Empowered by Khonshu

• Objetive
  • Receives a power boost from Khonshu which allows him to jump from the top of a flight of stairs to the ground to crack the ground with his fall without taking any damage.^A
  • Throws a khopesh sword with such force that the blade pierces completely through a vampire's skull.^RK
  • Beats some man-serpents.^A
• Scaling
  • Grabs and throws The Shroud with so much force that he flies several meters away, even going through construction machinery and his body continues to roll back.^RK

Striking

Base

• Objetive
  • He often one-shots humans without any problem.
  • One-shots a superhuman Hydra agent.
  • Breaks a mirror with a punch.
  • Pushes a professional assassin so hard that the assassin breaks through a pane of glass and is stunned.
  • Unlatches a reinforced door with a flying kick.
  • Knock out an apparent underground heavyweight boxer with an uppercut.
  • Defeat Jigsaw's goons with few hits to end up defeating him off-pannel.
    • He later claims that he was humiliated and therefore seeks revenge, but ends up being ambushed and brutally mangled.
  • Destroy alleged third-rate supervillains without the slightest problem.
• Scaling
  • Draws blood from Gambit.
  • Draws blood from Donald Planet, a big guy with super strenght.
  • Hits Bushman with a big kick causing him to fly off in such a way that he is pierced by the barrel of a machine gun.
  • Defeat Manslaughter Marsdale, a Spider-Man villain incapable of feeling pain, with relative ease.
  • Proves to be capable of harming The Nemean, a mercenary with superpowers and indestructible skin (who also wears armor).
  • In a fight against the Thunderbolts, he manages to do little damage to Electro and Scream despite being reduced.
  • Trades some blows with "Ghost Panther".
  • Destroy with one blow a technological gauntlet and the vials that were hooked to it.
  • Stomps Sunstroke with a kick.
  • Knocks Kang back with a flying kick from his back, catching him off guard.
  • Physically harms and subdues Cobra.
  • Confronts Mr. Hyde, hurting him with his own fists and showing himself capable of making him bleed and even putting him in check.^OUTLIER
    • It should be noted that this is a weaker version which is not bulletproof.
  • "Harms" Abomination.^OUTLIER
• Limits:
  • Unable to damage Beast-Punisher, as its cestus breaks when hit.
  • Can't damage Kang when he blocks his kick.
  • A direct strike from him doesn't faze a strongman (who isn't even a peak human).

Empowered by Khonshu

• Objetive
  • Damages the skeletal skull worn by a Khonshu acolyte as a helmet.^AOK
  • One-shots a cultist of Khonshu with an elbow.^AOK
• Scaling
  • Hits Shadowland's Daredevil so hard that he ends up flying through a wall.^SL
  • In his fight with Zemo's Thunderbolts, he staggers Moonstone.^A
  • After landing a flurry of punches, he leaves Iron Fist exhausted.^AOK
  • Briefly staggers a chained T'Challa.^AOK
  • Draws blood and stomps Bloodstorm, a clone of Dracula.^RK
  • Trades blows with The Shroud until Marc overpowers and kills him.^RK

II. Speed

Base

• General
• Fighting
  • Ussually blitzs vampires, who ussually are fast enough to get in the way of a bullet.
  • Able to keep up with a werewolf fight at the same level as Jack Russell.
  • Can hold a fight at the rhythm of Hunter's Moon.
  • In the time it takes for a man to swing a bat, Moon Knight has time to kick a punk in the face while dodging some bullets, then stop the trajectory of a light axe and at the same time direct a right to a woman's head. He then dodges the blow of the bat to counterattack the man.
  • Able to keep up the rhythm for a few moments in a two-on-one confrontation, again against Grand Mal and The Nemean.
  • Blitzs Daken who was in a Berserker state, although he was under the effects of some drugs that made him weaker.
  • Blitzs Deadpool with a fancy attack.
  • Blocks an attack from Man Mountain Marko and then blitzs him.
  • Blocks a blow from Marsdale and then blitzes him, causing a lethal cut in his throat. Man Mountain Marko then tries to take him by surprise from behind, but Moon Knight blocks his chainsaw attack.
  • Dodges "mystical punchs" from a goon.
  • Dodges a chainsaw slash and a lighting projected by Plasma.
• Dodging – Reflecting / Reflexes
  • Bullets
    • Can dodge bullets from automatic guns with ease.
    • Basic aim dodging.
    • A perfect demonstration of his time perception and reaction time: In the time it takes for the opponent to pull the trigger and the bullet to reach Moon Knight, he pulls out a dart to deflect the projectile.
    • Again, he dodges multiple submachine gun shots from a medium distance, this time in a more explicit and direct manner. In addition, there is a female shooter in the background who was trained since childhood to be an assassin and to shoot.
    • He can quickly and easily deflect a bullet shot with its truncheon.
    • Presumably he ambiguously dodges several pistol shots and escapes unharmed.
    • Activates his energy shield after bullets are fired at him, blocking them.
  • Lasers / Lighting
    • Shields from Nefaria's lightning twice.
    • Jumps avoiding some Tae-Won eye-beams.
    • Is chased by multiple drones firing lasers, dodging them.
    • Dodge and avoid the phosphor rounds from Crossfire's tech weapon to end up escaping a huge explosion at such close range.
  • Explosives
    • Dodges fire from a cannon.
    • While running, dodges around a rocket
  • Other
    • Dodge, crouching, a table that is thrown by the blow of a werewolf without any problems.
    • He's able to cut a bullet in half by throwing a dart.
• Limits
  • Tagged by Gambit.
  • Tagged by Deadpool.
  • His kick gets blocked by Kang when his battling agaisnt two Moon Knights.

Empowered by Khonshu

• Fighting
  • He, In the span of a heartbeat, rushes in with a kick stopping a cultist from killing a girl.^A
  • After being stunned by several blows from Shadowland's Daredevil, he dodges another strike to counterattack.^SL
  • Blitzs Iron Fist multiple times.^AOK
  • Blitzs Dr Strange by taking him off-guard.^AOK
• Dodging – Reflecting / Reflexes
  • Blocks a strike from The Shroud.^RK
  • Dodges Darkforce projectiles generated by surprise at close range.^RK

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Other.

• Taskmaster says that he's "faster than sound".
  • However, that may be just an metaforic hyperbole, but taking into account their demonstrations, it would not be so far-fetched either.

III. Durability

Blunt / General

Base

• Resists without being so affected by Manslaughter Marsdale's blows.
• Resists without any apparent damage the blows of a professional assassin to finally subdue him.
• In his bout against The Nemean and Grand Mal he is able to take the blows of both and stay on his feet despite ending up in check.
• Is hit by the large fist of a robotic truck, leaving him stunned.
• Receives and resists several blows from Mr. Hyde, a superhuman. He even resists a van that is thrown at him.
• Is hit by a mutant, but immediately recovers to knock him out.
• Man Mountain Marko lands a perfect punch to Marc's face, stunning him.
• Suffers directly from an attack on his wrist nerve pressure points by Grand Mal.
  • She possesses in her gauntlets a system to cause convulsions in the nervous system through electric shocks. What is surprising is the capacity of Marc to regain his composure and put her in check despite the circumstances.
• Injured by "Ghost-Panther" punch.
• Gets judo-throwed by Tae-Won.

Empowered by Khonshu

• Jake takes a few blows from Shadowland Daredevil, getting stunned.^SL
• Shows resistance against nerve strikes attacks from Iron Fist, twice.^AOK
• Even a chi blockage doesn't even faze him.^AOK
• Takes a full uppercut from the Iron Fist.^AOK
• Takes direct and meticulous attacks from Black Panther to vulnerable areas of his body, but keeps fighting, because in this fight he was looking to accumulate as much pain as possible in order to summon the Phoenix.^AOK
• Gets manhandled by a mystical vampire.^RK
• Blocks a strike from The Shroud and then tanks a tackle.^RK
• Tanks some hits from The Shroud.^RK

Carbonadium Armor

• Is hit by Deadpool, going through a wall, but appearing unscathed.
• Is kicked by Deadpool, going through another stone wall, to continue receiving other blows until he surprises him with a counterattack.
• Withstand a hit of the Iron Fist.
• His armor is already bulletproof and shots don't even faze him.

Explosions / Energy

Base

• Survives the explosion of a chalet he was in.
• Heading towards a building, he is repelled by the sudden explosion of the building, suffering slight damage.
• Scapes and tanks a near-range explosion from explosives barrets and detonators.
• Is caught off guard by an explosion, but still tanks it while protecting Black Widow.
• Receives a nearby explosion from a grenade. In the next panel he looks good.
• Withstand the destructive beam of one of Kang's weapon.
• Receives a blaster from Onslaught's psychic form.

Empowered by Khonshu

• Shoots with the cannon of a ship below him, causing the destruction of the boat. He is considerably damaged, but remains conscious.^A
• He's pushed back by an energy projection attack from Black Panther.^AOK

Carbonadium Armor

• After being shot repeatedly in the back, he suffers numerous nearby explosions and is sent into the water.
• A burst of kinetic energy produced by Gambit destroys the gauntlets of his armor.
• Tanks some eye-beams from Randall Spector.

Other

Electric:

• Receives an electric shock from a high-tech suit in the Mr Knight suit. Manages to recover.
• Insulated boots and suit.

Endurance / Pain Tolerance

• He's shot in an unprotected area of his suit, on the side of his body. Yet he does not flinch and correctly throws a dart at an opposite angle to the opponent's knee as if to knock him down.
• Gets tortured.
• "It's too borderline to feel pain"")
• He completely ignores a shot received by Bushman to end up smashing his face against the wall.
• Even if his face is cut and bleeding, he doesn't even flinch and keeps his countenance firm.
• Despite suffering the cuts of an attack that poisons him, he remains lucid enough to counterattack and knocks out his opponent.
• Despite receiving a cut from a blade to the face he manages to throw a dart accurately.
• Shoot with a cannon at a short range to destroy a ship and its opponents, surviving in the process.
• Despite being stabbed in both the neck and heart and left to bleed for "half a day," Moon Knight remained alive. His injuries were so severe that they were stated to have left his heart exposed.

Mental Fortitude / Defenses / Resilience.

• He goes through a psychotropic nightmare for 5 hours straight which is induced through Morpheo's "abilities" (drugs).
• The Truth's attempts to psychologically break down Moon Knight are so disastrous that, by trying to get inside his mind, he himself suffers brain damage.
• The supposed powers of the previous enemy, as well as the massive amounts of truth serum, are unable to affect Moon Knight's abilities.
• In a "mind vs. mind" confrontation against a janitor with the power to manipulate people through sweat (apparently entering their minds thanks to him), Moon Knight psychologically destroys his adversary, causing him to convulse. All thanks to his "mental defenses" as a result of the contact he had with Khonshu when he was revived. (OFFENSIVE)
• His mind and brain are compared to a depleted uranium shell, stating the danger that could be posed by any other mortal connecting with his mind.
• Moonie establishes direct contact with Rogue, causing her to get a glimpse of "his mind," filling her head with voices that overwhelm her. (OFFENSIVE)
• He manages, to some extent, to understand the complex situation to which he has been subjected by Khonshu's delusions. He thus clears his mind to some extent to embrace himself and put aside "the disease".
• In delicate situations that Marc Spector couldn't handle in his youth, Jake Lockley comes along to deal with the harshness and rawness.
• Moon Knight was the only one capable of dealing on a mental level against the Contagion entity, which managed to subdue Elektra, Dr. Strange, Punisher and other characters with mental defenses. He was also able to disconnect all the heroes from the monster in order to weaken it.
• Awakens from a Morpheus-induced sleep.
• Goes through the dreamlike passages that Morpheus imposes on him, passing between dreams until he completely escapes from them.
• Is indirectly confronted by the House of Shadows, an entity that can enter the minds of those who reside in it, however, the entity cannot connect with him, and as a result, expels him.
• Unaffected by Sarnak's soundwaves that causes people to go berserk.

Limits:

• Tends to have problems with "bear hugs" [1] ; [2].
• Nerve strikes puts him on the ground, although he manages to recover to turn the tables of the fight.
• Gets choked by Kang.
• Gets his ass beaten by a monster of the night.
• Slashed by Daken's claws.
• Overpowered by Frenzy.
• Receives the nearby explosion of a building, being weakened enough to be unable to defend himself against Zodiac.
  • Later the surrounding buildings explode and he loses consciousness, but manages to survive, being treated by Badr.
• Collapses after being shot 8 times in the back. It should be noted that here he was already exhausted from fighting after having suffered a lot.

VI. Skill/Inteligence

General

• It is still flexible enough to deal with large enemies.
• Following the same premise, it strips a primordial entity of its source of power.
• Defeats some kind of mercenary with ninja skills in a few moves, finishing him with a accurate dart in the face.
• Disarms a woman to use his chainsaw against her.
• While not holding back, sends Deadpool to the hospital.
• Kills a raptor.
• Sends Deadpool to the hospital.
• In a series of bizarre events, he manages to surprise and disarm an egyptian soldier to steal his "vehicle", a mystical insect.
• He overcomes Khonshu's illusions, both on a physical level, defeating them in combat, and on a mental level, overcoming his psychic condition to prove to the god that he will continue to be master of himself.

Techniques

• Uses a judo projection to knockout some goon after getting rid of Bushman.
• Jake Lockley subdues Marc Spector with a Triangle Choke and an armlock.
• After catching a punch from Bushman, he performs a triangle choke.
• Facing a mercenary who seems to overcome him, he manages to project him and throw him off into the void to get rid of him.
  • Something to emphasize is the staging and dialogues, which refer to his former confrontations against the two different "Black Spectre" when he did the same.
• Despite being briefly restrained by a neck choke, he is able to break free of it through a projection.
• Blocks a chainsaw to use it against his opponent, Man Mountain Marko, finishing him off.
• Through quick repositioning, as well as choking and throwing, he knocks out a possessed human.
  • For reference, Captain America had little trouble damaging a possessed subject like the one Moon Knight defeated.
• Snaps Deadpool's neck with a rear neck choke.
• Blitzs Deadpool with a fancy attack.
• Applies a rear neck choke to Man Mountain Marko, subduing him.
• Is ambushed, but scapes the choke and gives the enemies their own medicine.
• He liquidates three opponents in a single movement each one without them being able to do anything: to the first one he gives a front kick that causes him to vomit and lose consciousness; to the second one he makes a hand and wrist grab taking advantage of the instant in which he directs the blow to break his limb and make him fall, looking like a technical demonstration of a more brutal aikido; and to the third one he directs a roundhouse kick with which he sticks his foot in the upper torso area.
  • A fourth man arrives and he throws a dart at his foot as he descends the stairs, causing him to fall and fatally reducing him.

Nerve Strikes / Anatomical targetting

• Reduces a man by attacking a pressure point on the neck apparently located at the jugular vein.
• Reduces multiple enemies with attacks to nerves and sensitive areas. Emphasizes the attack to the solar plexus.
• Knee
• Chin, knee, chin
• Wrist, chin
• Ankle

Facing the crowds / Fodder

• Easily liquidates the mercenaries hired by Bushman, finishing him off without the slightest problem.
• Reduces alleged war criminals with the following precise movements: A dart to the chin, a high kick to the dorsal/abdominal area; and a grab and low kick with such force as to break and dislodge bones.
• THE RAID.
• Defeat multiple Shadow Council agents in space with Eric O'Grady. It should be noted that these agents were possessed, so their combat capabilities were diminished.
• Go through a hospital of maniacal nurses, reducing them easily with precise movements.
• Fights against mobs of The Hand multiple times.
• More fighting against The Hand.
• Defeat AIM agents without problems.
• Fights some super-hydra goons with the Avengers.
• Breaks through a sect neutralizing opponents in a flawless manner, without taking a single hit.
• With Echo's help, he manages to reduce "Night Shift", a team originally formed by Shroud of "peak humans" with drugs that increase their physical attributes.
• He was supposed to have finished off all those people without any problems, just with his blades Off-Pannel. Well, in the next issue Marc appears without any wounds.
• Along with Steve and Natasha, he faces a crowd of Deadpool clones.
• Makes his way through the mercenaries hired by Black Spectre, being already worn out.
• Recovers his territory by eradicating the vampires with the help of the Midnight Mission.
• He easily knocks out doctors who harass him, using his own medicine against them.
  • He is again taken by surprise, but still manages to cut them down and give them a taste of their own medicine again, escaping unharmed.
• In a lucid dream with which he "trains" by confronting former villains, he cuts down Spider-Man, Wolverine and Captain America.
  • His final enemy is himself.
    • Which is nothing new for him. He has already faced and surpassed himself in mystical illusions and similar situations.

Strategys / Intelligence

• Thanks to his training, especially as a marine, he has the basic medical knowledge to treat wounds.
  • Heals Solomon Kane.
• He has a cunning plan to introduce himself to werewolves and hurt them with silverware.
• Has a strategy to reduce and be able to extract all the information he needs from "Waxman".
• After finding "The Tutor", he uses an infallible strategy to eliminate most vampires using his intelligence team: Use the anti-fire devices to provoke an artificial rain and bless it to affect the vampires.
• Develops a quick strategy by recognizing the weak points of his opponents, organizing with Dyllan to neutralize them without a fuss.

Stealth

• Infiltrates Roxxon's facility with Eric O'Grady.
• Remains undetected by Shadowland's Daredevil.
• Get access to a “club” of the high sphere by going as someone from there thanks to the Steven Grant persona.
• Possesses great stealth to infiltrate a hijacked building and methodically reduce the terrorist without him being able to detonate the explosives, tearing off his arm. He also escapes a police ambush with his stealth skills.
• Impersonates a homeless ti gaub access to a cult.
• Despite having spent time in prison and losing his "touch" in stealth, he is still able to ambush highly trained agents.
• Successful stealth attack on the Harley Hit-Men.

Accuracy

• His accuracy still on notch.
• His darts impact in Truth's eyes.
• Throws his club knocking Arsenal out of the way.
• Disarms two men with one arrow.
• Defeats 7 maniacs in a single move by throwing his crescent darts at them.
• Throws a knife from a jeep at a target that was in a Hydra air vehicle, stabbing him.

Mercenarie Days

• Infiltrating a hotel, Marc kidnaps a protected target with the help of Layla.
• He later confronts several Hydra agents on the roof of the car in which the target is being escorted. They take the man away, although Marc throws a knife at him.
• Has an operation in Saudi Arabia, where he had to capture a drug production mobster.

VII. Misc / Mystical Stuff

Powers

• Self Sustance
  • Doesn't need to breath – at least not in the moon.
• Lunakinesis
  • It allows him to control the Mjolnir since, supposedly, the Uru is composed of moon rock.
  • Calls the moons from differents galaxies to knock Thor out of the fight.
• Necromancy
  • Is shown in a vision him controlling the dead.
  • In his fight with Dr Strange he controls mommies.
• Intangibility
  • Can phase through solid surfaces.
• Resurrection:
  • "The Fists of Khonshu don't die"
  • Khonshu can resurrect his knights no matter how they die.
  • The number of times Khonshu can resurrect his fists is limited, especially when he's imprisoned in Asgard. The price when an avatar of his is revived is his sanity, as those who are revived so many times will end up becoming "mummies".