Yet as a mercenary and as a hero, Moon Knight has been no stranger to leaving a body count. 'Teaming up with sensational artist Marcelo Ferriera, we're sending Marc Spector on one of his most mind-bending adventures to date - rescuing a young runaway's soul from the City of the Dead. 'Drawing equal parts inspiration from Inception and Taken, I'm thrilled to be tackling one of my all-time favorite Marvel characters in Moon Knight: City of the Dead,' says Pepose.

Moon Knight: City of the Dead #1 cover by Davi Go. While the Scarlet Scarab will indeed be turning up in Moon Knight: City of the Dead, in Moon Knight #25 we're seeing a much younger Layla and a much younger Marc Spector as they embark on a mission as members of the crack mercenary team, the Karnak Cowboys.' It was an idea that we both came to independently, and the way our stories were able to dovetail is something that I'm looking forward to people experiencing. Adding an already beloved character into the universe of the comics is a really interesting opportunity, and being able to show the 'before' to David and Marcelo's 'after' was a wonderful bit of synchronicity. MacKay continues, 'Bringing Layla El-Faouly into our story was exciting. 'It was a really exciting opportunity to have that much space to work in, telling a Moon Knight story in a longer form than we're usually used to.' 'Working on Moon Knight #25 was a bit of a mammoth task - 70 pages of story, cutting between three stories, each with their own artist!' MacKay tells IGN. Issue #1 features a main cover by Rod Reis and a variant cover by Davi Go, the latter of which showcases the character design for Scarlet Scarab. Scarlet Scarab's comic book debut will continue in the pages of Moon Knight: City of the Dead, a five-issue limited series from writer David Pepose and artist Marcelo Ferreira.

Moon Knight #25 is written by Jed MacKay, with art by Alessandro Cappuccio, Alessandro Vitti and Partha Pratim and cover art by Steve McNiven.

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