As I stated on day 2, the idea for this project started when I got to drawing The Polka-Spot Man and more ideas came flooding in soon thereafter – yet the idea to draw the Polka-Spot Man came from a different place; Comicpop. The youtube channel run by Sal has discussed the amalgam Universe many times but his episode of the Elseworlds exchange where they created their own Amalgam Characters was so much fun that I started doing it too. All of these have been original ideas from me so far, but to honor that original episode that started it all I bring you: Eclipse – an Amalgam of Moon Knight and Jason Todd’s Red Hood. Now before I get into everything I do need to explain that while the idea stems from Sal, the rest of this is solely my own doing, including design and backstory.

Naming these guys can either be the biggest pain in the ass or an absolute joy, and Eclipse turned out to be the latter. My brain literally just went: “Red Hood + Moon Knight= Red Moon? Red Moon = Lunar Eclipse, that’s too long so shorten it to Eclipse!”. It really is that simple. From there on the design followed, starting with the small logo on his chest. I inverted the usual crescent moon that Moon Knight usually sports and added an additional moon resembling the process of an eclipse.

Moon Knight has had a lot of different costumes over the years and I toyed with the idea of making this a look inspired by the Mr.Knight suit or a more mystical suit that would tie into his origins but decided that keeping that tactical aspect from the Red Hood costume would be the best way to go. That’s why I chose to go with that more tactical black and white Moon Knight suit often attributed to Jake Lockley, but replacing the pants with something more military looking and obviously recoloring that cape. He needed a Red Hood… Duh! 

All of this ties back to his origin: Back in the day, Jason Spector was a young criminal often on the run from the law, yet it’s when he steals a certain someone’s tires his story really begins. The skills he puts on display during his criminal acts impresses the Caped Crusader so much that he takes him under his wing. Getting the training he needs to become a superhero sidekick, Jason manages to overcome some of his troubled upbringing and reshape the skills he learned on the streets into something more heroic. But being a hero comes with a lot of downsides, and suffering traumatic event after traumatic event his volatile side kicks back up again, culminating in a violent confrontation with his father’s biggest enemy – one he does not survive. 

It’s then that his father’s oldest enemy, The Moon Demon Khon-Al-Ghul, retrieves Jason’s body for his most nefarious plan yet. Submerging Jason in the healing Lunar waters of Arabia, Khon-Al-Ghul thinks he’s reviving Jason to turn him into a soldier for his own League of Assassins. But out from the bubbling crystal blue water comes a man forever changed, not just Jason anymore. The emotional trauma of his past mixed with the physical trauma of his violent death and subsequent resurrection has split Jason’s psyche into bits and pieces, creating three distinct personalities inside his system, all fighting for control. His youthful spirit remains within the Alter I dub “The Boy”, always steering Jason into more problems and mischief – from causing random property damage in the streets of Gotham to purposely killing low-life thugs to teach them a lesson, this Alter doesn’t understand the gravity of his actions and is not concerned with consequences. The Sidekick, Jason’s second Alter, is the exact opposite. He’s trained to be better and serves as Jason’s moral compass for good. The sidekick makes sure to cause no damage to the innocent, always makes sure that apprehended drug money ends up in places where it’s needed and desperately resists whenever murder is on Jason’s mind. Usually though: it’s the Eclipse that takes the wheel, an Alter completely engulfed with rage and revenge. He’s the one that came out of the water, he’s the one who’s set off on this journey for revenge and he’s the one who’s going to kill whoever stands in his way. 

For a while I wanted to design all three of the Alters for this post, but I quickly realized that would be too much work for one day. That said, the final piece does feature Khon-Al-Ghul, a mix of Khonshu and Ra’s-Al-Ghul, making day 15 a double Amalgam day!