sickle_moon-200111-fkwa4covSICKLE MOON

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-200111/"MAX") human

Occupation: Assassin

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Mr. Cheese

Enemies: Foolkiller (Mike Trace), Janie & Nate McBride, Punisher (Frank Castle), Rosalyn Snert;
    unidentified male passenger, unidentified police offers

Known Relatives: Nonesickle_moon-200111-fk4-legslice

Aliases: "Psycho" (from Nate McBride)

Base of Operations: New York;
    he travels wherever he is needed

First Appearance: (Mentioned) Foolkiller II#3 (February, 2008);
    (seen) Foolkiller II#4 (May, 2008)

Powers/Abilities: Sickle Moon has a frequent hacking cough of uncertain significance.

    He wields sickle-like hand weapons that are extremely sharp able to easily slice through human flesh and bone, cutting through both legs of an adult male with a single slash. He can also throw his blades some distance with great accuracy and effectiveness.

    He wears eyeglasses, but his specific vision deficit is unrevealed.

    His small, unassuming appearance and hacking cough tended to cause others to dismiss him as no threat.

    However, he can strike swiftly and suddenly with his blade weapons, avoiding gunfire and taking out multiple armed opponents in seconds.

    After losing his left arm, he used a prosthetic arm, which he could use with enough proficiency to kill a cat.

    While he only works when getting paid (and killing his employer will cause him to abandon a job), he has rage issues and is more than willing to people who annoy him sufficiently enough. His rage issues can cause him to kill his own pet cat.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5')
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 90 lbs)
Eyes: Unrevealed (not clearly seen, but possibly dark/brown)
Hair: Dark (male pattern baldness and cut short on the back and sides)

History:
(Foolkiller II#3 - BTS) - When the Foolkiller threatened Mr. Cheese's TWO-IN-THE-BUSH-DOT-COM sports gambling house, after they had killed the wife and younger daughter of Nae McBride, Mr. Cheese put in a call to Sickle Moon.

sickle_moon-200111-fk4-neckslice(Foolkiller II#4) - En route from JFK to Los Angeles (presumably LAX), Sickle Moon instructed a big guy loading his baggage not to touch his bag, leading the man to curse him out as their bags looked alike. After the man put his seat back into him, Sickle Moon started hacking and coughing, and the man told him to shut his rattle or he would tape his mouth shut. As they were de-planing, Sickle Moon again told the man not to touch his bag, and the man grabbed his bag and shoved it into chest. As they were getting their luggage from baggage claim, Sickle Moon stabbed the guy in the back/side, telling him he had said not to touch his bag and presumably leaving him to bleed out. Taking a cab, he contacted Mr. Cheese and told him he was there. sickle_moon-200111-fk4-thrownblade

(Foolkiller II#5 (fb) - BTS) - Appreciating that someone was coming for his surviving older daughter, Janie, Nate McBride carried her out of her hospital room and onto the ledge above.

    Sent to kill Nate McBride's older daughter, Janie, Sickle Moon entered the cardiac ward, using his sickle blade to slash the throat of a policeman who tried to stop him. He then encountered four other police officers, suddenly slicing the leg off of one and hurling his blade into the forehead of another who went for his gun. As the two other officers fired at him, he dove to the ground, sliding past them and slicing through their legs with a single sweep of each hand. Leaving the police in shock and agony, he cleaned his glasses and entered Janie's room. Finding her missing and the window open, Sickle Moon laughed to himself, which led to more coughing and hacking.

(Foolkiller II#5) - Sickle Moon conceded that Foolkiller was beginning to prove a nuisance, but he figured that Foolkiller would come back, and he would be waiting.

(Foolkiller II#5 - BTS) - Police inspected the hospital slaughter, and they found one of Sickle Moon's blades.

    Knowing Sickle Moon was all about collecting payment, Foolkiller resolved that if he took out the Cheese, Sickle Moon would stop trying to kill Janie. He thus arranged for Nate to act as bait to draw Sickle Moon away from the Cheese so that he could finish off the Cheese.

(Foolkiller II#5) - Seeing Nate leave the hospital and get in his car, Sickle Moon followed him by taxi. He subsequently followed Nate into an abandoned building, and when Nate pulled his gun from above, Sickle swiftly turned and hurled a blade into his left shoulder.

    Narrowly evading a bullet, Sickle threw another blade through Nate's right hand, pinning it to the wall. Just then, Foolkiller sent Nate a text showing the Cheese's corpse. Sickle shoved the blade in Nate's hand through his head, killing him, but he nonetheless abandoned his mission, noting how he hated travel.

(Foolkiller II#5 - BTS) - Foolkiller brought Nate to the hospital so his heart could be transplanted into her, and he supplied enough cash to pay for the surgery in full.

(Foolkiller II#5) - Returning via plane to JFK, Sickle Man told another passenger not to touch his bag.

(Foolkiller: White Angels#3) - When Foolkiller and the Punisher targeted the White Angels, their leader, Bootleg Jack called Sickle Moon and called him out to Los Angeles for a job. Sickle Moon inquired whether it was the usual fee.

sickle_moon-200111-fkwa4-armloss(Foolkiller: White Angels#4) - As his plane departed for Los Angeles, he was seated next to the large woman Rosalyn Snert, who talked incessantly, knocked over a drink on him, smashed him when she when she got up and noted that she would have to get up every twenty minutes or so.

    After the pilot announced that a headwind would lengthen the flight by another hour, Sickle Moon followed Rosalyn to the bathroom and drowned her in the toilet before returning to his seat undetected. Rosalyn was suspected of having had a heart attack.

    In his hotel, Sickle Moon did two push-ups while hacking and then commented that he hated exercise. When he got the text that the Punisher was his target, he started laughing and hacking.

    After the Punisher had killed Brother Sound and Foolkiller was preparing to freeze him with liquid nitrogen, Sickle Moon looked in through a window. He failed to see Foolkiller in the shadows (although Foolkiller saw him), but he appreciated that the lack of Foolkiller's signature tarot card and/or a posing of the body to indicate that the Punisher had done the killing. Further appreciating that the blood was still wet, Sickle Moon observed the Punisher as he departed across a bridge and nailed him in the back with one of his blades.

    As the Punisher pulled the blade out, Sickle Moon nailed him with two more blades and then approached him. Dodging as the Punisher threw one of his blades back at him, Sickle Moon stabbed his abdomen with another blade but then the Punisher punched him back.

    While the Punisher pulled out that blade and kneeled on the ground, Sickle Moon approached with a blade in each raised arm. The Punisher called him a fool, just before Foolkiller sliced off his left arm with his sword. Clutching his bleeding arm, Sickle Moon fell over the edge of the bridge and into the water below.
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(Foolkiller: White Angels#5) - Returning to New York, Sickle Moon obtained a prosthetic arm. While plotting to get revenge against Foolkiller, he killed his pet cat and used the blood to draw a "fool" symbol on the wall

Comments: Created by Gregg Hurwitz and Lan Medina.

    Sickle Moon is an interesting character. When first seen, it is easy to assume that he is the big guy who loses his patience with the little guy. It's not until Sickle Moon stabs the big guy in the baggage claim that it is clear that Sickle Moon was the little guy.

    Thanks to Loki for suggesting Sickle Moon to cover the Foolkiller spot.

   This profile was completed 09/15/2025, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Sickle Moon should be distinguished from:

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Foolkiller II#4 cover (with suitcases) - symbolic image-------------------------------->sickle_moon-200111-fk4cov
       pg. 20, panel 4 (neck slash);
       pg. 21, panel 3 (slice off leg);
           panel 4 (thrown blade)
Foolkiller II#4: White Angels cover (with blades);
       pg. 18, panel 1 (arm cut off);
    #5, last page, panel 1 (prosthetic arm);
Appearances:
Foolkiller II#3 (February, 2008) - Gregg Hurwitz (writer), Lan Medina (artist), Daniel Ketchum (assistant editor), Axel Alonso (editor)
Foolkiller II#4 (May, 2008) - Gregg Hurwitz (writer), Lan Medina (artist), Daniel Ketchum (assistant editor), Axel Alonso (editor)
Foolkiller II#5 (July, 2008) - Gregg Hurwitz (writer), Lan Medina (artist), Daniel Ketchum (assistant editor), Axel Alonso (editor)
Foolkiller: White Angels#3-4 (November-December, 2008) - Gregg Hurwitz (writer), Paul Azaceta (artist), Daniel Ketchum (assistant editor), Axel Alonso (editor)
Foolkiller: White Angels#5 (January, 2009) - Gregg Hurwitz (writer), Paul Azaceta (artist), Daniel Ketchum (assistant editor), Axel Alonso (editor)

First posted: 09/19/2026
Last updated: 09/15/2025

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