Marlene began to fall in love with Marc Spector who used the alias of financier Steven Grant and cab driver Jake Lockley.
[12] When Moon Knight is being called back to Sudan due to a vision of Khonshu, Marlene stated that she would leave Marc if he left.
[14] After she and Eric went their separate ways, Marlene returned to Marc Spector who is now operating as Moon Knight out of his mansion on Long Island.
Sometime later, Moon Knight appeared to Marlene under the alias of Jake Lockley where the two of them became romantically involved that resulted in them having a pink-haired child named Diatrice Alraune.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) miniseries Moon Knight, the character Layla El-Faouly was inspired by Marlene Alraune from the comics.
[19][20] Both characters are the daughters of archaeologists whose fathers are killed by Raoul Bushman, an event that influences Marc Spector's transformation into Moon Knight.
[22] However, series creator and executive producer Jeremy Slater later clarified that Alraune was never part of the show and that El-Faouly was created during the writers' room's first week, initially named "Zayna Faoul.