Moon Girl is a fictional character published by EC Comics

EC Comics

Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books specializing in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series...

. Created by Max Gaines

Max Gaines

Maxwell Charles Gaines was a pioneering figure in the creation of the modern comic book. Born Maxwell Ginsburg or Maxwell Ginzberg, he was also known as Max Gaines, M.C...

, Gardner Fox

Gardner Fox

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 and Sheldon Moldoff

Sheldon Moldoff

Sheldon "Shelly" Moldoff is an American comic book artist best known his early work on the DC Comics characters Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and as one of Bob Kane's primary "ghost artists" on the superhero Batman. He co-created the Batman supervillains Poison Ivy, Mr...

. Moon Girl is a character from the Golden Age of Comic Books

Golden Age of Comic Books

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 and has since slipped into the public domain

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.

Publication history

The original EC

EC Comics

Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books specializing in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series...

 Moon Girl title went through a number of name changes (and a final genre change) as explained by Mark James Estren in his A History of Underground Comics:
The Moon Girl story is one of two credited with starting the trend in horror comics at EC.

Moon Girl would only appear in the first issue of A Moon, a Girl... Romance and the title itself would only last three more issues before it became a science fiction comic, Weird Fantasy

Weird Fantasy

Weird Fantasy is a science fiction anthology comic that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s. The companion comic for Weird Fantasy was Weird Science...

#13.

In 2010, Moon Girl was rebooted as a comiXology

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 title by Tony Trov

Tony Trov

Tony Trov is an American writer, film maker, musician and artist best known for the serialized comic Moon Girl.-Early life:Tony Trov is a native of Philadelphia PA and graduated from Girard Academic Music Program in 2001...

, Johnny Zito

Johnny Zito

Johnny Zito is a writer, film maker and artist best known for his serialized comic Moon Girl.-Early life:Johnny Zito is a native of Philadelphia PA and graduated from Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in 2000...

 and Rahzzah. This new story was then published in printed form as a five-part comic book series by Red 5 Comics

Red 5 Comics

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 starting in May of 2011.

Fictional character biography

Claire Lune is a foreign princess living in America

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. She fights crime under the name Moon Girl while a moon rock grants her powers beyond those of regular humans.

Issues

EC Comics

EC Comics

Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books specializing in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series...

:

• Moon Girl and the Prince (1947) #1 (continued as Moon Girl #2)
• Moon Girl (1947–1949) #2-6 (continued as Moon Girl Fights Crime! #7)
• Moon Girl Fights Crime! (1949) #7-8 (continued as A Moon, a Girl...Romance #9)
• A Moon, a Girl...Romance (1949-1950) #9-12 (Moon Girl only appears in "I Was A Heart Pirate" in issue #9, continued as Weird Fantasy
  Weird Fantasy
  Weird Fantasy is a science fiction anthology comic that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s. The companion comic for Weird Fantasy was Weird Science...
  
  #13)

South Fellini

South Fellini

South Fellini is an American intellectual property studio established by Tony Trov and Johnny Zito in 2010.-History:Starting in the comic book industry with DC Entertainment's Zuda Comics, South Fellini has also developed series for Comixology, Ford Automotive and Red 5 Comics, High Treason...

 though comiXology:

• Moon Girl (2010)

Red 5 Comics

Red 5 Comics

Red 5 is an independent comic book publisher, known for producing a combination of creator-owned and internally developed titles, including their best known title, Atomic Robo...

:

• Moon Girl five issue mini series (2011)

External links

• Moon Girl at Comic Vine
• Moon Girl review, PopMatters
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