Moon Girl

Real Name: Princess Moon Girl

Identity/Class: Human magic user

Occupation: Teacher

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Prince Mengu, Star (Selena Brown), Raku, Zhala

Enemies: Satana, Erica (Queen of Venus), Future Man, Ka-Zhan, the Master Make-Up Man (Kurt Mudd), the Professor, the Cyclops, Jacques, the Buffoon

Known Relatives: Kaidu (ancestor), Princess of the Moon (ancestor), Princess of Moon's unidentified husband (ancestor), Queen Mother (mother), unidentified aunt (deceased), Selena Brown (cousin)

Aliases: Princess of the Moon, Clare Lune

Base of Operations: U.S.A.;
   formerly her kingdom in the mountains of Samarkand

First Appearance: Moon Girl and the Prince#1 (E.C. Comics, Fall 1947)

Powers/Abilities: Superhuman strength. Owns a moonstone which makes her "superior to any man" and invincible in battle. Has a telepathically controlled "moonship" plane.

Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Black

Summary: Raised in a small kingdom in a remote part of Samarkand, the girl know as the Princess of the Moon was taught that she came from a long line of women who had been unbeatable in battle. Unfortunately she wasn't told this until after she had sworn to herself that she would never marry a man unless he was a superior warrior to her. Taking her family heirloom, a moonstone said to make the wearer invincible, she left her home and traveled to America in search of Prince Mengu, a suitor she had liked but easily defeated. Finding him working as a teacher under an assumed name, she created her own false identity, Clare Lune, and found work at the same school. Then he convinced her to join him fighting crime in their real identities.

History:

Comments: Created by Max Gaines, written by Gardner Fox, drawn by Sheldon Moldoff. She debuted in Moon Girl and the Prince#1 with her sidekick Prince Mengu providing the latter half of the comic's title. Mengu was later replaced by a female sidekick, Star. The comic was soon renamed Moon Girl Fights Crime, and then Moon Girl was dropped from the title and it was renamed and turned into a romance comic from #9 on.

Thanks to Jess Nevins for allowing me to use information from his excellent Golden Age Heroes Directory. Thanks also to Richard Boucher & Darrin Wiltshire @ PR-Publications for permission to use information from their equally brilliant collection of Golden Age Sites, PR Publications. Their knowledge of Golden Age characters far outstrips my own.

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CLARIFICATIONS: Moon Girl should not be confused with

First Posted: Circa 14/09/2004
Last updated: 30/05/2023

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