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| The startling cover drew me into this one. First-class pencils from Sheldon Moldoff – remarkable use of shade! The whole presentation feels a decade ahead of its time.
Claire Lune (geddit?) is Moon Girl in The Day the Earth Trembled, an action-packed tale where Moon Girl rushes to rescue Earth’s men from the hypno-rays of the Venusian man-traps. (Quite frankly, those gals wouldn’t need to use a hypno-ray to have me in their thrall – a planet full of beautiful women short of men – where do I sign?)
In Moon Girl meets the Buffoon, our dashing heroine exchanges tricks with the master criminal who makes the Riddler seem puzzling whilst in the final story, Plunderers from the Past, frozen warriors from history join with a Nazi pest to procure precious pearls.
I believe Moon Girl was briefly revived in 2010 but there’s a lot of untapped potential there – a warrior queen with hints of lunar links and a counter-culture attitude. Is it time for a re-awakening? |
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| I'm happy to be corrected, but I believe 'Moon Girl' was EC's only superhero and also the only EC title to be featured on CB+.
Exellent work from Gardner Fox and Sheldon Moldoff.
Is this copy actually from the original proofs before colouring? The only shading is the original black inks. Photocopying Color work in B&W would show evidence of shading, I would think.
'Moon girl was published by Max Gaines, who had been the first publisher of Wonder Woman. By 1947, apparently regretting that he had let the amazing amazon go to National Comics, he felt the need to once more produce a myth-inspired super-heroine. ' I saw the connection when I saw Moon Girl's leggings.
And Marvel, as they have done many times before have nicked the name, but for a radically different character.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Girl_%28Marvel_Comics%29
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| Publication | March-April 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Featuring | Moon Girl |
| Credits | Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff | Inks: Sheldon Moldoff |
| Content | Characters: Moon Girl [Claire Lune] |
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| Comic Story | The Day the World Trembled (9 pages) |
| Featuring | Moon Girl |
| Credits | Script: Gardner Fox | Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff | Inks: Sheldon Moldoff |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Moon Girl [Claire Lune] |
| Notes | Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion. |
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| Comic Story | Moon Girl Meets the Buffoon! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Moon Girl and Prince are dumbfounded as to why the Buffoon is stealing Police cars, until they discover that the crafty villain is hiding stolen loot in them! |
| Featuring | Moon Girl |
| Credits | Script: Gardner Fox | Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff | Inks: Sheldon Moldoff |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Moon Girl [Claire Lune]; The Prince [Lionel Manning]; Captain Wallace (poilceman); The Buffoon (villain) |
| Notes | Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion. |
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| Text Story | A Coffin for a Bed (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Gardner Fox | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion. |
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| Comic Story | The Plunderers from the Past (9 pages) |
| Featuring | Moon Girl |
| Credits | Script: Gardner Fox | Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff | Inks: Sheldon Moldoff |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Moon Girl [Claire Lune] |
| Notes | Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion. |
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