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| The shortshorts, the leggings and the 'Big W' on the cover - by Johnny Craig - make the Wonder Woman' connection quite obvious! Was Craig ' having a lend' here? This cover is the only place where that costume appears, as far as I can tell. |
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| Oh wow – I think I’m in love (again). Looking her up on the net, it seems Moon Girl only lasted a few issues which is sad – there’s so much back story that could be developed here. I think my new Moon Girl adventures though will dispense with boring Prince (another rip-off of Steve Trevor in WW)
As Panther says, the Wonder Woman rip-off cover is striking. I’ve just belatedly seen the WW movie by the way – not bad but not overly impressed. I guess I would give it 7 out of 10 – anyone else have a view?
Battle of the Congo was my favourite – always been a sucker for jungle maidens, mystery kingdoms and such like. I’m suddenly a big fan of Moldoff’s pencils. Future Man looks remarkably like me – especially the ears sadly - and clearly shares my views on Moon Girl’s potential. The Rustlers showed Moon Girl is more than a one-trick pony and in Most Daring Man, we learn Claire Lune’s a crossdressing history teacher of exceptional features who clearly has an affinity with toys of masculinity. What a gal! |
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| Publication | Winter 1947-1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | The Battle of the Congo |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Moon Girl [Claire Lune] |
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| Comic Story | The Battle of the Congo (12 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| 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 | Future Man (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Moon Girl [Claire Lune]; Future Man (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion. |
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| Text Story | The Toothpick Trail (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Featuring | Big Shot |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Big Shot |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-7-8. |
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| Comic Story | The Rustlers of Ransom Gap! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Clare and Lionel are on their way to Ransom Gap, which has invited Clare to be Queen of the Harvest Festival. However, she gets embroiled in a cattle rustling caper, discovering the town's Mayor to be behind the scheme. |
| Credits | Colors:? (see notes) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero; Western-frontier | Characters: Moon Girl [Claire Lune]; Lionel Manning; Mayor Haskins (villain) |
| Notes | Script and art credits per Tales of Terror: The EC Companion, The Woman Who Loved Life and Other Stories, by Thommy Burns (Fantagraphics Publications, 2019) and Bill Black.
This was Johnny Craig's first published EC story.
Lurid Little Nightmare Makers (Boardman Books, 2014) #5 incorrectly credits Shelly Moldoff on art.
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when this issue was colored (Cassell 2012, 33-34 and 171).
Lettering credits added by Craig Delich.
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Reference:
Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing. |
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| Comic Story | The Most Daring Man in the World! (12 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Moon Girl [Claire Lune] |
| Notes | Writer's credit from Woolfolk's records, transcribed by Martin O'Hearn, indicate that he was paid for 4 of the 12 pages.
Gardner Fox script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion. |
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