Here's a slightly-different love story...
She was the princess of a far-off land, come to America after winning an athletic tournament!
She was super-strong, near-invulnerable, and could fly for short distances!
Equipped with exotic weaponry, she battled evil and constantly rescued her non-super powered boyfriend!
And, she wore a red-yellow-blue costume with a revealing top and VERY short blue shorts!
Sounds like
Wonder Woman, doesn't it?
But, it's NOT!
It's
MOON GIRL!
"WTF!!!" you may exclaim! "Who's 'Moon Girl'?"
Read on...
Moon Girl appeared in her own title, originally called
Moon Girl & the Prince (1947),
co-created by writer Bill Woolfolk and illustrator Sheldon Moldoff.
Note: Woolfolk's first wife, Dorothy Woolfolk, was
also a comics writer/editor who worked on, among others,
Wonder Woman,
Lois Lane,
Supergirl, and romance titles at
DC Comics!
As of #2, it became just
Moon Girl as
Prince Mengu disappeared from all but the lead story in each issue.
When #7 came out, it became
Moon Girl Fights Crime, the Prince was gone entirely, and the backups became true-crime tales narrated by
Moon Girl. The lead stories were still
Moon Girl adventures.
Two issues later (#9), the book became a romance title,
A Moon, A Girl, Romance! (The final
Moon Girl story appeared in the back.)
Finally, as of #13, the book shifted gears into science fiction and became
Weird Fantasy!
Curiously, though almost all of
EC Comics' output over the years has been reprinted in both comic
and book form, AFAIK,
Moon Girl has yet to appear, except as a footnote in
Weird Fantasy reprints!
Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
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