*Marvel’s comic book universe is about to get a new superhero as the company introduces Moon Girl, a Black pre-teen genius with an inhuman gene inside her that has yet to be triggered.
According Essence, Moon Girl is also known as Luenella Lafayette, who sports “a cute pompadour afro-ponytail sitting at the top of her head.” The young lady is the lead character in “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” a comic series written Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare.
While noting that the comic was historically called “Devil Dinosaur” and featured a caveman named Moon Boy as its lead character, Essence mentioned that Moon Girl’s creation came from what the Marvel creative team saw as a need to have a character that multiple generations can relate to.
“We wanted to create something that adults and kids could really love, like a Pixar feel. That’s where the tone jumped off for us” assistant editor Emily Shaw told the publication. “The character lives in this world where people don’t really get her…that her brain just works a little differently than all of the other kids her age really resonated with us, and that idea of feeling sort of isolated and on your own during that very early time of life we thought was really compelling, and could really resonate with a lot of readers. That’s what really gave the story its heart at the beginning.”
“Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur” is set to premiere in November.
