Luna (comics)

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caption = Luna, artist Roy Allen Martinez
publisher = Marvel Comics
debut = "Fantastic Four" #240
(March 1982)
creators = John Byrne (writer & artist)
real_name = Luna Maximoff
species = Mutant/Inhuman
homeworld = Attilan
alliances = Inhuman Royal Family
aliases =
supports = Quicksilver
Inhumans
powers= Empathic senses and psychic healing

Luna Maximoff is a fictional supporting character published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Luna first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #240, and was created by John Byrne.

The character subsequently appeared in "Fantastic Four" #248 (November 1982), "Vision and the Scarlet Witch" #2 (December 1982), "The Incredible Hulk" #279 (January 1983), "Vision and the Scarlet Witch" #4 (February 1983), "The Avengers" #234 (August 1983), "The Thing" #3 (September 1983), "The Avengers Annual" 12 (1983), "Fantastic Four Annual" #18 (1984), "The Avengers" #243 (May 1984), "Dazzler" #32 (June 1984), "The Vision and the Scarlet Witch" #6 (March 1986), #8 (May 1986), #10 (July 1986), "Fantastic Four" #306-307 (September-October 1987), "X-Factor Annual" #2 (1987), "The Inhumans Graphic Novel" (1988), "Fantastic Four Annual" #21 (Annual 1988), "The Avengers" #343 (January 1992), #348 (June 1992), #350-351 (August 1992), #357 (December 1992), #359 (February 1993), #362 (May 1993), #367 (October 1993), #368 (November 1993), "X-Men" #26 (November 1993), "Captain America" #422 (December 1993), "The Avengers" #369 (December 1993), "The Uncanny X-Men" #307 (December 1993), "The Avengers Annual" #22 (1993), "The Avengers" #372 (March 1994), "X-Men" #30 (March 1994), "X-Men: The Wedding Album" #1 (March 1994), "The Avengers" #373 (April 1994), #376 (July 1994), #380 (November 1994), "UltraForce" #10 (July 1995), "Avengers: The Crossing" #1 (September 1995), "The Avengers" #390-393 (September-December 1995), "Iron Man" #322-323 (November-December 1995), #325 (February 1996), "The Avengers" #395 (February 1996), "Excalibur" #113 (October 1997), "Quicksilver" #1-2 (November-December 1997), "The Avengers" #1 (February 1998), "Quicksilver" #4-7 (February-May 1998), #13 (November 1998), "Inhumans" #12 (October 1999), "Fantastic Four" #54 (June 2002), "Son of M" #2-6 (March-July 2006), and "Silent War" #2-3 (April-May 2007), and #5-6 (July-August 2007).

Luna appeared as part of the "Inhumans" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #6.

Fictional character biography

The daughter of Quicksilver and Crystal, she is named after the moon, having been born there. Luna is the first child to be born to a mutant and Inhuman, the genetic markers denoting these subgroups in humanity supposedly "cancelled out" in her, leaving her a normal human. While Quicksilver, aghast at the thought of having a flatscan, human daughter, initially sought to expose her to the Inhumans' mutagenic Terrigen Mists, he was talked out of this by Gorgon and Karnak, impersonating Lockjaw to make their point. ["Thing" #3; September, 1983]

As a normal human and granddaughter of Magneto, Luna was considered an abomination by mutant extremist Exodus, who sought to murder her on several occasions. Luna was protected by the High Evolutionary and his New Men, who suffered multiple casualties in their successful efforts to shield her from harm.

Years later, however, when Luna was six years old, Quicksilver was depowered by the Decimation of mutantkind. Desperate to get his powers back, he exposed himself to the Mists, and subsequently talked Luna into returning to Earth with him, where he exposed her too. Thanks to the Mists, she can now see the feelings of the people she looks at in terms of colours, as a sort of visual empathy. Having trouble dealing with this, she now must wear shades at all times. Seemingly addicted to the Mist, her continued exposure to the mutagen has apparently enhanced her newfound power to the point of being a full fledged empath, able to sense, remove and alter emotions at will. After the events of "Son of M" , Quicksilver returned her to Crystal. Currently, the Inhumans are treating her addiction to the Mists, although it is unknown how her body will react to her addiction and if she will retain her abilities longer than baseline humans.

In the Silent War miniseries, Luna still has her aura-sensing empathic ability, and is seen using it to defeat Karnak in a training session. She is used to track Terrigen Crystals. Maximus used her to remove the mental shackles that were placed on his ability to use his mind control powers and also free the evil eye powers of Ahura. She regrets that this has allowed Maximus to take control of the Inhumans away from Black Bolt, who appears to have lost his sanity. When asking Black Bolt what she should do about Maximus and her role in his ascendance, Black Bolt opens his mouth to answer her.

Powers and abilities

Luna can read and affect the state of nearby beings including their emotional state, intentions, truth telling, mental illness, and whether a person is under the mental control of Maximus. These states are represented to her as various cascading colors that she learns to interpret. She possesses additional healing or mental manipulation abilities, as she has also been able to release beings from mental shackles that prevented them from using their superhuman powers and Magneto had to ask her not to remove his sense of despair at losing his powers.

She may be able to sense energy patterns from far distances as, from the Moon, she could track Terrigen Crystals in various locations on the Earth. However, this ability may be limited to the Terrigen Crystals. She is even able to sense when the crystals are being used and whether they are being used by humans, rather than Inhumans.

Other versions

In the alternature future of "Earth X" Luna has sprouted colorful wings. She is engaged to be married to Ahura, the son of Black Bolt and Medusa. The planned for festivities are interrupted by the Inhumans not understanding what Earth has undergone. ["Earth X" #1-3 (April-June 1999)]

References

External links

* [http://www.marvel.com/universe/Maximoff,_Luna Marvel Universe.com: Luna Maximoff]