Moondragon | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | As Madam MacEvil Iron Man (vol. 1) #54 (January 1973) As Moondragon Daredevil (vol. 1) #105 (November 1973) |
Created by |
Bill Everett Mike Friedrich George Tuska |
In-story information | |
Full name | Heather Douglas |
Team affiliations |
Infinity Watch Defenders Avengers Guardians of the Galaxy |
Notable aliases | Madame MacEvil, H.D. Steckley |
Abilities | Enormously powerful telepath Low-level telekinetic Master martial artist Highly skilled geneticist and engineer Experienced starship pilot |
Moondragon (Heather Douglas) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A powerful telepath, master martial artist, minor telekinetic, and highly skilled geneticist, Moondragon's most notable characteristics are her shaved head, and achieving excellence in virtually every area of human accomplishment.
Unlike most Marvel characters, who have gained their paranormal abilities through birth or accident, Moondragon has strictly achieved her extraordinary talents through extreme degrees of personal regimen. She is openly bisexual, and has been romantically attracted to Daredevil, Thor, Cloud, Quasar, Marlo Chandler, and Phyla-Vell.
Moondragon first appeared in Iron Man (vol. 1) #54 (January 1973). The issue was scripted by Bill Everett (creator of the Sub-Mariner) and Mike Friedrich and drawn by Everett and George Tuska.
She is somewhat infamous for mentally enslaving Thor to be her lover, along with unwillingly committing patricide, in a storyline scripted by Jim Shooter.
Heather Douglas was born in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Arthur and Yvette Steckley Douglas. When Heather was still a girl, her father was driving her and her mother through the desert when they accidentally happened to see the spaceship of Thanos land; the space villain did not want any witnesses, so he destroyed their car. Heather was thrown clear and survived, but her parents were killed. (She would later discover that her father's soul was bound into a new body, becoming Drax the Destroyer.) She was found by Thanos' father, Mentor, who took her to his home world, Titan, to be raised by the monks of Shao-Lom.