Montclare & Reeder Explain How "Moon Girl" Became The Smartest Person in the Marvel U

[CBR News]

Amy Reeder & Brandon Montclare explain the importance of "Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur's" new revelation.


Full article here.

[Seren]

That's awesome!

I've really been enjoying Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Glad Lunella will be sticking around!

[Lonecow]

I guess she kind of has to be for her story to work. But damn there are so many geniuses in the Marvel Universe already. I feel like some of them need to have their intelligence reduced, especially Peter Parker. I'm fine with him really smart, or smart enough to make web shooters in high school, but him on the same level as Tony Stark just kind of breaks his character a lot for me. Clever smart not super genius.

[Awsyme]

Only slight quibble I have with the idea is it feels very... informed rather than shown.

If a writer turns around and goes 'My character is smarter than Richards/Doom' my gut reaction is 'um... how?' You can have a scene where they do a mary/marty sue and explain something complicated to the established character but generally that doesn't feel particularly organic.

[SoupStainedTie]

I've only read the first TPB of this series, but am I the only one that found it rather underwhelming?

[xpyred]

"Smartest person in the marvel universe." A TIRED moniker handed to practically everyone in the marvel universe.

[Lucena Soares]

Only slight quibble I have with the idea is it feels very... informed rather than shown.

If a writer turns around and goes 'My character is smarter than Richards/Doom' my gut reaction is 'um... how?' You can have a scene where they do a mary/marty sue and explain something complicated to the established character but generally that doesn't feel particularly organic.

Well, the next arc is just to show instead of tell it. It just will take 6 issues instead of 15+ years.

I've only read the first TPB of this series, but am I the only one that found it rather underwhelming?

I didn't find it underwhelming. Sure, it's a light read since it's a all-ages book, but it's also a lot of fun with a character that i can relate to and a FREAKING RED DINO! I Love it!

[somacula]

Moon Girl the smartest?

[Namor'sWrath]

I'm just not buying this.

[solletaire]

I've only read the first TPB of this series, but am I the only one that found it rather underwhelming?

I mean it's a good book (worth picking up) and a fun read, but it's not any better than the rest of the books Marvel is putting out. Nothing outstanding or special about it, imo...

[Solid Snake]

Shouldn't there be a some kind of advertorial notification in these type of contents? I mean, it is a plain promotion. I don't know how this works in U.S. though, if they have obligation on this.

[Cthulhudrew]

"Smartest person in the marvel universe." A TIRED moniker handed to practically everyone in the marvel universe.

True enough. As others have noted, it's especially odd when its a brand new character (and only nine years old?) with no real history to back it up. It comes across very much as just a pointless case of one-upmanship.

[solletaire]

True enough. As others have noted, it's especially odd when its a brand new character (and only nine years old?) with no real history to back it up. It comes across very much as just a pointless case of one-upmanship.

I honestly can't tell if it adds value to the character and/or the story, or if it's just a good marketing strategy to make Lunella more popular and grab a few headlines for Marvel in the process...

[Darthkostis]

I honestly can't tell if it adds value to the character and/or the story, or if it's just a good marketing strategy to make Lunella more popular and grab a few headlines for Marvel in the process...

[Kurolegacy]

"Smartest person in the marvel universe." A TIRED moniker handed to practically everyone in the marvel universe.

I agree. Why isn't it enough that the character is smart or a genius? Why do they have to be the genius? Thanks to this kind of stretch coming up so much, saying someone is the smartest person in the Marvel Universe has honestly lost all meaning.