Moonstone Appreciation

[jagaruga]

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I asked Ethan Sacks, the writer of Old Man Hawkeye, about it. Here's his response.

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Avengers #237 Nov 1983
"Meltdowns and Mayhem" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man!
Having convinced the Lava Men that their battle was the result of a misunderstanding and having seen
the subterraneans on their way home, the Avengers offer Spider-Man a position as a member-in-training.
Immediately, another emergency threatens, as the four escapees,
Moonstone, Blackout, Electro and the Rhino take over the nuclear research facility.

Blackout erects a wall of ebony force which proves impenetrable, until the Scarlet Witch's hex power destroys it.
Then, while the Avengers and Spider-Man battle the other three villains,

Moonstone sets the reactor core to destruct. Moonstone and Blackout manage to escape.

Spider-Man's scientific knowledge and Captain Marvel's energy powers combine to shut down the reactor just in time.
Back at the mansion, Spider-Man is having second thoughts about his prospective membership
when the government, citing him as a major security risk, forbids the Avengers to enlist him.

Script by Roger Stern. Pencils by Al Milgrom. Inks by Joe Sinnott.

[Kurolegacy]

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I asked Ethan Sacks, the writer of Old Man Hawkeye, about it. Here's his response.

It’s kinda ironic that he considers Karla a former hero when Marvel won’t let her remain even anti-heroic for more than 5 seconds before they just revert her to completely unsympathetically evil.

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Thunderbolts #20 Nov 1998
Decisions, Part 1: Turning Point
It's full-throttle war with the Masters of Evil as the Thunderbolts attack their namesakes in a take-no-prisoners style!



And, in the aftermath, a mysterious cloaked figure appears who will change the T-Bolts' life forever!

Script by Kurt Busiek, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Jon Holdredge.

[Michael Watkins]

It’s kinda ironic that he considers Karla a former hero when Marvel won’t let her remain even anti-heroic for more than 5 seconds before they just revert her to completely unsympathetically evil.

i wouldn't call her evil post-Thunderbolts. but has she ever really been selfless? i'd rather see her being devious than heroic. her skill at manipulation has been missing for a long time. the always let someone out-Moonstone her ex. Daken during Dark Reign and June Covington in the later Dark Avengers story.

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Avengers #238 Dec 1983
"Unlimited Vision!"
Starfox has a new idea to speed up the Vision's recovery! Let ISAAC, the computer that runs Eros' home planet of Titan,
try to repair the Vision's internal systems! Can ISAAC make the Vision as good as new? Or perhaps new and further improved?
Meanwhile, Moonstone and Blackout are still unaccounted for following their escape from Project Pegasus last issue.

However, once the Avengers track the fugitives to Egghead's old hideout,


their days of freedom come to an abrupt and dark end!
Origin on Blackout. Cameo appearances by Jessica Drew and Tigra.
Avengers Lineup: Captain Marvel, Scarlet Witch, She-Hulk, Starfox, Vision, and the Wasp.
NOTE: Blackout and Moonstone return in Dazzler 32.

Script by Roger Stern. Pencils by Al Milgrom. Inks by Joe Sinnott.