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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 2: Cosmic Cooties
THE TERRIGEN CLOUD FINALLY FINDS LUNELLA LAFAYETTE!
But her transformation isn't what you might expect! Plus, poor Lunella's been so busy worrying about the Terrigen Cloud turning her Inhuman, she's totally unprepared for...Cosmic Cooties?! Because when a new boy moves to town from far, far away, he's oddly interested in her. Meanwhile, the most wanted T-Rex in NYC is running out of places to lie low--a problem that won't get any easier when our darling duo undergo a body swap! It's a big change-up that will see Luna spending a freaky Friday (or whatever day it happens to be) as Devil Dinosaur, and vice versa! Will Luna evade capture? Will DD scrape a passing grade? And who exactly is Moon Girl's new 9-year-old archnemesis, Kid Kree? Lunella's got a huge future in the Marvel Universe, if only she can survive the present!
COLLECTING: MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR 7-12
But her transformation isn't what you might expect! Plus, poor Lunella's been so busy worrying about the Terrigen Cloud turning her Inhuman, she's totally unprepared for...Cosmic Cooties?! Because when a new boy moves to town from far, far away, he's oddly interested in her. Meanwhile, the most wanted T-Rex in NYC is running out of places to lie low--a problem that won't get any easier when our darling duo undergo a body swap! It's a big change-up that will see Luna spending a freaky Friday (or whatever day it happens to be) as Devil Dinosaur, and vice versa! Will Luna evade capture? Will DD scrape a passing grade? And who exactly is Moon Girl's new 9-year-old archnemesis, Kid Kree? Lunella's got a huge future in the Marvel Universe, if only she can survive the present!
COLLECTING: MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR 7-12
136 pages, Paperback
First published December 28, 2016
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February 6, 2017
This waned a little which is sad because the last one kept me entertained the entire time. However, Lunella kicked ass even more in this one than the last!
Best quote "There's no us, Marvin. There's me and there's also you. But you just take away from me."
Lunella's books are all about self-acceptance which is interesting seeing as she's still suffering the effects of the terrigen mists and considers her Inhuman DNA a curse. She loves her mind and she knows she's brilliant. This book is all about her just trying to get others to believe in her. It's really touching.
She has a mind melding thing with Devil D and that's interesting. I don't quite see how it's beneficial but the ending kind of suggests how it might be later.
This book doesn't have a lot of superhero-ing in it and maybe that's because she's 9? I don't know. They bring Kamala into this one but she also has kind of the same idea as Totally Awesome Hulk which is to tel her she should be happy she's different and embrace it. It's weird because Kamala also had worries and fears when she was first transformed but at least she's a little less condescending towards Lunella. She embarrasses herself in from of Kamala and it was almost painful to see how much that hurt her. It's interesting considering she looks up to the Avengers the same way Kamala did and now Kamala is one of those Avengers! That was lovely to see!
Marvin/Mer-vell, a Kree boy is introduced in this book. He wants to prove himself to his military parents and arrest an Inhuman. This makes no sense to me because it's not fair to hold the non-royal, new Inhumans accountable for the actions of others. Anyway, he decides to go after the least threatening Inhuman: Lunella, which also makes no sense to me. She just became a hero and she's the least threatening? Yeah, right.
Anyway, he disguises himself as Marvin and joins her science class. They hate each other instantly. He attacks her as Kid Kree and they kind of wreak havoc on the city. He eventually comes around to working with her. Honestly, his change of heart seemed to come out of nowhere.
This book included a quote from Hidden Figure's Katherine Johnson and I adored that! It was a quote about how she loved math because there was a right and wrong answer. It's logical.
It was perfectly suited for that issue which was all about Marvin/Mel-varr suddenly thinking he's in love with her. I mean that came out of nowhere to me. Then he's all "I'm turning my back on my family because I love her" and I'm like "Dude, hold up." I got so much joy out of Lunella's reaction because I was so sure this would be a case of pigtail pulling and she gives in in the end. Nope. Not Lunella. He tells her he's in love with her and she's like "I don't have time for this. I have a lego competition to win." She even talks about agreeing with Spock about emotions being overrated. I love her!
Anyway, I will definitely pick up the next volume! I wish I had young relatives to recommend this to!
Best quote "There's no us, Marvin. There's me and there's also you. But you just take away from me."
Lunella's books are all about self-acceptance which is interesting seeing as she's still suffering the effects of the terrigen mists and considers her Inhuman DNA a curse. She loves her mind and she knows she's brilliant. This book is all about her just trying to get others to believe in her. It's really touching.
She has a mind melding thing with Devil D and that's interesting. I don't quite see how it's beneficial but the ending kind of suggests how it might be later.
This book doesn't have a lot of superhero-ing in it and maybe that's because she's 9? I don't know. They bring Kamala into this one but she also has kind of the same idea as Totally Awesome Hulk which is to tel her she should be happy she's different and embrace it. It's weird because Kamala also had worries and fears when she was first transformed but at least she's a little less condescending towards Lunella. She embarrasses herself in from of Kamala and it was almost painful to see how much that hurt her. It's interesting considering she looks up to the Avengers the same way Kamala did and now Kamala is one of those Avengers! That was lovely to see!
Marvin/Mer-vell, a Kree boy is introduced in this book. He wants to prove himself to his military parents and arrest an Inhuman. This makes no sense to me because it's not fair to hold the non-royal, new Inhumans accountable for the actions of others. Anyway, he decides to go after the least threatening Inhuman: Lunella, which also makes no sense to me. She just became a hero and she's the least threatening? Yeah, right.
Anyway, he disguises himself as Marvin and joins her science class. They hate each other instantly. He attacks her as Kid Kree and they kind of wreak havoc on the city. He eventually comes around to working with her. Honestly, his change of heart seemed to come out of nowhere.
This book included a quote from Hidden Figure's Katherine Johnson and I adored that! It was a quote about how she loved math because there was a right and wrong answer. It's logical.
It was perfectly suited for that issue which was all about Marvin/Mel-varr suddenly thinking he's in love with her. I mean that came out of nowhere to me. Then he's all "I'm turning my back on my family because I love her" and I'm like "Dude, hold up." I got so much joy out of Lunella's reaction because I was so sure this would be a case of pigtail pulling and she gives in in the end. Nope. Not Lunella. He tells her he's in love with her and she's like "I don't have time for this. I have a lego competition to win." She even talks about agreeing with Spock about emotions being overrated. I love her!
Anyway, I will definitely pick up the next volume! I wish I had young relatives to recommend this to!
June 22, 2017
Really geared only to younger readers than all-ages. The themes are repetitive and are about teaching acceptance. The characterizations are not always consistent and characters don't always behave logically so that the story can go the way the writer is trying to force it to.
Lunella gets a new classmate who's a Kree in disguise. He's here to kidnap her but at the same time is trying to befriend her in school even though he knows who she is. It doesn't make a lot of sense. Lunella discovers her inhuman power which is to switch minds with Devil Dinosaur and she can't control it. By the end of this book it was already getting old and repetitive. The story worked best when Ms Marvel guested. I really liked the relationship between her and Lunella and would like to see that further explored.
Lunella gets a new classmate who's a Kree in disguise. He's here to kidnap her but at the same time is trying to befriend her in school even though he knows who she is. It doesn't make a lot of sense. Lunella discovers her inhuman power which is to switch minds with Devil Dinosaur and she can't control it. By the end of this book it was already getting old and repetitive. The story worked best when Ms Marvel guested. I really liked the relationship between her and Lunella and would like to see that further explored.
January 1, 2018
Accepting who you are is hard for anyone, but making friends, even non-human ones, can help.
February 1, 2017
I was enjoying it well enough for the first half, but by the second, I just adored it. Long live Lunella Lafayette!
November 23, 2017
I found this one a little less enchanting than volume one. Now, don't get me wrong, I think part of that is how I feel about Marvel, and has less to due with Moon Girl.
I think it is great that Marvel is showcasing characters like Moon Girl and Ms Marvel. Not only are they minority characters but they are non-trophe female characters. To me this was always the charm of Firestar (and to a lesser degree Scarlet Witch), and yet, I had to watch Marvel writers constantly screw over Firestar and finally paint her simply as the girlfriend and that pissed me off. (Seriously, her home life is too normal Mr Marvel Writer Fabien? She had a father figure die in her arms, and almost lost her real father the same way. Hey, and what about her mother? Shit poor writing, dude. You just like the male characters better. You never could write women and you screwed your female characters over). Marvel still wastes her. So I guess, I am a little jealous on her behalf.
So there is that. Which is why I was a little resentful of Ms Marvel here because that is the way the women in New Warriors should have been. Really, should have been.
But I love this series because of Lunella who has two loving parents and value her own intelligence, who doesn't care when a guy says he loves her because she is fourth grade. That is so important today. So important. So give Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur to all the women and girls in your life. Because this series is actually right.
I think it is great that Marvel is showcasing characters like Moon Girl and Ms Marvel. Not only are they minority characters but they are non-trophe female characters. To me this was always the charm of Firestar (and to a lesser degree Scarlet Witch), and yet, I had to watch Marvel writers constantly screw over Firestar and finally paint her simply as the girlfriend and that pissed me off. (Seriously, her home life is too normal Mr Marvel Writer Fabien? She had a father figure die in her arms, and almost lost her real father the same way. Hey, and what about her mother? Shit poor writing, dude. You just like the male characters better. You never could write women and you screwed your female characters over). Marvel still wastes her. So I guess, I am a little jealous on her behalf.
So there is that. Which is why I was a little resentful of Ms Marvel here because that is the way the women in New Warriors should have been. Really, should have been.
But I love this series because of Lunella who has two loving parents and value her own intelligence, who doesn't care when a guy says he loves her because she is fourth grade. That is so important today. So important. So give Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur to all the women and girls in your life. Because this series is actually right.
February 5, 2017
Dragged down a bit by poor Lunella's Inhuman ability, although I suppose it makes a certain dramatic sense in being just about the last thing she could possibly want as a special ability. Still, I really like reading her adventures.
June 27, 2017
Volume two wasn't as good as volume one. I don't remember Lunella being so crabby and mean in the first one. I did like her newly discovered inhuman power, and it was fun to have Ms. Marvel and the Hulk in the story.
June 12, 2018
Okay, well we find out what changes the Terrigen cloud wrought. Poor Lunella! This development is … kind of annoying, actually. I grit my teeth every time it happens, a sign of how much I’m getting into the characters, I suppose.
Also, there's a new boy in class. And he seems to have a thing for Lunella …
This book is still cute. It's kind of nice to see Ms. Marvel playing the grownup for a change. Still wouldn't say it's the greatest thing I’ve ever read, but it is kind of fun. Worth reading at least once anyway ...
Also, there's a new boy in class. And he seems to have a thing for Lunella …
This book is still cute. It's kind of nice to see Ms. Marvel playing the grownup for a change. Still wouldn't say it's the greatest thing I’ve ever read, but it is kind of fun. Worth reading at least once anyway ...
September 29, 2021
If anything, this volume was even worse than the previous one. In Chapter 8, Lunella's Inhuman powers emerge. At first I thought that they were causing a black child to act as a savage--very distasteful, but we soon learn that her mind and Devil Dinosaur's keep switching places. It happens three times in the chapter. Then the authors seem to forget about it until Chapter 11 despite a comparatively long passage of time during which Moon Girl (now embracing the nickname as a superhero name rather than an insult) battles a Kree boy trying to prove himself by capturing the weakest Inhuman only to fall in love with her, hence the title, "Cosmic Cooties" because Lunella, like most fourth graders, has no interest in romance.
So for two chapters, during which quite a bit happens, including developing plans for a Lego (product placement) engineering competition that Lunella believes is her ticket to a better school, and rescuing a Q train because Kid Kree took a chunk out of the Manhattan Bridge in his attempt to capture her, and a meeting with Ms. Marvel that goes off without a hitch, her switching of minds with Devil Dinosaur doesn't even rate a mention, even though a reader reading in a trade paperback in quick succession is expecting the change to continue to happen at the rate it has previously. It's only on a subsequent meeting with Ms. Marvel that the switch is made again, which leads to Kamala taking her to Bellevue Hospital and recording a voice mail for her that will presumably come in handy after Devil Dinosaur attempts to eat the Avengers communicator that Ms. Marvel gave her.
In the climax, she puts her Devil Dinosaur-controlled body into the cockpit of a life-sized robot triceratops she has made out of Legos. This is my Silver Age Lex Luthor complaint again. Even if the body is hollow, which it doesn't appear to be, how did a kid who is presented as living in a tiny apartment on the Lower East Side (where the rents are still astronomical) have access to enough Legos to do that? I remember a number of years ago seeing a Lego Harry Potter Diagon Alley playset that was $80, and it didn't even seem that large. She certainly isn't presented as a thief, but seems to have all these materials at her disposal in the tunnels under Essex Street that they were trying to turn into a commercial tourist attraction where they wanted a big cover charge to climb one of those rock walls a few years ago (in real life). I got on the train to go to work at Essex Street probably right around the time these were initially published or a little after. "It's a comic book," or "it has a mutant (actually mentioned this volume) red dinosaur in present day" don't cut it--Lex Luthor was made a billionaire industrialist thirty years ago because the character as he appeared in the 1950s and 1960s just wasn't credible, and Tony Stark was a billionaire industrialist from the moment he was introduced (1963). Peter Parker was presented as a science whiz, but his lack of resources was such an essential part of his character for so long, that we assume that the materials he used to make his web fluid an shooters was inexpensive, whereas readers, especially young readers, are likely to know how much Legos cost.
In the end, Amadeus Cho (the Totally Awesome Hulk) comes back and gives Lunella a test developed by Bruce Banner (who is apparently now deceased) that even he couldn't even solve, which she does almost immediately, and declares her the smartest person who ever lived, leading to the title of the next volume, "The Smartest There Is," a riff on Wolverine's famous "The Best There Is" motto. While Lunella is building a criticism of superhero violence, it still seems that everything we're presented with here, which is entirely from Lunella's point of view, doesn't add up to her being more than just a very bright little girl. While I found this extremely relatable--I was in the gifted and talented program and scored in the 98th percentile on my cognitive skills test (which had four components" sequences, analogies, memory (my rival, Troy Van Voorhis, who is now a chemistry professor at MIT, insisted it was of short-term memory, but short-term memory is defined as about how long it takes to hold a phone number in your head long enough to use it without looking at it again, whereas the words for the memory section were given before the first two sections of the test), and verbal reasoning), but being only average at math, no issue for Lunella, kept me from advancing through school as quickly as I should have--by keeping almost the entirety of the story from Lunella's point of view, this starts to take on the dreaded "Mary Sue" characterization of a put-upon character with few, if any, weaknesses of character.
Again, this is a three-star review. I'm not saying that it's ineffective. I definitely get a strong sense of Lunella and how she thinks to some degree, although how she thinks in terms of her engineering abilities is as mysterious as how Doctor Strange performs magic, probably because if they had an actual engineer writing it, it would be boring to most people. This certainly isn't boring, it just has enormous holes that seem way too convenient, like the seeming forgetting for two issues/chapters about how frequently the change was occurring, only for it to chime in right when the plot needed it to happen. I think it must be the art that makes this book so well-received because the writing is continuing to read hollow. As writers, one of our cardinal rules is "show, not tell," and even in the visual medium of comic books, the writers are telling us more than they are showing us. The visuals are showing us a lot of things, but more related to plot than characterization, and when your plot has too many conveniences, that's a problem.
Each issue begins with a quote from a famous scientist scientist to increase the brains perception in the reader, including African-Americans (including Mae Jemison and Neil de Grasse Tyson) as often as possible. I was particularly struck by a quote from George Washington Carver, "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." Well maybe, and I definitely don't think it applies to artists with no materials resources trying to achieve success in their field. If you can do something as ostentatious as build a life-size robot triceratops out of Legos leaving readers scratching their heads as to how you even afforded so many Legos.
So for two chapters, during which quite a bit happens, including developing plans for a Lego (product placement) engineering competition that Lunella believes is her ticket to a better school, and rescuing a Q train because Kid Kree took a chunk out of the Manhattan Bridge in his attempt to capture her, and a meeting with Ms. Marvel that goes off without a hitch, her switching of minds with Devil Dinosaur doesn't even rate a mention, even though a reader reading in a trade paperback in quick succession is expecting the change to continue to happen at the rate it has previously. It's only on a subsequent meeting with Ms. Marvel that the switch is made again, which leads to Kamala taking her to Bellevue Hospital and recording a voice mail for her that will presumably come in handy after Devil Dinosaur attempts to eat the Avengers communicator that Ms. Marvel gave her.
In the climax, she puts her Devil Dinosaur-controlled body into the cockpit of a life-sized robot triceratops she has made out of Legos. This is my Silver Age Lex Luthor complaint again. Even if the body is hollow, which it doesn't appear to be, how did a kid who is presented as living in a tiny apartment on the Lower East Side (where the rents are still astronomical) have access to enough Legos to do that? I remember a number of years ago seeing a Lego Harry Potter Diagon Alley playset that was $80, and it didn't even seem that large. She certainly isn't presented as a thief, but seems to have all these materials at her disposal in the tunnels under Essex Street that they were trying to turn into a commercial tourist attraction where they wanted a big cover charge to climb one of those rock walls a few years ago (in real life). I got on the train to go to work at Essex Street probably right around the time these were initially published or a little after. "It's a comic book," or "it has a mutant (actually mentioned this volume) red dinosaur in present day" don't cut it--Lex Luthor was made a billionaire industrialist thirty years ago because the character as he appeared in the 1950s and 1960s just wasn't credible, and Tony Stark was a billionaire industrialist from the moment he was introduced (1963). Peter Parker was presented as a science whiz, but his lack of resources was such an essential part of his character for so long, that we assume that the materials he used to make his web fluid an shooters was inexpensive, whereas readers, especially young readers, are likely to know how much Legos cost.
In the end, Amadeus Cho (the Totally Awesome Hulk) comes back and gives Lunella a test developed by Bruce Banner (who is apparently now deceased) that even he couldn't even solve, which she does almost immediately, and declares her the smartest person who ever lived, leading to the title of the next volume, "The Smartest There Is," a riff on Wolverine's famous "The Best There Is" motto. While Lunella is building a criticism of superhero violence, it still seems that everything we're presented with here, which is entirely from Lunella's point of view, doesn't add up to her being more than just a very bright little girl. While I found this extremely relatable--I was in the gifted and talented program and scored in the 98th percentile on my cognitive skills test (which had four components" sequences, analogies, memory (my rival, Troy Van Voorhis, who is now a chemistry professor at MIT, insisted it was of short-term memory, but short-term memory is defined as about how long it takes to hold a phone number in your head long enough to use it without looking at it again, whereas the words for the memory section were given before the first two sections of the test), and verbal reasoning), but being only average at math, no issue for Lunella, kept me from advancing through school as quickly as I should have--by keeping almost the entirety of the story from Lunella's point of view, this starts to take on the dreaded "Mary Sue" characterization of a put-upon character with few, if any, weaknesses of character.
Again, this is a three-star review. I'm not saying that it's ineffective. I definitely get a strong sense of Lunella and how she thinks to some degree, although how she thinks in terms of her engineering abilities is as mysterious as how Doctor Strange performs magic, probably because if they had an actual engineer writing it, it would be boring to most people. This certainly isn't boring, it just has enormous holes that seem way too convenient, like the seeming forgetting for two issues/chapters about how frequently the change was occurring, only for it to chime in right when the plot needed it to happen. I think it must be the art that makes this book so well-received because the writing is continuing to read hollow. As writers, one of our cardinal rules is "show, not tell," and even in the visual medium of comic books, the writers are telling us more than they are showing us. The visuals are showing us a lot of things, but more related to plot than characterization, and when your plot has too many conveniences, that's a problem.
Each issue begins with a quote from a famous scientist scientist to increase the brains perception in the reader, including African-Americans (including Mae Jemison and Neil de Grasse Tyson) as often as possible. I was particularly struck by a quote from George Washington Carver, "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." Well maybe, and I definitely don't think it applies to artists with no materials resources trying to achieve success in their field. If you can do something as ostentatious as build a life-size robot triceratops out of Legos leaving readers scratching their heads as to how you even afforded so many Legos.
May 26, 2019
The Terrigen Cloud found Lunella at the end of Volume 1 but the super power it triggered is nothing like she expected!
As she struggles with her new power, she's also up against Kid Kree, a new enemy from Kree Territory who is determined to bring Lunella back to his planet to stand trial for being an Inhuman defector.
Ms. Marvel shows up to talk with Moon Girl and Kid Kree when their argument potentially puts citizens at risk. Ms. Marvel gives Moon Girl a message about accepting herself but Moon Girl is more concerned that she's made herself look silly in front of her hero.
When Kid Kree's father -a high ranking Kree officer- appears to collect his son and Moon Girl, a startling secret is revealed by Kid Kree but Moon Girl takes matters into her own hands to battle her enemies.
I've read both Volumes 1 and 2 with my five-year-old daughter and we love following the adventures of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur! Girl power, acceptance, guest appearances, and some laugh-out-loud moments make it a great graphic novel for readers of all ages.
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As she struggles with her new power, she's also up against Kid Kree, a new enemy from Kree Territory who is determined to bring Lunella back to his planet to stand trial for being an Inhuman defector.
Ms. Marvel shows up to talk with Moon Girl and Kid Kree when their argument potentially puts citizens at risk. Ms. Marvel gives Moon Girl a message about accepting herself but Moon Girl is more concerned that she's made herself look silly in front of her hero.
When Kid Kree's father -a high ranking Kree officer- appears to collect his son and Moon Girl, a startling secret is revealed by Kid Kree but Moon Girl takes matters into her own hands to battle her enemies.
I've read both Volumes 1 and 2 with my five-year-old daughter and we love following the adventures of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur! Girl power, acceptance, guest appearances, and some laugh-out-loud moments make it a great graphic novel for readers of all ages.
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May 17, 2017
Meh. I think I'm done with the series. I loved the Ms. Marvel cameo, but the storyline was disjointed. The switching bodies trope was used too often for too little reason, and the pretexts that keep Luna in a "boring" public school are becoming more and more implausible. I did love the sass Ms. Marvel got from a human doctor about Inhumans and teen superheroes. And the plot itself was ok.
But the real kicker in this was the *constant* trademark symbol for *every* freaking mention of Lego. Must be part of a sponsorship deal, but ho boy is it annoying and completely out of place. Why don't we just garner sponsorship from McDonalds while we're at it and have her eat a Happy Meal? Why don't we plaster logos on her superhero outfit like NASCAR? Why don't we just sell out completely, eh? I understand pushing STEM these days, I understand Lego helps promote that to an extent, but come on.
But the real kicker in this was the *constant* trademark symbol for *every* freaking mention of Lego. Must be part of a sponsorship deal, but ho boy is it annoying and completely out of place. Why don't we just garner sponsorship from McDonalds while we're at it and have her eat a Happy Meal? Why don't we plaster logos on her superhero outfit like NASCAR? Why don't we just sell out completely, eh? I understand pushing STEM these days, I understand Lego helps promote that to an extent, but come on.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 23, 2017
This is more for that Middle grade age. I have to ask, is being smart considered a super power? I think it's great that Lunella is so smart and isn't that a human thing. I guess her power is the whole Devil Dinosaur thing.
I thought the Kid Kree business felt forced. There is a lot of fun in these pages, so it was a good read. I like the quirkiness of the comic. After reading other graphic novels, I am feeling Marvel and DC are rather 2 dimensional much of the time.
I will continue on with this and it might be a while. The art is hyper colorful - I love it. It jumps off the page with action.
I thought the Kid Kree business felt forced. There is a lot of fun in these pages, so it was a good read. I like the quirkiness of the comic. After reading other graphic novels, I am feeling Marvel and DC are rather 2 dimensional much of the time.
I will continue on with this and it might be a while. The art is hyper colorful - I love it. It jumps off the page with action.
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June 19, 2022lunella is so sassy. could be a lil nicer to devil dinosaur though, he is too cute for the angst.
November 25, 2017
Siguen las aventuras de esta peculiar heroína y su dinosaurio. Me ha gustado menos que la primera parte, pero sigue siendo interesante y mi hija de 10 años -su público objetivo- la ha disfrutado como una loca. Se lo leyó de una sentada.
March 24, 2017
Oh my god this is the cutest comic you guys.
I'm not the biggest fan of comics lately, particularly Marvel, as they all seem to be like "CIVIL WAR II" and I'm like, no one wanted Civil War I, why is there Civil War II, not even Ms. Marvel can make me care about that bullshit. But this adorable little book, much like my other favorites Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl, has zero Civil War and 100% amazingness.
Our heroine, Lunella Lafayette, is the cutest nine-year-old you'll ever meet, and definitely the smartest. She's underchallenged and bored in school (boy, do I know that feel) and trying very hard to neutralize her latent Inhuman gene before she changes-- into what, she doesn't know. Moon Girl is something her classmates call her, because she spends so much time in her own head. Her life is about to get complicated, however, when a Kree Omni-Wave Projector falls into her hands and... well... summons a T-rex and a bunch of prehistoric monkey folk who want to kill her.
The T-rex adores her, though.
It's very much a girl and her T-rex story with occasional bursts of superheroing, with bonus Ms. Marvel in one issue-- and lo, internet, I shrieked with joy and my roommates thought me insane-- and some fangirling naturally ensues. Plus the Hulk pops up a couple times, but apparently he's not Bruce Banner? IDK, I'm not keeping up with that, it's not a line headed by an awesome young lady. Like Lunella. Who is amazing.
Just go read this, guys. It's a delight, and Lunella is my new favorite along with Kamala Khan. Lucky me, they're friends. :D
One more note for this volume, though: I cannot tell you how happy I was when Kid Kree declared his love for Lunella and her reaction was essentially, "we are NINE and I do NOT have time for your nonsense." Oh, Lunella. I didn't think I could love you any more and then you did that.
I'm not the biggest fan of comics lately, particularly Marvel, as they all seem to be like "CIVIL WAR II" and I'm like, no one wanted Civil War I, why is there Civil War II, not even Ms. Marvel can make me care about that bullshit. But this adorable little book, much like my other favorites Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl, has zero Civil War and 100% amazingness.
Our heroine, Lunella Lafayette, is the cutest nine-year-old you'll ever meet, and definitely the smartest. She's underchallenged and bored in school (boy, do I know that feel) and trying very hard to neutralize her latent Inhuman gene before she changes-- into what, she doesn't know. Moon Girl is something her classmates call her, because she spends so much time in her own head. Her life is about to get complicated, however, when a Kree Omni-Wave Projector falls into her hands and... well... summons a T-rex and a bunch of prehistoric monkey folk who want to kill her.
The T-rex adores her, though.
It's very much a girl and her T-rex story with occasional bursts of superheroing, with bonus Ms. Marvel in one issue-- and lo, internet, I shrieked with joy and my roommates thought me insane-- and some fangirling naturally ensues. Plus the Hulk pops up a couple times, but apparently he's not Bruce Banner? IDK, I'm not keeping up with that, it's not a line headed by an awesome young lady. Like Lunella. Who is amazing.
Just go read this, guys. It's a delight, and Lunella is my new favorite along with Kamala Khan. Lucky me, they're friends. :D
One more note for this volume, though: I cannot tell you how happy I was when Kid Kree declared his love for Lunella and her reaction was essentially, "we are NINE and I do NOT have time for your nonsense." Oh, Lunella. I didn't think I could love you any more and then you did that.
February 6, 2017
I really liked Volume One so was eager to read Volume Two. I really wanted to like Volume Two but it just didn't do it for me. There was a lot of potential to explore tween angst when Lunella comes out of her Terrigen cocoon unchanged. There are a few panels of her trying to discover her powers but it could have gone longer and become allegorical of the tween's challenge to figure where she fits in among her peers and family. So far we're not given anything about her family. That's what the Kamala Khan (Ms Marvel) comics handle really well. It's what the original Miles Morales (Spiderman) comics started out doing well but then for one reason or another stopped doing. Both comics successfully devoted time to building out the personal growth challenges the young superheroes coped with while keeping the story moving with the usual superhero action.
You are told Lunella's Inhuman power. It's interesting but the comical slapstick elements of it overshadow and serious consideration of it and its impact on her life.
You are told Lunella's Inhuman power. It's interesting but the comical slapstick elements of it overshadow and serious consideration of it and its impact on her life.
January 21, 2017
Another fun filled romp through the Marvel-verse with the smartest person on the planet: Lunella aka Moon Girl. And she's got her rompin' sompin' sidekick, Devil Dinosaur, at her side. Great stuff. Moon Girl has emerged from her chrysalis and her power? Well, read it to find out.
This is such a fun comic, a through back to those crazy days of Kirby & Ditko, but without all the unnecessary exposition that Lee was so found of. Yep, this is stuff that ignites imagination and fosters enduring fandom. All I can say is more people need to be reading this. The comic book store I get my comics at orders one copy of this. Seriously. I'm the only person reading it their market area and that makes me sad. This is an appallingly fun comic (how many times hav ei called it fun now?) that deserves to be enjoyed by lots of people.
Hmm, maybe if people started sending selfies of themselves with toy dinosaurs to the letters page. Oh, I just might have to do that. ;)
This is such a fun comic, a through back to those crazy days of Kirby & Ditko, but without all the unnecessary exposition that Lee was so found of. Yep, this is stuff that ignites imagination and fosters enduring fandom. All I can say is more people need to be reading this. The comic book store I get my comics at orders one copy of this. Seriously. I'm the only person reading it their market area and that makes me sad. This is an appallingly fun comic (how many times hav ei called it fun now?) that deserves to be enjoyed by lots of people.
Hmm, maybe if people started sending selfies of themselves with toy dinosaurs to the letters page. Oh, I just might have to do that. ;)
June 14, 2018
This volume starts after a Terrigen Cloud catches up to Luna and unfortunately gives her a fairly goofy Inhuman ability, which was always her worst nightmare. It causes trouble, but by using her creative genius Luna eventually figures out a solution.
I enjoyed the ongoing plot for the issues and how they focused on multiple conflicts. Some are unique to our protagonist while others may be relatable to younger readers of the series.
I'm looking forward to Luna's potential being recognized further so she gains better opportunities to create, and also hope she is able to form good friendships with other heroes as the series goes on. The last few pages have me extremely excited for the next volume, which I'm going to start reading right away!
I enjoyed the ongoing plot for the issues and how they focused on multiple conflicts. Some are unique to our protagonist while others may be relatable to younger readers of the series.
I'm looking forward to Luna's potential being recognized further so she gains better opportunities to create, and also hope she is able to form good friendships with other heroes as the series goes on. The last few pages have me extremely excited for the next volume, which I'm going to start reading right away!
September 27, 2017
Brandon Montclare & Amy Reeder - writers
Marco Failla & Natacha Bustos - artists
This is good, goofy fun for younger readers. Luna Lafayette is a kid who acts like a kid, but is also one of the smartest people in the world. The story is a little silly - she runs around on a giant, red Tyrannosaurus Rex in the middle of New York City and all the kids in her class know her secret identity - but it works. The art by Failla and Bustos is cartoonish (in a good way) and the coloring is bright and eye-catching. Although this didn't really resonate with me, I don't think I am the intended audience. I would recommend this book for younger kids who want to get into comics.
3/5
Marco Failla & Natacha Bustos - artists
This is good, goofy fun for younger readers. Luna Lafayette is a kid who acts like a kid, but is also one of the smartest people in the world. The story is a little silly - she runs around on a giant, red Tyrannosaurus Rex in the middle of New York City and all the kids in her class know her secret identity - but it works. The art by Failla and Bustos is cartoonish (in a good way) and the coloring is bright and eye-catching. Although this didn't really resonate with me, I don't think I am the intended audience. I would recommend this book for younger kids who want to get into comics.
3/5
April 5, 2017
The story with Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is quite interesting and in this volume they dive into Moon Girl's power - which I didn't really get a grip on. It was more about all the problems it caused but I hope the nest album will explore more about it. Otherwise I thought this volume was hilarious! It was a good mix between humor and seriousness.
September 21, 2017
The continuation of this series finds Lunella Lafayette after the terrigen cloud transforms her and the results are not at all what she expects or hopes for. Add to that a big Lego competition and the appearance of the wannabe villain Kid Kree and Moon Girl's problems are bigger than ever. A fun series rolls on and I'm excited for volume 3.
February 6, 2017
This was a great follow up. The series is kind of wacky and kind of absurd, but it's fun, sincere, and has a good core.
The narration gets a little repetitive in a couple points. But the simple fact is that there's a lot of good here, and I really enjoy reading it.
The narration gets a little repetitive in a couple points. But the simple fact is that there's a lot of good here, and I really enjoy reading it.
February 23, 2017
This series continues to be adorable and fun.
May 4, 2017
60% cute, 60% ridiculous.
You heard me.
You heard me.
October 20, 2017
Cute. I liked seeing more of Lunella's super genius in action (a lego triceratops? AWESOME.), and it was cool to have the Ms. Marvel cameo.
Devil Dinosaur is my favorite character in this.
Devil Dinosaur is my favorite character in this.
August 28, 2017
I love this so much and cannot get my tween daughter to give it a glance. So very funny and fun and sweet.
March 28, 2019
Not as great as the first volume but still good!
The Terrigen mist has finally caught up to Lunella and now she can swamp bodies with Devil Dinosaur. Of course, this always happens at the most inopportune times which does not help with her opinion on her inhuman gene being a curse. We see her battle with the after effects of her transformation but this volume seems to be mainly about getting others to accept her for who she is.
Marvin/Mel-Varr/Kid Kree or whatever you want to call him didn't do much for me. In fact, I would have found him just as annoying as Lunella did. Way to reject his declaration of love, my child. The Kree backstory is stupid. Why have you sought out to "bring to justice" the Inhumans of later generations? They weren't the ones that supposedly betrayed you. Anyway, I didn't buy Marvin's complete 180. He no longer wants to arrest her but is now in love with her? Am I suppose to chalk that up to being a 9 year old boy?
Cool cameo from Ms. Marvel. I love how much Lunella looks up to her. Hulk is shows up at the end too but I don't really care about Amadeus Cho. On to volume 3!
The Terrigen mist has finally caught up to Lunella and now she can swamp bodies with Devil Dinosaur. Of course, this always happens at the most inopportune times which does not help with her opinion on her inhuman gene being a curse. We see her battle with the after effects of her transformation but this volume seems to be mainly about getting others to accept her for who she is.
Marvin/Mel-Varr/Kid Kree or whatever you want to call him didn't do much for me. In fact, I would have found him just as annoying as Lunella did. Way to reject his declaration of love, my child. The Kree backstory is stupid. Why have you sought out to "bring to justice" the Inhumans of later generations? They weren't the ones that supposedly betrayed you. Anyway, I didn't buy Marvin's complete 180. He no longer wants to arrest her but is now in love with her? Am I suppose to chalk that up to being a 9 year old boy?
Cool cameo from Ms. Marvel. I love how much Lunella looks up to her. Hulk is shows up at the end too but I don't really care about Amadeus Cho. On to volume 3!
August 15, 2023
The aggressive LEGO marketing in this damn near drove me crazy (seriously, a mention every two pages!).
Apart from that, I remember seeing the first promotional picture of the series before it came out in singles and thinking “that looks amazing, can’t wait to have kids so I can read it to them!” And don’t get me wrong, this is a decent superhero story, but as a lapsed Marvel reader I was quite lost with all the Kree/Inhuman stuff (to say nothing about the daughter I was reading it to) and really wish this was more ground level for new readers.
Seeing as the kid really liked it anyway I’ll likely get the rest of the series as well, but I wish a continuity free version was available (I don’t know how successful the Animated Series is, but there’s hope that might make this wish come through).
Apart from that, I remember seeing the first promotional picture of the series before it came out in singles and thinking “that looks amazing, can’t wait to have kids so I can read it to them!” And don’t get me wrong, this is a decent superhero story, but as a lapsed Marvel reader I was quite lost with all the Kree/Inhuman stuff (to say nothing about the daughter I was reading it to) and really wish this was more ground level for new readers.
Seeing as the kid really liked it anyway I’ll likely get the rest of the series as well, but I wish a continuity free version was available (I don’t know how successful the Animated Series is, but there’s hope that might make this wish come through).
February 17, 2020
Nice continuation of Moon Girl's adventures after her origin story in Volume 1. Now that she's a "validated" superhero, she gets to know some of the other heroes in the Marvel universe. Interesting to see her struggle with being a hero and being nine -- still trying to be taken seriously, still navigating friendships, still hanging with a big adorable dinosaur who says, "Mroo." Fun comic all around!
June 19, 2019
Smartest, most adorable 9 year old ever
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