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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 8: Yancy Street Legends
The War of the Realms comes to the Lower East Side! Lunella and Devil meet the original kid hero, Spider-Man! And if that isn’t amazing enough, wait until the War of the Realms breaks out! With Manhattan frozen solid and Frost Giants prowling the streets, Devil must keep the peace — while Moon Girl encounters Thor! Then, it’s a real family crisis! With time and space fractured, Lunella and Devil will have to team up with younger versions of her parents and grandparents — all without erasing Lunella from history! Maybe Doctor Strange can help! Plus: Exactly what trouble does Devil Dinosaur get into while Moon Girl is stuck in class? And — at last — the biggest battle of brains in the Marvel Universe! It’s Reed Richards vs. Lunella Lafayette — and it’ll be Fantastic!
Collects Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur #42-47.
Collects Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur #42-47.
136 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 2019
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August 9, 2020
Moon Girl will definitely one day be voted to be the next Dr. Doom by her classmates. She's insufferable, arrogant, and talks about how she's the smartest human on earth constantly without ever once displaying any of those smarts. She shows that she's smarter than Spider-Man and Mr. Fantastic only because they're written completely out of character. They're so dumb in this that I'm surprised they know which side of their costumes is the front. This book consistently wasted its potential to be a positive influence on young girls. Thank God it's over.
February 2, 2020
Not a great ending, unfortunately. This volume collects 6 issues, which are mostly individual stories aside from the final two-parter.
The Spider-Man issue that opens the volume made me say 'Spidey's out of character', which is something I hardly ever say, but this issue makes him an insufferable idiot who won't stop for one second and see what Lunella's actually trying to do. The art's from Ray-Anthony Height is okay, but feels over-inked.
The War Of The Realms tie-in is pretty funny overall, but more in a storybook sense than a comic book one. The art's pretty fun though, Gustavo Duarte's got a good line and sells the expression in a Skottie Young-like manner.
After that comes a time-travel escapade which feels like it should have a good moral and then falls apart right at the end, which is a running theme here. It could have been a lot more than it was, which is the same with the field trip issue in the next issue which could have been cute but instead became irritating because Lunella's friends are about as irritating as she is at her worst moments.
The final two parter also doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. The idea of bringing in the F4 to try and explain once and for all if Lunella's the smartest one in the Marvel Universe is clever, but it's mostly just bickering between the F4 and Lunella before an open-ended conclusion. Alitha Martinez takes over the art for the final four issues, and is probably the closest to series artist Natacha Bustos in style.
I like Moon Girl as a character; I just find that she's probably the worst part of this series. The writers never seem to be able to give her any humility, and she never learns her lesson. She may be the smartest person in the Marvel Universe, but that doesn't mean she can't be a little nicer. I'm not sure that she's a great role model either, which is disappointing. In fact, Moon Girl probably works the best outside this series, because whenever she's shown up elsewhere, other writers have handled her far, far better.
The Spider-Man issue that opens the volume made me say 'Spidey's out of character', which is something I hardly ever say, but this issue makes him an insufferable idiot who won't stop for one second and see what Lunella's actually trying to do. The art's from Ray-Anthony Height is okay, but feels over-inked.
The War Of The Realms tie-in is pretty funny overall, but more in a storybook sense than a comic book one. The art's pretty fun though, Gustavo Duarte's got a good line and sells the expression in a Skottie Young-like manner.
After that comes a time-travel escapade which feels like it should have a good moral and then falls apart right at the end, which is a running theme here. It could have been a lot more than it was, which is the same with the field trip issue in the next issue which could have been cute but instead became irritating because Lunella's friends are about as irritating as she is at her worst moments.
The final two parter also doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. The idea of bringing in the F4 to try and explain once and for all if Lunella's the smartest one in the Marvel Universe is clever, but it's mostly just bickering between the F4 and Lunella before an open-ended conclusion. Alitha Martinez takes over the art for the final four issues, and is probably the closest to series artist Natacha Bustos in style.
I like Moon Girl as a character; I just find that she's probably the worst part of this series. The writers never seem to be able to give her any humility, and she never learns her lesson. She may be the smartest person in the Marvel Universe, but that doesn't mean she can't be a little nicer. I'm not sure that she's a great role model either, which is disappointing. In fact, Moon Girl probably works the best outside this series, because whenever she's shown up elsewhere, other writers have handled her far, far better.
October 4, 2019
Lunella has easily won her way into my list of favorite Marvel characters, and I'm sad to have to say goodbye to her title so soon.
It's also been rough seeing how harsh some adults have been towards this series. I think many of them are missing the significance of having a self-assured young black girl leading her own narrative and refusing to apologize for her intelligence and intuition in order to make the grownups
around her feel more secure. Children often have their opinions and feelings devalued by parents and mentors who claim they're doing it for their own good, and I don't doubt reading a story in which a child is assertive and capable, in spite of many hindrances, is healthy for young people who feel a lack of respect and control in their own lives.
I hope Lunella and Devil Dinosaur will continue to be included in upcoming comics with their same confidence and readiness to disprove anyone who doubts their proficiency, and that the new cartoon appeals to those who have always believed in them.
It's also been rough seeing how harsh some adults have been towards this series. I think many of them are missing the significance of having a self-assured young black girl leading her own narrative and refusing to apologize for her intelligence and intuition in order to make the grownups
around her feel more secure. Children often have their opinions and feelings devalued by parents and mentors who claim they're doing it for their own good, and I don't doubt reading a story in which a child is assertive and capable, in spite of many hindrances, is healthy for young people who feel a lack of respect and control in their own lives.
I hope Lunella and Devil Dinosaur will continue to be included in upcoming comics with their same confidence and readiness to disprove anyone who doubts their proficiency, and that the new cartoon appeals to those who have always believed in them.
March 21, 2021
I mainly started the whole series for Devil Dinosaur and to read the tie ins for War of the Realms and that's what I get for always wanting to read everything chronologically and every part of everything.
I can only blame myself.
I can only blame myself.
December 1, 2020
For this being a T for teen it sure seemed like it was written for 10 yr olds.
January 31, 2022
Ahead of the cartoon (about which I am very excited), I've finally finished the comic. The sense persists that once Amy Reeder stopped co-writing, Brandon Montclare solo leaned a little too much into the pathos of Lunella Lafayette's situation as a nine-year-old who's also the smartest person in the world, destined never to be quite at home either among other kids nor among other superheroes. Which, yes, was always there, and was part of what made her such an affecting and relatable lead (because really, there can't be that many people who don't feel a little lost between the cracks of multiple groups sometimes), but there used to be more fun to balance that out, more of a buzz of how cool it would be for all those outlandish schemes and made-up gadgets of childhood games to actually *work*. In particular, the issue here where Lunella travels back in time and meets her grandmother is horribly poignant. Yes, there's something very powerful in the notion that even with a time machine, it's not always possible to fix the past – I just feel that maybe it would be nice for a comic like this still to be more about what a black girl genius can do than what she can't, y'know?
Which said, for all that half the time Lunella is pushing him away too, there's always that great big lunk of a mutant T.rex to stop things getting entirely serious. For totally different reasons, he's also wonderfully relatable, at least for those of us who are large and can be fierce but would very much like to help even if we don't always quite know how. And the art team do manage to sell his presence as oddly affable in a way I'm not sure live action could ever manage. What a world we live in, where so much is resting on how well Laurence Fishburne can growl "Mroo?"
Which said, for all that half the time Lunella is pushing him away too, there's always that great big lunk of a mutant T.rex to stop things getting entirely serious. For totally different reasons, he's also wonderfully relatable, at least for those of us who are large and can be fierce but would very much like to help even if we don't always quite know how. And the art team do manage to sell his presence as oddly affable in a way I'm not sure live action could ever manage. What a world we live in, where so much is resting on how well Laurence Fishburne can growl "Mroo?"
May 21, 2021
I still don't have a Devil dinosaur. ;-)
February 21, 2020
I want Moongirl/Lunella Lafayette to get the Spideyverse treatment, y’know make her more likable. She’s super-smart with a dinosaur-pal (who she can uncontrollably switch consciousness with), which could spin-off into a bunch of fun, different stories. Right now, she’s a little too know-it-all-ish and rude. Don’t get me wrong I love those “I’m so above these plebeians” characters, but Moongirl needs a soft side too. As she is now, she’s too bratty. Moon girl needs a character overhaul.
I thought the last story with the brain/battle of the egos between Mr. Fantastic and Moongirl would have been some much-needed character development but nah. Disappointed.
I thought the last story with the brain/battle of the egos between Mr. Fantastic and Moongirl would have been some much-needed character development but nah. Disappointed.
April 19, 2020
We know that Lunella is the smartest, but I got tired of her saying it all the time, especially in this final volume. There were lots of superhero cameos, but nothing really happened. This was the weakest book in the series and sadly the last.
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August 19, 2022Cross-posted from my blog where there's more information on where I got my copy and links and everything.
The only part of this I liked was the idea of Devil Dinosaur getting drunk and then becoming Dino-Thor. Because that is a hilarious pun, and a bunch of Asgardians getting a dinosaur drunk is also hilarious.
The rest was a big letdown. Four out of six of these were completely disconnected stories and there’s no overall theme. Considering this was the end of the series, it’s disappointing. There’s no message or even a real finale. It just ends. And everyone was out of character and kind of unpleasant – there wasn’t any character growth or anything.
Really wasn’t a big fan of this one at all and that’s a shame.
The only part of this I liked was the idea of Devil Dinosaur getting drunk and then becoming Dino-Thor. Because that is a hilarious pun, and a bunch of Asgardians getting a dinosaur drunk is also hilarious.
The rest was a big letdown. Four out of six of these were completely disconnected stories and there’s no overall theme. Considering this was the end of the series, it’s disappointing. There’s no message or even a real finale. It just ends. And everyone was out of character and kind of unpleasant – there wasn’t any character growth or anything.
Really wasn’t a big fan of this one at all and that’s a shame.
October 9, 2024
The Moon Girl series ends and while the entire run has been entertaining, this was not the best way to end the book. There is no art by Natacha Bustos, which is missed because she was so great on the series. The art here wasn't bad by any means but she was special. There were a handful of stories thrown in here and some of the subplots were left by the wayside. I thought none tof the ideas seemed like they got enough time. The finale arc just didn't click as Lunella wasn't very likeable. Overall, a fine read but far from what the book was and could have been.
December 31, 2021
The encounter with Thor was pretty funny as we get to see when you get a T-Rex drunk which was pretty funny and also led to Dino Thor which again was hilarious. The whole Mr. Fantastic thing was kind of boring and a little weird when Mr. Fantastic admits that Lunella is smarter then him. I would have preferred if Mr. Fantastic was confirmed to be smarter as it would lead to Lunella learning to be a bit more humble which is something she needs as she can be a little to arrogant.
May 22, 2023
So ends the run of Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur. Man, between the lingering threads of the future moon girl and just the depths Lunella has to grow as a character, the latter is the most previliant. She comes off too disrespect of her parents and there is no reunion scene to show she's learned how to appreciate them. Oh well. Still looking forward to more moon girl in the future in whatever way she decides to appear in the marvel universe.
August 4, 2021
Volume 8 doesn't deliver the character growth I think Montclare and co. could have delivered for Moon Girl over a run of this length. That being said, this run of the character has firmly established Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur in the Marvel universe with plenty of the heart, fun, and identity-searching that have marked the journey of this young superhero and her large, out-of-place friend.
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January 2, 2021The last collection of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, and unfortunately not my favorite. The stories felt a bit scattered and the ending wasn't as satisfactory as it should have been. Still looking forward to the Disney+ series though.
April 5, 2022
It was kind of cool how spiderman was in an issue of this book, but overall I have no idea what is happening in this collection. The plots are weak and confusing. I love this series and it is for that reason that I am hoping these are the last issues.
January 28, 2020
Moon Girl continues to pack a punch! I enjoy the trend of superheroes eating snacks on top of tall buildings (Ms. Marvel does this too). And Devil Dinosaur having a love connection - brilliant!
February 11, 2021
this was a kind of disappointing ending to a great series
January 22, 2023
Will Moon Girl be able to fix her own family's timeline without disappearing? A good story about a superhero finding their way home. Again, I'm a fan of the art style.
July 23, 2024
A bit more of a grab bag. Going to appreciate all the Moon Girl nods at Disneyland so much more now that I’ve read this series.
June 28, 2021
So sad to see Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur come to an end. But supposedly, supposedly, it's going to be an animated series next year?!!!!
March 14, 2024
Rating: 3.5⭐️
Shelf Tags: Comics
Recommend: Yes
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Age Demographic: Anyone 😊
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Shelf Tags: Comics
Recommend: Yes
Re-Read: No
Return To Author: Yes
Age Demographic: Anyone 😊
LGBTQIA+: No
BIPOC: Yes
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