| Moonstone |
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| Real Name: Dr. Karla Sofen Powers: Moonstone has the ability to create light in any portion of the spectrum (including the infrared and ultraviolet). She can do various things with light like unleashing a blast of amazing intensity light which can Slam or Stun opponents of up to unearthly endurance or by firing a laser of amazing intensity and range. Moonstone also has the ability to phase through objects. She can remain in a phased state only as long as she can hold her breath. She can also fly. History: Dr. Karla Sofen was a former associate and student of the criminal mastermind Dr. Faustus. She satisfied her cravings for power and control over others by her criminal activities. A noted psychiatrist, she was asked by a prison board to help cure Byron Becton, the original Moonstone. Using hallucinogenic gas to make Becton think he was a monster, she caused him to reject the moonstone, a rock taken from the Blue Area of the moon believed to be invested with some of the Watcher’s power. When she took the rock from him and absorbed it into her hand, she assumed the energy powers that were his. After mastering her new powers, Moonstone offered her psychiatric services to Dr. Leonard Samson who was treating the Hulk. Samson invited her to Gamma Base where she used her security clearance and powers to gain access to the secret Gammavator components which she hoped to sell to the Corporation, a now-defunct criminal cartel. Her theft was interrupted by the Hulk, however, and after holding her own against the brute for a while, she faltered and had to use trickery to extricate herself from the situation. Her cover uncompromised, she was contacted by Senator Eugene K. Stivik, a member of the Corporation, and offered a position in the eastern branch of the organization. Accepting, she was soon involved in a war between the East and West Coast factions of the Corporation, a struggle also involving the Hulk, Captain America, the Falcon, and Quasar. She was eventually apprehended and imprisoned. The criminal mastermind Egghead head freed Moonstone from prison to recruit her into his Masters of Evil outfit. She assisted him in his scheme to discredit his old enemy Henry Pym until Egghead was killed and she was apprehended. She was turned over to the government energy facility Project: Pegasus for study but managed to escape with the aid of fellow prisoner Blackout. When the Avengers caught up with them, Blackout surrounded them with his darkforce energy and teleported them to the moon, where Moonstone hoped to find more moon rocks to augment her power. The two were apprehended by the mutant Dazzler and the Inhumans and returned to Project Pegasus. When Project Pegasus abandoned its research on superhuman beings, Moonstone and Blackout were among the test subjects to be transferred to a new facility. They were freed en route by agents of the second Baron Zemo, who was organizing a new Masters of Evil. In reality, the new team would come to be called the Thunderbolts. Moonstone is still going on adventures as a member of the Thunderbolts. |