A couple of years ago I posted briefly about Moon Girl, a late forties superhero with some notable similarities to Sailor Moon. After taking a closer look at the series, I decided to put together a brief article detailing all of the similarities between the two, some of which I hadn't picked up on before:
Fighting Evil with Moonlight: A Look at Sailor Moon and Her American Ancestor
Moon Girl herself was both preceded and briefly outlasted by Mysta of the Moon, whose adventures were serialized across 28 issues of Planet Comics between 1945 and 1949. Apart from some telepathic powers, the two have little in common, but they are both in the public domain, so it would be neat to see Toei do a crossover with them and Sailor Moon. Actually, with a few alterations, Mysta of the Moon could easily work as the story of Sailor Cosmos in the aftermath of the Sailor Wars...
Anyway, it may hearten some of you to know that Moon Girl and Mysta of the Moon are every bit as inconsistent as Sailor Moon. I guess there's just something about lunar-themed comic book heroines that results in consistency issues
Fighting Evil with Moonlight: A Look at Sailor Moon and Her American Ancestor
Moon Girl herself was both preceded and briefly outlasted by Mysta of the Moon, whose adventures were serialized across 28 issues of Planet Comics between 1945 and 1949. Apart from some telepathic powers, the two have little in common, but they are both in the public domain, so it would be neat to see Toei do a crossover with them and Sailor Moon. Actually, with a few alterations, Mysta of the Moon could easily work as the story of Sailor Cosmos in the aftermath of the Sailor Wars...
Anyway, it may hearten some of you to know that Moon Girl and Mysta of the Moon are every bit as inconsistent as Sailor Moon. I guess there's just something about lunar-themed comic book heroines that results in consistency issues
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