384 – Moon Girl and the Prince

A panel from Moon Girl and the Prince #1 (December 1947)
A panel from Moon Girl and the Prince #1 (December 1947)

The lineup for EC Comics begins to shift at the end of 1947 after Max Gaines’ untimely boating death, when William Gaines takes over the reins. In December 1947, Moon Girl and the Prince debuts. Moon Girl is a girl from Samarkand who has super strength and a moon rock which gives her even more strength. She also has a prince that follows her around and is also strong… She is kind of a knock-off of Wonder Woman and she won’t last very long as the EC style continues to evolve towards romance, horror and crime stories.