Moonstone

Moonstone (real name: Dr. Karla Sofen) is a villainess turned anti-heroine of Marvel Universe who is a nemesis of Hulk and once disguised as Captain Marvel for a large amount of time, manipulating her allies. Like many other Marvel villains, she eventually redeemed herself and joined the Thunderbolts. She is the archenemy of Carol Danvers.
She was created by Marv Wolfman and the late Frank Robbins, and first appeared in Captain America #192 in September of 1975.
==History==
Karla Sofen was a psychologist under the tutelage of Doctor Faustus who gained her powers through a mystical moonstone, a strange gem taken from the moon which granted its user great power. She stole the gem from one of her patients, Byron Becton aka Nefarius, via psychological inducement. She absorbed Becton's moonstone armor into her body, giving her ultimate power over the gems.
As the new Moonstone, Sofen gained many powers, including superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability, flight, control of gravity, photon blast projection from her hands, intangibility, and several other powers.
Moonstone's secret identity was revealed to the public after a battle with the Hulk. Moonstone joined the Masters of Evil as well as at one point teamed up with Baron Zemo. She also battled Graviton, another villain with gravitational powers superior to hers. After Graviton killed one of her childhood friends, and her moonstones were taken from her by the Avengers, Sofen became mentally unstable, and Zemo used this as an opportunity to take the moonstones for himself. She eventually got them back and regained her mental stability.
Moonstone was a member of the Masters of Evil and joined Zemo when he and several other villains went under the guise of a new team of superheroes, the Thunderbolts. She often analyzed and manipulated the other members to study their psychological attributes. Even though she stood up to Zemo alongside the others when he unleashed his real plan for world domination, she never truly reformed and later joined Norman Osborn's version of the Thunderbolts and well as his Dark Avengers as the evil counterpart of Ms. Marvel, with whom she had a bitter rivalry.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Karla Sofen was born in Van Nuys, California to Karl and Marion Sofen, two house servants to the wealthy Stockbridge family. During her childhood, Karla resented the fact that she was close to wealth but couldn't enjoy it, but spent her time manipulating the Stockbridge's daughter Deanna. After Karl's death, Marion was dismissed, forcing her to work multiple jobs to raise Karla and get her a good education. In adulthood, Karla graduated from college, earning a degree in psychology as she wanted to learn how to manipulate people for her own gain.
Becoming a psychiatrist, Sofen used her skills to manipulate patients, often finding ways to make her patients return to sessions. While continuing her plans, Karla partnered with the psychologist Johann Fennhoff, also known as Dr. Faustus, in his attempt to take over Manhattan Island. The villains plan was thwarted by the superhero Captain America, who stopped Fennhoff as Karla hid away to evade capture.
===Becoming Moonstone===
Afterward, Karla encountered Lloyd Bloch (also known as Moonstone) in his jail cell, and used hypnosis to retrieve the stone for herself. Upon doing so, Karla absorbed its essence and became Moonstone, giving her superhuman capabilities. Later on, Sofen worked for a organization known as the Corporation, and came into conflict with the Hulk during one mission. While becoming a criminal, Karla battled numerous, such as the vigilante Spider-Man when he broke into Dr. Connors' lab to obtain the Enervator.
==Physical Appearance==
Moonstone is a beautiful woman with long blonde hair and blue eyes. She has an athletic build and is 180 cm (5' 11") tall and weighs about 60 kg.
==Portrayals==
===Television===
*In Avengers: United They Stand, she was voiced by Susan Roman, who also voiced Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon, Champ Bear in The Care Bears Family, Good Luck Bear in Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot and The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie, and Orange Blossom in Strawberry Shortcake.
*In Avengers Assemble, she was voiced by Elizabeth Daily, who also voiced Babe in Babe: Pig in the City, and Bamm-Bamm Rubble in The Flintstones live-action film, Tommy Pickles in Rugrats, Buttercup in The Powerpuff Girls, Elastigirl in The Incredibles tie-in game, and Mockingbird in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
===Video Games===
*In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, she was voiced by Tessa Auberjonois.
==Trivia==
*Ranked 4th on Screen Rant's "Main Comic Book Villains Ranked Lamest To Coolest" list and 6th on their "10 Most Powerful Variants Of Ms. Marvel" list.
*Ranked 4th on CBR.com's "Dark Avengers: The 15 Most Powerful Members" list, 4th on their "20 Powerful Female Marvel Characters We Hope To See In The MCU's Phase Four" list, 5th on their "10 Iconic Villains" list, 7th on their "All Of The Dark Avengers, Ranked" list, 1st on their "10 Marvel Villains Who Need Their Own Comic" list, 2nd on their "The 10 Best Masters Of Evil Members" list, 6th on their "Marvel: The 10 Strongest Female Villains" list, and 7th on their "Thunderbolts' 10 Best Leaders" list.
==See Also==
*Moonstone on the Villains wiki.
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