Moon Girl

**Lunella "Nella" Lafayette** AKA **Moon Girl** is a marvel superhero first appearing in *Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1* in 2015.

## History

### Background

Lunella "Nella" Lafayette was a young girl of genius intellect in New York City. She may be an, "Inhuman", a sub-species of human created by the Kree who have dormant superpowers activated by Terrigen mist. Moon Girl's ability from the Terrigen would have been enhanced intelligence.

In elementary school, Lunella enjoyed reverse-engineering Stark Industries tech much to the amazement of her peers. In addition to engineering, Lunella was keenly interested in palaeontology, hybrid technologies, and roller-skating. Lunella had an interest in paleantological reanimation and would become accompanied by a dinosaurid creature called, "Devil Dinosaur".

### Avengers Campus

Lunella became the most recent member of the Worldwide Engineering Brigade, causing her to move from New York City to Avengers Campus in Orange, California. Here, she worked alongside fellow engineers Doreen Green, Harley Keener, Onome, and Peter Parker to develop the Web Slingers, inspired by the Iron Wing. She created the glasses for this project, using materials recycled from the Stark Expo such as *StarkVision Glasses*.

Around the open house incident, Lunella lost Devil Dinosaur somewhere on the campus. She also collaborated with fellow WEB member Amadeus Cho in experimenting with gamma radiation materials.

## Appearances

### Avengers Campus

#### Avengers Assemble: Flight Force

Lunella is in Iron Man's database of Avengers allies at WEB.

#### Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure

Lunella is referenced as one of the engineers behind the Web slinger. Her introductory flyer is on a bulletin board within WEB alongside a missing poster for Devil Dinosaur. Lunella's locker also appears with Devil Dinosaur artwork on it, in-between the lockers of America Chavez and Takeshi Matsuya.

##### Web Suppliers

The, "Gamma Glow Compound Set" merchandise is labelled as coming from the experiments of Amadeus Cho and Lunella Lafayette.

### Hollywood Land

Moon Girl made live appearances to promote the (Marvel inspired but non-MCU) Disney animated series, "Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur" in the February of 2023. Her design was based on her appearance in this series.

## Trivia

* Amadeus and Lunella's experiments may be connected to *Geffen-Meyer Chemicals*' gamma waste at the WEB headquarters.
* In the comics, Lunella's intelligence is superhuman and enhanced by her Inhuman biology as a superpower.
* Lunella and Dante Pertuz are both Inhuman members of WEB.
* Lunella's WEB ID is LULA-010116, 0101 symbolizing her first appearance in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol. 1 #1, while the 16 is likely intended to represent her first appearance in 20*15* though the ID is a year off. LULA is a combination of her first and last names.

## References

1. ↑ https://touringplans.com/disney-california-adventure/attractions/web-slingers-a-spider-man-adventure
2. ↑ https://fanboyplanet.com/slinging-webs-slinging-opinions-on-web-slingers-a-spider-man-adventure/
3. ↑ https://www.insider.com/avengers-campus-marvel-references-2021-6#depending-on-which-preshow-room-you-exit-you-may-pass-by-a-row-of-lockers-peep-the-names-for-some-familiar-and-surprising-names-16
4. ↑ https://photos.mouseinfo.com/DLR-News-and-Info/June-4-2021-DLR-News-and-Info-Avengers-Campus/i-SWNq3QK