Moon Maiden (character)

Moon Maiden
The Moon Maiden, artist Dale Eaglesham.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	JLA Giant Size Special #3 (October 2000)
Created by	Dan Curtis Johnson (writer) Dale Eaglesham (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Laura Klein
Team affiliations	Justice League
Notable aliases	Laurel
Abilities	Gravity control, Incite 'Lunar Madness'

Moon Maiden (Laura Klein) is a DC Comics superhero who first appeared in JLA Giant Size Special #3 (October 2000). Dan Curtis Johnson and Dale Eaglesham created her. This has been her only major appearance to date. It was a retcon story, written as if she had been a superhero and member of the Justice League for years. ^[1]

Fictional character biography

Hugh Klein was an American astronaut on Apollo XXV, the last crewed mission to the Moon. While on the Moon, Hugh is confronted by a ghostly consortium identified as the Hundred. Caelius, speaker for the Hundred, explains that the Hundred were ancient Romans devoted to peace who fled the Roman Empire. The Hundred accidentally created the villain known as the Centurion while attempting to create a champion to enforce their ideology, then created a child they called the Praemonstra Supra to combat him. Hugh returns to Earth with the child, who he names Laura. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

After learning of her origin and purpose, Laura becomes a superhero and an early member of the Justice League. During a battle with the Centurion, Moon Maiden destroys his Erasure Weapon, which erases them both from history. She is later resurrected, but no one remembers her existence except for her father and the Justice League. ^[2]

Powers and abilities

Moon Maiden can manipulate the Moon's gravitational pull. The effects range from moving small items around, to flight, to manipulating tides and earthquakes. ^[3] She can also induce an effect called 'Lunar Madness' in others, which can manifest as anything from traumatic flashbacks to being driven permanently insane.

References

1. Coke, Travis Hedge (November 26, 2020). "Moon Maiden and the DC Crisis". Comic Watch. Retrieved September 20, 2025. Moon Maiden has not been used in new comics since her original appearance, except for a brief cameo when George Perez decided to draw every character who was ever a member of the Justice League.
2. JLA Giant Size Special #3. DC Comics.
3. Fugere, MIke (July 2, 2018). "Justice League: 20 "Lame" Members That Are More Powerful Than They Look". CBR . Retrieved September 20, 2025. Laura Klein was discovered on the moon (yes, really) in an strange Roman structure (yes, really) by an astronaut who brought her home after discovering she was created through alchemy by a group of scholars in an attempt to atone for creating an ultimate evil (YES, REALLY). Despite the super lame and clearly bonkers origin story, Moon Maiden is criminally underutilized considering her power. Laura can control gravity. That alone should make her a top tier superhero. On one hand, she can use this power to make herself levitate, and on the other, she can wield it to cause mass destruction on a global level.
4. Hopkins, Evan (June 24, 2017). "Justice League: The 15 WORST Members EVER". CBR . Retrieved September 20, 2025. Designed by a secret sect of aliens on the Moon to protect the Earth, Moon Maiden was brought to Earth by an astronaut, where she promptly slapped on a cape and joined the JLA as an early member. But when Moon Maiden's evil doppelgänger The Centurion created a gun capable of wiping people from history, Moon Maiden sacrificed herself to destroy the weapon, causing the world to forget her.