Moondancers

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Moondancers
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The Moondancers confront Batman, art by Jerome K. Moore.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance World's Finest Comics #295 (September 1983)
Created byDavid A. Kraft (writer)
L. B. Kellog (plotter)
Jerome K. Moore (artist)
In-story information
Base(s)Mobile
Member(s)Crescent Moon
Harvest Moon
New Moon

The Moondancers are a fictional DC Comics team of radical pacifist terrorists. They first appeared in World's Finest Comics #295 (September 1983), and were created by David A Kraft, L.B. Kellog and Jerome K. Moore.

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Publication history

The Moondancers are radical pacifist terrorists who go about sabotaging military satellites and weapons installations in a misguided attempt to end all wars. Batman was brought in to investigate the scene of one of their assaults. The next time the Moondancers attempt to prevent the launch of a military communications satellite, Batman attempts to stop them and is nearly killed, causing Superman to be summoned.

During a clash with Superman and Batman, the mysterious benefactor of the Moondancers is revealed to be a Japanese scientist named Nakamura, a survivor of Hiroshima who was unhinged by the event. Nakamura is badly wounded after a failed attempt to destroy the satellite himself.

According to the Moondancers they only employ violence in order to bring about world peace, a credo they share with Wonder Woman. Batman and Superman let the trio go, because as Batman says "We can't condone their methods.. but we can't condemn them for their goals...". [1]

The Moondancers were last seen in Animal Man #25 (July 1990).

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