Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, My Thoughts

Marvel Comics has announced a variety of new series for their post Secret Wars Marvel universe, some unsurprising (a couple new Avengers titles), and some a bit out of left field, like the Black Knight getting a series. However, the company has recently announced a new series that may be the most surprising of all.

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.

Who is Moon Girl? Well, according to Marvel, Moon Girl is Lunella Lafayette, a teenage super-genius with dormant Inhuman DNA (Honestly, I don't see why she NEEDS to be Inhuman. Why not just be a super-genius) who stumbles upon some Kree tech and befriends the Devil Dinosaur, a big red Tyrannosaurus Rex. They'll need to work together to stop the Killer-Folk, who are after the tech Lunella encounters.

It is surprising, but also kind of neat they are dusting off the old Devil. Because he is older than one thinks. He first appeared in Devil Dinosaur #1 (April 1978)

A Jack Kirby creation, Devil Dinosaur was a powerful red T-Rex who had incredible intelligence, and was quite a bit stronger and tougher than other members of his species. He had adventures in a prehistoric-era parallel universe alongside Moon-Boy, a furry ape-like humanoid. Over the years, the twosome have made sporadic appearances in the main Marvel Universe, ending up in the Savage Land, and Devil had appeared as a villain in Nextwave, but that was retconned away.

You know, it's funny. Marvel has been really going into the idea of their superhero characters being part of legacies. Sure, Marvel has given old identities to new people in the past (Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Rita DeMara/Yellojacket, Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099), but they are really going into it in recent years. Kamala Khan took up the mantle of Ms. Marvel from Carol Danvers. Jane Foster is the new Thor. Sam Wilson/Falcon is the new Captain America. Miles Morales will be sharing the Spider-Man identity with Peter Parker. Marvel has really fallen in love with the idea of legacy, and I think it's fantastic.

Lunella is a legacy character, and since it was announced that Moon-Boy will also appear in the new series, I can't wait to see them meet. I hope they end up friends.

I do love when Marvel gives love to lesser-known characters, so I will definitely be picking this up. I also want to help support diversity at Marvel, both in characters getting titles, and in the people making the books. Plus, it looks like a fun title. I've been really enjoying more fun titles lately, which is why Archie ending its Mega Man title makes me sad.