Karla Sofen
Moonstone is a female character from Marvel Comics
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Biography
Early life
Life as a Criminal
Thunderbolts
Secret Invasion
Dark Reign
Battle of the Ms. Marvels
Utopia
Background
Personality and attributes
After taking on the identity of Ms. Marvel on the Dark Avengers, Karla felt that she had taken on that persona of a superhero. This made her act aggressively against Carol Danvers when she returned to life and attacked her stating that she was supposed to be dead. [Ms. Marvel 42, 43, 44]
Her expert skills in psychology had also made her an expert manipulator which she tended to use against enemies and even allies. Its been noted that Moonstone tended to use sex as a weapon which she had employed her own team in order to secure an advantage for herself. [1]
For a short time, she had a relationship with Clint Barton when he commanded the Thunderbolts. [Thunderbolts #30 (Sep. 1997)] When Barton attempted to kill Norman Osborn, she asked if Karla wanted to help him and though she said it was tempting, she decided that it was too risky as cameras were on the scene which would have seen her commit the act. She quite ruthlessly attempted to attack him with a force blast but was blocked by the buildings force fields when a lockdown came into effect.[Dark Reign: The List - Avengers #1]
She was known to have little compassion for other beings and tended to use innocents as part of her plans. In order to delay a superhero, she was not above taking innocent civilians and throwing them in the air in order to cause the hero to rush and save them. [Ms. Marvel #45]
Powers and abiliies
Karla's superpowers come from a variety of abiliies she acquired through the Kree gravity stone which she found on Earth's moon. This item later bonded to her cenral nervous system and taken their power from the many shards of the Lifestone from the Kree Tree of Life. These gravitic abiliies allowed her to fly, turn intangible, focus gravity into force blasts, gain superhuman strength, increased speed, enhanced stamina, better reflexes and also gained he power to discharge a blinding flash from her body. In addition to these powers, she also had he power to manipulate as well as move matter, create force fields, increase he gravity surrounding a targe, generate miniature black holes and even transport objects through dimensional rifts. Furthermore, her costume was an extension of the gravity stone which allowed her to alter it at will.
One of her weaknesses was that she was vulnerable to astrally projected beings as well as energy forms; even whilst she was in her intangible state. Furthermore, the Kree graviy stone was also connected to her very life force which meant if she was separated for more than 72 hours than she would die without its support. [X-Men: Legacy #227, Ms. Marvel #46]
Notes
- Writer Bendis of the Dark Reign storyline commented that Karla tended to use sex as a weapon. [2]
- She makes an appearance in Marvel: Ulimate Alliance 2 where she appears as a boss who was under the control of the Fold.
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