Moon Maiden (character)
Moon Maiden is a DC Comics superhero who first appeared in JLA Giant Size Special #3. She was created by Dan Curtis Johnson and Dale Eaglesham. JLA Giant Size Special was the character's only major appearance and was a retcon story, written as if she had been a superhero and member of the Justice League for years.
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.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.