Heather Douglas is the daughter of Drax the Destroyer and after being ambushed by Thanos the Mad Titan, she ended up being adopted by Mentor, Thanos’ father. On his home world, Titan, Douglas developed mental and physical powers. While there, she came under the influence of The Dragon of the Moon, the sole survivor of an ancient and powerful race of demons bent on corrupting the human race. However, Douglas resisted it and claimed the title of Moondragon.
After spending some time on Earth with the Avengers and (kinda) helping them confront Korvac, Douglas left Earth with Drax and they found a planet immersed in war. Douglas decided to use her mental powers and forced every inhabitant to live in peace, making her feel like a goddess. When confronted by Drax, she killed him with her mental abilities and was subdued by Thor and the Avengers. Taken before Odin, Douglas was judged and sentenced to wear a magical headband that restricted her mental powers and The Valkyrie was assigned her guardian.
However, when Valkyrie was called to join the Defenders, Douglas had no choice but to tag along. It was with them she discovered that the Dragon of the Moon had been influencing her the whole time! After learning this, she rejected it fully and, for the first time, started to make real friends. Eventually, the headband came loose.
However, Moondragon soon became infected with mutated spores and started to die. She had but one choice; accept the Dragon of the Moon’s offer to be it’s host and save her. Doing so, she became an evil being and could not be stopped until four of the Defenders sacrificed themselves to kill both her and the Dragon.
Douglas’s soul managed to contact her cousin on Titan, where she managed to get her hands on a clone body, thus giving Heather another chance at life.
After many adventures with people such as Quasar, Adam Warlock, and Marlo Chandler, Douglas ended up visiting the graves of Mar-Vell and Genis-Vell with her companion and close friend Phyla-Vell. Just then, the Annihilation War broke out and Thanos kidnapped Moondragon to lure Drax out for an unknown reason. Thanos also used Moondragon to read Annihilus‘ mind and learned of his plan to force Galactis into destroying this universe and the Negative Zone.
More details will be revealed about both Annihilation Wars, the Negative Zone, and Annihilus himself in my next post, for now lets continue!
Having survived the annihilation wave, Douglas and Phyla (who was now Quasar) went to assist the Kree Empire by finding “the savior.” Sadly, their search ended up bringing the two up against the ruler of the Phalanx, Ultron. Douglas transformed into the Dragon of the Moon once again in a desperate attempt to free the Kree Empire even though she knew she could never return to her human form. While fighting alongside her friend, and lover (yes, Phyla and Moondragon are canon), Ultron thrust his arm right into Moondragons heart. Douglas died in Phylas arms.
Later, Drax and Phyla brought Moondragon back from Oblivion but Phyla had to give into the Dragon of the Moon’s requests transforming her into the Martyr.
Moondragons first appearance was in Iron Man #54
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