The Moondancers are a fictional

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team of radical pacifist terrorists. They first appeared in ''

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'' #295 (September 1983), and were created by

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, L.B. Kellog, and Jerome K. Moore.

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.

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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

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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

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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 to bring about

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, a credo they share with

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. Batman and Superman let the trio go, seeing the reasoning behind their methods.''

'' #295 (September 1983)

Membership

* Crescent Moon – A silver-haired woman who uses gravity manipulation to control and levitate the flying platform. * Harvest Moon – A muscular redhead with the power to increase her size and commensurate strength. * New Moon – An African-American woman who uses cold manipulation to fire blasts of intensely cold dark energy.

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Cosmic Teams: Moondancers
1983 comics debuts Characters created by David Anthony Kraft Comics characters introduced in 1983 DC Comics supervillain teams Fictional pacifists Fictional terrorists