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Moonchild, also known as Moonie, is a fictional comic book character created in 1968 by award winning artist Nicola Cuti, co-creator of E-Man. Since her inception she has appeared in comic books, magazines and an audio adventure.

History
Starting in 1968, Cuti self-published three underground comics featuring his first original character, Moonchild. She was a big-eyed, buxom innocent waif who had the ability to live in outer space without any life support systems.

Moonchild was based in part on the playboy playmate Gwen Wong. Moonchild Comics sold well in the head shops of that era, and are now collectors’ items. She was also featured in Mark Estren's book A History of the Underground Comics, in the first underground comic in full color, Weird Fantasies and in several issues of Cheri magazine. She was then published as a three issue mini-series, under the name Moonie, Moonchild the Starbabe, by MU Press with covers, writing, editing, pencils by Cuti and inks and lettering by the late Dave Simons.

Adaptations
In 2011, Temple of the Cave signed a deal with Cuti to produce a three episode AudioDrop production based on the comic book "Moonie vs the Spider Queen." The production is schedule to be released April 24, 2012. The production features Tom Nagel and Michael Cornacchia and is scripted and directed by Eric Paul Erickson from the original story by Cuti.