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This page covers the Marvel comicbook hero Moonstone also known as Meteorite . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
Karla Sofen is a skilled psychiatrist and leader of the Thunderbolts. As Moonstone she is capable of controlling gravity, flight, shooting laser bolts from her hands and emitting bursts of lights.
Origin
Growing up in a California, Karla watched as her mother worked three jobs and her father worked as a butler until his death. After his death she decided that she would always put herself first. She received a degree in Psychology and had a successful practice but was still dissatisfied. Karla began to work with Dr. Faustus and other criminals to fulfill her lust for power. She was asked to help the prison board with the original Moonstone, Lloyd Bloch, because the cost of the cell he had to be contained in. After learning of it's powers she devised a way to make him reject the Moonstone. Using a hallucinogenic gas she caused him to believe he was a monster and he rejected the stone. When Karla picked up the stone it was absorbed into her body and she took on it's powers. A new Moonstone was born. Moonstone joined the Corporation and briefly controlled the Hulk and caused General Thunderbolt Ross to have a nervous breakdown. Craving more power she stole the Enervator from [[Dr. Curt Conners:char:16762]] in order to go to the moon to attain more Moonstones. After being recruited by Egghead and Baron Heinrich Zemo she joined the Masters Of Evil until she was jailed for her crimes.
Thunderbolts
The Masters Of Evil broke Moonstone out of the vault to join the "heroic" Thunderbolts, she took on the identity of Meteorite. After meeting Jolt she persuaded Masters Of Evil to let the young woman join the team. The two soon grew close and Kara took on an almost motherly role in the young woman’s life. When the teams true nature was revealed by Baron Heinrich Zemo to the public Moonstone, Jolt, Mach IV and Songbird rallied against him. Wanting to continue their lives as heroes they defeated the brainwashed Fantastic Four and Avengers with the help of Iron Man. When the battle was over the group decided to pay their debt to society so they could start they're new lives as heroes. Unfortunately before they were able to do this they were transported to an alternate dimension called Iron Man. Taking on leadership of the team she defeated the Kosmosian Primotur Jekuakkekt which allowed them to return to Earth. Moonstone used her psychological powers to defeat Graviton though her teammates felt she was neglected to consider the consequences of her actions. When Hawkeye promised the team pardons she stepped aside to let him lead the team. During the teams battle with the Masters Of Evil she considered turning on them but changed her mind.
Fighting against the Secret Empire she became involved with Hawkeye but began to have nightmares about an alien woman. The team was attacked by Scourge and Jolt was killed, Karla took her death very badly. She went in search of answers after a fight with the V-Battalion. After trying to get help from the Inhumans she went to the Kree and received the answers she was looking for. The alien woman in her dreams was the previous owner of the moonstone and was influencing Karla's desires to be a hero. The Thunderbolts and Captain Marvel found her and tried to help her. After talk of removing the stone from her body they decided to leave it in but wipe all the memories of the previous owner from it. This left all of Moonstones decisions and the consequences of them to her. Returning to Earth the team found Jolt alive and well. In spite of this good news Moonstone discovered that Hawkeye's promise of pardons were fake. She exposed him to the rest of the team and went after Scourge and the man controlling him, Henry Gyrich. Their defeat of the Redeemers lead to revelation that Henry Gyrich was being controlled as well. Receiving a full pardon from Valerie Cooper in exchange for the team giving up their dreams of being heroes.
Graviton soon emerged and hired Karla as his teacher. She taught him how to better control his powers and made him fall in love with her. He attacked and killed the Redeemers and held most of the worlds heroes in place, relocating many major cities to the sky. The Thunderbolts reformed only to find Karla at Graviton's side in her hesitation to fight them Graviton's powers imploded and sent the team to Counter-Earth. While there the Thunderbolts had their chance to be true heroes. Helping to save many people and Karla reshaped the minds of the political leaders to give them a new way of thinking. While there Moonstone took a moonstone from the Phantom Eagle greatly increasing her powers. The team returned to Earth shortly after leaving the younger members there to continue their work. When her plot against Baron Heinrich Zemo backfired she was left in a coma after he took her stones from her. After some time she was taken by the Commission on Superhuman Activities who used their resources to link her mind with Songbird. The stones were returned to her and she awoke from her coma.
During the Civil War Moonstone was blackmailed into becoming the leader of the team by Norman Osbourne (Green Goblin). Well aware of how important the teams public image was she was very careful to hide the more ruthless side of the team. Moonstone often clashes with Songbird and has convinced SHIELD agents to give Norman Osbourne placebos. In a recent battle with American Eagle she was shot through the wrist by a crossbow and ordered Bullseye to cripple him.
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