Origin
Seol Hee was an aspiring singer hoping to become a K-Pop star to earn enough money to take care of her grandmother. When A.I.M. ambushed a Stark Industries event where Seol was performing, she tried to defend the innocent people attending her show. However she was easily overpowered and the A.I.M soldiers locked her in a hi-tech freezer. Attempting to escape the freezer, Seol was exposed to the elements of a cold-fusion energy reactor and the combination of strange radiation and intense cold gave Seol the power to control cold and darkness. Using her powers to defeat A.I.M., Seol became the superhero “Luna Snow”!
She’s a serious person. A K-Pop star. A super hero. She’s got responsibilities.
Creation
Luna Snow was created Danny Koo, Bill Rosemann and Jeehyung Lee for the mobile game Marvel Future Fight. Her comic book debut was in War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas issue 1 (2019), by Greg Pak and Gang Hyuk Lim.
Major Story Arcs
Joining the New Agents of Atlas
As part of Malekith’s invasion of Midgard, the fire giantess Sindr commanded her demons of Muspelheim against the armed forces of South Korea and the people of Seoul. Luna Snow intervenes alongside fellow South Korean heroes White Fox and Crescent and Io, helping civilians escape before the Agents of Atlas can provide assistance. In the ensuing battle Seol’s powers are turned against her and she is captured by Sindr within the Gyeongbokgung Palace, but is quickly rescued by Amadeus Cho and Luna Snow formally joins the New Agents of Atlas.
To counter Sindr’s melting of the polar ice caps, Luna Snow is teamed up Shanghainese hero Aero and Filipina newcomer Wave to form a trio dubbed the Elementals. While Cho distracts Sindr and her army, the trio leap through the Queen of Muspelheim’s portal and combine their powers of water, wind and ice to create a vast tornado that rapidly cools the Arctic climate. Once the damage is reversed, the Elementals rejoin their fellow Agents of Atlas at the Great Wall of China north of Beijing to defeat Sindr for good.
Portal City of Pan & Atlantis Attacks
Luna Snow reunites with the Elementals to lure and send home a stray fire dragon from Sindr’s invasion. There she, along with the Agents of Atlas, encounter a new hero called Protector who brings them to the new city of Pan. Pan is a city made up of numerous Asian cities around the globe, brought together through portal technology masterminded by billionaire CEO Mike Nguyen. Pan is almost immediately bombarded by numerous wyvern attacks which Seol Hee and her teammates fight back, defending the city’s tourists all while Seol balances flirtationus advances by both Protector and Amadeus. The Agents are officially branded the new “Heroes of Pan,” but with her business savvy Seol Hee sees through Nguyen’s PR gimmicks, and confides her suspicions of Pan’s utopian facade with Amadeus. The two begin to bond which reveals a potential romantic attraction, but the two are interrupted when Pan soldiers begin attacking Madripoorian immigrants who have made a long perilous journey by sea to get to Pan. Both heroes ardently defend the immigrants and Protector reels in the guards, apologising and promising to keep the people safe. Now alone, Seol Hee and Amadeus kiss, a private moment that is captured by surveillance cameras and weaponized by Nguyen as part of his Pan Pass marketing campaign. Luna is outraged by Nguyen’s illegal use of their kiss – as K-Pop stars have non-dating clauses in their contracts and the footage could could destroy her career – so she sues for copyright and trademark infringement in response. Nguyen settles with Luna, however the publicity of their intimate moment and potential risk to Seol’s idol career sours any romantic potential the couple could have had.
The source of Pan’s magical portal technology is soon revealed to be powered by a kidnapped Atlantian dragon, and King Namor launches a singular invasion of the city. Luna is among the Agents of Atlas who want no part in the war, insisting that it is their job to protect civilians and aid in evacuation efforts. When Namor returns to Pan in a blind rage to kill Mike Nguyen and sink the city, Luna Snow and Aero manage to hold him back for an extended time until the team formulates a plan.
Silk Team-Up
While Korean-America superhero Silk was a huge fan of Luna Snow the K-idol, the two became genuine friends working together as part of the Agents of Atlas. Both were the moral center of the team, consistently defending the rights of the people of Pan, and Seol Hee appreciated Cindy Moon’s friendship with her as an actual person. After the battle between Atlantis and Pan, Luna Snow begins her first U.S. solo tour to promote her new album and sends Silk tickets to attend her sold out NYC concert at Madison Square Garden. Silk is currently investigating the mystery surrounding a 17th Century Manyeo (Korean witch), and her warriors attempt to kidnap Luna in the middle of her performance. Cindy suits up as Silk and intervenes the brawl breaking out between Luna and the warriors on stage, which the two ladies win to the crowd’s fervant applause. After the concert ends Luna invites Cindy back to her dressing room, where she offers her assistance in defeating the Manyeo, but Cindy declines and reminds Seol she still has a tour to finish.
Joining Tiger Division
Off-panel, White Fox officially invites Luna Snow to join the National Intelligence Service’s superhuman response team Tiger Division. Shortly after she joins, the team’s heavy hitter Taegukgi is mind controlled by the gangsters Choi Faction, who threatens to unleash him upon Seoul unless the government cede control of state to them. White Fox blackmails the American thief Black Cat to assist with the team’s rescue operation, and the team set off from their base on Burasam Mountain to investigate the Choi’s hideout at an abandoned DMZ ski resort. While Fox & Cat investigate the resort, Luna joins the rest of her team in “distracting” South Korea’s most powerful superhuman. Tiger Division are woefully outmatched and Luna is injured in the battle, being guarded by her teammate Lady Bright‘s sorcery before a falling building can crush them. The team hold on long enough for Fox & Cat to locate the man psychically possessing Taegukgi’s body, Mongdal, and free Taegukgi from his control.
Powers & Abilities
Luna produces a special type of cryokinesis, allowing for ‘dark ice’ that can be used offensively and ‘light ice’ for healing.
Other Media
Video Games
Marvel Future Fight
Luna Snow was created as the first original character made by Danny Koo for the NetEase mobile game Marvel Future Fight. She was added to the game in January 2018 as a Speed type character, and has become the poster character for the mobile game since her launch.
When A.I.M. ambushed a Stark Industries party where aspiring singer Seol Hee was performing, her attempts to defend the partygoers caused A.I.M. agents to lock her in a storage freezer. During her escape, she knocked over the contents of an energy experiment, exposing her to elements that granted her ice powers which she then used to defeat A.I.M. Her heroic actions made her an overnight sensation, and she continues to use her talent and powers under the name “Luna Snow” — part time pop star, part-time Super Hero!
– Luna Snow’s official bio
As a NetEase creation for the game, Luna Snow has received consistent updates with new costumes and upgrades to her power-set. She received her Tier 3 update in December 2018, alongside her Andromeda costume which is now the default uniform Luna wears in the Marvel 616 comics. Her Tier 4 update was released in August 2023 along with a new K-Idol inspired outfit and a new single. Luna Snow is consistently towards the top of the Future Fight meta, as one of the best damage-dealing characters with self heals and sytlistic power effects.
As promotion for her updates throughout the game’s history, Future Fight has released several K-pop songs “by” Luna Snow, including:
- “Tonight” sung by Hyungseo from K-pop group Busters
- “I Really Wanna” sung by Krysta Youngs
- “Fly Away” sung by MinMin from Busters
- “I Really Wanna Fly Away” remix by Marbling
Marvel Super War
Luna Snow was added to the NetEase MOBA game Marvel Super War in December 2020 as part of the game’s 1st Anniversary event. To celebrate Luna Snow’s arrival to a new game, NetEase released another K-pop single “by” Luna. This song, “Flow” was sung by Luna from K-pop group f(x).
As a Super Hero in MARVEL Super War, Luna Snow will step into Wakanda Battlefield as a powerful Energy hero with the ability to create dark ice for destruction and light ice for healing. By switching and manipulating dark ice and light ice, she can cause AoE damage and inflict a freeze effect on enemies while healing and saving herself from danger.
– Luna’s in-game bio
Marvel Rivals
Luna Snow returns in NetEase’s hero shooter Marvel Rival’s, which will launch in December 2024. In the game Luna is a Strategist whose main kit comprises healing ice abilities, while also being able to boost the damage of heroes who use water attacks such as Namor and Jeff the Land Shark. Throughout the closed beta tests, Luna Snow has been considered one of the most powerful Strategists who places towards the top of the meta.
Her abilities include Fate of Both Worlds where Luna begins dancing and forms an AoE dancefloor which heals and boosts allies, Share The Stage where Luna attaches a healing Idol Aura to her teammate, and Smooth Skate where Luna begins ice skating to increase her movement speed.
In Marvel Rivals, Luna Snow is voiced by Judy Alice Lee.