Who Is Ira? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Ira is a Creator-Owned comic book character, with over 25 comic issue appearances. A gruff, licentious alien who is, reluctantly, Moonshadow's best friend.

Who is Ira?

Origin Ira told Moonshadow three conflicting stories about his origin, each of which he said was untrue. However they may have grains of truth to them: In the first story, Ira is an orphan on a war-torn world. A prostitute takes him under her wings until she dies. Then he is abducted by the G’L-Doses (more on them below). In the second story, Ira lives on a sex-obsessed world. Everything is constantly fornicating, except when it is filling it’s life with some other hedonistic pleasure. He was happy, until the G’L-Doses took him. In the third story, Ira is a gay man from Brooklyn, with a bad marriage and family.

Key facts

Ira is of alien origin and first appeared in "Songs of Happy Chear". The character is published by Creator-Owned. With 25 recorded issue appearances, Ira ranks among the most featured characters in comics.