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This article is about the Marvel Comics characters. For the DC Comics character, seeSpider Girl.
Spider-Girl
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceWhat If#7 (November 1977)
Characters
Spider-Girl

Spider-Girlis thecode nameof severalfictionalcharactersincomic bookspublished byMarvel Comics.The most prominent version and first to receive anongoing seriesisMayday Parkerfrom theMC2universe, the second version isAnya Corazon,and the third version isGwen Warren,the latter two both from theEarth-616universe. Several alternate reality incarnations of the character have additionally received notoriety, including theUltimate Spider-Girl,Ashley Barton,Betty Brant,April,PenelopeandPetra Parker,andCharlotte Morales.

Publication history

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The first portrayed Spider-Girl,Mayday Parker,first appeared in a one-shot story in the ongoing seriesWhat If.Following positive fan response to the concept,Spider-Girland two other series (A-NextandJ2) set in the same alternate future universe were launched under theMC2imprint withThe Amazing Spider-GirlandSpectacular Spider-Girl.[1][2]On November 8, 2008, Marvel EICJoe Quesadaconfirmed that Spider-Girl would become a feature in the monthly anthology magazineAmazing Spider-Man Family.The series would replace the feature "Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man",written by DeFalco, which served as a prequel series to the Spider-Girl universe.[3]The title would continue to be simultaneously published in paper form withinAmazing Spider-Man Family.Amazing Spider-Man Family#5 (published April 2009) through #8 (July 2009) contained these Spider-Girl stories until the title's cancellation with issue #8, followed by one last Spider-Girl tale,Spider-Girl: The End,in which fellow Spider-Girl April Parker is killed.

In November 2010, a newSpider-Girlseries was launched that was unconnected to the MC2 universe. The MC2 Spider-Girl title was cancelled, having surpassed publisher expectations for longevity. The new series featured a new character,Anya Corazon,whose adventures occurred onEarth 616.The series was canceled after only eight issues. No official reason was given for the cancellation. This character returned for aSpider-Islandlimited series.[4]

A second Earth-616 Spider-Girl was introduced inAvenging Spider-Man#16 (January 2013),[5]before returning a decade later inX-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic#69 (January 2023) under the name "Gwen Warren", assuming the mantle of Spider-Girl as a member of theX-Men.

Spider-Girls

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Mayday Parker

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Main article:Spider-Girl (Mayday Parker)

The daughter ofPeter ParkerandMary Jane Watsonfrom theMC2universe.

April Parker

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Main article:April Parker

Prior to calling herself "Mayhem", Mayday's clone April goes by Spider-Girl, the two sharing the mantle.

Anya Corazon

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Main article:Anya Corazon

ALatinasuperhero who originally called herself Araña (Spider), and occasionally goes by Spider-Girl.

Gwen Warren

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The mutant clone ofScott Summers,Gwen Stacy,andAna Soriacreated bythe Jackalusing technology stolen fromMister Sinister,the newborn Spider-Girl battlesThe Superior Spider-Man(Doctor Octopus' mind in Spider-Man's body) and theX-Menin the form of a 30 ft. human-spider hybrid, resembling a giantgarden spiderwith human eyes able to shoot eye-beams, before being returned to a normal size with sentience, to the physical size of a twelve-year-old humanoid girl.[5]Later, she enrolls in and drops out of the Jean Grey School For Higher Learning under the name "Gwen Warren" according to a statement byTom BrevoortonTumblr.

Gwen later went to work as a waitress at the Krakoan-American cuisine restaurant called Gifted Kitchen. She would later meetNature Girland Armageddon Man who set off her giant spider side. They calmed her down and got her on their side.[6]

Becoming a member of X-Men Green as the superhero Spider-Girl, she is able to turn into both a giant spider and a "spider-girl" at a thought.[7]

During the "Fall of X",Gwen was among the mutants that took refuge at the Limbo Embassy.[8]

Other versions

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Betty Brant

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Main article:Betty Brant

In "What If Someone Else Besides Spider-Man Had Been Bitten By The Radioactive Spider?",Betty Brant is one of three candidates – along withFlash ThompsonandJohn Jameson– who is bitten by the radioactive spider which gaveSpider-Manhis powers. After confiding in Peter, and with his assistance, she begins to fight crime under the name "The Amazing Spider-Girl", with a mask similar to Spider-Man's but a very different costume. One time, she fails to stop a certaincrook,who subsequently murders Peter'suncle Ben.The shock over the consequences of her failure makes Betty quit her Spider-Girl identity, although Peter takes up the identity of Spider-Man later on by synthetically recreating and ingesting the irradiated spider's venom.[9]This incarnation also appears in the events "Spider-Verse"and"End of the Spider-Verse".

Ultimate Marvel

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Main article:Ultimate Spider-Girl

AnUltimate Marvelversionof Spider-Girl/Spider-Woman is featured with the Ultimate continuity. This version, known by various names, is a gender-swapped clone of the Peter Parker of the Ultimate Universe, with all of his memories, from their perspective having gone to sleep one day a boy and woken up the next as a girl. Initially known as Spider-Girl/Spider-Woman, she joins the Avengers and takes on the mantle of Black Widow, before returning to their original name.

InUltimate Spider-Man#200, a glimpse of the future showsKitty Prydeto eventually become Spider-Girl.[10]

Ashley Barton

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Main article:Spider-Bitch (Ashley Barton)

In the pages ofOld Man Logan,Ashley is the daughter of Tonya Parker and Hawkeye who did not like the way thatKingpinwas running Hammer Falls. She becomes "Spider-Bitch", allying herself with a new Punisher and Daredevil, and plans to take back Hammer Falls, only for the group to be captured and Daredevil and Punisher to be fed to the carnivorous dinosaurs.[11]Hawkeye breaks his daughter out of her cell, whereafter Ashley immediately beheads Kingpin which avenges Daredevil and Punisher's deaths.[11]Then she attempts to kill her father, before taking over Hammer Falls as the new Kingpin.[11]Old Man Logan rescues Hawkeye as Ashley sends her men after them.[11]

The character appears in the "Spider-Verse"andSpider-Geddonstorylines, now referred with her father's surname as Ashley Barton, and alternately referred to as "Spider-Girl" and "Spider-Woman" due to the family-friendly nature of the narrative, and is among the spider-powered characters who are recruited by The Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus's mind in Peter Parker's body) to help fight theInheritors,before returning to the Wastelands in "Venomverse"and"Old Man Quill".[12][13]

Penelope Parker

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Introduced in "Spider-Verse", Penelope Parker is the 11-year-old Spider-Girl of Earth-11, who is best friends withMary Jane Watsonand has acrushonFlash Thompson.[14]

Charlotte Morales

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Thecelebritydaughter ofGwen StacyandMiles Moralesfrom Earth-8, Charlotte operates as Spider-Girl alongside her brother Max as Spider-Boy.[15]

In other media

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Film

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Several incarnations of Spider-Girl appear inSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse(2023):

  • Mayday Parker, the infant daughter ofPeter B. Parkerand Mary Jane Parker of Earth-616B.[16]
    • Mayday Parker, an adult withHeterochromia iridumoperating as Spider-Girl and a member ofMiguel O'Hara's Spider-Society.[16]
    • April Parker, an adult clone of Mayday operating as a blue-suited Spider-Girl and a member of Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Society.[16]
  • Anya Corazon, a short-haired muscular adult operating as a blue-armored Spider-Girl and a member of Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Society.[17][18]
    • Anya Corazon, a black-and-white-costumed version of Spider-Girl who appears as one of the Spider-People pursuing Miles.[19]
  • Betty Brant, a webbed-suited version of Spider-Girl who appears as one of the Spider-People pursuing Miles.[19]

Television

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Novels

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An older, more cynical alternate version of May Parker/Spider-Girl appears in theSpider-Man/X-Menteam-up novelTime's Arrow 3: The Futureby Tom DeFalco &Rosemary Edghill(ISBN0-425-16500-0). In that novel, Spider-Man travels to the alternate future known for itsIron Man 2020(Arno Stark). This universe's Earth is designated Earth-8410. In this reality, Spider-Girl wears a costume almost identical to the one worn byJessica Drew,except the colors have been modified to look like Spider-Man's costume. She has the ability to fire venom blasts and webs.

Video games

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Miscellaneous

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Peter Parker#1–4 (March–June 2010) features a Spider-Man advocacy group known as the Spider-Girls in "The Private Life of Peter Parker", consisting ofBecky,Emma Paley,andLeila Goldberg,who operate a community service centre in Spider-Man's honour, opposed in merchandising byTeri Hillman,also calling herself Spider-Girl, with the four coming to peace and ultimately all being known as the Spider-Girls by the storyline's end.[25]

See also

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References

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  2. ^DeFalco Confirms Amazing Spider-Girl Cancellation,Comic Book Resources,October 13, 2008
  3. ^"Spider-Girl Returns in Marvel Digital Comics".Comic Book Resources.Retrieved2013-08-11.
  4. ^"Spider-Girl #1 Starring Araña For November – Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors".Bleedingcool.com. 2010-07-16.Retrieved2013-08-11.
  5. ^abAvenging Spider-Man#16. Marvel Comics.
  6. ^X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comics#69. Marvel Comics.
  7. ^X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic#71-73. Marvel Comics.
  8. ^Dark X-MenVol. 2 #5. Marvel Comics.
  9. ^What If?#7. Marvel Comics.
  10. ^Ultimate Spider-Man#200. Marvel Comics.
  11. ^abcdWolverineVol. 3 #67–70. Marvel Comics.
  12. ^Superior Spider-Man#32. Marvel Comics.
  13. ^The Amazing Spider-ManVol. 3 #10. Marvel Comics.
  14. ^Spider-Verse#1. Marvel Comics.
  15. ^Spider-Gwen#18. Marvel Comics.
  16. ^abcPolo, Susana; Patches, Matt; McWhertor, Michael (December 13, 2022)."Every newSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Versecharacter, explained ".Polygon.RetrievedDecember 13,2022.
  17. ^Diaz, Eric (December 14, 2022)."All the New Spider-Man Variants We Saw in theAcross the Spider-VerseTrailer and Poster ".Yahoo! Life.RetrievedDecember 14,2022.
  18. ^"the Araña design was expertly done by Mauro Belfiore".Kris Anka, Character/Costume Designer - Across the Spider-Verse.Twitter. June 14, 2023.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
  19. ^abDiaz, Eric (January 17, 2023)."All the New Spider-Man Variants We Saw in theAcross the Spider-VerseTrailer and Poster ".Nerdist.RetrievedJanuary 17,2023.
  20. ^"Looks like Anya Corazon is appearing on the 2017 Spider-Man cartoon".20 April 2017.
  21. ^"Bring On the Bad Guys Pt. 2".Spider-Man.Season 2. Episode 9. July 30, 2018. Disney XD.
  22. ^"YouTube".www.youtube.com.
  23. ^"NYCC 2014: Spider-Girl and Spider-Man 2099 coming to Spider-Man Unlimited".12 October 2014.
  24. ^Phillips, Tom (May 24, 2016)."Spider-Man swings free in Lego Marvel's Avengers today".Eurogamer.Archived fromthe originalon March 29, 2019.RetrievedMay 18,2019.
  25. ^Peter Parker#1–4. Marvel Comics.
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