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Spider-Girl
Iterations of Spider-Girl: from left to right, Annie-May Parker, Anya Corazon, and Mayday Parker
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceWhat If #7 (November 1977)
Characters
Spider-Girl

Spider-Girl is the code name of several superheroines in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The most prominent version and first to receive an ongoing series is Mayday Parker from the MC2 universe, the second version is Anya Corazon, the third version is Gwen Warren, and the fourth version is Maka Akana, the latter three from the Earth-616 universe. Several alternate reality incarnations of the character have additionally received notoriety, including the Ultimate Spider-Girl, Ashley Barton, Betty Brant, Felicity Hardy, April, Penelope and Petra Parker, Charlotte Morales, and Jessica Campbell; the name is also used by the Spider-Man advocacy group "The Spider-Girls".

Publication history

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The first Spider-Girl, Mayday Parker, debuted in a one-shot story in the ongoing series What If. Following positive fan response to the concept, Spider-Girl and two other series (A-Next and J2) set in the same alternate future universe were launched under the MC2 imprint with The Amazing Spider-Girl and The Spectacular Spider-Girl.[1][2] On November 8, 2008, Marvel EIC Joe Quesada confirmed that Spider-Girl would become a feature in the monthly anthology magazine Amazing 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 within Amazing 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 new Spider-Girl series 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 on Earth 616. The series was canceled after only eight issues. No official reason was given for the cancellation. This character returned for a Spider-Island limited series.[4]

The character who would in 2023 become the second Earth-616 Spider-Girl was introduced in Avenging Spider-Man #16 (January 2013),[5] before returning a decade later in X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #69 (January 2023) under the name "Gwen Warren", assuming the mantle of Spider-Girl as a member of the X-Men.

Spider-Boy vol. 2 #12 (October 2024) introduced the supervillain Funhouse (Makawalu "Maka" Akana), the villainous protégé of Bullseye, who aiming to become Spider-Boy's nemesis, temporarily takes the name "Spider-Girl" to mock him while the two partake in a tournament, ultimately keeping the name as the third Earth-616 Spider-Girl. She was created by Dan Slott and Michael Cho.[6] This Spider-Girl later received a solo series, which follows her after she parts ways with Bullseye.[7]

Spider-Girls

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Mayday Parker

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Spider-Girl (May "Mayday" Parker), also known as Spider-Girl Red, is the daughter of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson from the MC2 universe (Earth-982).

April Parker

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Prior to calling herself "Mayhem", Mayday's clone April Parker (the "Brand New May") goes by Spider-Girl, the two sharing the mantle (April known as Spider-Girl Blue due to her blue suit).

Anya Corazon

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The first Spider-Girl in the mainstream Marvel Universe is Aña "Anya" Sofia Corazon, the Latina superhero who originally called herself Araña (Spider), and occasionally goes by Spider-Girl.

Gwen Warren

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Jackal used stolen technology from Mister Sinister to create a mutant hybrid using the DNA of Gwen Stacy, Spider-Queen, and Cyclops.[8] The newborn Spider-Girl battles the Superior Spider-Man and the X-Men in the form of a 30 ft. human-spider hybrid, resembling a giant garden spider with human eyes able to shoot eye-beams. After being subdued, she is reduced to the form of a 12-year-old human girl and gains sentience.[5] Later, she enrolls in and drops out of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning under the name Gwen Warren.

Gwen becomes as a waitress at the Krakoan-American cuisine restaurant Gifted Kitchen. She would later meet Nature Girl and Armageddon Man, who set off her giant spider form. The two calm her down and recruit her to their cause.[9] Gwen later gains control of her powers, allowing her to assume her giant spider form at will.

Maka Akana

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The second volume of Spider-Boy introduces a new incarnation of Spider-Girl who is the supervillain minion of Bullseye. She accompanies him in ambushing Spider-Boy and Daredevil on top of the Daily Bugle to reclaim the trophy. As Spider-Boy is surprised that Spider-Girl knows his true identity and claims that she is like this because of him, Spider-Girl webs up Spider-Boy and Daredevil with her barbed webbing as she and Bullseye escape with the Golden Fang Trophy. Daredevil and Spider-Boy follow them to Madripoor.[10][11]

In a flashback to three years ago in Kawainui Falls, Hawaii, Spider-Girl's history as a Hawaiian girl named Makawalu "Maka" Akana is explored. After diving off a cliff, she was approached by Bullseye who recognized her talents and took her as his protégé. In the present, Makawalu and Bullseye are en-route on an unmarked airplane to Madripoor. They arrive at the sight of the Challenge of the Jade Dragon overseen by the Gaping Maw and present the Golden Fang Trophy as their entry into the tournament. Bullseye and Spider-Girl are surprised to learn that Daredevil and Spider-Boy have entered the Challenge of the Jade Dragon as the latest competitors.[12]

Spider-Boy recalls that "Spider-Girl" was originally Funhouse, a supervillain with the ability to duplicate the superpowers of anyone she makes eye contact with. Years prior, Bullseye dispatched Funhouse to attack Spider-Boy and Ms. Marvel. After copying the abilities of Ms. Marvel and Stegron, Funhouse copied Spider-Boy's powers, but lost control of them.[13] After Bullseye is disqualified, Spider-Boy and Spider-Girl battle Mist, who they manage to defeat. Afterwards, Spider-Girl cuts all ties with Bullseye.[14] After separating from Bullseye, Spider-Girl struggles to be a superhero in New York City while attending the Red Snow martial arts studio.[15]

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 of Becky, Emma Paley, and Leila Goldberg, who operate a community service centre in Spider-Man's honour, opposed in merchandising by Teri Hillman, also calling herself Spider-Girl, with the four coming to peace and ultimately all being known as Spider-Girl by the storyline's end.[16]

Other versions

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Betty Brant

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In "What If Someone Else Besides Spider-Man Had Been Bitten By The Radioactive Spider?", Betty Brant is one of three candidates – along with Flash Thompson and John Jameson – who is bitten by the radioactive spider which gave Spider-Man his 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 certain crook, who subsequently murders Peter's uncle 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.[17]

This incarnation also appears in the events "Spider-Verse" and "End of the Spider-Verse".

Ultimate Marvel

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An Ultimate Marvel version of 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.

In Ultimate Spider-Man #200, a glimpse of the future shows Kitty Pryde to eventually become Spider-Girl.[18]

Ashley Barton

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In the pages of Old Man Logan, Ashley is the daughter of Tonya Parker and Hawkeye who did not like the way that Kingpin was 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.[19] Hawkeye breaks his daughter out of her cell, whereafter Ashley immediately beheads Kingpin which avenges Daredevil and Punisher's deaths.[19] Then she attempts to kill her father, before taking over Hammer Falls as the new Kingpin.[19] Old Man Logan rescues Hawkeye as Ashley sends her men after them.[19]

The character appears in the "Spider-Verse" and Spider-Geddon storylines, 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 the Inheritors, before returning to the Wastelands in "Venomverse" and "Old Man Quill".[20][21]

May Parker

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In Spider-Man & Friends, set in the alternate continuity of Earth-61011, Spider-Man is depicted as having a first cousin named May Parker who operates as Spider-Girl (a different person from his future daughter Mayday and his aunt May), having red pigtails, and created by Michi Fujimoto and Jeff Albrecht.[22]

Felicity Hardy

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Introduced in Avengers (vol. 4), across the split timelines of Earth-10943 and Earth-10071, Felicity Hardy is the Spider-Girl of the Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow continuity, the young adult daughter of Peter Parker and Felicia Hardy / Black Cat, who inherited her father's spider-powers and her mother's white hair (cut short), helping the Next Avengers survive Ultron's rule along with Iron Man and the Maestro after her parents' deaths.[23]

Penelope Parker

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Introduced in Spider-Verse, Penelope P. Parker is the 11-year-old Spider-Girl of Earth-11, who is best friends with Mary Jane Watson and has a crush on Flash Thompson.[24]

Charlotte Morales

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The celebrity daughter of Gwen Stacy and Miles Morales from Earth-8, Charlotte "Charlie" Morales operates as Spider-Girl alongside her brother Max as Spider-Boy.[25]

Jessica Campbell

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In "What If Jessica Jones Was Bitten By The Radioactive Spider?", a teenage Jessica Campbell is the one who is bitten by the radioactive spider which gave Spider-Man his powers instead of Peter Parker. She begins to fight crime under the name "The Amazing Spider-Girl" as a public identity superhero and fashion icon, with a eye-mask similar to Spider-Man's but a pink colour scheme and skirt, and a ponytail. A fight with the Green Goblin leads Jessica quit her Spider-Girl identity, though she then must use her powers again in her 20s after the Goblin seemingly returns.[26][27]

In other media

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Film

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  • Several incarnations of Spider-Girl appear in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023):
    • Mayday Parker, the infant daughter of Peter B. Parker and Mary Jane Parker of Earth-616B.[28]
      • Mayday Parker, an adult with Heterochromia iridum operating as Spider-Girl and a member of Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Society.[28]
      • April Parker, an adult clone of Mayday operating as a blue-suited Spider-Girl and a member of the Spider-Society.[28]
    • Anya Corazon, a short-haired muscular adult operating as a blue-armored Spider-Girl and a member of the Spider-Society.[29][30]
      • Anya Corazon, a black-and-white-costumed version of Spider-Girl who is one of the Spider-People pursuing Miles.[31]
    • Betty Brant, a webbed-suited version of Spider-Girl who is one of the Spider-People pursuing Miles.[31]
    • Felicity Hardy, a short-haired daughter of Peter and Felicia Hardy who is one of the Spider-People pursuing Miles.[31]

Television

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Novels

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An alternate universe variant of May Parker / Spider-Girl originating from Iron Man 2020's timeline appears in the novel Time's Arrow 3: The Future by Tom DeFalco and Rosemary Edghill.

Video games

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Panels | Comic Book, Graphic Novel and Cartooning Discussions – Forums powered by UBB.threads™". Comicon.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  2. ↑ DeFalco Confirms Amazing Spider-Girl Cancellation, Comic Book Resources, October 13, 2008
  3. ↑ "Spider-Girl Returns in Marvel Digital Comics". Comic Book Resources. March 18, 2009. Archived from the original on March 22, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Spider-Girl #1 Starring Araña For November – Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors". Bleeding Cool. July 16, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Avenging Spider-Man #16 (March 2013)
  6. ↑ "Marvel Preview: Spider-Boy #15". AIPT Comics. January 24, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Sensational New Spider-Girl Fulfills Her Super Hero Destiny in First-Ever Solo Series". Marvel Comics. February 20, 2025. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #91 (June 2023)
  9. ↑ X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #69 (January 2023)
  10. ↑ Morrison, Matt (September 5, 2024). "Spider-Boy #11 Gives a Daredevil Villain the Most Unlikely Teen Sidekick Ever". Superhero Hype. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  11. ↑ Spider-Boy (vol. 2) #11-12 (September-October 2024)
  12. ↑ Spider-Boy (vol. 2) #13 (November 2024)
  13. ↑ Spider-Boy (vol. 2) #14 (December 2024)
  14. ↑ Spider-Boy (vol. 2) #16 (February 2025)
  15. ↑ Spider-Girl (vol. 3) #1 (June 2025)
  16. ↑ Peter Parker #1–4 (May - July 2010)
  17. ↑ What If? #7 (February 1978)
  18. ↑ Ultimate Spider-Man #200 (June 2014)
  19. 1 2 3 4 Wolverine (vol. 3) #67–70 (September 2008 - February 2009)
  20. ↑ The Superior Spider-Man #32 (October 2014)
  21. ↑ The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 3) #10 (January 2015)
  22. ↑ Meet Spider-Man & Friends (2002)
  23. ↑ Avengers (vol. 4) #1–6 (May–October 2010)
  24. ↑ Spider-Verse #1 (January 2015)
  25. ↑ Spider-Gwen #18 (November 2016)
  26. ↑ What If…? Jessica Jones #1 (July 2026)
  27. ↑ Drum, Nicole (June 15, 2026). "Jessica Jones Becomes Marvel's Not-So-Friendly Neighborhood Web-Slinger in What If…? Jessica Jones First Look (Exclusive)". ComicBook.com. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  28. 1 2 3 Polo, Susana; Patches, Matt; McWhertor, Michael (December 13, 2022). "Every new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse character, explained". Polygon. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  29. ↑ Diaz, Eric (December 14, 2022). "All the New Spider-Man Variants We Saw in the Across the Spider-Verse Trailer and Poster". Yahoo! Life. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  30. ↑ "the Araña design was expertly done by Mauro Belfiore". Kris Anka, Character/Costume Designer – Across the Spider-Verse. Twitter. June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  31. 1 2 3 Diaz, Eric (January 17, 2023). "All the New Spider-Man Variants We Saw in the Across the Spider-Verse Trailer and Poster". Nerdist. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  32. ↑ Cavanaugh, Patrick (September 5, 2014). "Check out these Guest Voices from Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors". marvel.com. Marvel.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  33. ↑ "Looks like Anya Corazon is appearing on the 2017 Spider-Man cartoon". 20 April 2017.
  34. 1 2 "Spider-Girl / Anya Corazon Voices (Spider-Man)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 1, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  35. ↑ "Bring On the Bad Guys Pt. 2". Spider-Man. Season 2. Episode 9. July 30, 2018. Disney XD.
  36. ↑ Spider-Man Unlimited – Enter Sandman. Gameloft. October 10, 2014 – via YouTube. NOW AVAILABLE! Spider-Man Unlimited's first major update has arrived! Face off against the next member of The Sinister Six; Sandman. With all-new Spider-Men from across the Spider-Verse - including Spider-Girl, Spider-Gwen, and lots more!
  37. ↑ "NYCC 2014: Spider-Girl and Spider-Man 2099 coming to Spider-Man Unlimited". Whatever A Spider Can. 12 October 2014.
  38. ↑ Phillips, Tom (May 24, 2016). "Spider-Man swings free in Lego Marvel's Avengers today". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
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