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{{about|the Marvel Comics character|the DC Comics character|Spider Girl}}
{{about|the Marvel Comics character|the DC Comics character|Spider Girl}}


'''Spider-Girl''' is a [[fictional]] [[superheroine]] in the [[Marvel Comics]] universe. The first character with the superheroine's name was [[Mayday Parker]], the teenage daughter of [[Spider-Man]] and [[Mary Jane Watson]] in the [[Marvel Comics 2|MC2]] universe. The second one with the superheroine's name is [[Anya Corazon]], a half [[Mexican people|Mexican]] and half [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] [[Superhero#Female superheroes|superheroine]] in the {{Marvel Universe}}.
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'''Spider-Girl''' is a [[superheroine]] in the [[Marvel Comics]] universe. The first character with the superheroine's name was '''Mayday Parker''' created by [[Tom DeFalco]] and [[Ron Frenz]] as the teenage daughter of [[Spider-Man]] and [[Mary Jane Watson]] in the [[Marvel Comics 2|MC2]] universe, and first appeared in ''[[What If (comics)|What If]]'' (vol. 2) #105 (February 1998). She later acquired her own ongoing comic book ''Spider-Girl'' written by DeFalco and drawn by Frenz and [[Pat Olliffe]], which was the longest-running superhero book with a lead female character ever published by Marvel before being relaunched as ''The Amazing Spider-Girl''. Peter and Mary Jane named their daughter after his [[Aunt May]].

==Publication history==
Spider-Girl first appeared in a one-shot story in the ongoing series ''[[What If (comics)|What If]]''. Following positive fan response to the concept, ''Spider-Girl'' and two other series (''[[A-Next]]'' and ''[[J2 (comics)|J2]]'') set in the same alternate future universe were launched under the [[Marvel Comics 2|MC2]] imprint. Although each of these titles were slated to be 12-issue limited series, ''Spider-Girl'''s initial sales justified their continuation as ongoing titles.

After initial interest, ''Spider-Girl'' drew low sales. However, the book's active fanbase caused Marvel to revoke several cancellation announcements. Reprints of the series in [[digest size]] [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperbacks]] sold well. Marvel Associate Editor Nick Lowe revealed in a November 2005 interview that "''Spider-Girl'', for the first time, is completely safe from cancellation."<ref>[http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=004386]</ref>

However, despite Lowe's statement, Marvel announced that #100 would be the title's final issue. Although the ''Spider-Girl'' title was indeed canceled, the book was relaunched as ''The Amazing Spider-Girl'', with issue #0 appearing in October 2006.

On October 11, 2008, Tom DeFalco announced that ''Amazing Spider-Girl'' will be canceled with issue #30, though he revealed that, due to the company's love of the character, she could possibly be given a sixteen-page back-up strip in ''Amazing Spider-Man Family''.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18419 DeFalco Confirms Amazing Spider-Girl Cancelation], [[Comic Book Resources]], October 13, 2008</ref> On November 8, 2008, Marvel EIC [[Joe Quesada]] confirmed that Spider-Girl would indeed 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.

On March 18, 2009, Marvel announced that Spider-Girl would continue publication as ''Spectacular Spider-Girl'', a web-comic released through Marvel's Digital Comics Unlimited.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20467], [[Comic Book Resources]], March 18, 2009</ref> 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.

The new "Spectacular Spider-Girl" stories were then contained in ''[[Web of Spider-Man#Volume 2|Web of Spider-Man]]''. This lasted for 7 issues before being moved to its own [[eponymous]] 4-issue limited series, ''Spectacular Spider-Girl''. This was followed by one last Spider-Girl tale, ''Spider-Girl: The End''. Tom DeFalco claims this is the last Spider-Girl story he plans to write.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

==Fictional character biography==
May "Mayday" Parker is the child of [[Spider-Man|Peter]] and [[Mary Jane Watson|Mary Jane Parker]] in a future, alternate universe continuity. In the [[Marvel Comics 2|MC2]] [[Multiverse (Marvel Comics)|continuity]], they were reunited with their baby daughter by [[Kaine]], who found the child living with Alison Mongraine, the con artist who had kidnapped the baby on instruction from the Green Goblin. After they were reunited, Peter lost a leg during the horrific final conflict with the [[Green Goblin]]. After the battle Peter was offered a bionic replacement from [[Mister Fantastic]] but, considering it a wake-up call, decided to retire and focus on being a husband and father (the battle is glimpsed in ''Spider Girl'' #7, and fully explained in ''Spider Girl'' #49). For years, they chose to keep their past from Mayday and hoped that she wouldn't develop powers of her own.

Despite her parents' hopes, Mayday began developing versions of her father's spider-powers when she was 15. At the same time, [[Normie Osborn]], grandson of the original Green Goblin, set out to restore the family name. Mayday donned [[Ben Reilly]]'s Spider-Man costume to stop him and soon took to crime-fighting, at first hindered, then helped, by her worried parents.

Mayday shares traits of both of her parents. Like her mother, she is a beautiful, charismatic, and a popular student, and she is intelligent and bright, just like her father. She also inherited his love for in-fight bantering. In addition, she is a very good athlete and excelled in her girls' [[basketball]] team until she quit, after her powers emerged, to become a cheerleader. On the one hand, Mayday seems to have inherited the "Parker luck" in which her dual identity wreaks havoc in her private life. On the other hand, her superhero career, unlike her father's, begins with her successfully protecting her family. From the early part of her career onwards, Spider-Girl has developed a reputation for avoiding unnecessary battles and reforming her former adversaries, like Normie Osborn and Raptor. Spider-Girl quickly establishes herself in the superheroic community, gaining reserve status in the [[A-Next|Avengers]] and allies in the [[New Warriors#Other versions|New Warriors]] and [[Fantastic Five]].

In ''The Amazing Spider-Girl,'' Mayday promises to give up costumed super heroics, dates Eugene Thompson, and runs for student council. When Mary Jane becomes aware that the [[Hobgoblin (comics)|Hobgoblin]] poses a threat to her daughter's teenage friends, she allows Mayday to resume her activities as Spider-Girl (a situation they wanted to keep secret from Peter). After a battle with the Hobgoblin, Mayday tells her father the truth, and after a conversation with Mary Jane, they allowed May to resume her Spider-Girl identity.

After an attempt at helping the [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] government agency, a case filled with a piece of the Carnage symbiote was released. It attaches itself to May's friend Moose, who becomes the new Carnage. In exchange, Carnage will bond itself to Moose's terminally ill father, curing him in the process. Carnage causes a stir at May's school and kidnaps Peter and Baby Ben, forcing May to confront her friend. May tries to talk to Moose within the symbiote but fails, and it bonds with her brother Ben. Peter escapes as May battles the two symbiotes and gathers sonic gear that may be able to defeat the symbiote. However it is May who uses the weapons, thereby destroying the piece of the Carnage symbiote. Her success is not without a measure of collateral damage as well, however; not only is Moose furious at Spider-Girl for dooming his father, but the sonic weapon renders Ben deaf.

Ben's hearing is eventually restored thanks to the intervention of Normie Osborn. Normie later stumbles on one of Norman Osborn's former labs, and discovers a fluid tank containing what appears to be a physical duplicate of Mayday Parker. Notes left behind by his grandfather indicate that this Mayday is the original he kidnapped years ago, hinting that the Mayday raised by Peter and MJ is yet another clone.

Fury the Goblin Queen begins acting out the Green Goblin's final gambit against Peter Parker. While kidnapping the retired Spider-Man, Fury also activates a signal that awakens the unconscious girl within the Osborn labs' tank. The changeling escapes, confronting Mayday on the roof of her high school just as she is changing into Spider-Girl. The two briefly battle before being caught in an explosion. A critically injured Mayday is rescued from the debris by [[Anya Corazon|Araña]]'s forces. Araña, realizing that Mayday might not survive her ordeal, offers to merge with her. However, she intervenes in a vision quest that Mayday is undergoing. By aiding her overcome a force she was meant to overcome alone, she obstructs Spider-Girl from uncovering whether or not she is the true Mayday. Araña also has an ulterior motive: by assuming the body and power of Spider-Girl she hopes to take the Black Tarantula, an adversary and former lover, by surprise and defeat him. Araña successfully completes the merger and temporarily assumes control of Mayday's body, leaving Mayday and a third, blond woman who shares her name (later revealed to be the spirit of [[Aunt May]]) trapped within Araña's body.

Meanwhile, the changeling emerges from the blast relatively unharmed and attempts to resume Mayday's life. However, her presence deeply disturbs Benjy. She later receives a call from Normie, telling her about the capture of Peter Parker, leading the changeling into taking on the role of Spider-Girl.

The two women are restored to their rightful bodies while in battle with others. Mayday, in Araña's body, runs into the changeling just as Araña, in Mayday's body, enters the lair of the Black Tarantula. The Black Tarantula is able to see through Araña's trick and nearly knocks her unconscious, just as Mayday, in Araña's body, is knocked unconscious as well, leading the two of them to recover their original bodies.

Normie Osborne, along with Kaine, Phil Urich (in his Green Goblin Costume), Darkdevil, and Raptor, try to rescue Peter Parker from Fury's hands, unaware of the fact that Peter has absorbed the mind and memories of the original Norman Osborn. This leads to a fight between the assembled heroes and Peter, now possessed by the Green Goblin. Mayday arrives just as Peter/Green Goblin reunites with the changeling, who is revealed to have been genetically spliced with the DNA of the Venom symbiote, giving her similar metamorphic powers displayed by [[Spidercide (comics)|Spidercide]], but without the need for a host like normal symbiotes.

Bonding with his "daughter" (and, unintentionally, Spider-Girl), the possessed Peter declares himself as "The Goblin God" and begins to go on a rampage, while Mayday finds herself trapped within her father's mental psyche. With the aid of the spiritual influence of her Great Aunt May Parker, as well as flashbacks to the day she healed Normie Osborn's psychological scars, Mayday and Peter are able to overcome Norman in a psychic duel and convince the Brand New May that Mayday is a good person. Norman is seemingly defeated, but not before he denies Mayday the chance to discover whenever or not she is the true daughter of Peter and Mary Jane, or the clone. Mary Jane is rescued from near-death by Benjy, who reveals he has developed organic webbing.

With the Brand New May uncertain of her place, Mayday proposes she become a member of the Parker family; Mary Jane agrees, though Peter distrusts her and objects to the idea. Mayday takes a walk, reflecting on how her parents, baby brother, and potential new twin sister have overcome so much and truly become "An Amazing Spider-Man Family".

The following storyline sees Mayday and April begin to steadily grow as crime-fighting partners, with April proving at times to be unstable and far more intense and ruthless than her "cousin" Mayday. At one point, April murders Tombstone when she believes him to have murdered Mayday.

In the meantime, whilst trying to control the rising gang warfare in New York City as well as keep her unruly cousin in line with both her temper and powers, Mayday's relationship with Wesley begins to blossom into a deeper bond, and Wes at times demonstrates hints that he knows Mayday's identity. April briefly attempts to play mischievous match-maker with the pair by posing as Mayday, but Wes sees through her deception. April eventually takes on the name "Mayhem" and embraces her symbiotic, intense, no-nonsense nature and cuts herself off from The Parker family to pursue a life as a vigilante who answers to no one.

''The Spectacular Spider-Girl'' title concludes with Mayday sacrificing herself to save April's life. However, in the far future, a future incarnation of April uses Doctor Doom's time machine to return to the present and convince her past self to act responsibly, she does and saves Mayday's life at the cost of her own and at the cost of the future that came to be. Mayday is later united with Wes, who reveals that he does indeed know Mayday's true identity and they kiss, beginning a relationship.

==Powers and abilities==
May Parker inherited many of the [[Spider-Man's powers and equipment|same abilities]] as her father, Peter Parker. May possesses superhuman strength but has less than her father, can leap several stories high, and can cover the width of a city block. Spider-Girl's reflexes are also heightened to levels well beyond that of an ordinary human. She heals somewhat faster than a normal human, and is more agile than Spider-Man.

Spider-Girl can adhere to almost any surface through a bio-magnetic field her body generates, allowing her to scale the sides of a building, just like a spider. Wall-crawling doesn't come as naturally to May as Peter; she has to concentrate to keep herself from slipping off surfaces. In addition to adhering to surfaces, May can also repel herself like an opposing magnet, or she can repulse and adhere another object or person through a shared medium. For example, she can cause a person to stick to a wall they're touching just by touching that same wall and willing them to, or she can just as easily violently push them away.

May Parker has inherited a "spider-sense", a clairvoyance that warns her of danger that is somewhat more powerful and reliable than her father's. It tells her the direction a threat is coming from with a high level of accuracy. Through intensive training, she learned to fight blindfolded using only her spider-sense. She can use it to spot weaknesses in an opponent and use them to her advantage. She can also sense mundane threats or observations like her father, but unlike him, she can use it to sense deception. Her Spider-sense is also capable of differentiating between various threats, allowing May to "recognise" a familiar danger. By touching her father's clone, [[Kaine]], she experienced a shared precognitive vision, but she does not normally have that ability.

May also has mechanical [[Spider-Man's powers and equipment#Artificial web-shooters|web-shooters]] based on [[Ben Reilly]]'s web-shooter design, but longer and narrower. They can fire impact webbing and metal needles called "Stingers". May rarely uses the stingers, thinking them to be "too brutal". Her [[mobile phone]] is modified to attach to one of her web-shooters, and looks like one of its cartridges. She occasionally uses spider-tracers, but as they are tuned to her father's spider-sense and not hers, she needs a receiver to detect them. She wears a skin tight spandex unitard which she was uncomfortable with at first because of its revealing characteristics but has grown accustomed to it and even enjoys wearing it as she has been quoted as saying "it feels like a second skin."

Spider-Girl once lost her powers due to an electric shock. However, she borrowed the [[Green Goblin]] equipment from [[Normie Osborn]] until she regained them.

May has also received [[martial arts]] training from the [[Ladyhawk (comics)|Ladyhawks]] and [[Elektra Natchios]], as well as being drilled in the use of her powers by her father.

==Other versions==
===What If?===
In ''What If'' #7 (Feb 1978), the [[Watcher (comics)|Watcher]] reveals what would have happened if someone other than Peter Parker had been bitten by the radioactive spider. One of the tales features [[Betty Brant]] getting bit instead of Parker, and she teams up with him to assume the identity of the Amazing Spider-Girl.

In this continuity, Betty wears the same mask, gloves, and boots that Spider-Man wears, but her torso is barely covered by a blue corset and red belt, along with webbing under her arms and across her chest. She also has the same web shooters as Spider-Man, as in this reality Peter develops them for her to use.

Things don't continue too different in this world as after failing to stop a burglar one night, Peter's uncle Ben is killed. Racked with guilt upon realizing she could have stopped him, Betty decides to hang up her identity as Spider-Girl forever.

A picture of this particular Spider-Girl appears in [[Madame Web]]'s web of destiny in the 2010 video game ''[[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]'' during the intro cinema.

===Old Man Logan===
[[Image:Ashley ParkerOML.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Spider-Girl in ''Old Man Logan''. Art by [[Steven McNiven]].]]
An alternate version of Spider-Girl appears in the alternate-future ''[[Old Man Logan]]'' storyline. Rather than May Parker, this Spider-Girl is '''Ashley Barton''', the illegitimate grandchild of Peter Parker, and the daughter of [[Hawkeye (comics)|Hawkeye]]. She initially appears as one of the heroes held captive and forced to fight in gladiatorial battles by the new [[Kingpin (comics)|Kingpin]], but she is eventually freed by her father. She promptly murders the Kingpin with a shotgun handle and claims his territory.<ref>''Wolverine'' (vol. 3) #68-69</ref>

===Earth-616===
May Parker also existed in the primary [[Earth-616]] timeline in which most [[Marvel Comics]] are set.

[[Mary Jane Watson|Mary Jane]] became pregnant at the beginning of the [[Clone Saga]]. Impending fatherhood was one of the main reasons Peter retired as Spider-Man during that storyline, passing the mantle to [[Ben Reilly]]. However, at the end of the story, Mary Jane was poisoned by Alison Mongraine, an agent of the [[Green Goblin]], and the baby was stillborn (or seemed to be, as Mongraine took the sedated infant away with her). Ben Reilly died at the Green Goblin's hands the same night, and Peter Parker became Spider-Man again.

There were hints during the "[[Identity Crisis (Marvel Comics)|Identity Crisis]]" storyline in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #434-435, one of Tom DeFalco's last storylines on the title, that Baby May would be returned. Instead, the subplot was dropped, and a few issues later DeFalco was replaced by [[Howard Mackie]] and [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]]. Under that team, [[Aunt May]] was brought back instead.<ref>[http://www.comicboards.com/spidergirl/view.php?rpl=000705182940&q Tom D. - Re: Tom I'm Very Curious<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=June 2010}}</ref> In a flashback in ''Spider-Girl'' #49, an alternative version of this story was presented, with the younger May returned instead of the elder.

However, baby May and her parents were never reunited in Marvel's main continuity. Editors repeatedly stated that the baby died, or at the very least would never be seen again; the child was considered a major factor in the aging of the characters. In ''[[Marvel Knights Spider-Man]]'' issue #9, [[Mac Gargan]], while speaking of Norman Osborn states "He kills your unborn child, you kill his son". To date, this is the most conclusive evidence of the infant's fate.

The action in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #439 (Defalco's last on the title) takes place 1,000 years in the future. Two archaeologists stumble across relics belonging to Spider-Man (such as his web-shooters). They speculate on his career, and discuss other heroes who were inspired by him, Spider-Girl and [[Spider-Man 2099]].

In several interviews at [[Comic Book Resources]] following the publication of "One More Day," Joe Quesada mentioned that the Spider-Girl title would be the ideal place for disgruntled readers to follow the development of an aged, married Peter and M.J. as they raise a family.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} Quesada's comments were followed by a feature article on Spider-Girl with an interview with Tom Defalco, who acknowledged that Quesada was a fan of the character and the title.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} Moreover, during the '[[Spider-Man: Brand New Day|Brand New Day]]/[[Spider-Man: One More Day|One More Day]]' story arc, Peter and Mary Jane have visions of a very young girl with red hair, who after the deal is made with [[Mephisto (comics)|Mephisto]], is revealed to be the daughter they would never have now that the deal is done. Despite this Quesada has stated that he feels the [[Marvel Comics 2|MC2]] universe is the natural progression of the characters.

===Earth X===
There are two variant and alternate universe versions of Spider-Girl. One was raised by a Ben Reilly who survived after her father died during her childhood, as seen ''What If?'' (vol. 2) #86, and later revealed in the ''Paradise X: Heralds'' miniseries. Another version of Spider-Girl is actually Venom, who is seen in the ''[[Earth X]]'' miniseries and its two sequels, ''[[Universe X]]'' and ''[[Paradise X]]''.

The world of MC2 is designated as "Earth-982". The world where Spider-Girl was raised by Ben Reilly is known as "Earth-1122" and the world featuring Venom as Spider-Girl along with the other heroes of the ''Earth X'' saga is known as "Earth-9997"

===Spider-Man: Clone Saga===
In 2009, Marvel published a miniseries based on the original plans for the Clone Saga. As in the original Clone Saga, Allison Mongraine kidnaps the infant May after she is born. However, the circumstances are a bit different. Mary Jane and Peter actually get to hold May before she is stolen, and Mongraine later hands the baby over to Kaine (who is working for the Green Goblin in this continuity). Holding the baby in his arms makes [[Kaine]] begin to doubt the Goblin's plans. His shadowy boss (later revealed to be [[Harry Osborn]]) notes to Kaine, "You'll have to kill her if things go wrong."<ref>''Spider-Man: Clone Saga'' #5</ref> At the end of the series, Kaine returns May to Peter and Mary Jane.

===Spectacular Spider-Girl===
In a time-travel arc taking place in the UK-based publication ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'', aimed at a much younger audience, Peter meets a Spider-Girl whilst trailing the [[Sandman (Marvel Comics)|Sandman]] in the future. With the aid of Spider-Girl and [[H.E.R.B.I.E.]], Peter defeats the Sandman and returns to his own time with H.E.R.B.I.E. At the conclusion of the strip, Spider-Girl returns home to her parents, revealed as Peter and Mary Jane Parker, and unmasks to reveal the features of Mayday Parker. Mayday tells her parents of her experience with a "new Spider-Man", before Peter assures her that the individual she met was a past version of himself. Peter also reveals in the conversation that, like his MC2 counterpart, he was forced to abandon his career as Spider-Man due to a leg injury. This continuity is separate from both MC2 and 616, making this the second continuity to adapt the MC2 version of how Peter relinquished the Spider-Man identity.

Mayday would again cross paths with her father's past self when Lady Octopus travels back in time to assassinate him. Mayday teams with her father but does not reveal her identity to him, despite desperatly wanting to, for fear it may damage the timeline. The two defeat Lady Octopus and Mayday returns to the future.

==Anya Corazon==
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'''Anya Sofia Corazon''' is a [[fictional]] half [[Mexican people|Mexican]] and half [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] [[Superhero#Female superheroes|superheroine]] in the {{Marvel Universe}}. She formerly went by the codename '''Araña''' but is currently the second superheroine known as '''Spider-Girl'''.

==Publication history==
Araña was created by writer [[Fiona Avery]] and artist [[Mark Brooks (comics)|Mark Brooks]] and is based on ideas [[J. Michael Straczynski]] used in his run on ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]''. She was the star of the resurrected ''[[Amazing Fantasy]]'' [[comic book]] in [[2004 in comics|2004]]. After her storyline ended in ''Amazing Fantasy'' vol. 2 #6, she appeared in her own title, ''Araña: The Heart of the Spider'', starting in January [[2005 in comics|2005]] as part of [[Marvel Next]]. This series ran for twelve issues.

Anya next appeared in the ''[[Ms. Marvel]]'' title as a recruit for service as a licensed superhero under the [[Superhuman Registration Act]]. She then appears next teaming up with [[Rikki Barnes|Nomad]] to fight the secret empire in a backup story in ''[[Captain America]]'' #602-605. Chronologically, her next appearance was during the "[[The Gauntlet and Grim Hunt|Grim Hunt]]" storyline in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]''; however, her appearance in the new ''[[Young Allies (Marvel Comics)|Young Allies]]'' series was published first. As the new Spider-Girl, she starred in a monthly ''Spider-Girl'' comic that debuted on November 17, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/news/story/14637/preview_spider-girl_1|title=Marvel.com Preview: Spider-Girl #1|accessdate=2011-10-03}}</ref> as a tie-in to the "[[Spider-Man: Big Time|Big Time]]" storyline in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'',.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/25/spider-man-big-time/|title=Spider-Man: Big Time Begins, 'Spider-Girl,' 'Osborn' and 'Carnage' Comics Announced|accessdate=2011-06-01}}</ref> With the change of moniker she became the second published character to adopt the "Spider-Girl" alter-ego, but she actually comes prior to the [[Spider-Girl|first character]] in the chronology of the [[Marvel Universe]]. Following the series' cancellation, it was announced that Spider-Girl would be receiving a new mini-series as part of the ''[[Spider-Island]]'' [[Fictional crossover#Comics|crossover]].<ref name=SpiderIsland>{{Cite web | url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/paul-tobin-spider-girl-spider-island-110518.html | title=Paul Tobin Talks Spider-Girl's End and Spider-Island Future | last=Ching | first=Albert | work=[[Newsarama]] | date=May 18, 2011}}</ref>

==Fictional character biography==
===Origin===
[[File:Arana.jpg|thumb|Art from ''Araña: The Heart of the Spider'' #1, by [[Mark Brooks (comics)|Mark Brooks]].]]
On her first day at Milton Summers [[high school|High School]] in [[Fort Greene, Brooklyn]], Anya Corazon is recruited by Miguel, a [[magic (paranormal)|mage]] from a mystical clan called [[The Spider Society]] to act as their Hunter. A ritual is performed on her by giving her a spider-shaped tattoo that endows her with spider-like powers. WebCorps offers Araña various costumes, but Araña decides to make her own costume. She designs a costume with red and blue sneakers, blue track pants, red backpack, red gloves with many pockets, and big goggle-eyed sunglasses. As part of her powers a crusty exoskeleton covers most of her body with a bug-like bluish skin. In place of equipment like web-shooters or spider tracers, Araña attaches cords to discs that are about the size of her palm and have eight red legs able to grip objects. Araña fights a Hunter from The Sisterhood of the Wasp, adversaries of the Spider Society.<ref>''Amazing Fantasy'' vol. 2 #1-6</ref>

===Heart of the Spider===
While interrogating a spy for the Sisterhood of the Wasp, Anya and Miguel discover that the Sisterhood has recruited a fifteen year old boy codenamed Amun, a descendant of Egyptian assassins who believes he is skilled enough that he does not need to conceal his identity. Anya soon meets Amun, who has enrolled at her school under the name Jon Kasiya. The two soon deduce the other's dual identity.

Later, during a fight between Anya, Miguel, and the Sisterhood, Amun tells her that he will attack her loved ones if she opposes him. Noting her father is filming the fight, Anya takes him to safety. In her absence, Amun seriously wounds Miguel. The encounter leaves Anya doubting her duty due to the danger it poses to her loved ones. However, in a chance encounter, Spider-Man arrives and, after discussing her origins and adventures, tells her, "With great power comes great responsibility" and that in every age, people are called to be heroes.

Soon afterwards, Anya fights Amun and, in anger, nearly strangles him to death. She is stopped by Ted, who tells Amun to run. Ted tells her that she had released "the Spirit of the Hunter" and warns her not to do it again without Miguel with her. Back at WebCorps, Miguel is revived upon being reunited with Anya, and he tells her the history of the organization that would eventually split into Wasps and Spiders.

After an encounter with a gunman in a coffee shop, in which Anya saves Lynn and Amun without revealing her [[secret identity]], Amun promises to respect her double life and to stop targeting her friends and family.<ref>''Araña: The Heart of the Spider'' #1-6</ref>

===Night of the Hunter===
The Sisterhood of the Wasp recruits a Mexico City crime lord, Jaime Jade. Jade has mental abilities that allow him to hypnotize other people. He was also possibly involved in the death of Anya's mother. Miguel stops Anya from going after Jade alone with the promise that Anya can punish him afterwards. Anya and Amun develop a loose truce because Amun has lost his father as well, so he checks into Jade's possible involvement in Anya's mother's death.

Jade hypnotizes Anya into fighting Miguel, but she eventually breaks free of his control and knocks Jade out. When Jade wakes up, the car he is in is suspended by a rope over the river. He thinks she's bluffing, and says, "Little miss super hero won't want my death on her conscience." She replies, "No, my conscience feels fine," and lets go of the rope. Amun arrives too late, and tells her that Jade was not responsible for her mother's death. Realizing that he never admitted to it, and Amun may not be lying, she dives into the water to save Jade, but he has already escaped.<ref>''Araña: The Heart of the Spider'' #7-12</ref>

===''Spider-Man/Araña: The Hunter Revealed''===
In this [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] she discovers that her exoskeleton is not an ability from being a Hunter, and she has in fact never been a true Hunter. Upon discovering this, and being faced with a gigantic monster summoned by the Wasps, she grants her Hunter abilities to Nina and renounces Webcorps. During the fight Miguel is killed saving Nina from a blast. In the end, Nina becomes Webcorps' chosen champion, and Araña is free to pursue a new fate.<ref>''Spider-Man/Araña: The Hunter Revealed''</ref>

===''Civil War''===
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The [[SHRA|pro-registration]] heroes have tasked [[Ms. Marvel]] and [[Wonder Man]] to find Anya, convince her to register, and train her. After foiling an attempted robbery Anya and her father are taken into custody where Mr. Corazon learns of Anya's superpowers. He is proud to let her train with Ms. Marvel and Wonder Man. Anya's training will essentially comprise her accompanying Wonder Man and Ms. Marvel on missions and playing "sidekick" to them. Anya accompanies them to [[Stark Tower]], where she forces herself into a meeting with [[Iron Man]], and then on a mission to capture the [[Shroud (comics)|Shroud]] and [[Julia Carpenter|Arachne]]. Arachne escapes, but the Shroud is captured and taken into [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] custody.<ref>''Ms. Marvel'' vol. 2 #7</ref> A strike team led by Ms. Marvel and Wonder Man arrives at the home of Arachne's parents to take her into custody.<ref>''Ms. Marvel'' vol. 2 #8</ref> After a battle between the heroes, Arachne is arrested and her daughter Rachel forcibly separated from her. Anya is deeply shaken by the ordeal and states that if being a hero means separating a mother from her child, she wants no part of it. However, she remains part of the pro-Registration strikeforce.<ref>''Civil War'' #6</ref>

Before a battle with Doomsday Man, Ms. Marvel asks Anya to go get help if she fails to make contact with her by a certain time. Eventually, Anya joins the battle, and Doomsday Man rips away her exoskeleton, severely injuring her.<ref name="Ms. Marvel vol. 2 #12">''Ms. Marvel'' vol. 2 #12</ref> Although she eventually recovers, her exoskeleton is gone. Her father takes out a restraining order to keep Ms. Marvel away from her, although Anya secretly visits Ms. Marvel to tell her she is not to blame for what happened. Soon after, Anya quits her job, and is confronted by Arachne, who is enraged and demands to know the whereabouts of her daughter.<ref>''Ms. Marvel'' vol. 2 #13</ref> Anya manages to subdue her, but chooses to accompany Ms. Marvel and Arachne in their attempt to find Arachne's daughter, even though that means violating the restraining order her father has placed against Ms. Marvel.<ref>''Ms. Marvel'' vol. 2 #14</ref>

Anya gets into a fight with her father for treating her like a child after he accuses her of seeing Ms. Marvel. She tells him at least Carol is showing her how to grow up. She is later captured by Chilean soldiers, who deliver her to the [[Puppet Master (comics)|Puppet Master]]; she is added to a collection of female heroes that includes [[Cassandra Lang|Stature]], [[Dusk (comics)#Cassie St. Commons|Dusk]], [[Tigra]], and [[Silverclaw]].<ref>''Ms. Marvel'' vol. 2 #18</ref> During a battle with Ms. Marvel's team, Anya is partially subdued by [[Machine Man]] and [[Sleepwalker (comics)|Sleepwalker]], and resists the Puppet Master's command that she kill Ms. Marvel, whom she sees as a mother figure.<ref>''Ms. Marvel'' vol. 2 #19-20</ref>

===Grim Hunt===
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During the Kraven family's hunt for "Spiders", Anya is targeted as a sacrifice. Spider-Man, [[Julia Carpenter]], [[Madame Web]], and [[Kaine]] come to her aid. Despite their help, Anya is knocked out and captured along with Julia and Madame Web.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #635</ref> Spider-Man manages to free them and she assists him in taking down the Kravinoffs. After the experience, Julia, who received the powers of Madame Web, decides to give Anya her old costume, despite the fact that Anya has no powers. She is referred to as Spider-Girl, much to her chagrin.<ref name="YoungAllies1"/><ref name="ASM637">''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #637</ref>

===Young Allies===
Araña was next seen teaming up with the new Nomad ([[Rikki Barnes]]) to investigate the [[Secret Empire]]. Although information Araña obtained from her father turned out to be a trap, the pair nonetheless bonded, and shared secret identities.<ref>''Captain America'' #604</ref> Both she and Ricki join the superhero group Young Allies together.<ref name="YoungAllies1">''Young Allies'' #1 (2010)</ref>

Anya joins the superhero group Young Allies along with her friend Rikki Barnes despite being depowered.<ref name="YoungAllies1"/> During the team's first storyline, Anya and Rikki are kidnapped by a team of teenaged supervillains known as the [[Bastards of Evil]]. The Bastards link up a video feed of the bound and gagged heroines across televisions, computers, and cell phones throughout New York City, with the intent of executing the girls in order to build up their reputations. After having the duct tape ripped from her mouth by [[Electro (Marvel Comics)|Electro]]'s daughter Aftershock, Anya cleverly divides the villains by informing them that Aftershock has lied about her parentage in order to get a spot on the Bastards. With their captors distracted, Anya and Rikki escape and ultimately defeat the Bastards once the rest of the Young Allies arrive.<ref name="YoungAllies5">''Young Allies'' #5</ref>

===Spider-Girl===
Anya accepts the moniker "Spider-Girl"<ref name="YoungAllies5"/> and begins operating solo, although she frequently interacts with her Young Allies teammates such as Rikki Barnes as well as Spider-Man and the Invisible Woman.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.weeklycrisis.com/2010/10/hype-machine-paul-tobins-spider-girl.html | title=Paul Tobin's Spider-Girl | work=Weekly Crisis | date=October 2010}}</ref> When Anya's father is killed<ref name="SG1">''Spider-Girl'' vol. 2 #1 (Nov. 2010)</ref> she initially believes that [[Red Hulk]] is responsible and fights him.<ref>''Spider-Girl'' vol. 2 #2 (Dec. 2010)</ref> He eventually convinces her that he did not kill her father, but rather he was also a target of the assassination attempt that killed her father. She eventually is able to stop the organization that killed her father,<ref>''Spider-Girl'' vol. 2 #8 (July 2011)</ref> and in the intervening time she fought [[Ana Kravinoff]],<ref>''Spider-Girl'' vol. 2 #4-5 (Feb. and Mar. 2011)</ref> the [[Phil Urich|new Hobgoblin]],<ref>''Spider-Girl'' vol. 2 #6 (April 2011)</ref> and Screwball.<ref>''Spider-Girl'' vol. 2 #7 (May 2011)</ref>

Later, the Young Allies and several members of the [[Avengers Academy]] are kidnapped by [[Arcade (Marvel Comics)|Arcade]]. Anya manages to escape, and works with [[Reptil]] to rescue the remaining captives. The two teens flirt with one another, and Anya ends up giving Reptil her phone number once Arcade is defeated.<ref>''Giant Size Avengers Academy'' #1</ref>

During ''[[Fear Itself (comics)|Fear Itself]]'' Anya, [[X-23]], [[Amadeus Cho]], [[Power Man (Victor Alvarez)|Power Man]], and [[Thunderstrike (Kevin Masterson)|Thunderstrike]] are teleported to a station in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where they fight samurai Shark Men.<ref>''Fear Itself: The Home Front'' #5</ref> Later, Anya and the Young Allies are almosy beaten by [[Hydro-Man]] until Spider-Man shows up.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #666</ref>

===Spider-Island===
During ''[[Spider-Island]]'' she is attacked by [[The Sisterhood of the Wasp]]. She ends up getting an unlikely ally in the [[Phil Urich|Hobgoblin]] who then flies her to see the [[Kingpin (comics)|Kingpin]]. When Spider-Girl asks why Kingpin wants her help, Kingpin reveals that he and his men have developed Spider Powers and ended up targeted by the Sisterhood of the Wasp.<ref>''Spider-Island: The Amazing Spider-Girl'' #1 (Aug. 2011)</ref> He tells Spider-Girl where he has found the location of the Central Wasp Nest. Spider-Girl refuses his help and tries enlisting the help of the Young Allies and other heroes, but they are too preoccupied with the outbreak of spider powers to help. The new [[Julia Carpenter|Madam Web]] approaches Spider-Girl and tells her that for better or for worse, she has to team up with her enemy. As they battle against the Society of Wasps, their queen reveals that they have developed a venom to kill all spider-powered people in Manhattan.<ref>''Spider-Island: The Amazing Spider-Girl'' #2 (Sept. 2011)</ref> Spider-Girl, Hobgoblin, the Kingpin, and [[Hand (comics)|the Hand]] fight against the Society of Wasps until Spider-Girl realizes what Madam Web ''really'' meant by teaming up with her enemy. She gets everyone fighting the Wasps to temporarily assist the Wasps in fighting the spider invasion so the spiders cannot help the Queen. This allows Spider-Man and the Avengers to defeat her without being overrun by the spiders.<ref name="Island3">''Spider-Island: The Amazing Spider-Girl'' #3 (Oct. 2011)</ref>

===Avengers Academy===
Anya is part of the new class of students when the [[Avengers Academy]] moves to the former headquarters of the [[West Coast Avengers]].<ref name="AA21">''Avengers Academy'' #21 (Nov. 2011)</ref>

==Powers and abilities==
===As Araña===
Araña originally possessed enhanced strength of 3 tons, speed, reflexes/reactions, agility, coordination, balance, and endurance. She had the ability to cling to walls, and to sprout a spider-like exoskeleton around her body which enhanced these abilities and protect her form damage. While her exoskeleton was later ripped out by Doomsday Man,<ref name="Ms. Marvel vol. 2 #12"/> she retained her primary powers. Araña invented spider-like grappling hooks, which she uses to swing from buildings, or as whip-like weapons, though she has found these to be harder to use since losing her abilities.<ref name="SG1"/>

===As Spider-Girl===
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In an interview with [[Newsarama]], writer [[Paul Tobin]] stated that as Spider-Girl, the character initially lacks superpowers, but Tobin will be "staying away from having her feel crippled by any power loss; it's for sure on her mind, but Anya is a character that wants to focus on what she ''can'' do...". However, Tobin revealed that she regains her powers in the "Spider-Island" storyline.<ref name=SpiderIsland/><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/spider-girl-paul-tobin-100726.html | title=SDCC 2010: Paul Tobin on Araña Becoming Spider-Girl | last=Ching | first=Albert | work=Newsarama | date=July 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?id=32252&page=article|title=[[Comic Book Resources]]: Spider-Girl Vacations on "Spider-Island"}}</ref> Anya is given a [[Spider-Man's powers and equipment|copy of Spider-Man's powers]] by [[Jackal (Marvel Comics)|Jackal]], along with the entire non-superhuman population of New York, in the story arc ''[[Spider Island]]''. Anya submits to the island-wide cure, but it is shown that she still retains her copy of Spider-Man's powers as she is later seen webslinging using organic webbing.<ref name="Island3"/><ref name="AA21"/>

==Other versions==
===''Marvel Team-Up: League of Losers''===
Araña features in an arc of [[Robert Kirkman]]'s ''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'' vol. 3 featuring a group of C-list heroes dubbed "The League of Losers". A group of heroes including Araña, [[Darkhawk]], [[Cloak and Dagger (comics)|Dagger]], [[Gravity (comics)|Gravity]], [[X-23]], [[Sleepwalker (comics)|Sleepwalker]], and [[Terror Inc.|Terror]] go to the future to prevent the villain Chronok from stealing [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]]' time machine, (Chronok comes to the present after killing all of Marvel's major heroes). Araña however, dies in an explosion while the team searches for a time machine so that they can travel to the future. The rest of the team succeeds however, and Chronok is defeated. Due to the [[Marvel Universe]]'s [[Grandfather paradox#Parallel universes resolution|method for resolving time travel paradoxes]], this story takes place in an alternate timeline.

===What If Grim Hunt===
In the ''[[What If (comics)#Volume 9|What if? Spider-Man: Grim Hunt]]'', an alternative possibility for the events of Grim Hunt begins with the decision of Spider-Man to kill Kraven. Araña, scarred by thing that she should not have seen is transported by the [[Julia Carpenter|new Madame Web]] to her residence. Later Madame Web appears in her room in the middle of the night asking Anya to be Spider-Girl. Anya refuses the proposal because she is worried that if she fights against Peter she will make the same decision he made. In the middle of the battle Madame Web teleports her self to get Araña to confront and defeat Peter. Peter ends up blinded by a shotgun he was attempting to use on her. Araña takes over as the head Spider while Peter is left permanently blinded and distant from Mary Jane.<ref>''What If? Spider-Man: Grim Hunt''</ref>

===MC2===
In the [[Marvel Comics 2|MC2]] continuity, an adult Araña, accompanied by a man called Michael, tests [[Spider-Girl]], then covers for her, posing as a fake seer to throw the [[Hobgoblin (comics)|Hobgoblin]] off track when he tries to find her weaknesses.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Girl'' #14 (Nov. 2007)</ref> She later takes over Spider-Girl's body in an attempt to take down the [[Black Tarantula]], but the two end up trapped in each other's bodies.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Girl'' #26 (Nov. 2008)</ref> Using Spider-Girl's body Araña is able to get close to Black Tarantula and kisses him. However, Black Tarantula, who had been kissed by Araña once before, recognizes and attacks her, using his powers to reverse the mind-switch.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Girl'' #27 (Dec. 2008)</ref> It is later revealed Araña and The Black Tarantula have a personal history with one another, and they bond once more when the Tarantula is attacked by Mayday's symbiotic clone April.

==Status as first Latina superhero==
The promotional copy on the [[digest size|digest]] collection extols Araña as Marvel's first Hispanic superhero. However, she was preceded by [[El Aguila]], [[Firebird (Marvel Comics)|Firebird]], [[Living Lightning]], [[Skin (comics)|Skin]], [[Spider-Man 2099]], the [[White Tiger (Hector Ayala)|White Tiger]], and [[Angela Del Toro]].

==In other media==
===Novels===
* An older, more cynical alternate version of May Parker/Spider-Girl appears in the [[Spider-Man]]/[[X-Men]] team-up novel ''Time's Arrow 3: The Future'' by Tom DeFalco & [[Rosemary Edghill]] (ISBN 0-425-16500-0). In that novel, Spider-Man travels to the alternate future known for its [[Iron 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 by [[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Jessica 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===
* Spider-Girl appeared as one of the alternate costumes for Spider-Woman in the multi-platform action-RPG ''[[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance]]''.

* Spider-Girl appears in ''[[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]'' briefly shown in Madame Web's image of alternate dimensions.

* Spider-Girl is a playable character in ''[[Marvel Super Hero Squad Online]]''.

==Collected editions==

*''Spider-Girl: A Fresh Start'' (Marvel Comics, January 1999; reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #1-2)
*''Spider-Girl'' (Marvel Comics, August 2001; ISBN 0-7851-0815-7, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #0–8)
*''Amazing Spider-Girl'' vol. 1: ''Whatever Happened to the Daughter of Spider-Man?'' (Marvel Comics, May 2007; ISBN 0-7851-2341-5, reprints ''The Amazing Spider-Girl'' #0-6)
*''Amazing Spider-Girl'' vol. 2: ''Comes the Carnage!'' (Marvel Comics, November 2007; ISBN 0-7851-2342-2, reprints ''The Amazing Spider-Girl'' #7-12)
*''Amazing Spider-Girl'' vol. 3: ''Mind Games'' (Marvel Comics, June 11, 2008; ISBN 0-7851-2558-2, reprints ''Amazing Spider-Girl'' #13-18)
*''Amazing Spider-Girl'' vol. 4: ''Brand New May'' (Marvel Comics, January 7, 2009; ISBN, reprints ''Amazing Spider-Girl'' #19-25)
*''Amazing Spider-Girl'' vol. 5: ''Maybreak'' (Marvel Comics, July 2009; ISBN 0-7851-3187-6, reprints ''The Amazing Spider-Girl'' #25-30)
*''Spectacular Spider-Girl'' : ''Who Killed Gwen Reilly''? (Marvel Comics April 2010; ISBN 978-0-7851-4319-2, reprints material from Spider-Man Family #1-8, Web of Spider-Man #1-4)

*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 1: ''Legacy'' (Marvel Comics, April 2004; ISBN 0-7851-1441-6, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #0–5)
*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 2: ''Like Father Like Daughter'' (Marvel Comics, December 2004; ISBN 0-7851-1657-5, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #6–11)
*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 3: ''Avenging Allies'' (Marvel Comics, April 2005; ISBN 0-7851-1658-3, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #12–16 &''Spider-Girl'' Annual 1999)
*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 4: ''Turning Point'' (Marvel Comics, September 2005; ISBN 0-7851-1871-3, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #17–21 and #½)
*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 5: ''Endgame'' (Marvel Comics, January 2006; ISBN 0-7851-2034-3, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #22–27)
*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 6: ''Too Many Spiders!'' (Marvel Comics, June 2006; ISBN 0-7851-2156-0, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #28–33)
*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 7: ''Betrayed'' (Marvel Comics, November 2006; ISBN 0-7851-2157-9, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #34-38 and 51)
*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 8: ''Duty Calls'' (Marvel Comics, April 2007; ISBN 0-7851-2495-0, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #39-44)
*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 9: ''Secret Lives'' (Marvel Comics, October 2007; ISBN 0-7851-2602-3, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #45-50)
*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 10: ''Season of the serpent'' (Marvel Comics. January 2009; ISBN 978-0-7851-3213-4, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #52-59)
*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 11: ''Marked for Death'' (Marvel Comics. August 2009; ISBN
078-5-1374-16, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #60-66)
*''Spider-Girl'' vol. 12: ''The Games Villains Play'' (Marvel Comics. March 2010; ISBN
978-0-7851-4482-3, reprints ''Spider-Girl'' #67-72)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{comicbookdb|type=character|id=3426|title=Spider-Girl}}
*{{gcdb series|id=6037|title=''Spider-Girl''}}
*{{gcdb series|id=19896|title=''Amazing Spider-Girl''}}
* [http://www.marvel.com/universe/Spider-Girl Spider-Girl] at the Marvel Universe
* [http://www.newsarama.com/forums/printthread.php?threadid=31503 Interview with Tom DeFalco on ''Spider-Girl'' and ''Last Hero Standing''], [[Newsarama]]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=5174 Interview with creative team], [[Comic Book Resources]]
* [http://www.newsarama.com/interviews/2005/defalco/DEFALCOSG.htm Interview with DeFalco], [[Newsarama]]
* [http://www.marvel.com/universe/Ara%C3%B1a_(Anya_Corazon) Araña] at Marvel.com
* {{comicbookdb|type=character|id=3609|title=Araña}}
* [http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/a/arana.htm Araña] at the Marvel Directory
* [http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/title/arana.html Araña] at SpiderFan.org
* [http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_one_shots/arana_hunter.html ''Spider-Man/Araña: The Hunter Revealed''] at SpiderFan.org
* [http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/features/marvelnext/arana.asp Fiona Avery on ''Araña: The Heart of the Spider''] at [[UGO]]


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This article is about the Marvel Comics character. For the DC Comics character, see Spider Girl.

Spider-Girl is a fictional superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe. The first character with the superheroine's name was Mayday Parker, the teenage daughter of Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson in the MC2 universe. The second one with the superheroine's name is Anya Corazon, a half Mexican and half Puerto Rican superheroine in the Marvel Comics Universe.

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