Spider Girl

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Spider Girl
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Spider Girl as depicted in Legionnaires #21 (January 1995). Art by Jeff Moy.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Adventure Comics #323 (July 1964)
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoSussa Paka
Species Metahuman
Place of origin Earth (31st century)
Team affiliations
Notable aliasesWave
AbilitiesSuper-strong prehensile hair

Spider Girl (Sussa Paka) is a supervillain appearing in books published by DC Comics. The character was first mentioned, in 1963, as a concept in the letters page of Adventure Comics when Jim Tilley, a fan from Rockaway, New York, submitted the idea of Spider Lass, a character with the power of super-strong prehensile hair. [1] Spider Girl debuted in Adventure Comics #323 (July 1964), a year later. [2]

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Fictional character biography

Spider Girl is initially introduced as a failed Legion of Super-Heroes applicant who possesses prehensile hair, which she can use to strangle others like a spider web. [3] [2] She gained her powers after being subjected to mutagenic experiments that were intended to help her protect the planet Taltar and expand its influence in the United Planets. [2] [4] Spider Girl is rejected from the Legion after losing control of her powers, causing her to nearly strangle Brainiac 5 and Phantom Girl. [2] Spider Girl goes on to join Tarik the Mute's underground academy for supervillains and the Legion of Super-Villains. [2]

During the Five-Year Gap run in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) (1989), Sussa Paka is depicted as a reformed thief with a crush on Legionnaire Ultra Boy. She joins the adult Legion as Spider Girl, but when the team is outlawed by the United Planets, they go underground, changing their appearances and codenames. Shortly before Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! , which rebooted the Legion's continuity, Spider Girl changes her codename to Wave and dyes her hair blue. [5] [2] Following Zero Hour, Spider Girl is reintroduced in the fourth volume of Legion of Super-Heroes as a member of Workforce. [6]

The original version of Spider Girl appears in the Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes storyline beginning in Action Comics #858. In this version, she is a member of the Justice League of Earth, a group of Earth-born Legion rejects who have seized control of Earth and banished the Legion and other extraterrestrials. [7] [2]

Powers and abilities

In both incarnations, Spider Girl possesses prehensile hair. She can use her hair to ensnare or bind her opponents, resembling a spider's web. [2]

In other media

Sussa Paka as Wave makes non-speaking appearances in Legion of Super Heroes as a member of the Legion of Super-Villains. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Hamilton, Edmond  ( w ), Forte, John  ( p ),Forte, John ( i )."The Doom of the Super-Heroes!" Adventure Comics ,vol. 1,no. 310(July 1963).DC Comics.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Williams, Stephanie (November 7, 2023). Strange and Unsung All-Stars of the DC Multiverse: A Visual Encyclopedia. Running Press. pp. 100–101. ISBN   978-0-7624-8345-7.
  3. ↑ Siegel, Jerry  ( w ), Forte, John  ( p ), Klein, George  ( i )."The Eight Impossible Missions" Adventure Comics ,vol. 1,no. 323(August 1964).DC Comics.
  4. ↑ Who's Who in the DC Universe #3 (October 1990)
  5. ↑ McCraw, Tom ( w ), Immonen, Stuart  ( p ),Boyd, Ron ( i ),McCraw, Tom ( col )."Time's Change" Legion of Super-Heroes ,vol. 4,no. 54(February 1994).DC Comics.
  6. ↑ Waid, Mark ; McCraw, Tom ( w ),Moder, Lee; Labat, Yancey ( p ),Boyd, Ron ( i ),McCraw, Tom ( col )."Sibling Rivalry" Legion of Super-Heroes ,vol. 4,no. 64(January 1995).DC Comics.
  7. ↑ Johns, Geoff  ( w ), Frank, Gary  ( p ),Sibal, Jon ( i ), McCaig, Dave  ( col )."Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Part I of VI) - Alien World" Action Comics ,vol. 1,no. 858(December 2006).DC Comics.
  8. ↑ Stan Berkowitz (writer); Lauren Montgomery (director) (February 10, 2007). "Lightning Storm". Legion of Super Heroes. Season 1, Episode 8. Kids' WB.
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