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]

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Fictional character biography

Spider Girl is initially introduced as a failed Legion of Super-Heroes applicant. [2] She goes on to join Tarik the Mute's underground academy for supervillains and later the Legion of Super-Villains.

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 was outlawed by the United Planets, they went underground, changing their appearances and codenames, even wearing masks. Shortly before Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! , which rebooted the Legion's continuity, Spider Girl changed her codename to Wave and dyed her hair blue. [3]

Spider Girl's first appearance after the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! event occurred in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #64 as a member of Workforce. [4] She had a relationship with Ultra Boy while he was also a member of the team. As a result of this she was extremely resentful of Apparition.

The pre-Crisis 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. [5]

Powers and abilities

In both incarnations, Spider Girl possesses prehensile hair. She can use her hair to ensnare or bind her opponents. As Wave, her hair was bluish; as Spider Girl, her hair was reddish.

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. [6]

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. ↑ Siegel, Jerry  ( w ), Forte, John  ( p ), Klein, George  ( i )."The Eight Impossible Missions" Adventure Comics ,vol. 1,no. 323(August 1964).DC Comics.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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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