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Spider-Girl is the code name of several fictional characters 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, April, Penelope and Petra Parker, and Charlotte Morales; the name is also used by the Spider-Man advocacy group "The Spider-Girls".

Publication history

The first portrayed Spider-Girl, Mayday Parker, first appeared 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 Spectacular Spider-Girl.{{cite web |url=http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=004386 |title=Panels | Comic Book, Graphic Novel and Cartooning Discussions – Forums powered by UBB.threads™ |publisher=Comicon.com |accessdate=2013-08-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218045707/http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=004386 |archivedate=2012-02-18 }} [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18419 DeFalco Confirms Amazing Spider-Girl Cancellation], Comic Book Resources, October 13, 2008 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20467 |title=Spider-Girl Returns in Marvel Digital Comics |work=Comic Book Resources |date= 18 March 2009|accessdate=2013-08-11}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/07/16/spider-girl-1-starring-arana-for-november-respectfully-we-informed-you-of-this-event-an-an-earlier-juncture/ |title=Spider-Girl #1 Starring Araña For November – Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors |publisher=Bleedingcool.com |date=2010-07-16 |accessdate=2013-08-11}}

The character who would in 2023 become the second Earth-616 Spider-Girl was introduced in Avenging Spider-Man #16 (January 2013), 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 (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.

Spider-Girls

=Mayday Parker=

The daughter of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson from the MC2 universe.

=April Parker=

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

=Anya Corazon=

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

=Gwen Warren=

The second Spider-Girl in the mainstream Marvel Universe is the Chimera genetic daughter of Gwen Stacy, Ana Soria, and Cyclops. She was created by the cloning mad scientist Jackal using DNA stolen from Mister Sinister. Gwen has the ability to transform (back) into a giant spider with optical lasers. Seeing Cyclops as her father, Gwen later joins the X-Men Green.Avenging Spider-Man #16. Marvel Comics.X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comics #69. Marvel Comics.X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #71-73. Marvel Comics.Dark X-Men Vol. 2 #5. Marvel Comics.

=Maka Akana=

{{anchor|Funhouse|Makawalu Akana}}The third Spider-Girl in the mainstream Marvel Universe is introduced in second volume of Spider-Boy as the supervillain minion of Bullseye. She is later revealed to be a Hawaiian mutant named Makawalu "Maka" Akana, possessing the ability to duplicate superpowers and other talents. Akana originally uses the name Funhouse earlier in her career upon working for Bullseye, but assumes the Spider-Girl alias after copying Spider-Boy's powers and still being able to wield them as a default ability.Spider-Boy Vol. 2 #13-16. Marvel Comics.{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2025 |title=Marvel Preview: Spider-Boy #15 |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/24/marvel-preview-spider-boy-15/ |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=AIPT Comics |language=en-us}}

=Miscellaneous=

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 {{vanchor|Becky}}, {{vanchor|Emma Paley}}, and {{vanchor|Leila Goldberg}}, who operate a community service centre in Spider-Man's honour, opposed in merchandising by {{vanchor|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.Peter Parker #1–4. Marvel Comics.

Other versions

=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 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.What If? #7. Marvel Comics.

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

=Ultimate Marvel=

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#Ultimate Marvel to eventually become Spider-Girl.Ultimate Spider-Man #200. Marvel Comics.

=Ashley Barton=

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.Wolverine Vol. 3 #67–70. Marvel Comics. Hawkeye breaks his daughter out of her cell, whereafter Ashley immediately beheads Kingpin which avenges Daredevil and Punisher's deaths. Then she attempts to kill her father, before taking over Hammer Falls as the new Kingpin. Old Man Logan rescues Hawkeye as Ashley sends her men after them.

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".Superior Spider-Man #32. Marvel Comics.The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #10. Marvel Comics.

=Penelope Parker=

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.Spider-Verse #1. Marvel Comics.

=Charlotte Morales=

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.Spider-Gwen #18. Marvel Comics.

In other media

=Film=

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.
Mayday Parker, an adult with Heterochromia iridum operating as Spider-Girl and a member of Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Society.{{Cite web|last1=Polo|first1=Susana|last2=Patches|first2=Matt|last3=McWhertor|first3=Michael|date=December 13, 2022|title=Every new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse character, explained|url=https://www.polygon.com/23505869/spider-man-across-spiderverse-characters-cast|access-date=December 13, 2022|website=Polygon|language=en-US}}
April Parker, an adult clone of Mayday operating as a blue-suited Spider-Girl and a member of the Spider-Society.
Anya Corazon, a short-haired muscular adult operating as a blue-armored Spider-Girl and a member of the Spider-Society.{{Cite web|last=Diaz|first=Eric|date=December 14, 2022|title=All the New Spider-Man Variants We Saw in the Across the Spider-Verse Trailer and Poster|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/spider-variants-spotted-across-spider-232808237.html|access-date=December 14, 2022|website=Yahoo! Life}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/kristaferanka/status/1669063914074832896|title=the Araña design was expertly done by Mauro Belfiore|date=June 14, 2023|work=Kris Anka, Character/Costume Designer - Across the Spider-Verse|publisher=Twitter|access-date=June 15, 2023}}
Anya Corazon, a black-and-white-costumed version of Spider-Girl who appears as one of the Spider-People pursuing Miles.{{Cite web|last=Diaz|first=Eric|date=January 17, 2023|title=All the New Spider-Man Variants We Saw in the Across the Spider-Verse Trailer and Poster|url=https://nerdist.com/article/across-the-spider-verse-trailer-all-spider-man-variants-marvel-comics|access-date=January 17, 2023|website=Nerdist}}
Betty Brant, a webbed-suited version of Spider-Girl who appears as one of the Spider-People pursuing Miles.

=Television=

An alternate universe version of Spider-Girl named {{vanchor|Petra Parker}} appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, voiced by Olivia Holt.{{cite web |last1=Cavanaugh |first1=Patrick |date=September 5, 2014 |title=Check out these Guest Voices from Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors |url=https://www.marvel.com/news/tv/2014/9/5/23172/check_out_these_guest_voices_from_marvels_ultimate_spider-man_web_warriors |access-date=October 1, 2024 |website=marvel.com |publisher=Marvel.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907230928/https://www.marvel.com/news/tv/2014/9/5/23172/check_out_these_guest_voices_from_marvels_ultimate_spider-man_web_warriors |archive-date=2014-09-07 }}
An alternate future version of Petra as Cyborg Spider-Woman appears in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Anya Corazon / Spider-Girl appears in Spider-Man (2017), voiced by Melanie Minichino.{{cite web|url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/forums/spider-man-167/looks-like-anya-corazon-is-appearing-on-the-2017-s-1871924/ |title=Looks like Anya Corazon is appearing on the 2017 Spider-Man cartoon|date=20 April 2017 }}{{cite web |title=Spider-Girl / Anya Corazon Voices (Spider-Man) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Spider-Man/Spider-Girl-Anya-Corazon/ |access-date=October 1, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} 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. This version is a student at Horizon High. After developing spider-powers during the first season, she later adopts the Spider-Girl alias in subsequent seasons.{{cite episode|title=Bring On the Bad Guys Pt. 2|series=Spider-Man|network=Disney XD|season=2|number=9|airdate=July 30, 2018}}
Anya Corazon / Spider-Girl appears in Marvel Super Hero Adventures, voiced by Gigi Saul Guerrero.

=Novels=

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=

Spider-Girl appears as an alternate costume for Spider-Woman in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.
Spider-Girl makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.
Spider-Girl was a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.
The Mayday Parker and Anya Corazon incarnations of Spider-Girl appear in Spider-Man Unlimited, with the former voiced by Laura Bailey.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrLHUwSSbyM|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cite web|url=http://whateveraspidercan.com/2014/10/12/nycc-2014-spider-girl-spider-man-2099-coming-spider-man-unlimited/|title=NYCC 2014: Spider-Girl and Spider-Man 2099 coming to Spider-Man Unlimited|work=Whatever A Spider Can |date=12 October 2014|publisher=}}
Spider-Girl appears as a playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
Ultimate Spider-Woman, referred to as "Spider-Girl", appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers via the Spider-Man DLC pack.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-05-24-spider-man-swings-free-in-lego-marvels-avengers-today|title=Spider-Man swings free in Lego Marvel's Avengers today|last=Phillips|first=Tom|publisher=Eurogamer|date=May 24, 2016|access-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329223707/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-05-24-spider-man-swings-free-in-lego-marvels-avengers-today|archive-date=March 29, 2019}}