End of Spider-Girl
June 27, 2006
Spider-Girl originally started as a spin-off of What If #105 in 1998. This blossomed into the longest running series with a female protagonist in the Marvel universe. Unfortunately the title finally comes to an end with issue #100 in a couple weeks.
Spider-Girl was just one of several characters that made up the MC2 universe. Also of interest in MC2 is A-Next (a new Avengers team), J2 (a hero son of Juggernaut), Fantastic Five (an expanded Fantastic Four family), and Wild Thing (daughter of Wolverine and Elektra). All these other series ran as either short mini series or they were quickly cancelled.
The original Spider-Man formula worked well when Peter needed to balance the pressures of high school with being a super hero. Spider-Girl had the advantage of returning to this setting. The character development and classic Spidey back history tie ins made for a fun read. I intentionally included an image of Spider-Girl highlighting both her black and red suits which she tends to wear interchangeably later in the series. Having always loved the Spider-Man black suit this was fun for me as well as in character with May’s desire to have alternate choices of fashion.
This is not the first cancellation Spider-Girl has faced. When it was saved most recently, press and internet buzz led me to pick up the comic for the first time. Anything fans felt strongly enough to fight for was worth a look. It was this purchase that single handedly reinvigorated my faith in comic writing. After the events of the Spider-Man clone saga, I put down my books and never thought I’d be all that interested again. However, my weekly pull list has since expanded to insane quantities sometimes reaching double digits.
Spider-Girl, I will miss you.
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That’s a shame that the title is ending. But Spider-Girl did manage to have 100 issues which is very impressive in this day and age.
Look for The Amazing Spider-Girl in October 2006.
[...] After 100 hugely successful issues, the Spider-Girl run was ended. However, this was ended to begin an all new line called Amazing Spider-Girl. I’m not entirely sure why, possibly marketing? Does this make for an easier jumping on point? It seems odd considering many of the other titles recently went back to some old numbering to clear up some of these odd on again off again renumberings. Amazing Spider-Man is the most recent having had put it’s numbers back with issue 500, which was previously numbered volume 2 number 59. [...]
[...] Spider-Girl turned Amazing Spider-Girl - a bit of a roller coaster here with the cancellation following issue #100 and the subsequent creation of Amazing Spider-Girl. Tom Defalco has continued to make this title fun and engaging. I hope for at least 100 more… [...]