Spider-Girl is Dead, Long Live Amazing Spider-Girl!
October 16, 2006 | 2 Comments
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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.
Anyway, back to Spider-Girl… If you love classic Spider-Man style action, Spider-Girl may be just what you are looking for. Mayday Parker is the daughter of Peter in an alternate future. She’s still in high school and dealing with many of the topics and conflicts which made the original Amazing Spider-Man stories classic and wonderful.
I highly recommend you pick up Amazing Spider-Girl #0 which gives a complete recap of what happened in the 100 issue run of Spider-Girl. This will put you in a good place to pickup and enjoy the new Amazing Spider-Girl!
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End of Spider-Girl
June 27, 2006 | 4 Comments
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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