Spider Girl
Encyclopedia
Spider Girl is a fictional character in DC Comics
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The character was first mentioned as a concept in the letters page of Adventure Comics
when a fan suggested a character with the power of super-strong prehensile hair
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applicant.
She went on to join Tarik the Mute's underground academy for supervillain
s and later the Legion of Super-Villains
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She joined the Legion as Spider Girl but changed her codename to Wave just before the Legion reboot, dyeing her hair a sea-blue color.
event occurred in Legion of Super-Heroes v.4 #64 as a member of the Workforce
. 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
.
story beginning in Action Comics #859. In this version, she is a member of the "Justice League of Earth", a group of Earth-born Legion rejects which has seized control of Earth and banished the Legion and other extraterrestrials by spreading lies that Superman
was a human that hated all aliens.
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
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The character was first mentioned as a concept in the letters page of Adventure Comics
Adventure Comics
Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...
when a fan suggested a character with the power of super-strong prehensile hair
Hair
Hair is a filamentous biomaterial, that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Found exclusively in mammals, hair is one of the defining characteristics of the mammalian class....
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Fictional character biography
Spider Girl formally first appeared as a failed Legion of Super-HeroesLegion of Super-Heroes
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team in the 30th and 31st centuries of the . The team first appears in Adventure Comics #247 , and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino....
applicant.
She went on to join Tarik the Mute's underground academy for supervillain
Supervillain
A supervillain or supervillainess is a variant of the villain character type, commonly found in comic books, action movies and science fiction in various media.They are sometimes used as foils to superheroes and other fictional heroes...
s and later the Legion of Super-Villains
Legion of Super-Villains
The Legion of Super-Villains is a team of fictional supervillains that appear in comic books published by DC Comics. They are adversaries of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the future...
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Five Year Gap
During the Five-Year Gap storyline in Legion, Paka was written as a half-reformed thief with a crush on Legionnaire Ultra BoyUltra Boy
Ultra Boy is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in DC Comics. He is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Universe. Ultra Boy gained these powers when the space-speedster he was flying was swallowed by an ultra-energy beast , exposing him to...
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She joined the Legion as Spider Girl but changed her codename to Wave just before the Legion reboot, dyeing her hair a sea-blue color.
Post-Zero Hour biography
Spider Girl's first appearance after the Zero HourZero Hour (comics)
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time is a five-issue comic book limited series and crossover storyline published by DC Comics in 1994. In it, the former hero Hal Jordan, who had until then been a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, mad with grief after the destruction of...
event occurred in Legion of Super-Heroes v.4 #64 as a member of the Workforce
Workforce (comics)
The Workforce is a semi-heroic super-team in DC Comics' post-Zero Hour Legion of Super-Heroes continuity. It was introduced in Legion of Super-Heroes #64 .-Fictional history:...
. She had a relationship with Ultra Boy
Ultra Boy
Ultra Boy is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in DC Comics. He is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Universe. Ultra Boy gained these powers when the space-speedster he was flying was swallowed by an ultra-energy beast , exposing him to...
while he was also a member of the team. As a result of this she was extremely resentful of Apparition
Phantom Girl
Phantom Girl is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in books published by DC Comics. In the Post-Zero Hour continuity, she is known as Apparition, and is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries...
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Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes
What appears to be a revamped version of the pre-Crisis Spider Girl appears in the Superman and the Legion of Super-HeroesSuperman and the Legion of Super-Heroes
"Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" is a comic book story arc from DC Comics by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, featuring the Superman character and the return of the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths Legion of Super-Heroes...
story beginning in Action Comics #859. In this version, she is a member of the "Justice League of Earth", a group of Earth-born Legion rejects which has seized control of Earth and banished the Legion and other extraterrestrials by spreading lies that Superman
Superman
Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
was a human that hated all aliens.
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.Television
- Spider Girl appears in her Wave identity (with the blue-dyed hair) in the Legion of Super-Heroes animated television series. She appears as a member of the Light Speed Vanguard (Legion of Super-Villains). She displays the ability to wrap and lift things with her hair like her comic book counterpart.