Spider Girl
- Adventure Comics #310 (July 1963) (Pre–Zero Hour—mentioned)
- Adventure Comics #323 (July 1964) (Pre–Zero Hour—full appearance)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #64 (Post–Zero Hour)
- Jim Tillery
- Jerry Siegel
- John Forte
- Workforce
- Legion of Super-Villains
- Legion of Super-Heroes
- Justice League of Earth
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 a fan suggested a character with the power of super-strong prehensile hair.[1]
Fictional character biography
Spider Girl formally first appeared as a failed Legion of Super-Heroes applicant.[2]
She went on to join Tarik the Mute's underground academy for supervillains and later the Legion of Super-Villains.
Pre-Zero Hour biography
Five Year Gap
During the Five-Year Gap run in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) (1989), Paka was written as a half-reformed thief with a crush on Legionnaire Ultra Boy.
She joined 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. In this storyline, occurring just prior to the Zero Hour reboot of the titles, Sussa changed her codename to Wave and dyed her hair blue.[3]
Post-Zero Hour biography
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 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.
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-Heroes story 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 by spreading lies that Superman was a human who 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.
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.[4]
References
- ^ Adventure Comics #310 (July 1963)
- ^ Adventure Comics #323 (August 1964)
- ^ Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #54 (February 1994)
- ^ Stan Berkowitz (writer); Lauren Montgomery (director) (February 10, 2007). "Lightning Storm". Legion of Super Heroes. Season 1, Episode 8. Kids WB.
External links
- Legion Online Biography
- Pre–Zero Hour Unofficial Biography
- Post–Zero Hour Unofficial Biography
- Hero History: Wave
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