Spider girl biography

DC Comics character, created 1963

This article is about the DC Comics character.

Spider-girl (1998)

For the Marvel Comics characters, see Spider-Girl.

Not to be confused with Spider-Woman.

Comics character

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 is a member of the Legion of Super-Villains who joins after being rejected from the Legion of Super-Heroes.^[2]

During the Five-Year Gap run in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol.

4) (1989), Paka is a reformed thief and ally of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Shortly before the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! continuity reboot, she changes her codename to Wave and dyes her hair blue.^[3]

Following Zero Hour, Spider Girl is reimagined as a m