Review of
Spider-Girl #21,
Marvel Comic
Four out of five stars
The next generation takes responsibility
The premise of
the Spider-Girl series is that May “Mayday” Parker, the daughter of Peter
Parker, the original Spider-Man, has inherited his powers. She is still a
superhero in training, and that program is being assisted by Phil Urich, the Golden
Goblin. When her training session is over, she goes home and discusses things with
her parents. May is also going to school and a major dance is coming up and
there are questions as to who she is going with.
While this is
happening, a new super-villain appears on the scene. He calls himself
Earthshaker and his goal is not to commit crimes, but to draw out the heroes so
that he can defeat them in a fight. He is a powerful man and the Golden Goblin and
Nighthawk join forces with Spider-girl to take him down.
An amusing
aspect of Earthshaker is that he wants to defeat the heroes so that he will be
able to sign a massive contract to be a professional wrestler. Things work out
in the end regarding keeping the streets safe, but there is still the issue of the
pairing of partners for the dance.
Written to
appeal to teenage girls, this is a comic that demonstrates a major change in
the comic world. Female heroes with problems different than those of their
predecessors. For example, May is able to confide in her father Peter, when he
could not ever let his Aunt May know about his exploits as Spider-Man.
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