10 Spider-Man Characters Who Could Headline The Female Spin-Off Movie
7. Spider-Girl (May Parker)
Who Is She? No, not Aunt May, so nobodys expecting Sally Field to strap on some web-shooters. This is May Mayday Parker, the daughter of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson in a potential future. In the comics, Mary Jane was pregnant and apparently had a miscarriage, but it was left ambiguous whether the baby actually died. In the world of the Spider-Girl comics, the child was kidnapped but rescued by Kaine (a clone of Peter Parker) and returned to the Parkers. She developed similar powers to her father when she was a teenager and donned the costume worn by her Uncle Ben (the Scarlet Spider, another clone of Peter who was killed by the Green Goblin). The series is notable for being Marvels longest-running female-led superhero title, and survived several cancellation attempts by a very active fanbase. Likelihood? On the one hand, Maydays popularity in the comics could translate to the movies. But on the other, its a similar problem with the Spider-Verseits not likely Sony will have a series of Spidey movies set in the present and another series set in the future. The alternate universe aspect would be crucial to a Mayday Spider-Girl movie, unless of course Sony decided to launch this film once they were finished with Spider-Man films. But that hardly seems likely.
Percival Constantine is the author of several novels and short stories, including the Vanguard superhero series, and regularly writes and comments on movies, comics, and other pop culture. More information can be found at his website, PercivalConstantine.com
