Created by writer Fiona Avery and artist Mark Brooks, Anya Sofia Corazon is a member of the Spider-Verse since 2004 and is more known right now as being Spider-Girl. But she was Araña when she made her first appearance in Amazing Fantasy vol.2 #1.
She didn’t acquire her abilities following a bite by a spider, but after having her life saved by the mage Miguel Legar from the Spider Society. He performed a ritual on her by giving her a spider-shaped tattoo that endows her with spider-like powers and recruits her to be a Hunter for the Spider Society (a secret society worshipping Spider-Totems, created by J. Michael Straczynski during his run on Spider-Man).
The Latina daughter of a Puerto Rican father and a Mexican mother, she had been the star of her own (short) series and been affiliated with the Spider Society, the Young Allies (during the Heroic Age), the Avengers Academy, and the Web Warriors. Simply put, like all respected members of the Spider-Verse, Anya Corazon has her fair share of adventures, and to discover them, we made this reading order
Anya Corazon Reading Order:
Alias Araña (2005-2010)
During her first years in the Marvel main continuity, Anya Corazon was called Araña, which means spider in Spanish.
- Araña: Here comes the Spider-Girl
Collects Amazing Fantasy (2004) #1-6 And Arana #1-6.
Also collected in:
- Arana, Vol. 1: Heart of the Spider
collects Amazing Fantasy #1-6 - Arana, Vol. 2: In The Beginning
collects Araña #1-6
You can also find Anya in Spider-Man Family (2005) #1 collected in Spider-Man: Spider-Women.
- Araña Vol. 3: Night of the Hunter
Collects Arana #7-12 - Spider-Man & Araña Special: The Hunter Revealed #1
One-shot currently uncollected.
We enter the Civil War era (see reading order), a period in which Araña is a recurring character during Brian Reed’s run on Captain Marvel. She appeared in issues #6-8, #11-14, #18-24, all collected in :
- Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers – The Ms. Marvel Years Vol. 1
Collects Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1, Ms. Marvel (2006) #1-17, Ms. Marvel Special #1 - Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers – The Ms. Marvel Years Vol. 2
Collects Ms. Marvel (2006) #18-34 and Annual #1. - Captain America #602-605, 609-10
Uncollected backup stories in which Anya becomes friends with Nomad (aka Rebecca Barnes). She will team up with her later in Young Alllies. - Spider-Man: Grim Hunt
Collects Amazing Spider-Man: Grim Hunt saga #635-637
Alias Spider-Girl (2010-2022)
In Young Allies Vol 2 #5, Anya officially becomes Spider-Girl, in part to avoid confusion after Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) called her Spider-Girl, another in a long list to get her identity wrong since she changed her costume.
- Young Allies
Collects Young Allies #1-6, Firestar #1 and material From Age Of Heroes #2. - Spider-Girl: Family Values
Collects Spider-Girl (2010) #1-8 and material from Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #648. - Onslaught Unleashed
Collects Onslaught Unleashed #1-4.
Welcome to Spider-Island, where a million New Yorkers suddenly possess Spider-Man’s powers – but none of the responsibility! This event happens during the long Dan Slott’s run on Spider-Man. For more information on the event, check out our reading order.
- Spider-Man: Spider-Island Companion (not by Dan Slott)
Collects The Amazing Spider-Girl #1-3, Spiderisland: Cloak & Dagger #1-3, Spider-Island: Deadly Hands Of Kung Fu #1-3, Herc #7-8, Spider-Island: Avengers #1, Spider-Island: Spider-Woman #1, Spider-Island: I Love New York City, Black Panther #524, Spider-Island: Heroes For Hire #1. - Avengers Assemble: Forgeries of Jealousy
Collects Avengers Assemble #21, #22.INH-23.INH and #24-25.
We enter the Spider-Verse, where every single Spider-Man ever is needed to save the day when the evil Inheritors begin exterminating spider-characters throughout the multiverse. You can find a lot more information in the full Reading Order of the event. Following the events, some members of the spider-gang are reunited in the Web Warriors series, then in the sequel Spider-Geddon (go check out the reading order for more than Anya’s appearances). All those stories are now collected in the Spider-Verse/Spider-Geddon Omnibus, but here is a more detailed order with the paperbacks:
- Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3: Spider-Verse
Collects Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #9-15. - Spider-Verse: Warzones
Optional. This story is not part of the main continuity. Anya teams up with the other Spider People during the Multiverse ending event of Secret Wars. - Web Warriors of the Spider-Verse Vol. 1: Electroverse
Collects Web Warriors #1-5, Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Web Warriors story). - Web Warriors of the Spider-Verse Vol. 2: Spiders Vs.
Collects Web Warriors #6-11. - Spider-Girls #1-3
Collected in Spider-Geddon: Covert Ops - Spider-Geddon #5
Conclusion to Spider-Girls collected in Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Geddon
Part of Nick Spencer’s run on Spider-Man, Last Remains (see reading order) is a storyline with a lot of spider-heroes. In it, Spider-Man is fighting against a new enemy, called Kindred, who has taken control of Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Woman, Anya Corazon, and Julia Carpenter.
- Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer Vol. 10: Green Goblin Returns
Collects Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #48, Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn (2020) #1, Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #49, Free Comic Book Day 2020 (Spider-Man/Venom) 1 (Spider-Man story) - Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer Vol. 11: Last Remains
Collects Amazing Spider-Man (2018) 50-55
Right now, Anya Corazon is a supporting character in Black Widow Vol. 8 written by Kelly Thompson, from issue #8 onward.
- Black Widow by Kelly Thompson Vol. 2: I Am The Black Widow
Collects Black Widow (2020) #6-10. - Black Widow By Kelly Thompson Vol. 3: Die by the Blade
Collects Black Widow (2020) #11-15
Araña Once More (2022-)
The end of the Spider-Verse is coming! But before a new big battle begins, a new status quo is introduced for Anya…
- Edge of Spider-Verse Vol 2 #1 collected in Edge of Spider-Verse.
- More coming soon!
Last Updated on January 27, 2023.