SPIDER-REQUIEM
Earth-98117
Real Name: Polymnia Swan
Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-98117) human mutate (presumably - see comments)
Occupation: Adventurer
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Garden-Spider
(Petunia Parker of
Earth-71925), Lord
Spider of Earth-10113519, Sea-Spider of Earth-19192,
Sp//dr (Peni Parker) of
Earth-14512, Spidair of Earth-91202, the Spider-Gang of
Earth-192013525, Spider-Ma'am
(May Parker) of Earth-3123, Spider-Man (Miles Morales) of Earth-1610,
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) of Earth-90214, Spider-Man (Takuya Yamashiro)
of Earth-51778, Spider-Monster of Earth-1411319, Spider-Sting of
Earth-38418, Spider-Zero
of Earth-19166, the Spinster of Earth-93191, Sun-Spider of Earth-20023,
V of Earth-43890, White Widow (Venice Doadi) of Earth-23233;
Earth-31913
natives: Spider-Horse (Widow), Web-Slinger (Patrick O'Hara)
Enemies: Machine Bem Monsters of Earth-51778 (Biker Monster, Cat Demon Monster, Centipede, Genyouchu, Kamenger, Mer-Man, Monkfish, Primitive Man, Samson, Sasora, Snake Woman, others)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed
First Appearance: Spider-Verse III#1 (December, 2019)
Powers/Abilities: While not displaying all of them, Spider-Requiem possesses the usual superhuman powers of a Spider-totem including superhuman strength, agility, the ability to cling to solid surfaces and a danger-warning Spider-Sense.
She can also control and animate her handmade puppets, often incorporating them and staged dance moves in combat.
Spider-Requiem is an excellent puppeteer and dancer.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'6")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 130 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (see comments)
Hair: Unrevealed (see comments)
History:
(Spider-Verse III#1/2 (fb) - BTS) - Named after the Greek muse of dance, puppeteer Polymnia Swan at some point acquired a scar on her face.
(Spider-Verse III#1/2) - Somehow gaining the superhuman powers of a Spider-totem, as well as the ability to control and animate her handmade puppets, Polymnia took the alias of Spider-Requiem, concealing her scarred face and identity beneath a mask and artfully staging her battles.
(Spider-Verse III#6 (fb) - BTS) - Spider-Requiem was recruited alongside numerous other Multiversal Spider-totems to assist in locating Earth-18119's Spiderling, patternmaker of the Great Web of Life and Destiny.
(Spider-Verse III#6) - After Earth-19166's Spider-Zero discovered that Spiderling was trapped inside a tangle in the Great Web, Spider-Requiem and the other Spider-totems converged on the tangle and attempted to unravel it, with Spider-Requiem sending her puppets to attack the tangle at its source. When the Great Web defended itself by opening portals to Earth-51778 and unleashing a slew of Machine Bem Monsters, Spider-Requiem and the other totems fought the Machine Bem Monsters. Spider-Requiem danced her way through the battle, sending her puppets to directly engage the Machine Bem Monsters and helping hold them at bay while Spider-Zero and Earth-1610's Spider-Man (Miles Morales) freed Spiderling from the tangle. Upon being freed, Spiderling began correcting the tangle and sent Spider-Requiem and the other Spider-totems back to their home realities.
Comments: Created by Cotton Valent.
Spider-Requiem is one of several Spidersona's who appeared in the back-pages of Spider-Verse (2020). "Spidersona" was a hashtag that launched around the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). Amazed at the talent of creativity of people posting their creations online, Marvel reached out to some of these artists to create new Spidersona art especially for the Spider-Verse (2020) series. Every issue showcased several original pieces of Spidersona art by artists from around the globe after which most appeared in the story as well.
It was not revealed how Spider-Requiem acquired her Spider-totem/puppet animation abilities but presumably, she was mutated like many other Spider-totems.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-98117's Spider-Requiem should be
distinguished from:
Appearances:
Spider-Verse III#1 (December, 2019) - "Spidersona: Spider-Requiem"
story - Cotton Valent (text, art), Nick Lowe (editor)
Spider-Verse III#6 (May, 2020) - Jed McKay (writer), Ze Carlos (art),
Nick Lowe (editor)
First posted: 08/04/2022
Last updated: 08/04/2022
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