Sorry, I just don't agree.  Anya has been Spider-Girl for a year or two in publishing terms.  That's barely 5 minutes in continuity terms. 

This new limited series is purely a Spider-Island tie-in.  It is due to last 3 issues. 

I really can not see how Marvel has given Anya "more chances" in such a short space of time.  Yes, they currently favour her over May... but that is in itself only a matter of time (until they give in to fans' demands and reinstate May).  I know people don't like Anya as "Spider-Girl", but that's how it is for the time being.  Get used to it.

I think Anya has gotten a lot of chances. The difference with May and Anya is that Anya really does not have much of a fanbase. But May has dedicated fans who really want her as Spider-girl. So, I think we should have May as Spider-girl instead of Anya right now.  
 
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Sorry, I just don't agree.  Anya has been Spider-Girl for a year or two in publishing terms.  That's barely 5 minutes in continuity terms. 

 

This new limited series is purely a Spider-Island tie-in.  It is due to last 3 issues. 

 

I really can not see how Marvel has given Anya "more chances" in such a short space of time.  Yes, they currently favour her over May... but that is in itself only a matter of time (until they give in to fans' demands and reinstate May).  I know people don't like Anya as "Spider-Girl", but that's how it is for the time being.  Get used to it.

I don't think Marvel intentionally is shafting May in order to sell Anya which is what you seem to be directing, because I don't think Marvel would have stopped publishing May if there was something they could have done about it given she did bring in a profit and had a strong following. I believe there using the " Spider " pre-fix to try and sell Anya's character, much as their using the Arachna costume for that purpose, not in order to make the other character irrelevant.

Anya was known as Arachna or something before Spider-Girl, as much as I love May, I want to give Anya a chance as Spider-Girl, she's a really cool character and frankly as others have mentioned, she's had one chance so far to be Spider-Girl, and that was the short-run series that got quickly cancelled. People ask why Marvel is throwing out event after event after event. Those sell. If you're not Spider-Man, Wolverine, Deadpool, or something, your book will not survive, Spider-Woman, Hawkeye & Mockingbird, the Young Allies, and Spider-Girl have met a sadly fast demise...I fear that Moon Knight and X-23 will follow them soon...I sure hope that's not the case...

I like more Anya than May And May is more popular beacuse she has been more tine as Spidergirl than Any, so I think that we should give Anya a little chance. Or if not both could be SPidergirl (hell, they are of differetn earths timelines or whatever, they coul be spidergirl at the same time)

As said by me earlier, there is room for both of them. In fact with the support and sales of Captain America Corps. You would think that there would be more from Marvel, especially in the Disney own era to start using more MC2 aspect, especially with Spider-Girl.

I liked May Parker more than Anya Corason. In fact, I think even Mattie Franklin (Spider-Woman III) is better than Anya Corason.

@Kairan1979: I'm a bit late in this thread, but I agree with both of these. I just never cared for Anya in the Spider-Family (though I understand Marvel wanting to put her in the spotlight for ethnic diversity). I enjoyed May, Mattie, and Julia (as Arachne), and the fact that all 3 had to be written off to focus on Anya kinda makes me a little bitter towards the character. Yeah, Julia is still around as Madame Web, but I definitely preferred her in the black costume instead of the role of Spider-Oracle. (I know how Barbara Gordon fans felt 20 years ago).

I'm sure Anya has lots of fans, and I am happy for them and don't want her taken away from them. I just wish it wasn't at the cost of 3 characters that I liked.

Spider-Girl starring May is one of Marvel's longest running female superhero comics.I don't get the premise of this thread.

I don't wanna be that guy, but didn't Anya's series just end?

There is a vast difference between the two characters and why May "succeeds" vs Anya's "fails". Firstly, let me say I love both characters. The comparisons however are not fair.

May has the luxury of being a legacy character. She is Peter's daughter, has him, his cast, her cast & the rich history to fall back on.

Anya is an original character that has to make ties and create her own history. I have liked all of Anya's series and when they came to an end like where she landed in the interim.

I would gladly follow her in another book if it had the right creative time.

I don't think Marvel's been shafting May and given Anya more chances. It's a simple question of Anya being part of mainstream, 616 (and can thus guest star in other books and take part in event like Grim Hunt and Spider-Island), continuity, while May's in another continuity (and can therefore not simply have guest spots in other, nor take part in events). The only way, May could show up in someone else's book, is by a multiverse crossover.

And now Anya is being stafted for Silk.

Karma.