Sylvie Yaqua (Earth-616)

Arachne
Name	Dr. Sylvie Yaqua
Current Alias	Arachne
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Deathweb
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Peruvian
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas, David Ross
First	Avengers: West Coast Vol 1 82
First	Avengers: West Coast Vol 1 82

History

Dr. Sylvie Yaqua born as part of the Pacqui people from Peru. She was part of a research team formed by Valerie Cooper for the Commission on Superhuman Activities to create a new breed of super humans. Dr. Yaqua suggested the team should make use of rare drugs found in the jungles of Peru. The team successfully tested their research on Julia Carpenter who became Spider-Woman. The team's leader, Dr. Napier, under the guidance of the Manipulator instructed members of the team to experiment on themselves. Yaqua gained powers and became Arachne.

She would go on to become the leader of Deathweb.

Attributes

Powers

Arachne is capable of physically generating webbing and neuro-toxins from glands in her wrists.

See Also

• 7 appearance(s) of Sylvie Yaqua (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Sylvie Yaqua (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Sylvie Yaqua (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Sylvie Yaqua (Earth-616)
• 4 image(s) of Sylvie Yaqua (Earth-616)
• 1 victim(s) killed by Sylvie Yaqua (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Danny Wall's Unofficial Handbook to the Marvel Universe