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Arachne
 
Arachne
 
Personal Info:
 
Real Name: Dr. Sylvie Yacqua
Also Known As:
Place Of Birth: Peru
First Appearance: Avengers West Coast Vol.1 82
Known Associates:
Group Affiliation: Deathweb
Base Of Operations: Silicon Valley, California
Grudges: Spider-Woman and the West Coast Avengers
Creators: Roy & Dann Thomas, David Ross, and Tim Dzon
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Powers:
 
Webbing: Arachne can fire both physical and psychic webs from her wrists, though she wears special gauntlets to ease the pain from doing so.
Spikes: Arachne can extend a spike from her gauntlets which is covered in a potent form of spider venom, which is generally fatal within seconds.
 
Origins:
 
Val Cooper, acting head of the Commission, organized a top scientific team--Dr. Carter Napier, Dr. Sylvie Yacqua, Hashi Noto-- to try to create a new breed of super-heroes that would serve the government. Based on Yacqua's recommendation of the drugs found in the plants in the Amazon jungle, Yacqua and Noto were dispatched there, led by the guides, Walter & Elizabeth Cornwall, they gathered a number of chemicals designed to give a subject spider-like powers. Seeking a physically fit and loyal test subject, Cooper recommended Julia Carpenter, an old college associate of hers, as well as the daughter of the Cornwalls. Cooper convinced Carpenter to come work for her, and the scientists transformed her into Spider-Woman.
After Spider-Woman left the government service, the Manipulator secretly met with Yacqua, Noto, and the maintenance man, Theo, convincing them to take spider-serum variants, transforming them into Arachne, Antro, and Therak, respectively.
 
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