Spider-Girl #81
Writer: Tom DeFalco
Penciller: Ron Frenz
Synopsis: Electro reaches out to Spider-Man to help him with his daughter.
Comments: The title is a take off of a title of a Walt Whitman poem "I Sing the Body Electric." If that sounds familiar, it was also the title of a Ray Bradbury Twilight Zone episode and a song in the musical Fame.
Spider-Girl continues to call Electro's daughter, Aftershock, "Electra." Let's flashback to her prior appearance in Spider-Girl #51, which was a fill in by Sean McKeever and Casey Jones. Tom Brevoort said that by using the character of Aftershock, DeFalco showed he didn't have a problem with the fill in. I think he was just trying to make sense of the fill in, whose villain didn't get much an introduction or characterization.
The names of Electro/Elektra were also confused in Ultimate Spider-Man #10. This was a gag since Elektra was an enforcer for the Kingpin in the main Marvel continuity.
Peter isn't very nice about Normie's engagement.
It's nice to see the Avengers are fans of Spider-Man.
I guess Electro is able to finally find a current that both he and Alison can operate on and not harm each other.
One issue after her reconciliation with May, Davida get a Spider-Girl and Her Amazing Friends profile.
I would agree with your interpretation of the re-use of Aftershock. That said Mr Defalco does tend to recycle characters from other creators and find a new spin on them, even those introduced in the 616 after the MC2's launch. It's one of his strengths. Aftershock wouldn't really be much of a character without this issue's creative team and their skill and talent for making something from virtually nothing.
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