Shathra

Shathra is an alien wasp-like predator from the Astral Plane who hunts spider-totems — natural enemies of spider-spirits like Spider-Man. She pursues Peter Parker as her prey, challenging the mystical, totemic side of his nature introduced during Straczynski's acclaimed run.

Born from the imagination of J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr. in 2002's The Amazing Spider-Man #46, Shathra is a Modern Age Marvel creation who arrived during one of the most celebrated and ambitious runs in Spider-Man history. She's a striking, otherworldly antagonist whose presence across The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man, and Edge of Spider-Verse shows a staying power that stretches all the way to 2023 — a full two decades of unsettling corners of the Spider-Man mythos. With a key issue to her name and a rogues' gallery of page-partners that includes Spider-Man himself, Peter Parker, and even Spider-UK, Shathra clearly leaves an impression wherever she appears. For fans who love the stranger, more cosmic-tinged side of Marvel's wall-crawling world, she's exactly the kind of deep-cut villain worth tracking down.