Editing Anansi (section)

===Comics===
*In an arc of [[DC Comics]]''' [[Justice League of America]]'', the team faces Anansi. The character was first mentioned in ''Justice League of America'' No. 23, but was not named until ''Justice League of America'' No. 24. According to Vixen, he is the West African trickster god and "owns all stories". Anansi appears in several forms, the most common form being a large, other-worldly spider with supernatural powers. He has been manipulating the powers of [[Vixen (comics)|Vixen]] and [[Animal Man]]. He initially appears to be villainous, but then reveals after he is "defeated" that his machinations were in fact intended to teach Vixen a lesson and prepare her for some coming disaster.
*In the [[Marvel Comics]] series ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' volume 2 (2003), it is revealed by [[Ezekiel Sims]] that [[Anansi (Marvel Comics)|Kwaku Anansi]] was the first [[Spider-Man]]. Anansi sold himself to Nyame the sky-god in return for wisdom, and passed his knowledge on to spiders.<ref>Straczynski, J. Michael (w), Romita Jr, John (p), Hannah, Scott (i). "A Spider's Tale" The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2, No. 48 (February 2003).</ref> In a story of the mini-series ''[[Marvel Fairy Tales|Spider-Man Fairy Tales]]'', Spider-Man himself takes on the role of Anansi. He is on a quest to gain more power after feeling unappreciated. After encountering elemental aspects (the [[Fantastic Four]]), and a guardian of a sacred garden ([[Swarm (comics)|Swarm]]), he realizes the greatest power is friendship.
*Anansi is a main character in Greg Anderson-Elysée's graphic novel series "Is'nana: The Were-Spider".<ref>{{cite web|author1=Caleb Palmquist|title=Independent Comics In Focus – Greg Anderson-Elysee, Creator of Is'nana The Were-Spider|url=http://wordofthenerdonline.com/2016/01/143733/|website=Word of The Nerd|access-date=11 November 2016|date=26 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112080144/http://wordofthenerdonline.com/2016/01/143733/|archive-date=12 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first volume, "Forgotten Stories" was self-published in 2016, after a successful Kickstarter campaign,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1942007293/isnana-the-were-spider?ref=discovery|title=Is'nana The Were-Spider by Greg Anderson-Elysee — Kickstarter}}</ref> under the imprint "Webway Comics". In the series, Is'nana is Anansi's son.