- —Spider-Woman[src]
History
The daughter of Peter Parker's youngest daughter, Tonya, and Hawkeye, Ashley Barton did not like the way the Kingpin was running Hammer Falls, so she formed a team of super-heroes with her friends and attempted to take control of his territory, only to be captured and set to be executed.[5]
Her father broke her out of her cell, only to be shocked when Ashley killed the Kingpin, to take over his territory for her own as the new Kingpin, using her new-found power to attempt to kill him as well, aiming to conquer the world of the Wastelands herself.[6]
Logan rescued Hawkeye with his Spider-Mobile and Ashley sent her men after them.[7]
Spider-Verse and Spider-Geddon[]
Years later, referred to alternately as "Spider-Girl/Spider-Woman" and by the full name of "Ashley Barton" (previously known mononymously as "Ashley"),[4] Ashley was recruited by the Superior Spider-Man from Earth-616 to kill Karn, an individual who was hunting spider-themed people across the Multiverse. She was chosen to join his Superior Spider-Army due to her penchant for killing.[8] They quickly learned that Karn was a member of a family of hunters, known as the Inheritors.[3]
During the first Totem War, Spider-Girl also joined an alternate Superior Spider-Army. The Superior Army was recruited by the S.H.I.E.L.D. of Earth-TRN461 into the Spider-Men, a group of Spider-Man analogs assembled to combat the Multiversal Sinister Six. While on Earth-TRN461, she also joined Spider-Force, where she was stationed off-world at the Symbiote Prison as a security guard. She found this task boring, expecting to fight symbiotes more often.[9]
When the Inheritors returned, Ashley reenlisted in the Superior Spider-Army. She joined Scarlet Spider's squad to hunt down Verna, a member of the Inheritors. During the mission, Ashley became close with Spider-Kid, a delinquent variant of her grandfather, who she affectionally referred to as "gramps."[10]
She ultimately survived the conflicts and returned to her home dimension with the other surviving Spiders.[11]Attributes
Powers
Unlike her mother, Ashley seems to have inherited some of her grandfather's abilities.[4]
- Superhuman Agility: Ashley's agility is enhanced to superhuman levels.[4]
- Superhuman Strength: Ashley has inherited an unknown of degree of superhuman strength from her grandfather.[4]
Abilities
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Web-Shooters (unused)[4]
Notes
- Ashley's codename, "Spider-Bitch," was temporarily changed in Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #10 to the more family-friendly "Spider-Girl/Spider-Woman" for Spider-Verse and Spider-Geddon, censored to maintain the comics' T+ rating (compared to Old Man Logan).
- Apparently, Ultron 8, a friend of Ashley's mother, was a better father to her than Clint.[2]
- While owning her grandfather's Web-Shooters, Ashley has no superpowers so-to-speak of, serving as Kingpin following extensive self-taught physical training, with an alternate white version of her dying on attempting to use them without the requisite spider-strength to hold her in place.[4]
- Ashley has not displayed her grandfather's Spider-Sense.[4]
Trivia
- A version of Ashley was set to appear in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, but did not make it into the final film.[13]
See Also
- 23 appearance(s) of Ashley Barton (Earth-807128)
- 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Ashley Barton (Earth-807128)
- 11 minor appearance(s) of Ashley Barton (Earth-807128)
- 2 mention(s) of Ashley Barton (Earth-807128)
- 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Ashley Barton (Earth-807128)
- 66 image(s) of Ashley Barton (Earth-807128)
- 4 quotation(s) by or about Ashley Barton (Earth-807128)
- 1 victim(s) killed by Ashley Barton (Earth-807128)
- 1 item(s) used/owned by Ashley Barton (Earth-807128)
Links and References
References
- ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #10
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wolverine (Vol. 3) #68
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Superior Spider-Man #33
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Spider-Geddon Handbook #1
- ↑ Wolverine (Vol. 3) #67
- ↑ Wolverine (Vol. 3) #69
- ↑ Wolverine (Vol. 3) #70
- ↑ Superior Spider-Man #32
- ↑ Spider-Man Unlimited
- ↑ Spider-Force #1
- ↑ Spider-Geddon #5
- ↑ Spider-Force #3
- ↑ Anka, Kris (7 August 2023) kris anka on Twitter: "Some of the other Names Spiders in the Watchforce. Not all of them would make it through to the final film #AcrossTheSpiderVerse" Twitter. Retrieved on 16 August 2023.
- ↑ Spider-Geddon Handbook #1
- ↑ Spider-Geddon Handbook Vol 1 1