Supergirl in the Multiverse: Earth-496, Spidergirl

The Amalgam Universe was born from the cross dimensional being known as Access during the pages of Marvel vs. DC back in 1996. This birthed a total of 24 one-shot comics spread across 2 waves that showed stories of characters that were amalgamations of characters from the DC and Marvel universes. The Amalgam universe has several numeric designations such as 1996, 962, 9602, and 496 as well as just being referred to as the Amalgamverse. My coverage of this universe will feature 5 entries for Supergirl in the Multiverse and my initial plan was to use some of these alternative number designations for each. However, to make categorizing them easier I will just be using what seems to be the most likely DC designation of 496.

As mentioned above, the Amalgam universe would take a character from the DC universe and one from the Marvel (sometimes more than 2 characters would merge). There are 2 canonical Amalgam characters that fit the Supergirl role, but I am also going to be putting together 3 of my own amalgamated Supergirls. This is the last of my original Amalgam Supergirls, with Spidergirl! Young Spidergirl, Mayday Ross, hailing from the near future, comes to meet Spider-Man (well he was still Spider-Boy back then) who she claims is her father and Mary Jane “Insect Queen” Watson is her mother. The young bachelor, Pete Ross of course wants nothing to do with this supposed daughter and tries to brush her off but Spidergirl still jumps into the scene and becomes a hero in her own right.

It would later be revealed, after one crisis or reboot or possibly when heroes got reborn, that Spidergirl wasn’t actually the daughter of Spider-Boy but is the long lost cousin of Mig-El Gand the Spider-Boy 2099. Cir-El Gand was taken from her family as a baby and locked in stasis until she was found by the Legion of Galactic Guardians 2099 and now meeting her cousin as the new Spider-Boy, she too undergoes the Super-Spider transformation allowing her to become Spidergirl and join the Legion herself. Unfortunately for her, on a mission back to the early 21st century she gets captured by the Futuresmiths and they brainwash her into believing she was the daughter of Spider-Boy. Now that she’s got her memory back to sorts, she returns to using the name Cir-El, but adopts the surname of Parker to honor the fallen scientist who fell in the creation of the Super-Spider. Cir-El Parker would return to the future and continue on in the fight against evil along with the rest of the Legion of Galactic Guardians.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Spidergirl is crouching while sticking to the side of a building. There is a city scape behind her including the Daily Bugle building. The entire scene is skewed making Spidergirl look upside-down. There is a motif of Spidergirl’s S with a 496 in the top right corner.