Sun-Spider A Rising Star Among Spider-Verse Spidersonas

gamespot.com:

The Spider-Verse fandom has witnessed a surge of creative expression through «spidersonas,» with imaginative takes of how fans and artists might look as part of the Spider-Verse. Among the myriad spidersonas, one--Sun-Spider--gained notable attention for actually making her debut in Across the Spider-Verse.

Note: Spoilers are ahead for the recently released Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

In Across the Spider-Verse, viewers witness a moment where Miles encounters numerous spider-persons from various dimensions. Among them, a spider-character using crutches playfully taps Miles Morales with one of them, and makes light of Spider-Man's reliance on humor as a defense mechanism. This character is Sun-Spider (originally Sunspider), created by cartoonist Dayn Broder.

I uh… made a thing. she's my <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/spidersona?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#spidersona

and she has retractable crutches that shoot webs because hey! I can be disabled and still also a superhero pic.twitter.com/vRVtOcx0H4

Broder introduced their artwork featuring Sunspider in 2018, shortly after the release of Into the Spider-Verse. Marvel later approached Broder and other spidersona artists to commission new artwork for a Spider-Verse miniseries. Broder explained in an issue of the Spider-Verse miniseries that (via Polygon) that as a disabled individual, «l wanted to create someone like me: an ambulatory wheelchair user, who can still kick butt in her own modified way. Sun-Spider is hyper-flexible, though this does have drawbacks since it means she requires extra stability, and the crutches help with that.» Oh, and the crutches also function as web-shooters.

In the 2022 Edge of Spider-Verse, writer Tee Franklin and artist Jethro