Marvel’s *The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Versity* presents Spider-Girl, Maka Akana, as potentially Earth-616’s strongest web-slinger, surpassing Peter Parker in Norman Osborn’s assessment. The development matters because Maka’s unusual power set and a newly revealed form put her at the centre of a confrontation with the dangerous Red Goblin.

Osborn has been training a group of young Spider-heroes, including Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen, Silk and Spider-Boy, through staged attacks intended to build teamwork. Maka can temporarily copy the abilities of anyone she makes eye contact with, but Carnage exploited her before Osborn sacrificed himself to free her; this unleashed the Red Goblin, a foe previously capable of defeating Spider-Man, Venom and the Human Torch.