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| Marvel Legends Ashley Barton - Spider Woman |
Once upon a time, Marvel created a futuristic world where the villain's Acts of Vengeance actually worked, Wolverine killed all the X-Men, and Hawkeye married the half-African American daughter of Peter-Parker. They had a daughter named Ashley who decided to call herself Spider Bitch.
And that will be the last time we refer to her as such because it's just too...crass.. for us.It's not something that should be said as a name for a woman - no matter how f''ed up she is. So we'll refer to her as Ashley Barton or Spider Woman from here on. She also uses the name Spider-Girl.
Ashley Barton was a rebel against the regime of the Kingpin, ruler of Hammer Falls, in the time of Old Man Logan. Kingpin crushes her pathetic little rebellion, captures her and schedules her for execution.
She's rescued by her father, Hawkeye, but Spider Woman turns on him and kills the Kingpin be decapitating him with the handle of a shotgun (Yes, she has her grand-father's strength). Old Man Logan and Hawkeye escape on the Spider-Mobile with Ashley Barton's forces hot in pursuit.
MORE AFTER THE JUMP
The Marvel Legends Ashley Barton, or Spider-Woman (or Spider-Girl), action figure is one of the two "Web slinging Heroines" in the series The other one is Silk - who's really hard-to-find because she was discontinued (Which makes completing Space Venom quite an expensive task because Silk has his leg) .Her blister pack reads: "These fierce females fight for justice with quick reflexes, super-strength, and classic web-slinging action" |
| Ashley Barton - Spider Woman |
FIRST: Ashley Barton is definitely an action figure worth having if you're a Spider-man fan. We're pretty sure there are more Spider-people action figures out there now than there are Bat-people action figures, so she's an integral part of any collection.
SECOND: Spider-Woman has a wonderful facial sculpt. A lot of work went into that smug anti-social mug that actually made an appearance in the comic-books, and we love those multiple ear piercings.
Seriously though that looks painful.
THIRD: Spider-Girl's articulation is excellent and she comes with a pair of wrist rockers that gives her just a dash more of character, but it's nothing special. It's nowhere near what we would expect if this was a Spider-Man figure.
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| Marvel Legends Ashley Barton - Spider Woman |
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| Marvel Legends Ashley Barton - Spider Woman |
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| Marvel Legends Ashley Barton - Spider Woman |
And she looks incredible with a stand:
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| Marvel Legends Ashley Barton - Spider Woman |
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| Marvel Legends Ashley Barton - Spider Woman |
FIRST: Ashley Barton is kinda... meh. Nothing really interesting about her. Probably because there isn't that much literature behind her. Spider Girl appeared as a supporting anti-hero in Old Man Logan, and then served in the Spider-Army of the Doc Ock Spider-Man. That's about it.
The biggest draw back really is that she does not have the incredibly high articulation that we've come to see from a Spider-Man.
This particular Marvel Legends Space Venom BAF series Ashley Barton or Spider Woman or Spider Girl is available on Amazon for a whopping US$ 39.23 (roughly PhP 1,883 plus shipping).
Still kinda cool and a wonderful base for customization.
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| Marvel Legends Ashley Barton - Spider Woman |
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