Jess Drew, Spider-Woman
Earth: 404 (Across the Spider-Verse), 616 (comics)
Created as an attempt to stop rival companies from potentially cribbing off Spider-Man’s success in the ‘70s, Jessica Drew has had many iterations of her origins in the comics—and Issa Rae’s version of the character in Across is no exception. This Jess, Miguel’s second-in-command, is heavily inspired by more recent comics, in particular the 2014 All-New, All-Different Spider-Woman costume created by Kris Anka (who also worked on Across the Spider-Verse, designing myriad of unique extra designs for the film’s Spider-People). Also lifted from that comic storyline: the fact that Jessica is pregnant.
