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Spider-Woman + Batgirl = Bat-Woman

Jessica Gordon used to be a sickly child, suffering from a rare and fatal disease. He father, John Gordon, took her to Dr. Wyndham in order to help cure her. Unknown to Gordon, Dr. Wyndham decided to use Jessica as a guinea pig for his genetic experiments to merge human and animal DNA. Choosing the genetic template of the bat, Wyndham managed to cure Jessica's condition, but was disappointed that she did not develop any other abilities. Gordon was thrilled at Jessica's recovery, but Wyndham wrote the entire exercise off as a failed experiment. What Wyndham didn't know was that Jessica's abilities were late to develop, and as she grew her powers began to slowly appear. However, due to her childhood illness, she was dotted over by her parents and treated very delicately, refused to take part in anything but the safest of activities. This caused Jessica to develop a reputation as a "Mousy Bookworm," despite her desire to be seen as more than just a sickly child. Jessica developed her abilities in secret, and decided to surprise everyone at a Halloween party by donning a flashy costume to dispel everyone's notions of her "mousy" nature. However, that all changed when she stumbled across a band of criminals trying to abduct Anthony Wayne. Using her costume as a disguise, Jessica used her abilities to dispatch the criminals and save Anthony Wayne's life. Taking on the identity of Bat-Woman, Jessica became a renowned hero in her own right, helping out the likes of the Dark Knight and the Scarlet Speedster in their respective adventures.

This drawing has a bit of a unique history. Originally, I hadn't planned on featuring this blending as part of the recent batch of Amalgams. But as I was working on them, spiderxand (spiderxand.deviantart.com/) asked here who I might blend Batgirl with. That got me thinking as to who Batgirl would be a good match, and I concluded that it would probably be Spider-Woman from Marvel. Both characters were introduced to be female counterparts to prominent male heroes, but had soon emerged as popular heroes outside the shadows of their namesakes. They've had multiple namesakes that followed on in their stead after they stepped out of the spotlight. Plus, they both have very well designed and popular costumes, both of which recently got a redesign.

For the look, it didn't really take much to blend them. Spider-Woman's underarm webbing already looks like bat wings, and the triangle on her chest can easily be transformed into a bat like design, especially since both Batgirl and Spider-Woman have yellow chest emblems. I decided to go for a purple color scheme, similar to Batgirl's coloring from the '66 TV show as well as her current costume. For the mask, I decided to go for more of a "winged" design that was would look like a mixture of the straight mask of Spider-Woman's look with the pointed ears of Batgirl's design. Plus, it is also reminiscent of the original Batwoman's look.

Even though this was a recent addition, I actually like it the most out of all the current batch of Amalgam drawings.

Description
Spider-Woman + Batgirl = Bat-Woman

Jessica Gordon used to be a sickly child, suffering from a rare and fatal disease. He father, John Gordon, took her to Dr. Wyndham in order to help cure her. Unknown to Gordon, Dr. Wyndham decided to use Jessica as a guinea pig for his genetic experiments to merge human and animal DNA. Choosing the genetic template of the bat, Wyndham managed to cure Jessica's condition, but was disappointed that she did not develop any other abilities. Gordon was thrilled at Jessica's recovery, but Wyndham wrote the entire exercise off as a failed experiment. What Wyndham didn't know was that Jessica's abilities were late to develop, and as she grew her powers began to slowly appear. However, due to her childhood illness, she was dotted over by her parents and treated very delicately, refused to take part in anything but the safest of activities. This caused Jessica to develop a reputation as a "Mousy Bookworm," despite her desire to be seen as more than just a sickly child. Jessica developed her abilities in secret, and decided to surprise everyone at a Halloween party by donning a flashy costume to dispel everyone's notions of her "mousy" nature. However, that all changed when she stumbled across a band of criminals trying to abduct Anthony Wayne. Using her costume as a disguise, Jessica used her abilities to dispatch the criminals and save Anthony Wayne's life. Taking on the identity of Bat-Woman, Jessica became a renowned hero in her own right, helping out the likes of the Dark Knight and the Scarlet Speedster in their respective adventures.

This drawing has a bit of a unique history. Originally, I hadn't planned on featuring this blending as part of the recent batch of Amalgams. But as I was working on them, spiderxand (spiderxand.deviantart.com/) asked here who I might blend Batgirl with. That got me thinking as to who Batgirl would be a good match, and I concluded that it would probably be Spider-Woman from Marvel. Both characters were introduced to be female counterparts to prominent male heroes, but had soon emerged as popular heroes outside the shadows of their namesakes. They've had multiple namesakes that followed on in their stead after they stepped out of the spotlight. Plus, they both have very well designed and popular costumes, both of which recently got a redesign.

For the look, it didn't really take much to blend them. Spider-Woman's underarm webbing already looks like bat wings, and the triangle on her chest can easily be transformed into a bat like design, especially since both Batgirl and Spider-Woman have yellow chest emblems. I decided to go for a purple color scheme, similar to Batgirl's coloring from the '66 TV show as well as her current costume. For the mask, I decided to go for more of a "winged" design that was would look like a mixture of the straight mask of Spider-Woman's look with the pointed ears of Batgirl's design. Plus, it is also reminiscent of the original Batwoman's look.

Even though this was a recent addition, I actually like it the most out of all the current batch of Amalgam drawings.