Margo Kess

* Spider-Byte Avatar
* Margo Kess

- **Spider-Byte**[src]

**Margo Kess**, also known by her vigilante alias **Spider-Byte**, is a cyber Spider-Person who was formerly affiliated with Miguel O'Hara's Spider Society.

## Biography

### Early Life

In world where humans predominantly spend their lives online, Margo Kess decided to become a vigilante and operated under the name Spider-Byte. She would be recruited by Ghost Spider to join the Spider-Army in order to participate in the final push against the Inheritors in Earth-616A's Transamerica Pyramid.

### Spider-Society

Margo was recruited by Miguel O'Hara to join his Spider-Society and would go on to spend most of her days as an avatar at HQ. She'd do this to avoid her home life which was not ideal as evidenced by her yelling parents. She became one of the operators of the Go-Home-Machine with LYLA. At the Society, Margo would encounter various variants of the same Spider-People she had worked with while in the Spider-Army including variants of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy. One day, Margo would meet Miles Morales and quickly befriended him. Miles would attempt to hit on Margo as he had thought Gwen and Hobie had a thing going on. Overtaken by jealousy, Gwen pulled Miles away with her web as Miles said goodbye to Margo.

As the Society chased Miles, Margo stayed behind to watch the machine. However, when Miles started the machine up, Margo tried to stop it until she saw her friend inside it. Margo became conflicted until she ultimately decided to let Miles go back to his home universe. After Miles left, Margo began to question the Spider-Society, especially when Miguel kicked Gwen out and send her back to her universe. Margo decided to quit the Spider-Society and join the Spider-Gang to help save Miles after he got sent to the wrong universe, as well as stop the Spot from destroying the Multiverse.

## Personality

Margo is shown to be very tech-savvy, and shows an extensive amount of knowledge surrounding technology. she is able to be at the society via VR and is in charge of bringing variants of villains back to their own dimensions via the Go-Home-Machine. Margo is also a very intelligent individual, while also having a more sarcastic side to her, such as when she first encounters Miles.

While she was apart of the Spider-Society, and was trying to stop the Go-Home-Machine from sending Miles home, when she found out that he was in there, she let him escape, proving that she has a good heart.

## Powers and abilities

* **Technological Prowess:** Being one of the main operators of the Go-Home-Machine and many other technological devices, Margo has shown to have experience with electronics.
* **Spider-Sense:** Like the other Spider-People, Margo possesses a sixth sense known as Spider-Sense, which activates when there is danger or another Spider-Person is nearby. This helps her detect threats with ease and gives her near full awareness of her surroundings.
* **Limb-Stretching:** Unlike the other Spider-People, Margo does not possess webshooters of her own. Instead, she extends her arms to inhuman lengths to travel distances quickly and capture villains.
* **Duplicate Creation:** Margo is able to create duplicates of herself, making her incredibly effective at multitasking. This is shown when she tried to shut down the Go Home Machine.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Spider-Gang - Teammates and Friends
	+ Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman
	+ Hobart Brown/Spider-Punk
	+ Pavitr Prabhakar/Spider-Man India
	+ Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man
	+ Mayday Parker
	+ Peni Parker
	+ Peter Parker/Spider-Man Noir
	+ Peter Porker/Spider-Ham
* Miles Morales/Spider-Man - Friend
* LYLA

### Enemies

* Spider-Society - Former Teammates
	+ Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099
	+ Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman
	+ Ben Reilly/Scarlet Spider
* Spot - Enemy

## Trivia

* At difference from the most characters in the Spider-Verse saga, this version of Margo Kess is the same character at depicted on the comics.
* It's not directly stated that Margo Kess left the Spider-Society in Across the Spider-Verse but considering that by the end of the film, we see her with some Spider-People that have left the society (including Gwen Stacy and Hobart Brown) it can be assumed.
* Margo Kess is the only member of the reformed Spider-Gang whose history and relationship with the other Spider-People is largely unknown as Miles is the only one she's seen interacting with.
	+ Considering she was a member of the Spider-Society, it can be assumed that she was at least on good enough terms with Miguel to get recruited however this was never seen nor confirmed.
		- While unlikely, it is possible that the Digital Space Margo is Spider-Byte in allows her to transverse the multiverse similar to the world mechanic seen in many video games and since she's not actually in said dimension, she does not suffer any side effects. This could mean she just crashes in Miguel's dimension without his permission. However since she is a spider-person and assists the society, he allows it. As mentioned earlier though, this feels unlikely as the digital space most likely doesn't have the means or ability to traverse universes. However, if this is the case it would explain why Margo was the only Spider in the Society to not participate in the chase for Miles Morales as she would not have one of the Watches needed to receive Miguel's communication.