Rich wondered if the one she'd met was his own universe's webhead.

"I'll bet it's a long story," Rich said with a grin. "They always are. Especially when there's alien vampires."

It was just a thing.

"I go by Nova," said Rich. "I got my powers -- which aren't working right now, lucky me -- from a dying alien who was part of an intergalactic police force called the Nova Corps. The powers come with a uniform that has a completely not-ridiculous helmet, standard issue. So ol' webhead, all of my friends, and pretty much all of the superhero community back home thinks it's funny to call it a bucket. And they call me 'buckethead.'"

He picked up one of the pirates and threw him right over the railing into the ocean.

"Spidey started it. Natch."