The webbing, to me, served as a light background, almost nothing more than a border, per se. Having changed the camera angle I felt that another background, so long as it was light, would suffice just as well, as it is the figure that is the selling point.

An aside about this cover. I picked this comic up at the time it came out based purely on Cho's work and knowing nothing of the story inside, given I've really stopped reading comics, I did feel a little cheated that after the wonderful cove that Spider Woman appeared in maybe a handfull of panels inside and they were only token shots with little dialogue. I assumed from the cover that she featured in it.