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Spider-Woman
File:Spiderwomanvolthree1.jpg
Clockwise from bottom; Jessica Drew, Julia Carpenter, Charlotte Witter and Mattie Franklin along with Madame Web. Cover to Spider-Woman (v3) #1; art by Bart Sears.
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceMarvel Spotlight #32 (February 1977)
Created byArchie Goodwin
Sal Buscema
Jim Mooney
CharactersJessica Drew
Julia Carpenter
Mattie Franklin
Charlotte Witter
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Spider-Woman
File:Spiderwoman1.pngSpider-Woman #1 (April, 1978).
Featuring the Jessica Drew version of the character.
Art by Joe Sinnott.
Series publication information
Publisher(all)
Marvel Comics
Format(vol 1 & 3)
Ongoing series
(vol 2)
Limited series
Genre
Publication date(vol 1)
April 1978 – June 1983
(vol 2)
November 1993 – February 1994
(vol 3)
July 1999 – December 2000
Number of issues(vol 1)
50
(vol 2)
4
(vol 3)
18
Main character(s)(vol 1)
Jessica Drew
(vol 2)
Julia Carpenter
(vol 3)
Mattie Franklin

Spider-Woman is the codename of several fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe. They are based on the character Spider-Man. An earlier "Spider-Woman" was published by Harry "A" Chesler Comics in 1944; a non-superpowered crime-fighter named Helen Goddard made her first and only appearance in the Golden Age comic book Major Victory #1. Another Spiderwoman was in Spidey Super Stories #11 (story 3), although that is not official canon.

Spider-Woman was also the title of three separate past comic books and one forthcoming comic book published by Marvel Comics. The first was published from April 1978 through June 1983, the second, which was a limited series, was published from November 1993 through February 1994, and the third was published from July 1999 through December 2000. A new series starring the Jessica Drew version is set to debut from Marvel Comics in September 2009.

Spider-Women

Alternate continuity

  • Prior to Jessica Drew's debut, Valerie the Librarian became Spider-Woman in Spidey Super Stories #11 (August 1975). She had no superpowers.
  • A Spider-Woman animated series was based on the Jessica Drew version.
  • Spider-Woman (Mary Jane Watson), ninja of the Spider-clan, is an alternate version of the character in the Marvel Mangaverse reality.
  • Another version of Mary Jane as Spider-Woman can be found in the Exiles series.
  • In MC2 continuity, Jessica Drew has never regained her powers and thus did not return to being Spider-Woman.
  • In the comic book Ultimate Spider-Man, an Ultimate Spider-Woman debuted in issue #98, but was not given the name "Spider-Woman" until issue #102. Though her creators named her Jessica Drew, she is a female clone of Peter Parker, and retains all of his memories up until the end of the Carnage

See also

  • Spider-Girl (May Parker), daughter of Spider-Man in an alternate future
  • Madame Web (Cassandra Webb), grandmother of Charlotte Witter

More female Marvel characters with spider powers/affiliations