Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)

For the character from Ultimate Spider-Man, see Spider-Woman (Ultimate Marvel character).
Spider-Woman
Textless cover of Spider-Woman #11 (April 2021).
Art by Junggeun Yoon.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceMarvel Spotlight #32 (February 1977)
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoJessica Miriam Drew
SpeciesHuman mutate
Team affiliations
PartnershipsCaptain Marvel
Porcupine (Roger Gocking)
Notable aliasesArachne
Ariadne Hyde
Hunter
Abilities
  • Spider-physiology granting:
    • Superhuman strength, speed, durability, reflexes, and senses
    • Wall-crawling
  • Pheromone manipulation
  • Bio-electric energy projection
  • Gliding/Flight
  • Expert spy
  • Highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant

Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Archie Goodwin and Marie Severin, the character first appeared in Marvel Spotlight #32 (February 1977).[2][3][4] 50 issues of an ongoing series titled Spider-Woman followed. At its conclusion, she fell into disuse, supplanted by other characters using the name Spider-Woman.

Her origin story relates that she was a brainwashed spy working for HYDRA. Writer Brian Michael Bendis added Spider-Woman to the roster of The New Avengers, which leads to her involvement in the "Secret Invasion" storyline. In 2009, the character received her second self-titled limited series, written by Bendis, which ran for seven issues. As part of the 2014 "Spider-Verse" event, Spider-Woman began her third ongoing series, written by Dennis Hopeless. The series was interrupted by Marvel's 2015 "Secret Wars" event, and ended with issue #10. Spider-Woman was relaunched several months later with a new issue #1, still written by Hopeless, which continued the story from the previous volume.

Jessica Drew has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful female heroes.[5][6][7][8][9] She made her cinematic debut in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) as Jess Drew, voiced by Issa Rae.[10][11][12]

  1. ^ Secret Avengers Vol. 3 #1. Marvel Comics.
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  3. ^ Hearn, Kayleigh (December 19, 2022). "Every Episode Of Spider-Woman Ranked". Looper. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  4. ^ Dinh, Christine (June 4, 2021). "Caught in Spidey's Web: 7 Things to Know About Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman)". Marvel.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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