Spider-Woman

Spider-Woman
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.
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Marvel Spotlight #32 (February 1977)
Created by	Archie Goodwin Sal Buscema Jim Mooney
Characters	Jessica Drew Julia Carpenter Mattie Franklin Charlotte Witter Veranke
Spider-Woman
	Spider-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 & 4) Ongoing series (vol 2) Limited series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	(vol 1) April 1978 – June 1983 (vol 2) November 1993 – February 1994 (vol 3) July 1999 – December 2000 (vol 4) November 2009 – present
Number of issues	(vol 1) 50 (vol 2) 4 (vol 3) 18 (vol 4) Ongoing
Main character(s)	(vol 1) Jessica Drew (vol 2) Julia Carpenter (vol 3) Mattie Franklin (vol 4) Jessica Drew

Spider-Woman is the codename of several fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe. 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 past and one current comic book series 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. The current series -- featuring Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman -- was recently released, dated November 2009.

Spider-Women

• Jessica Drew, the original and current Spider-Woman. She starred in her own animated TV series in 1979.
• Julia Carpenter, a former Avengers member, now called Arachne and a member of Omega Flight.
• Mattie Franklin, who briefly impersonated Spider-Man before receiving her own short-lived comic series was active during the 2007 Loners miniseries.
• Charlotte Witter, the first villain to use the name.
• Veranke, the Skrull Queen, impersonated Jessica Drew over a long period of time and was a founding member of the New Avengers.

Other versions

• 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 storyline.

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

• Agony
• Araña (Anya Corazon)
• Black Widow
• Scream
• She-Venom
• Tarantula (Maria Vasquez)

External links

• Spider-Woman (disambiguation) at the Marvel Universe
• Spider-Woman at the Marvel Database Project
• Spider-Woman sales figures for 1978-1983 at The Comics Chronicles

This article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).