Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is a fictional 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). 50 issues of an ongoing series titled Spider-Woman followed. At its conclusion, she was killed and, though later resurrected, she fell into disuse, supplanted by other characters using the name Spider-Woman.
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Textless cover of Spider-Woman #11 (April 2021). Art by Junggeun Yoon. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Spotlight #32 (February 1977) |
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| Alter ego | Jessica Miriam Drew |
| Species | Human mutate |
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| Partnerships | Captain Marvel Porcupine (Roger Gocking) |
| Notable aliases | Arachne Ariadne Hyde Hunter |
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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. She made her cinematic debut in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) as Jess Drew, voiced by Issa Rae, who will reprise her role in Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.