Spider-Woman
Few Bronze Age debuts have had staying power quite like Spider-Woman's — she first swung into Marvel Spotlight #32 in 1977, brought to life by the creative team of Archie Goodwin, Sal Buscema, and Jim Mooney, and she hasn't looked back since. Nearly five decades of continuous publication and 549 catalogued appearances speak to a character who earned her place in the Marvel universe on her own terms, not just as a name. She's kept genuinely elite company throughout — sharing pages with Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, and other Marvel heavyweights — and her longest stretches shine across her own solo series, New Avengers, and Captain Marvel. With 24 key issues to her name, collectors and fans alike have recognized that Spider-Woman is one of the Bronze Age's most enduring and rewarding characters to follow.
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Trivia
- Marvel rushed Spider-Woman into print purely as a rights grab — she was conceived as a one-and-done placeholder to lock down the name, with zero plans to bring her back after that initial appearance.sciencefiction.com
- Brian Michael Bendis has written more of Spider-Woman's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 66 issues.
Covers through the years — 1980–2023
1980
★ 1981
★ 2012
2013
2016
2020
2023