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Cover: Joe Sinnott

Spider-Woman #1

Name: Spider-Woman #1
Brand: Marvel
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Apr 1978 · Marvel · 0.35 USD

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“...A Future Uncertain!”

★ 1st appearance — Miriam Drew★ 1st appearance — Rebecca Marchand

About this Issue

Spider-Woman #1 (cover-dated April 1978) launched the first ongoing solo series for Jessica Drew, a female lead hero at Marvel during a period when such titles were rare, cementing the character's place in the Bronze Age pantheon. The issue serves as the definitive presentation of her Wolfman-era origin — replacing Archie Goodwin's original 'evolved spider' concept with the human Jessica Drew raised at Wundagore Mountain alongside Herbert Wyndham, the future High Evolutionary — and that origin framework has remained the backbone of her mythology ever since. It also marks the first appearance of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jerry Hunt, who would anchor the series' supporting cast through its early years, and introduced a redesigned costume in which Carmine Infantino opened the enclosed mask so Jessica's hair could flow freely, creating the visual identity the character kept for decades. The series that began here ran for fifty issues and directly enabled Marvel's first female-led animated television program, making this inaugural issue a foundational document for superhero storytelling centered on women.

writer Marv Wolfman · artist Carmine Infantino · inker Tony DeZuniga · colorist Glynis Wein · letterer Joe Rosen · cover Joe Sinnott

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History

The character of Spider-Woman was itself born of legal strategy: Marvel publisher Stan Lee, alarmed that Filmation was developing an unrelated 'Spider-Woman' cartoon (which ultimately became 'Web Woman' in the anthology series Tarzan and the Super 7), rushed the character into print in Marvel Spotlight #32 (February 1977), written by Archie Goodwin and drawn by Sal Buscema, to lock in the trademark. That debut issue was intended as a one-off, but sold well enough that writer-editor Marv Wolfman was tasked with expanding her into a series. For Spider-Woman #1, Wolfman discarded Goodwin's original concept — that Jessica was literally a spider evolved into human form — replacing it with an origin he found more plausible for 1970s readers: Jessica Drew was a fully human child whose life was saved at Wundagore Mountain through spider-derived treatments administered by her father and Herbert Wyndham; her name itself combined the first name of Wolfman's daughter with the surname of fictional detective Nancy Drew. The issue went on sale January 3, 1978, with Wolfman editing, Carmine Infantino penciling, Tony DeZuniga inking, Glynis Wein coloring, and Joe Rosen lettering; Archie Goodwin served as consulting editor-in-chief.

Trivia · 8 facts

First issue of Jessica Drew's debut ongoing solo series, continuing directly from Marvel Two-In-One #33; the series ran for 50 issues (April 1978 – June 1983).
Jessica Drew's real name is revealed for the first time in this issue, and her revised origin — daughter of scientist Jonathan Drew, raised at Wundagore Mountain, saved from uranium poisoning via spider-derived serum and genetic accelerator by Herbert Wyndham (the High Evolutionary) — is fully presented in flashback.
First appearance of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jerry Hunt, who becomes a recurring supporting character and love interest throughout the series' early run.
Carmine Infantino redesigned Spider-Woman's costume for this issue, opening the previously enclosed mask to allow her hair to flow freely — the look that defined the character visually for the rest of the Bronze Age series.
Written by Marv Wolfman; pencils by Carmine Infantino; inks by Tony DeZuniga; colors by Glynis Wein (Oliver); letters by Joe Rosen; cover by Joe Sinnott; edited by Marv Wolfman with Archie Goodwin as consulting editor-in-chief.
The issue features Modred the Mystic in flashback (bridging the story from his appearances in Marvel Two-In-One) and references the High Evolutionary, Jonathan Drew, and Miriam Drew (whose death is shown in flashback), tying Jessica's history to Wundagore Mountain lore.
The series debuting here directly preceded and inspired Marvel's first female-led animated television series: the DePatie–Freleng/Marvel Productions cartoon Spider-Woman, which aired on ABC from September 22, 1979 to January 5, 1980, voiced by Joan Van Ark.
This issue has been reprinted in multiple formats, including Essential Spider-Woman Vol. 1 (2005), a Marvel Legends Reprint (2006), Marvel Masterworks: Spider-Woman Vol. 1 (2015), a Facsimile Edition (November 2019), and was included in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s Vol. 3 (2012).