Spider-Woman #24

Name: Spider-Woman #24
Brand: Marvel
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Mar 1980 · Marvel · 0.40 USD

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“Trapped--In the Doomsday Room!”

★ 1st appearance — Mr. Big

About this Issue

Spider-Woman #24 marks the first appearance of the second Gamesman (Calvin Felder), a successor villain who immediately weaponizes the original Gamesman's criminal network against Jessica Drew, introducing a classic Bronze Age crime-thriller device — the legacy villain — into the series. The issue deepens the serialized, soap-opera continuity that writer Michael Fleisher was building around Jessica Drew's Los Angeles supporting cast, a structure unusual for a solo superhero book of the era. It closes on a genuine cliffhanger — Spider-Woman sealed in the explosive Doomsday Room — that carries directly into issue #25, demonstrating that the series was operating with a sustained narrative arc at a time when most Marvel titles still favored done-in-one storytelling.

In "Trapped—In the Doomsday Room!", Spider-Woman finds herself cornered by Mr. Big, who’s taken control of the remnants of the Gamesman’s gang and has her pinned in a high-stakes trap. With no clear way out and a fortune hidden somewhere in the wreckage, she must use every trick in her arsenal to survive—before the room itself becomes her tomb. Written by Michael Fleisher and brought to life with bold, dynamic art by Trevor Von Eeden and Mike Esposito, this 1980 issue features a cover by Bob Budiansky and Joe Rubinstein.

writer Michael Fleisher · artist Trevor Von Eeden · artist, inker Mike Esposito · colorist Glynis Wein · letterer Jim Novak · cover Bob Budiansky, Joe Rubinstein

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History

By issue #24, the Spider-Woman series had already cycled through two writers: Marv Wolfman launched it, then Mark Gruenwald took over from issue #9 through #20, shaping the book's macabre tone and introducing key supporting players like Lindsay McCabe. Michael Fleisher inherited the series from issue #21 onward, shifting Jessica Drew toward a more conventional bounty-hunter/crime-thriller format and introducing a succession of criminal masterminds such as the Gamesman. The issue was released on December 4, 1979 (cover-dated March 1980), during the brief window when Marvel's Spider-Woman animated television series — produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises — was still on the air, giving the comic an unusual degree of multimedia visibility for a mid-tier Bronze Age title. Jim Shooter served as editor-in-chief over the line at this time, with the cover supplied by Bob Budiansky and Josef Rubinstein.

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First appearance of the second Gamesman, Calvin Felder, who seizes control of the original Gamesman's criminal empire immediately after Timothy Braverman's incarceration.
Story titled 'Trapped… in the Doomsday Room!' — written by Michael Fleisher, with pencils by Trevor Von Eeden and inks by Mike Esposito; cover by Bob Budiansky and Josef Rubinstein.
Released December 4, 1979; carries a March 1980 cover date — a standard Bronze Age dating offset.
The issue is structured as a direct continuation of the Gamesman arc begun in issue #23, with Jessica Drew visiting Timothy Braverman (the original Gamesman) in prison while his successor moves against her.
Key members of Jessica Drew's supporting cast all appear: best friend Lindsay McCabe (recovering from her near-death at the Killer Clown's hands in #22), Scotty McDowell, and Captain Alexander Walsh.
Spider-Woman is trapped in the Doomsday Room — a specially rigged chamber set to detonate within an hour — providing the cliffhanger that leads directly into issue #25.
The full Gamesman arc across issues #23–25 was later collected in Marvel Masterworks: Spider-Woman Vol. 2, which reprints issues #9–25.
The issue appeared while the Spider-Woman animated television series (1979–1980, DePatie-Freleng/Marvel Productions, with Joan Van Ark voicing Jessica Drew) was still airing, one of the first animated series centered on a female Marvel superhero.