The Spider-Woman Legacy

3 heroes have worn the Spider-Woman mantle.

The originalheld the mantle from 1977

Jessica Miriam Drew

Marvel Spotlight #32 (1977) · 609 appearances

Origin

Jessica Drew gained her powers after being injected with a spider-based serum and subjected to radiation treatments as a child, later emerging as the superhuman agent Spider-Woman. She went on to serve various organizations before ultimately becoming one of Marvel's most enduring spider-powered heroes.

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Successorheld the mantle from 2014

Gwendolyn Maxine "Gwen" Stacy

Edge of Spider-Verse #2 (2014) · 159 appearances

Powers. Spider physiology from a radioactive-spider bite: superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, equilibrium, wall-crawling, and a precognitive "spider-sense"; uses web-shooters/web-based tech.

Origin

On an alternate Earth, Gwen Stacy was bitten by a radioactive spider, gaining superhuman strength, agility, wall-crawling, and a precognitive spider-sense. Wielding web-shooters of her own design, she became the masked vigilante Spider-Woman — later known as Ghost-Spider — while balancing life as a drummer in the Mary Janes.

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Successorheld the mantle from 1999

Martha "Mattie" Franklin

Marvel Authentix: Spider-Woman #1 (1999) · 40 appearances

Powers. Superhuman strength/speed/durability, flight, energy projection (gained via the Gathering of Five ritual; later partly drawn from Madame Web/the Spider-totem). Magic-based mutate.

Origin

Mattie Franklin gained superhuman strength, speed, flight, and energy projection after participating in the mystical Gathering of Five ritual. Taken under the wing of Madame Web, she assumed the Spider-Woman mantle and joined Marvel's spider-hero community as a magic-based mutate.

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