Spider-Woman

Jessica Drew is a Marvel Comics superhero known as Spider-Woman, created by Archie Goodwin and Marie Severin. She first appeared in Marvel Spotlight #32 (1977). The character was created in part to secure the Spider-Woman trademark before a competing publisher could claim it.

Jessica was exposed to radiation as a child, and her father, geneticist Jonathan Drew, treated her with an experimental serum derived from irradiated spider blood. She was later recruited and brainwashed by Hydra, trained as an operative under the codename Arachne. After being sent to assassinate Nick Fury, she discovered Hydra's true nature and turned against them.

As Spider-Woman, Jessica possesses superhuman strength, wall-crawling ability, venom blasts (bioelectric energy projected from her hands), and pheromone manipulation. She has worked as a Hydra agent, a S.H.I.E.L.D. operative, a private investigator, and a member of the Avengers. Her solo series in the late 1970s ran for 50 issues, and she has remained a prominent figure in Marvel's roster, particularly in Avengers and Spider-Verse storylines.