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Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman, was bom in the 1920s. SufFering from radiation poisoning, she received an injection ofspidcr serum from her fathers research partner— the man who would become the High Evolui ionary. Drew remained in a genetic accelerator for decades, finally emerging at the relative age of 14.

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FIRST APPEARANCE

Marvel Spothght vol. 1 #32 (February 1977)

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ii i Carpenter became the sccond heroic •ider-Woman, making her debut during the - »m>er s Sccret Wars. She received her •wers from a sccret government agency and ined the mutants of Fk.ff.dom Forck, later rving with both the Avkn(;irs. Wi s i Coast d its spinolT. Forci. Works. She lost her •w ers at the hands of Charlotte Witter.

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The third Herok* Spider-Woman was Mattie Franklin. ' tlie niece of J.Jonah Jameson. She briefly lost lier powers to Charlotte Witter, but later re-absorbed the powers of all the other Spider-Women, induding Witter. Franklin ^ was the most inc.Yperiemed Spider-Woman. and relied on guidance from Jcssica F)rew to eon troi her powers. O W

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