Greetings nerdy list afficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd today it’s time to talk
powers and mine their hidden or perhaps just less know depths.
Today we’re going to be looking at Spider Woman
Number 10 - Jessica Drew – Can Detect Life model Decoys – Jessica Drew is the first
Spider Woman the one created for copyright purposes so that Marvel could hold on to the
name is ultimately for many the most iconic though Spider Gwen is making a push.
But people tend to think of her as spider gwen before thinking spider woman even though
that is her superhero name.
Jessica Drew would have her powerset develop alongside her character as the story went
on and one of the things that would continue to develop would be her senses.
Jessica’s sense of smell and hearing are quite acute and her other senses are also
enhanced as a result she would eventually develop to a level where she could detect
life model decoys.
This was a huge deal because lmds can usually pass undetected.
They can just be living life as another person for years.
Now this ability was a bit more of a we need this to happen then something that is always
employed plus Jessica has lost and regained her powers before and whenever that happens
it means it could be time for a reset.
Number 9 - Jessica Drew Venom Blasts – One of the goals with Spider Woman was to make
her feel distinct from Spider Man for example they have different costumes even though they
both have similar vibes.
Drew would have an origin that had nothing to do with Spider-Man at all.
And one of the other ways this was accomplished was by giving her some different powers from
Peter one of which was venom blasts.
So what this is well Jessica’s body builds up a ton of bio electrical energy and she
can discharge it through her hands so she refers to these discharges as venom blasts.
Though as you can imagine they contain no actual venom.
But they can paralyze and you know kill you if you have a heart condition.
Number 8 - Jessica Drew Pheromones – Jessica Drew has had an interesting history with her
pheromones.
At first she wasn’t aware of them, but she was having a hard time with making friends
and forming relationships when it was revealed that she was emitting pheromones that were
repelling people away from her they were making her come off as abrasive and unpleasant.
Later on the ability to attract with those pheromones would be added as would some degree
of control, but this ability is largely shelved because let me use a word that has largely
been ruined it was problematic.
It put Jessica in a very predatory position and that could at times clash with the fact
that she was a superhero one of the good guys not someone who manipulates and the like.
Pheromone powers are a tough one to write very few can do so with grace.
Number 7 - Spider Gwen Dimension Watch – Let’s switch gears and spider women for a moment
to take a look at a cool piece of tech as held onto by Gwen Stacey the dimensional watch.
This watch allows Gwen to hop dimensions which definitely comes in handy.
Gwen Stacey first debuted during the 2014 spider verse arc and was a breakout character
the design definitely helped she became a cosplay darling.
Because of all of this she would stick around after and eventually get her own solo series
in 2019.
It is called Ghost Spider and the premise is that she’s hopping between her home dimension
and the 616.
Why cause you need to ground the people on the main earth for maximum reach that’s
why also then we can do the whole how can I be in two places at once.
You know what would be cool would be if the watch was at some point blended into her skin
and she could travel at will.
Number 6 - May day parker clairvoyance -May Day Parker went by the moniker spider- girl
but she would have been a woman one day it’s the evolution of these things.
She is the daughter of mary jane and peter parker from the mc2 and she would go on to
take over her father’s mantle.
The way her abilities manifested would be interesting while her strength would not be
quite as intense she would find that her spider sense was far more acute.
In fact it developed to the point of precognition and clairvoyance.
Her abilities tell her the direction a threat is coming from as well as help her find enemy
weaknesses and also she can differentiate between different types of danger so imminent
and life ending or familiar and casual.
It definitely makes her a force to be reckoned with and you know she’s practiced blindfolded
wouldn’t you.
Number 5 - Jessica Drew Immune To radiation – Back to Drew for quite a handy ability
in a universe like the marvel one where radiation is everywhere it’s an everyday hazard creating
heroes and villains left right and centre.
So since she is immune to toxins and poisons this extends to radiation although upon initial
exposure she will be rendered dizzy and slow down but afterwards if she is exposed to the
same type again she can just role with it she’s adapted like the borg.
Jessica drew is scary I would’t want to fight her, her bright red costume is very
accurate it’s the bright ones you’ve got to be afraid cause they’re so deadly they
don’t have to hide.
Number 4 - Jessica Drew/Veranke Flight – Now from her early days Jessica Drew was depicted
as being able to fly but it was played off as being part of her suit however then later
on it appeared that she could actually just fly wonder woman style however shock an awe
this spider woman was a skrull queen veranke who when mimicking Jessica’s abilities added
flight to the repertoire because to the outside observer it did just appear that spider-woman
could fly.
Veranke was the big bad of secret invasion that arc where skrulls had been slowly but
surely replacing key heroes in the marvel universe.
All of this was set in motion by the illumitti , reed, Charles, tony namor etc going and
trying to get the inifinity gauntlet they ended up captured by skrulls at one point,
Veranke believed the prophecies that earth was destined to be the skrull homeworld and
so set about trying to make that a reality.
She would replace Jessica Drew when she went undercover with hydra to regain her powers
which she had lost at the time.
Number 3 - Mattie Franklin Flight – Now here’s a spider woman who can just fly no
skrull required.
Mattie first took up the spider mantle to replace Peter after he “retired” She was
an obsessed spider-man fan and also low key in love with him.
Her first outing as spider woman would be a disaster and he would have to come out of
retirement to save her.
Mattie would have her powers stolen by the villainous spider woman charlotte Witter but
would get her powers back by absorbing those of three other spider-woman including Jessica
drew.
Because of all of this she would gain the ability to fly.
And fly quickly at subsonic speeds.
So what happened to Mattie she died in Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy and yes that
title is quite the ironic one for an issue that characters die in.
Number 2 - Julia Carpenter Psi Web On to another spider woman so Julia has the ability to spin
a web of psionic energy between 2 surfaces at that point the web will solidify and it
can support a ten ton weight it would last for about an hour she could also use this
same psionic energy to allow her to walk on the ceiling.
So pretty handy though I would also imagine disconcerting.
But the webs don’t stop there she could wrap enemies in them or swing from them and
she could form them from a great distance because they are psychic so she can look into
an area in front of her and then generate them, she could determine the direction as
well.
So a force to be reckoned with psychic web terrifying but I imagine tiring.
Number 1 - Julia Carpenter Madame Web – Julia Carpenter would get some pretty ultimate spider
powers those of Madame web so this would mean that she would have her other abilities but
now also have the clairvoyance and pre cognitive abilities of madame webb and she would also
be able to sense psionic energies in other which is always handy cause then you can beat
them to the punch.
These powers would come at the cost of her eyesight you know like Dune.
Dune Messiah broke me.
So yes there are more spider women out there than you may have thought with some varied
abilities.
I’m Sasha and please share your favourite spider woman down below along with your favorite
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