NOV 1, 2026
SPIDER-WOMAN WAS INVENTED IN A RUSH TO BEAT A CARTOON STUDIO TO HER OWN NAME — AND MARVEL HAS REWRITTEN HER ORIGIN THREE TIMES!
A trademark with a heroine attached — and a past that changes every time someone tells it.
Jessica Drew was created in a rush to beat Filmation to the Spider-Woman name (Marvel Spotlight #32, 1977) — then given three different origins: evolved spider (1977), uranium-and-serum child (1978), and laser-rewritten infant (2006).
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