Jessica Drew: Spider-Woman Appreciation

[Darthfury78]

Here is the new Thread on Jessica Drew. I can't understand why she's not working alongside Spider-Man or Black Cat....

[Kurolegacy]

Yea I do agree. It’s a shame that she never really shows up in Peter’s world unless it’s a Spider-Verse style crossover despite the fact that she should be part of the Spider family.

[Digifiend]

Jessica has two appreciation threads (and did before the old ones were locked) - the other is in the main Marvel section and is more popular, no doubt because most of her appearances are outside the Spider books. She can currently be found in Captain Marvel.

[Flashback]

A part of me is glad that she really doesn't interact with Peter that much, he's too big that he kinda eclipse the other spiders.

Put a Spider with Peter and fans have this bad habit to compare the two. With that said I wouldn't mind them hanging out of costume. (As friends of course)

I can see a storyline where she needs a babysitter and due to bad luck only Peter is available.

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Spider-Woman #10 Jan 1979
"Things that go Flit in the Night" First appearance of Gypsy Moth
Out on a romantic evening by the beach with Jerry Hunt, Jessica Drew spots a strange woman with wings flying above them.
This prompts her to change into Spider-Woman and try to go after the woman. However, the strange moth-like girl gets away.
Returning to Jerry, Jerry is very upset that Jessica went chasing yet another "freak", and calls it a night and takes her home.

Returning to the boarding house she shares with her friend Magnus, Jessica asks their landlady Priscilla Dolly if she's seen her "uncle" around.
Dolly tells her that Magnus got a job as a stage magician. Going up to her room, Jessica finds a new
dress purchased for her by Magnus and an invite to an exclusive party that Magnus has been invited to.

Going to the party, Jessica finds that Magnus has made himself quite popular
very quickly, but finds herself more or less ignored by the party-goers.
When Jessica sees the moth-woman again, she is shocked to see that she has some sort of powers that
allow her to control thread, as she uses it to turn some of the female party-goers' dresses into cocoons.
Not wishing to let this girl getaway, Jessica has Magnus turn her party dress into her Spider-Woman costume and chases after her.
Engaging the super-powered woman, who introduces herself as Gypsy Moth,

Jessica is attacked by her strange powers.
She finds that this woman is not friendly in the least and is not interested in doing more than fighting.
Gypsy Moth uses her powers to make thread from other people's clothing to wrap Spider-Woman up in a thread cocoon and dump her in the pool.
However, Jessica breaks free and battles the Gypsy Moth again. Jerry arrives and fires a shot at the Gypsy Moth, hitting one of her wings.
Realizing that the wings are part of the Moth's body, Jessica stuns Jerry with a venom blast and takes Gypsy Moth out of there.
She decides that to let the Gypsy Moth go, since she didn't really do anything wrong,
and isn't interested in making friends, and so Spider-Woman slinks away before the Moth can recover.

Later, Jessica is reunited with Jerry, and the two have another argument about what exactly it was that Jessica was doing.

Script by Mark Gruenwald, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Al Gordon

[Darthfury78]

A part of me is glad that she really doesn't interact with Peter that much, he's too big that he kinda eclipse the other spiders.

Put a Spider with Peter and fans have this bad habit to compare the two. With that said I wouldn't mind them hanging out of costume. (As friends of course)

I can see a storyline where she needs a babysitter and due to bad luck only Peter is available.

The problem with Jessica is that she really likes Peter Parker(as more than just a friend). Although, she'll never admit to it in public. What connects them together is the lost of their loved ones, as well as being loners. The way that Peter could have worked in Jessica's world is in a non Spidey supporting role.

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Wolverine #3 Jan 1989
Part 3 of 3 - "The Black Blade!"
Continued from last issue...

Patch (Logan) is under the control of the The Black Blade also known as the Muramasa Blade, and the blade finds him an ideal host for it's power.
It announces to the Silver Samurai and Lindsay McCabe that it intends to sacrifice Lindsay's friend
the detective Jessica Drew in order to make the bond between it and Patch permanent.
Before the two can act, Patch disappears into the flames of the burning building with Jessica in his arms.

Thinking that her friend is burning alive in the building Lindsay impulsively rushes into the building only to have to be saved by the Silver Samurai.
Realizing that jumping into the burning building was only a means to cover his tracks,
Lindsay and the Samurai decide to check out a lead to try and track them down.

They travel to the Princess Bar where O'Donnell has just recently returned following his rescue from Roch
just as he is being interrogated by Captain Tai the chief of police in Madripoor about the battle that just happened.
After Tai leaves, McCabe and the Samurai ask to see the members of the Cult of the Black Blade that O'Donnell has tied up in the basement.
There, Lindsay uses her acting skills to pretend that she is torturing one of the followers of the cult to make the others talk.
With the other followers scared out of their wits they are left to tell O'Donnell Patch's location.
Outside Lindsay explains to the Samurai that she faked the whole beating using stage props and her own natural acting ability.
That night as they are preparing to go and rescue Jessica, Lindsay watches the Samurai in one of his work outs.
He explains to her his mutant nature and the origins of the Muramasa Blade and how it links to the soul of its wielder augmenting their abilities.

Later that evening they travel to a temple where the Cult of the Black Blade are stationed.
There the Samurai and O'Donnell arm Lindsay with a sniper rifle and send her to take out Patch before he
can use the Muramasa blade to kill Jessica who is entranced by it and permanently bond him with the sword.

Although she has her reservations about killing Patch, she fires to save her friend.
The shot strikes Patch but doesn't kill him and the distraction allows the Silver Samurai to attack,
cutting his way through the followers of the cult as he goes along.
Lindsay rushes down and tries to get Jessica to run but Logan revives before they can get away
and is about to strike down Lindsay with the sword when the Samurai steps in.

Patch gets the upper hand against the Silver Samurai and is about to kill him when Lindsay attempts to shoot him again with the sniper rifle.
She fails when he tosses a sword at her and she has to dive out of the way.
The distraction allows Logan to regain some control over himself and with extreme effort manages to fight off the blades influence and toss it away.

With Logan free the threat of the blade is over, however the Silver Samurai -- having come to claim the sword for himself -- grabs it,
and much to everyone's surprise is not transformed by it like Jessica or Patch before him.
Realizing that he and the sword are suited for each other the Silver Samurai departs
leaving Patch to take Jessica and Lindsay back into Madripoor to celebrate their victory until dawn.

Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema and Al Williamson.

[Seren]

Jessica has two appreciation threads (and did before the old ones were locked) - the other is in the main Marvel section and is more popular, no doubt because most of her appearances are outside the Spider books. She can currently be found in Captain Marvel.

Here's a link to the thread if anyone wants it.