The Religious Affiliation of
Spider-Woman
Jessica Drew

Religion: Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)

Name: Spider-Woman

Alter Ego: Jessica Drew

Other Names: Arachne; Childe of the Darkhold; Dark Angel; Ariadne Hyde; Mistress of the Black Blade; Spider-Woman I

Classification:  hero  

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) #32 (Feb. 1977): "Dark Destiny!"

Creators: Archie Goodwin, Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 353

   Comic Book Appearances: 325

   TV, Film Appearances: 25

   Video Game, Computer Game Appearances: 3

Teams/Affiliations: Heroes for Hire; HYDRA; Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers

Occupation: bounty hunter, intelligence agent, private investigator

Nation: England, United Kingdom

Birth Place: London, England, United Kingdom

Race: white

Gender: female

This character is in the following 225 stories which have been indexed by this website:
The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #209 (Oct. 1980): "To Salvage My Honor!" (cameo)
The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #519 (June 2005): "Moving Up" (someone disguised or dressed as)
The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #600 (Sep. 2009): "Last Legs" (4-panel cameo)
The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #600 (Sep. 2009): "Violent Visions" (1-panel cameo)

The Amazing Spider-Man Guest-Starring Spider-Woman (1980): "The Absorbing Man Breaks Loose!"
Assault on New Olympus Prologue #1 (Jan. 2010) (1-panel cameo)
Astonishing X-Men/Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Sketchbook (Sep. 2009)
Avengers

Avengers (vol. 1) #501 (Oct. 2004): "Chaos: Part Two of Four" (1-panel cameo)
Avengers (vol. 1) #502 (Nov. 2004): "Chaos: Part Three of Four"
Avengers (vol. 1) #503 (Dec. 2004): "Chaos: Part Four of Four"
The Avengers (vol. 4) #1 (July 2010): "Next Avengers, Part 1"
The Avengers (vol. 4) #32 (Dec. 2012): "Inner Space"
Avengers (vol. 5) #1 (Feb. 2013): "Avengers World" (1-panel cameo)
Avengers (vol. 5) #2 (Feb. 2013): "We Were Avengers" (5-panel cameo)
Avengers (vol. 5) #3 (Mar. 2013): "The Garden"

Avengers Assemble (vol. 1) #1 (July 2010)
Black Knight (vol. 2) #2 (July 1990): "In the Dread of Night" (cameo)
Captain America

Captain America (vol. 1) #264 (Dec. 1981): "The American Dreamers!" (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #281 (May 1983): "Before the Fall!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #282 (June 1983): "On Your Belly You Shall Crawl, and Dust Shall You Eat!" (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 5) #50 (July 2009): "Days Gone By" (2-panel cameo)

Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 (Mar. 2007)
Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 (Aug. 2009): "Utopia: Part 1" (1-panel cameo)
Dark Reign: The List - Avengers #1 (Nov. 2009)
The Defenders (vol. 1) #62 (Aug. 1978): "Membership Madness!" (only on cover)
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #9 (Nov. 1989): "TBOTV: The Curse of the Darkhold, Part 1: The Montesi Formula"
Essential Spider-Woman

Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Dark Destiny!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Battle Atop Big Ben!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "My Sweetheart-- My Killer!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "...A Future Uncertain!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "A Sword in Hand!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "The Peril of -- Brother Grimm" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Hell Is the Hangman!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Nightmare" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "End of a Nightmare!!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "July 4, 1978..." (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "The Man Who Could Not Die!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "The Suit!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Eye of the Needle" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Things That Go Flit in the Night" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "And Dolly Makes Three" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "The Last Tale of the Brothers Grimm!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Suddenly... The Shroud!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Cults and Robbers" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Into the Heart of Darkness!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "All You Need Is Hate" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Jessica's Night Out!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Sins of the Flesh!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "The Beast Within" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Tangled Webs" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Beware the Spider-Woman--Bounty Hunter!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Bring On...the Clown!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Enter the Gamesman" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Trapped--In the Doomsday Room!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "To Free a Felon!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "The Blades of the Grinder!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Blacked Out-- By the Enforcer!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "That Scotty Should Not Die!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Spider-Man Is Dead-- And I Killed Him!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Doctor of Madness!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Come Into My Parlor-- Said the Fly!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "The Sting of the Hornet!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "The Fangs of Werewolf By Night" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Yesterday's Villain!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "The Wildfire Express!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Farewell to L. A.!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "The Wanderer!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Who Am I?" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Criminal at Large!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Death-Stroke" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Flying Tiger-- Kills!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "La Morte de Jessica" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "The Judas Man" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Last Stands" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Vengeance!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Mission: Impossible!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Yakuza" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Twisted" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Original Sin!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Runaway!" (lead character)
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Lifeline" (lead character)

Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America #2 (June 2007): "Anger"
Giant-Size Spider-Woman

Giant-Size Spider-Woman #1 (Sep. 2005): "Choices" (lead character)
Giant-Size Spider-Woman #1 (Sep. 2005): "Dark Destiny!" (lead character)
Giant-Size Spider-Woman #1 (Sep. 2005): "...A Future Uncertain!" (lead character)
Giant-Size Spider-Woman #1 (Sep. 2005): "Who Am I?" (lead character)
Giant-Size Spider-Woman #1 (Sep. 2005): "Criminal at Large!" (lead character)

Hawkeye

Hawkeye (vol. 4) #8 (Apr. 2013): "My Bad Penny"
Hawkeye (vol. 4) #9 (June 2013): "Girls"

Hulk

Hulk (vol. 3) #7 (Dec. 2008): "Hell Hath No Fury..." (name seen in illustration (or on screen))
Hulk (vol. 3) #8 (Jan. 2009): "...Like a Woman Scorned!" (1-panel cameo)
Hulk (vol. 3) #9 (Feb. 2009): "The Revenge of the Lady Liberators"

Ka-Zar the Savage #34 (Oct. 1984): "Land of the Cancelled Heroes"
Marvel Knights Spider-Man

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13 (June 2005): "Wild Blue Yonder, Part One" (someone disguised or dressed as)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #14 (July 2005): "Wild Blue Yonder, Part Two" (someone disguised or dressed as)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #18 (Nov. 2005): "Wild Blue Yonder: Conclusion" (someone disguised or dressed as)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #21 (Feb. 2006): "Spider-Man: The Other--Evolve or Die Part Eight: Aftermath" (someone disguised or dressed as)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #22 (Mar. 2006): "Spider-Man: The Other--Evolve or Die Part Eleven: Destiny's Child" (someone disguised or dressed as)

Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) #32 (Feb. 1977): "Dark Destiny!" (lead character)
Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #1 (June 1982): "A Gathering of Heroes!"
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #7 (Nov. 1984): "Berserker!" (mentioned)
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #97 (Sep. 1980): "Doctor of Madness!" (lead character)
Marvel Two-in-One

Marvel Two-in-One (vol. 1) #30 (Aug. 1977): "Battle Atop Big Ben!" (lead character)
Marvel Two-in-One (vol. 1) #31 (Sep. 1977): "My Sweetheart-- My Killer!" (lead character)
Marvel Two-in-One (vol. 1) #85 (Mar. 1982): "The Final Fate of Giant-Man!" (lead character)

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (24 Oct. 2006)
The Marvels Project #1 (Oct. 2009) (1-panel cameo)
The Mighty Avengers

The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #29 (Nov. 2009): "The Unspoken: Part 3" (1-panel cameo)
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #30 (Dec. 2009): "The Unspoken: Part 4"

Moon Knight Saga (Oct. 2009) (1-panel cameo)
Ms. Marvel

Ms. Marvel (vol. 2) #1 (May 2006): "Best of the Best"
Ms. Marvel (vol. 2) #14 (June 2007): "The Deal: Part 2" (someone disguised or dressed as)
Ms. Marvel (vol. 2) #41 (Sep. 2009) (4-panel cameo)
Ms. Marvel (vol. 2) #42 (Sep. 2009): "War of the Marvels, Chapter One: First Engagement" (1-panel cameo)

The New Avengers

The New Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Jan. 2005): "Breakout! Part One"
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #2 (Feb. 2005): "Breakout! Part Two"
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #3 (Mar. 2005): "Breakout! Part Three"
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #4 (Apr. 2005): "Breakout! Part Four"
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #5 (May 2005): "Breakout! Part Five"
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #6 (June 2005): "Breakout! Part Six"
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #7 (July 2005): "The Sentry: Part One"
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #15 (Mar. 2006): "Secrets & Lies, Part 2"
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #51 (May 2009)
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #52 (June 2009)
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #53 (July 2009)
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #54 (Aug. 2009)
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #55 (Sep. 2009)
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #56 (Oct. 2009)
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #57 (Nov. 2009)
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #58 (Dec. 2009)
The New Avengers (vol. 2) #34 (Jan. 2013)

The New Avengers 100 Project (May 2011)
New Avengers: Breakout (2013)
New Thunderbolts

New Thunderbolts #12 (Nov. 2005): "Purple Reign, Part Three: Living Lies" (cameo)
New Thunderbolts #13 (Dec. 2005): "Ditch"
New Thunderbolts #14 (Late Dec. 2005): "Made Perfect"

S.W.O.R.D. #2 (Feb. 2010): "Aliens Go Home: Part One"
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #35 (Apr. 1995): untitled "Li'l Silvie" feature
Spider-Island: Spider-Woman #1 (Nov. 2011) (lead character)
Spider-Man / The Incredible Hulk / Captain America / Spider-Woman (1981): "The Mystery of the Power Crown"
Spider-Woman

Spider-Woman (Sep. 1979): "Dark Destiny!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (Sep. 1979): "...A Future Uncertain!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (Sep. 1979): "A Sword in Hand!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (Sep. 1979): "The Peril of -- Brother Grimm" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (Sep. 1979): "Hell Is the Hangman!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (Sep. 1979): "Nightmare" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (Sep. 1979): "End of a Nightmare!!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (Sep. 1979): "July 4, 1978..." (lead character)
Spider-Woman (Sep. 1979): "The Man Who Could Not Die!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 1978): "...A Future Uncertain!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #2 (May 1978): "A Sword in Hand!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #3 (June 1978): "The Peril of -- Brother Grimm" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #4 (July 1978): "Hell Is the Hangman!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #5 (Aug. 1978): "Nightmare" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #6 (Sep. 1978): "End of a Nightmare!!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #7 (Oct. 1978): "July 4, 1978..." (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #8 (Nov. 1978): "The Man Who Could Not Die!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #8 (Nov. 1978): "The Suit!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #9 (Dec. 1978): "Eye of the Needle" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #10 (Jan. 1979): "Things That Go Flit in the Night" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #11 (Feb. 1979): "And Dolly Makes Three" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #12 (Mar. 1979): "The Last Tale of the Brothers Grimm!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #13 (Apr. 1979): "Suddenly... The Shroud!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #14 (May 1979): "Cults and Robbers" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #15 (June 1979): "Into the Heart of Darkness!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #16 (July 1979): "All You Need Is Hate" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #17 (Aug. 1979): "Jessica's Night Out!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #18 (Sep. 1979): "Sins of the Flesh!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #19 (Oct. 1979): "The Beast Within" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #20 (Nov. 1979): "Tangled Webs" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #21 (Dec. 1979): "Beware the Spider-Woman--Bounty Hunter!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #22 (Jan. 1980): "Bring On...the Clown!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #23 (Feb. 1980): "Enter the Gamesman" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #24 (Mar. 1980): "Trapped--In the Doomsday Room!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #25 (Apr. 1980): "To Free a Felon!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #26 (May 1980): "The Blades of the Grinder!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #27 (June 1980): "Blacked Out-- By the Enforcer!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #28 (July 1980): "That Scotty Should Not Die!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #29 (Aug. 1980): "Spider-Man Is Dead-- And I Killed Him!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #30 (Sep. 1980): "Come Into My Parlor-- Said the Fly!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #31 (Oct. 1980): "The Sting of the Hornet!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #32 (Nov. 1980): "The Fangs of Werewolf By Night" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #33 (Dec. 1980): "Yesterday's Villain!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #34 (Jan. 1981): "The Wildfire Express!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #35 (Feb. 1981): "Farewell to L. A.!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #36 (Mar. 1981): "The Wanderer!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #37 (Apr. 1981): "Who Am I?" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #38 (June 1981): "Criminal at Large!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #39 (Aug. 1981): "Death-Stroke" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #40 (Oct. 1981): "Flying Tiger-- Kills!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #41 (Dec. 1981): "La Morte de Jessica" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #42 (Feb. 1982): "The Judas Man" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #43 (Apr. 1982): "Last Stands" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #44 (June 1982): "Vengeance!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #45 (Aug. 1982): "Mission: Impossible!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #46 (Oct. 1982): "Yakuza" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #47 (Dec. 1982): "Twisted" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #48 (Feb. 1983): "Original Sin!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #49 (Apr. 1983): "Runaway!" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #50 (June 1983): "Lifeline" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 4) #1 (Nov. 2009): "Spider-Woman Agent of S.W.O.R.D." (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 4) #2 (Dec. 2009): "Agent of S.W.O.R.D.: Part 2" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 4) #3 (Jan. 2010): "Agent of S.W.O.R.D.: Part 3" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 4) #4 (Feb. 2010): "Agent of S.W.O.R.D.: Part 4" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 4) #5 (Mar. 2010): "Agent of S.W.O.R.D.: Part 5" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 4) #6 (Apr. 2010): "Agent of S.W.O.R.D.: Part 6" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 4) #7 (May 2010): "Agent of S.W.O.R.D.: Part 7" (lead character)

Spider-Woman: Origin

Spider-Woman: Origin #1 (Feb. 2006): "Book One" (lead character)
Spider-Woman: Origin #2 (Mar. 2006): "Book Two" (lead character)
Spider-Woman: Origin #3 (Apr. 2006): "Book Three" (lead character)
Spider-Woman: Origin #4 (May 2006): "Book Four" (lead character)
Spider-Woman: Origin #5 (June 2006): "Book Five" (lead character)
Spider-Woman: Origin (Feb. 2007): "Book One" (lead character)
Spider-Woman: Origin (Feb. 2007): "Book Two" (lead character)
Spider-Woman: Origin (Feb. 2007): "Book Three" (lead character)
Spider-Woman: Origin (Feb. 2007): "Book Four" (lead character)
Spider-Woman: Origin (Feb. 2007): "Book Five" (lead character)

The Thing (vol. 2) #8 (Aug. 2006): "Last Hand" (someone disguised or dressed as)
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #125 (Dec. 2008) (someone disguised or dressed as)
The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #122 (June 1979): "Cry for the Children!" (name seen in illustration (or on screen))
Venom (vol. 2) #13.3 (Apr. 2012): "Circle of Four: Part Four" (vision)
Wolverine

Wolverine (vol. 2) #2 (Dec. 1988): "Possession is the Law"
Wolverine (vol. 2) #3 (Jan. 1989): "The Black Blade"

Young Avengers

Young Avengers #11 (May 2006): "Family Matters: Part 3" (someone disguised or dressed as)
Young Avengers #12 (Aug. 2006): "Family Matters: Part 4" (someone disguised or dressed as)

Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/SpiderWoman.html
  - http://www.comicvine.com/spider-woman/29-1453/
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0036538/
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/spiaspid.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/drbdrz.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/s4.html