Marvel-Verse: Spider-Woman

Marvel-Verse

by Marv Wolfman, Carmine Infantino (Illustrator), Joe Sinnott (Cover Art)

Collects Spider-Woman (1978) #1, 20; Marvel Team-Up (1972) #97; Avengers Assemble (2012) #18-19. To know her is to fear her - and to love her! Spider-Woman is one of the most captivating heroes in all the Marvel-Verse - and definitely one of the best dressed! Jessica Drew finalizes her iconic costume, pits her venom blasts against a criminal pair's deadly lasers and beguiles S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jerry Hunt! And when Spider-Woman meets Spider-Man, she accuses him of imitating her! But has Peter Parker arrived in Los Angeles just as Jessica has turned to a life of crime? Then, monster madness unites Jess with the Hulk! And finally, prepare for a Spider-Woman's eye view of a cosmic event! As the Avengers head into space to confront the unstoppable Builder fleet, Jessica will show exactly why she is one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes!

Genres: Graphic Novels

96 pages, Paperback

First published July 11, 2023

About the author

Marvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.

Reviews

[Raven Black · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short collection of Spider-Woman stories. While they do make references to previous titles, these are not completed story arcs or necessarily flow into another story. Various authors and creators are included. Probably not for the casual reader, but even if you're new to the scene, it could work. The fun part of this collection is that we see some classic tales of this anti-hero/superhero character as well as some modern adaptations. More mature themes and the stereotypical female costume design, makes this at least 10 and up, but even more 12 and up due to some concepts.

[Jamie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a great book, but not terrible. The first 2 issues were classic stories, the first being Spider-Woman issue 1, and the second being Spider-Woman’s first encounter with Spider-Man (both I’m glad were included).
The next 2 stories were from Avengers, which were pretty boring and I flicked through in the end.
Spider-Woman isn’t a particularly interesting character and I can’t say I’ll read any of her titles again.