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Attributes

Height: 5' 7

Weight: 115 lbs

Eyes: Unknown

Hair: Black/White

Features: Paraplegic

Summary

Created By: Denny O'Neil, John Romita, Jr., Joe Sinnott

Real Name: Cassandra Webb

Current Aliases: None

Former Aliases: None

Dual Identity: Known to the public

Current Occupation: None

Former Occupation: Clairvoyant

Citizenship: Unknown

Legal Status: No criminal record

Place of Birth: Unknown

Marital Status: Widowed

Known Relatives: Charlotte Witter (granddaughter), Husband (deceased)

Known Confidants: Spider-Man, Spider-Woman I (Jessica Drew), Spider-Woman III (Martha "Mattie" Franklin)

Known Allies: None

Major Enemies: Juggernaut, Spider-Woman IV (Charlotte Witter)

Usual Bases: New York

Former Bases: New York

Current Groups: Loose band of Spider-Women

Former Groups: None

Education: Unknown

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: Physically Weak, originally she was blind, and was dependent on her life support system for survival.

Powers: Psychic Powers, such as the ability to percieve aspects of the future, and sensitivity to psychic energies in her environment. Has recently demonstrated the ability to perform psychic surgery on others minds, and generally affect the minds of those around her.

Abilities: None

Equipment: Wheelchair, formerly was relient on a life-support system designed by her late husband

Weapons: None, other than her mind

Limitations: None, other than general infirmity when she was aged.

Background

Months later, Black Tom Cassidy sought to add her abilities to his criminal organization, and sent his friend Cain Marko, the Juggernaut, to retrieve her. Madame Web, foreseeing this, called on Spider-Man to help stop the Juggernaut. Despite Spider-Man's efforts, the Juggernaut succeeded in reaching Madame Web. When he lifted her up, he unknowingly removed her from an elaborate life-support system that had been keeping her alive. Finding her thus useless, Juggernaut dropped her and left. Madame Web, barely alive, was taken to the hospital.

While Spider-Man visited her in the hospital, he discovered that the experience had left her with amnesia. (Amazing Spider-Man #229,230)

Years passed, and Madame Web, seemingly recovered, was contacted by Norman Osborn (first Green Goblin), to take place in the arcane ritual of the The Gathering of Five. During the ceremony, Madame Web seemingly died, but in truth was granted the power of immortality.

Looking much younger, a rejuvenated Madame Web called upon Jessica Drew and Julia Carpenter, the first two Spider-Women, along with Martha Franklin, who had also taken part in the Gathering of the Five ritual, to aid her in subduing her granddaughter, Charlotte Witter, who had become a third Spider-Woman at the hands of Doctor Octopus.

Currently Madame Web serves as a guide to Martha Franklin, who has taken up the mantle of the fourth Spider-Woman. (See Spider-Woman (Vol.3) Series)

Madame Web has somehow re-aged to her original appearance, but is still a very valuable ally to Spider-Man. He used her to find out why "the aninals came out to play" after encountering the Lizard, Vermin, Man-Wolf, Stegron, Puma and the Black Cat. She revealed that it was all part of a plan by Stegron to re-make New York into a prehistoric paradise with the help of a crystal from the arctic. She has also helped Peter speak with a comatose Aunt May after she was shot by one of the Kingpin's assassins.

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The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

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