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Attributes

Height: 5' 9"

Weight: 140 lbs

Eyes: Undetermined

Hair: Strawberry Blonde

Features: A modified Black Spider-Man costume except with white legs and white arms

Summary

Created By: Jim Shooter (writer) and Mike Zeck (artist)

Real Name: Julia Cornwall Carpenter

Current Aliases: None

Former Aliases: Arachne

Dual Identity: None

Current Occupation: Full time mother

Former Occupation: Governement agent for the Commission on Superhuman Activities (CSA)

Citizenship: United States

Legal Status: No criminal record

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: Rachel Carpenter (daughter), Walter Cornwall (father), Elizabeth Cornwall (mother), Larry Carpenter (ex-husband, deceased)

Known Confidants: None

Known Allies: Madame Web, Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman I), Martha "Mattie" Franklin (Spider-Woman III)

Major Enemies: Death Web, Charlotte Witter

Usual Bases: U.S.A.

Former Bases: Avengers West Coast (Avengers Compound, Los Angeles), Force Works (The Works)

Current Groups: None

Former Groups: Avengers, Queen's Vengeance, Force Works, Secret Defenders, Commission on Superhuman Activities, Freedom Force

Education: College dropout

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: It has been estimated that she can lift 10 tons.

Powers: Julia has the powers to create a web of energy using concentration and hand movements. She also can control the molecular attraction between objects which she can use to stick to walls.

Abilities: Her super strength allows her to be able to jump extremely high and far distances.

Equipment: The only piece of equipment Julia used was her costume.

Weapons: Julia never used any weapons.

Limitations: Currently, Julia no longer has any of her super powers, but when she did one of the main advantages Spider-Man would have over her is with his vaste amounts of experience fighting numerous super villians. By the time Spider-Woman was introduced, Spider-Man's skills were already well established. Spider-Woman was once very strong but wasn't known for her super speed and agility. Using both these talents along with his experience would make Spider-Man the clear victor between the two.

Background

During the first Secret Wars when the Beyonder pulled the city of Denver, Colorado into outer space, he also pulled in Julia who was living in the city at the time. Seeing the fighting taking place, now in costume, Julia volunteered to help with the super heroes against the Beyonder. After the battle she was brought back to the Earth along with all the other super heroes.

Julia worked with the super team calling itself the Freedom Force, which was sponsored by the Comission. During one mission she was involved in, the team was forced to arrest the Avengers on false charges. Feeling guilty about the way the Avengers were treated she decided to break them out of the Vault, causing her to have to leave the Freedom Force in the process.

Later, Spider-Woman joined the West Coast Avengers and fought against a group of super villians called the Death Web, made up of three super powers created by the Commission using the same procedures used to give Julia her powers. During their battles the Death Web terrorized Julia and the rest of her father, actually causing the death of her husband, Larry. But it was Spider-Woman who ultimately triumphed in the end, defeating the Death Web along with their leader, the Manipulator.

Once the Avengers decided to close down their West Coast team, Spider-Woman left the team begrudgingly and joined the spin-off team with other members from the West Coast Avengers forming Force Works. Soon after Force Works disbanded and Julia put away her costume to try and lead a normal life for herself and her daughter, Rachel.

After being a member of the Force Works, Julia left behind her life as a super hero to focus on raising her duaghter but soon was attcked by Charlotte Witter, who was trying to gain the powers of both Julia and Jessica Drew, the first Spider-Woman. Witter desired to become the new Spider-Woman with their combined powers believing that with the powers of the previous Spider-Women, she'd be unstopable. The attack left Julia in a wheelchair. After helping Madame Web, Jessica Drew and Mattie Franklin, the newest Spider-Woman to take down Charlotte, Julia went back to her life as a mother.

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