How strong is Spider-Woman? Powers and weakness explained Marvel ComicsThe Madame Web trailer has introduced Julia Carpenter, the Spider-Woman of the \u201890s with whom modern Marvel fans may not even be familiar. With the release of the Madame Web trailer, fans are getting their first live-action look at a now somewhat obscure Spider-Man character. Julia Carpenter was the Spider-Woman of the \u201880s and \u201890s, with a unique costume that, in canon, may have inspired Spider-Man\u2019s symbiote costume. Once a member of the Avengers and Force Works, Julia all but disappeared when the original Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew, made her return. If you\u2019re new to the character, here\u2019s everything you need to know about Marvel\u2019s \u201890s Spider-Woman. Who is Spider-Woman Julia Carpenter? Struggling single mother Julia Carpenter agrees to participate in a study exploring the benefits of physical exercise. In reality, she joined a secret experiment by a government group known as The Commission that wanted to make their own superhero. Julia is exposed to a variety of chemicals, plant extracts and spider venom that grants her special powers. Though she attempts to take on the codename Arachne, Julia is instead bestowed the name Spider-Woman. Thrust into the Secret Wars, Julia spends the next several years as something of an anti-hero before joining the West Coast Avengers, Iron Man\u2019s Force Works team, and having her own solo adventures. Julia\u2019s appearances drop off after the \u201890s when she is briefly depowered and focuses on being a mother. Though she later gets her powers back, she ditches the Spider-Woman name in the wake of Jessica Drew\u2019s return. Finally going by Arachne, she sides with Captain America\u2019s anti-registration forces in the Civil War event. During the events of the Grim Hunt, Julia would be bestowed with Cassandra Web\u2019s premonition powers, becoming the second Madame Web. Since then, she\u2019s been an ally and advisor to all the Spider-adjacent heroes. Julia Carpenter Spider-Woman\u2019s powers & weaknesses As a result of the cocktail of plant extracts and spider venom that Julia received, she has many of Spider-Man\u2019s powers. This includes enhanced strength, speed, and reflexes. Her ability to endure and heal from injury is also far greater than a normal person\u2019s, such as surviving a full blast of Therak\u2019s venom directly to her face. Julia does have wall-crawling and webbing abilities akin to Spider-Man, as well. However, these are part of a psionic powerset rather than tactile or mechanically aided. Though the Commission was confident she had mental abilities, they never actually explained why she gained them. After receiving Cassandra Web\u2019s powers, Julia also lost her eyesight, implying Web\u2019s blindness was a result of her clairvoyant gifts. Julia can see through the mystical web of life all Spiders touch, granting her a multiversal vision to see the future. However, that vision was severely diminished after Superior Spider-Man damaged the web of life. That\u2019s everything you need to know for now about Julia Carpenter. For more Madame Web and comic book news, be sure to follow all of Dexerto\u2019s coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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