Episode 27 - Mighty Marvel's Newest Sensation!

EPISODE 27:

Seren and Rey return for the start of their Spider-Woman discussion from GROUND ZERO, where it all began -

MARVEL SPOTLIGHT VOL. 1 #32

Released November 9th 1976

Writer(s)Archie Goodwin Penciler(s)Sal Buscema Inker(s)Jim Mooney Colorist(s)Janice Cohen Letterer(s)Irving Watanabe Editor(s)Archie Goodwin

This heralds the start of our look back at the classic issues of Jess...now one of TWO episodes to drop per month! Our other episode later in the month will tackle Spider-Woman in other media, or in comics of the modern age...

It's a fun trip down a bygone time, and both Spider-Babies recommend any serious Spider-Woman fan to go check it out!

Seren - 4.5/5, Rey - 4.5/5

Remember -

To Know Her Is To Fear Her!

Enjoy!

SYNOPSIS (courtesty of Wiki):

With Nick Fury stationed at a S.H.I.E.L.D. base on the Riviera, Hydra (led by Otto Vermis) sends a squad to attack, with their newest super-agent, their "spider-woman" whom they have code-named Arachne. Sent to assassinate Fury, Arachne thinks back to the events that led her to become a member of Hydra: how she was a girl in a small European village and was considered a witch because of her fantastic powers. However, she was found and taken in by Otto Vermis and made a member of Hydra. There she and fellow Hydra agent Jared became lovers. However, Jared would soon be captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., and Vermis would send Arachne to assassinate Fury in revenge.

When Arachne accidentally kills Jared trying to get at him, Fury realizes that Arachne is unaware that Hydra is a terrorist organization and shows her video footage of Jared threatening innocent lives. Convinced that Hydra has played her for a fool, the angry Arachne goes back to get revenge against Vermis and his Hydra unit. Confronted before he can escape, Vermis reveals the truth about her origins: that she is really one of the High Evolutionary's New Men, a highly evolved spider, who did not fit in with her fellow New Men and fled to a nearby town where she was recruited by Hydra.

Vermis breaks free from Arachne and tries to make his escape in a Hydra shuttle. Arachne follows his ship, damaging it enough to make it crash and killing Vermis. As S.H.I.E.L.D. secures the Hydra base, Arachne flees and wanders off into the wildness to wonder what she will do with herself now.

VENOM BLASTS (things to look out for in episode)!!

• Seren's take on the 'Madam Web' casting and tin foil hat on what it'll be about!
• Rey forgets what's on Jess' forehead!
• Jess' 2nd-6th appearance in comics...

SHOW NOTES:

• Marvel Spotlight Vol 1 #32
• Spider-Woman: Origin (2006)

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