Jessica Drew: everything about the character

Jessica Drew is a character in the fictional universe of Marvel. According to the comic book story of a popular publishing house, it is a cloned version of Spider-Man. Since 2009, the heroine has been devoted to a separate series of painted stories, the creation of which was engaged in the writer Brian Bendis. According to the popular magazine Comics Buyer's Guide, Jessica Drew (Spiderman) took pride of place on the list of the sexiest characters in the history of American comics.

How did the heroine come about? How did her story start? What unique abilities does she have? This and not only will be discussed in our material.

Jessica Drew - fictional biography

According to the plot of the Marvel comics, the parents of our heroine were scientists who worked on a project whose goal was to introduce spider genes into the human body. During pregnancy, Jessica's mother was negligently exposed to a device for conducting experiments. The result was the birth of a girl with supernatural powers.

Soon, Jessica's parents went missing. The heroine herself was in a coma for a long time. Awakened, the girl was sent to the secret agency "Hydra", where her mother and father had served before. Gradually, she was persuaded that all activities of the organization are aimed at creating a new, more perfect world order, which in the end turned out to be a lie.

Over time, the path of Jessica Drew, by chance, intersected with the original Spider-Man, Peter Parker. The famous superhero assisted the girl in freeing herself from control by the Hydra agents. The heroine engaged in a private investigation, in which she was helped by her outstanding abilities.

Active activities in the world of crime led Jessica only to the suffering and deprivation of superhero skills. Representatives of the Hydra agency reappeared on the stage, who suggested that Drew return her power in exchange for participating in espionage missions. Thus, the girl turned into a double agent.

Cooperation with Hydra was for Jessica Drew "a deal with the devil." Soon the terrible truth revealed that the representatives of the secret organization are insidious aliens intending to enslave the Earth. Months later, the superheroes still managed to defeat the invaders. Jessica Drew had nowhere to go. After long wanderings, she started a friendship with Wolverine and joined the ranks of his team of New Avengers.

Jessica Drew - abilities, equipment

The Spider-Woman has the ability to lift huge weights of several tons. The heroine is granted nonhuman endurance, extraordinary dexterity, lightning-fast reaction. Of course, it does not do without the ability to climb any vertical and horizontal surfaces, which is made possible by the release of a web of fingers.

Jessica can produce electrical charges from the body that have a paralyzing effect on the enemy. The heroine often uses spider pheromones. With their help, the girl subjugates the will of those around her, seduces or, on the contrary, rejects people, if necessary, causes in their soul a feeling of inexplicable anxiety and horror.

Drew puts on a tight-fitting body of tights of bright red color. Between the body and armpits, there are cobweb inserts that resemble wings. The latter enable our heroine to plan freely in the air. Jessica's face is half covered with a mask that contains large lenses that make it easier to observe the surrounding world.

Spiderman on TV

At one time, the heroine was the central character of the popular animated series Spider-Woman, which was broadcast on the American television channel ABC. The character was also occasionally mentioned in the project Once a Hero, in which a woman in the costume of Jessica Drew was featured. The heroine is devoted to another animated series called "Spider-Woman: Agent VOINA"

Mention in video games

Spiderman is one of the main heroines of the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. The heroine supports Captain America in his struggle against the law on infringement of the rights of people with supernatural abilities.

Jessica Drew appears in the video game Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. Here, in addition to the original version of the character, access to control the alternative way of the Black widow.

Interesting Facts

• The character of Jessica Drew is essentially a female clone of Peter Parker.
• According to the story of the famous comics, the heroine is experiencing a romantic attraction to female representatives, in particular, to girls with red hair.
• Spiderman was in the top ten most popular characters of the publisher Marvel, whose images were printed on commemorative stamps in 2007.
• The heroine is devoted to several animation works, which are an adaptation of popular stories from a series of comic books. In the submitted issues, Jessica Drew talks with a pronounced British accent.