Marvel Comics (Earth-616)

Mattie Franklin - Spider-Woman

Mattie Franklin - Spider-Woman

Young Martha Franklin took part in an arcane ceremony called the Gathering of Five, which mysteriously conferred amazing powers upon her. Since then, she has used her strange, new-found abilities to imitate her idol, Spider-Man, to battle the super-powered menaces which cross her path.

Physicals

  • Throws a heavily armored man very easily (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #1)
  • Stronger than 50 foot monsters (source) (Spider-Woman (1999) #1)
  • Throws a water tower (source) (Spider-Woman (1999) #9)
  • Throws Human Torch through the outer wall of a skyscraper (source) (Contest of Champions II #2)
  • Throws someone hard enough to collapse a building (source) (Spider-Woman (1999) #10)

Speed

  • Attacks multiple goons at the same time (source) (The Loners #1)
  • Dodges attacks from Scorpion (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #1)
  • Outspeeds Spider-Man (source) (Spider-Woman (1999) #2)
  • Lands one punch at Silk but seems slightly slower than her (source) (Silk (2016) #15)

Durability

  • Caught in a destructive blast that shot her through an entire street and high up into the air and is briefly stunned (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #2)
  • Unfazed by a thrown car that sends her flying a massive distance (source) (Spider-Woman (1999) #10)
  • Slammed into glass repeatedly without a scratch (source) (Spider-Woman (1999) #5)

Abilities

  • Capable of flying (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #2)
  • Instinctively acts to save her (source) (Spider-Woman (1999) #3)
  • Does it even while unconscious (source) (Spider-Woman (1999) #4)
  • Able to change their appearance (source) (Spider-Woman (1999) #5)
  • Uses them to attack nearby enemies psychically (source) (The Loners #1)
  • Paralyzes Nekra (source) (The Loners #1)
  • They can also attack physically (source) (The Loners #1)
  • Brings Silk down temporarily (source) (Silk (2016) #15)
  • She can also shoot these out of her legs (source) (Spider-Woman (1999) #11)

Misc.

  • Tried out a lot of different outfits (source) (Spider-Woman (1999) #3)
  • Suffered one of the most tragic fates in Marvel: drugged, date raped, flesh and blood harvested for MGH creation, kidnapped and victim of ritual murder to resurrect Kraven, later resurrected briefly before withering to dust, all while 15-17 years old
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