The distaff arachnid superhero debuted Nov. 9, 1976…
Spider-Woman — created by Archie Goodwin and Marie Severin — made her debut 50 years ago, on Nov. 9, 1976, in Marvel Spotlight #32. The House of Ideas is celebrating the milestone later this month with a Facsimile Edition of the ish and the character’s first-ever omnibus, but we like to hit anniversaries as they happen.
So dig these 13 COVERS from Jessica Drew’s original, 50-issue Bronze Age series (plus Marvel Spotlight #32).
Right on.
Gil Kane pencils, with inks by Dick Giordano and John Romita
Cover by Joe Sinnott. Released as a Facsimile Edition back in 2019.
Frank Springer pencils, Frank Giacoia inks
Jim Mooney
Carmine Infantino pencils, Steve Leialoha inks
Frank Miller pencils, Klaus Janson inks, plus stock photographs
Dave Cockrum
Cockrum pencils, Ernie Chan inks
Infantino pencils, Bob McLeod inks
Infantino and McLeod
Brian Postman pencils, Sam de la Rosa inks
Miller and Sinnott
And we finish with what is (very allegedly) the most expensive comic-book cover ever made:
Eliot R. Brown photograph, with Bob Layton touch-ups. Marvel secretary Lynn Luckman is Spider-Woman. For all the (many) credits, click here.
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MORE
— SPIDER-WOMAN’s First Appearance Gets 50th ANNIVERSARY Facsimile Edition. Click here.
— First-Ever SPIDER-WOMAN OMNIBUS to Collect Entire Original Series — and Much More. Click here.
