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Martha Franklin (Earth-616)

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Real Name
Martha Franklin
Current Alias

Aliases
Mattie, Matt, Spider-Man

Identity

Alignment

Relatives
Jerry Franklin (Father), Mrs Franklin (Mother, Deceased) J. Jonah Jameson (uncle), Marla Jameson (aunt), John Jameson (cousin)

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Base Of Operations

Characteristics
Gender

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Status
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History

Spider Woman #1 (Variant Cover)

Overhearing a conversation between her father and Norman Osborn about a ceremony, Mattie took her father's place in the Gathering of Five. Granted the gift of power, Mattie was endowed with super strength, flight and all the powers similiar to that of Spider-Man. When Spider-Man mysteriously disappeared for a few months from the superhero scene Mattie took to fighting the criminals in his name. When the real Spider-Man returned, Mattie fought Charlotte Witter and then became known as Spider-Woman with the blessings of Jessica Drew. She was sent to a boarding school, and fought several new villains while there and made a friend in Cheryl Lansing.

Mattie wasn't seen for quite a while, and eventually went missing. She broke into Jessica Jones apartment in a drugged stupor, but quickly fled. Investigating more, Jessica discovered Mattie was being harvested for drugs by her boyfriend and kept sedated. Apparently, Mattie was being used a source for Mutant Growth Hormone, a power-inducing drug that requires a super-powered individual's genetic material. With the help of Jessica Drew, Jessica Jones brought Mattie back to the safety of her uncle. Mattie, Chris and Johnny's involvement in the MGH ring bust was revealed when Ricochet's later break-in at a Fujikawa lab resulted in Lightspeed being grievously wounded by Hollow (formerly Penance). The group was confronted by a woman leading armored guards and Delilah; they had come to reclaim Hollow. The matter was settled peacefully by Mickey Musashi; Mattie was frustrated about allowing the bad guys to leave. However, Mickey reminded her that she was undoing the damage for which she, Darkhawk, and Ricochet were responsible. It was revealed that another reason for her joining the support group was that she was secretly researching the Slingers. While over at Johnny's house she began searching around, looking for evidence when she was caught by Johnny whom she slept with in order for him not to get suspicious. Afterwords, she privately contacted the father of Dusk, in which she confirmed that the former Slinger named Ricochet had no knowledge of Cassie's whereabouts. Mattie and Johnny later arrived at Mickey's apartment, in which they learn about both Phil and Chris fighting each other in Darkhawk armor. After defeating Phil, she learned about Phil also making a deal with Fumiko Fujikawa (just as Mickey did) and decided to leave the support group, no longer trusting them, pointing out that they forgotten about how to be heroes in trying to overcome their heroic pasts. Mattie also admited that she regreted sleeping with Ricochet.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Mattie has the cumulative powers of the previous Spider-Women; Jessica Drew, Julia Carpenter, and Charlotte Witter

Mattie Franklin possesses a variety of superhuman powers, derived from her participation in the Gathering of Five and the absorption of the superhuman abilities possessed by the other Spider-Women and by Madame Web. Thus she possesses the following superhuman abilities:

  • Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, and reflexes.
  • Superhumanly acute hearing and heightened senses.
  • Adhesive touch that allows her to cling to walls and other surfaces via electro-static attraction.
  • Immunity to all forms of non-corrosive toxins and poisons after an initial exposure to them. These initial exposures make her dizzy, but her metabolism quickly recovers and renders her immune to it.
  • Immunity to all forms of radiation.
  • Venom blast: Spider-Woman can discharge a powerful toxin with her body's excess bio-electricity, which she focuses through her hands. These bio-electric blasts affect the nervous system, and their intensity can be regulated to deliver a minor shock, render someone unconscious, or even kill. (Their concussive force is powerful enough to puncture metal.)
  • Pheromones: Mattie generates chemicals that make her extremely attractive to men and tend to repulse women.
  • Flight
  • Psionic webbing: By using psychokinetic energy, she can bind ambient free-floating molecules into strands of solid force. Her psi-webs can be used to wrap enemies, or focused into narrow web-lines that she can swing from. Due to its psychic nature, her psi-webs can be used in ways Spider-Man's webbing never could, such as causing webs to form from a distance, or controlling the movement of her webbing mentally.
  • Psychic spider legs sprouting from her back. Occasionally, Mattie has been shown to be able to fire blasts of unknown energy from the tips of her spider-legs which are able to stun an opponent.
  • Moderate telepathy.
  • Precognitive flashes.

    Strength level

Mattie has superhuman strength and can lift up to 10 tons

Notes

  • Mattie was given the combined powers of the previous Spider-Women in a ritual known as The Gathering of Five
  • Mattie is the third woman to use the name Spider-Woman.
  • Araña received her powers the same way Mattie did.

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