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Julia Carpenter (Earth-616)

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Real Name
Julia Cornwall Carpenter
Current Alias

Aliases
Considered using Ariadne, Spider-Woman, Arachne[1]

Identity

Alignment


Relatives
Rachel Carpenter (daughter), Walter Cornwall (father), Elizabeth Cornwall (mother), Larry Carpenter (ex-husband, deceased)

Universe

Base Of Operations

Characteristics
Gender

Height


Eyes


Status
Citizenship

Marital Status

Occupation
Adventurer, fugitive, former government agent

Origin
Origin
Avengers West Coast #84; Spider-Woman Vol 2 #2.

Place of Birth


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History


A secretive government group called The Commission decided to create their own superhero. Val Cooper met college friend Julia Carpenter in Denver, and convinced her to be part in an "athletic study". She was unknowingly a test subject in their experiments. During the experiment, they "accidentally" injected Julia with a mix of spider venom and exotic plant extracts, which gave Julia powers very similar to those of Spider-Man. Not long after she was given identity of Spider-Woman, she was drawn into the first Secret Wars. After returning to Earth, Julia joined Freedom Force but, much like her predecessor, found herself on the wrong side of the law. She teamed up with Spider-Man occasionally, but eventually found herself as a freelance hero. When one of her assignments led her to California looking for a team of Asian super-villains, she met and assisted the West Coast Avengers several times.

Arachne's recent look after joining Omega Flight.
Arachne's recent look after joining Omega Flight.

She then found her place with the West Coast Avengers and once they disbanded, joined their spin-off team Force Works. Julia's main enemies were the arachnid-based team called Death Web, which consisted of three super-villains who were created by The Commission, using a variation of the same serum which transformed Julia. When Mike Clemson, founder of Death Web, captured Spider-Woman's daughter Rachel, he blackmailed her into fighting Spider-Man, even though she nearly killed Spider-Man, she couldn't commit murder, and Spider-Man helped her rescue Rachel. Eventually, Julia walked away from the superhero business to concentrate on raising her daughter. Like Jessica Drew (the original Spider-Woman), Julia was also attacked by Charlotte Witter and had her powers stolen. After the loss of her superpowers, Julia returned to the life of a normal mother.

Civil War/Initiative

Julia has recently reappeared in a story arc of the current Ms. Marvel series, using the codename "Arachne" (which she originally intended to use). Her powers have clearly been restored. During Civil War, Julia has registered under the Superhuman Registration Act, and she and Wonder Man aid Ms. Marvel in the training of novice superheroes.

However, Julia is shown to be a double agent; when she first responded to Iron Man's request, she thought they would be helping people escape registration. She tips off several targeted superheroes who have refused to register with the government, such as the Prowler. It is also revealed that she is romantically involved with the Shroud, an opponent of the Superhuman Registration Act.

Julia is found out when a captured Prowler reveals under interrogation that she tipped him off. The Shroud, who had been captured by Ms. Marvel, reveals that Julia was paralyzed for several months after she lost her powers, even though all of her other injuries had healed. The Shroud's company had synthesized a duplicate of the serum that originally provided Julia with her powers, and these returned several days after it was administered to her. With the Shroud's help, Julia underwent intense physical therapy and was soon able to walk again. It was during this time that she and the Shroud fell in love.

A government strike team led by Ms. Marvel, including Wonder Man and Araña, attacks Julia at her home just as she was about to flee the country with her daughter. Julia is captured and summarily incarcerated. However, it is revealed in Ms. Marvel #13 that Julia escaped captivity during the Negative Zone prison break, and returned to Colorado in search of Rachel. A S.H.I.E.L.D. Psy Ops team telepathically traces her to Brooklyn, where she furiously confronts Araña, demanding to know where her daughter has been taken.

Recently she is living in Canada and working on Canadian goverment acting in canadian new superhero team Omega Flight.


Powers and Abilities

Powers

Spider-Woman II
Spider-Woman II

Superhuman Strength: Julia possesses superhuman strength enabling her to lift at least 10 tons.

Superhuman Speed: Julia is capable of running and moving at speeds considerably greater than the finest human athlete.

Superhuman Stamina: Julia's musculature produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. She can physically exert herself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue begins to impair her.

Superhuman Agility: Julia's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.

Superhuman Reflexes: Julia's natural reaction time is enhanced to a level that is beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.

Superhuman Durability: The tissues of her body are somewhat harder and more resistant to injury than those of an ordinary human. While far from invulnerable, Julia is able to withstand impact forces that would severely injure or kill an ordinary human with only mild to moderate discomfort.

Accelerated Healing Factor: If injured, Julia is able to recover from mild to moderate injuries somewhat faster and more efficiently than an ordinary human. She is capable of fully healing on her own in a matter of days that would require an ordinary human to undergo surgery. Julia is also physically immune to all known types of poisons.

Superhuman Sense of Touch: Julia's sense of touch is developed to the point that she can sense vibration like a spider on its webs. Her senses are so sharp, that she can detect a hollow area under a solid steel floor by walking over it.

Psionic Powers: Some of Julia's spider-like abilities are the results of latent psionic capabilities rather than her physical attributes.

  • Wall Crawling: She can stick to walls in a manner similar to Spider-Man, however, her ability is psionically based.
  • Psychokinetic Webbing: ability to utilize psionic-based webbing (psi-webs), although it requires a lot of concentration to manifest (at least it did at first, as she seems to have no such problems with this power now). 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.She can create webs of psionic energy able to hold up to 10 tons. The web must be anchored by at least two surfaces.

Abilities

Julia is a good hand-to-hand combatant.

Strength level

10 tons

Weaknesses

None known.


Paraphernalia

Equipment: Formerly Avengers Identicard
Transportation: Formerly Avengers Quinjet, Freedom Force Helicopter.
Weapons: None known.


Notes

  • The appearance of Spider-Man's black costume and Venom is based on Julia's costume.


Trivia

  • Is a fan of Dazzler's music. (See Ms Marvel Vol 2 #7)

Appearances in Other Media

Television

Julia Carpenter appeared regularly, both in and out of costume, in the 1994 Iron Man animated series as part of the team loosely based on the comic and super team, Force Works. In the cartoon, Julia Carpenter eventually married Tony Stark. However, this remains out of continuity with the regular Marvel Universe. She was voiced by Jennifer Hale.



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Links and References

  1. ↑ Avengers 2 1998


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