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There are more alternative versions ofSpider - Manin the entireMarvel Comics Universethan you may probably consider . However , one Heron who dawned the mantle of Spider - Man and later Spider - Woman , Mattie Franklin , is one of the most tragic paladin that has been blank out about over time .
In Earth-616 , a handful of heroes have taken on the use of Spider - Man . Ben Reilly , Miles Morales , and evenDoctor Otto Octaviushave all taken to the street as the popular connection - slinger . But , Mattie Franklin took on the job when Spider - Man temporarily stepped off from the role . But , unlike the Spider - Men and charwoman before and after her , her powers were n’t due to getting bit by a radioactive spider , but something much sinister alternatively .
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Martha ' Mattie " Franklin first come along inThe Amazing Spider - Man#441 and was created by John Byrne and Rafael Kayanan . The girl of a wealthy man of affairs ( and later J. Jonah Jameson ’s adopted daughter ) , Franklin gains her force through the craze - like The gather of the Five , which concede five people ( including Norman Osborn and Cassandra Webb ) abilities such as office , insanity , and immortality through a ceremonial involving relics ( it ’s complicated ) . Franklin was given immense power , including flight of stairs , superhuman agility , velocity , and reflexes , and strength . She would take over as Spider - Man and afterwards Spider - Woman . When she would come back in the Jessica Jones - starringAliasseries from Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos , her life would whole unravel .
Mattie would be drugged and had her powers siphoned into a Mutant Growth Hormone by a drug monger - who also prostituted her . While she would eventually reveal gratuitous of the dealer ’s hold and insert rehab , but matter did n’t get immediately better . afterwards , she would be captured byKraven The Hunter’sdaughter and is killed ( in a sacrifice ) by Kraven ’s wife Sasha in an feat to revive her son back from the utter . Mattie would regress in the Page ofSilkas a clon , but would by and by be sacrificedagain .
After a promising start , Mattie had one of the most tragical , messed - up lifespan a superhero can have . Her journey from the Modern Spider - Man , to the new Spider - Woman , to drug addict and prostitute , to being sacrificed not once but twice is moderately harebrained . While Mattie would make occasional appearances in the comics after her initial bow inAmazingSpider - military personnel , she was ultimately forgotten over sentence . If any character deserves a redemption story and a comeback , it ’s Mattie Franklin . perchance , one daytime we ’ll get that story .
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