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Episode 50 - Green Mamba Revealed!
Monday, February 12, 2024 • Duration 51:30
EPISODE 50
Seren and Rey return to discuss the latest offering by Steve Foxe and Carola Borelli!
SPIDER-WOMAN VOL. 8 #3 - PART 3 OF GANG WAR TIE-IN
Just who is Green Mamba?
...and how kick ass is Jess?
You'll need to tune in (or read the comic) to find out!
Remember -
To Know Her Is To Fear Her!
Enjoy!
VENOM BLASTS (things to look out for in episode)!!
Rey sneaks in an episode and to start a mini-series of odd-bod episodes related to Spider-Woman - this time 'round, it's the absolutely friggin' awesome offering by Karla Pacheco and Pere Perez for EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE!
Just how does a swinging T-Rex fare when it comes to 'arms day' ?
Seren and Rey return to cap off the remaining issues of NEW AVENGERS #3-6 to chat about Jess' role in BREAKOUT... Plenty of juicy bits to ponder....plenty of sexy Savage Land action!
Seren and Rey are back to start a journey that will lead into SECRET INVASION!
Excited at the upcoming TV series in May this year, our Spider-Babies track the return of Jess after an almost 20 year hiatus, to see how she factors into the Avengers ensemble...spoilers - it is a GUT PUNCH! -
Seren and Rey see in the new year, with the finale of one of Jess' greatest series! Fresh from a festive break, the Spider-Babies cover all the news, views and musings that involve our favourite arachnidian hero! -
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Another explosion rocks the Raft and Captain America and Spider-Man watch Electro and his client flee the scene. Seeing that there is no way to catch them, Spider-Man does the next best thing and jumps towards the hole to help people, despite the Captain’s warnings to let the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents take point. Spider-Man should have listened to Cap, for instead of people looking for help, he found himself face-to-face with scores of super-villains. Dogpiled by the baddies, his mask gets ripped off and his arm gets broken by Jigsaw.
Meanwhile, on the bottom level of the Raft, Matt Murdock is trying to get the Sentry to assist them in escaping when they and the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are attacked by Carnage. Murdock tosses Foggy Nelson into the Sentry’s cell and closes the door, warning him not to open it, no matter what. Murdock, Luke Cage and Jessica Drew fight Carnage until another villain comes out to join the fight: Murdock’s old nemesis, Mr. Hyde.
On the surface, Spider-Man is being pummeled by dozens of super-villains when Captain America breaks them up and leads a group of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents into the fray.
Trapped inside a lightless cell, Foggy manages to convince the Sentry to help. Emerging from his cell, The Sentry grabs Carnage and flies at top speed straight through eight floors of the facility and out into the stratosphere, all the way to outer space. Once there, he proceeds to act as judge, jury and executioner to Cletus Kasady and tears Carnage in half.
Cage takes care of Mr. Hyde and Drew tries to fly them out of the exit the Sentry made when Hydro-Man starts drowning them. They get to the surface to join Captain America and Spider-Man in the free-for-all. One of the villains (Ironclad) grabs Cap and throws him high into the sky where he’s caught by Iron Man.
Cage is confronted by The Purple Man who tells him to kill the other heroes, then himself.
VENOM BLASTS (things to look out for in episode)!!
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Matt Murdock, Luke Cage and Foggy Nelson meet with Jessica Drew on the Raft, the Maximum-Maximum Security Installation of Ryker's Island. The quartet is ushered through the Raft to see Murdock's client. The Raft holds the worst of the worst, eight levels of super-powered serial killing maniacs, including the Purple Man, who Luke Cage holds a personal grudge with. Getting inside an elevator, they travel eight levels underwater to the bottom level where all of the generators suddenly power down.
Not restricted to the Raft, the entire city of New York is plunged into darkness. Civilians have a moment to ponder this power outage when a lightning bolt tears into the Raft.
Peter Parker first sees the power outage as a blessing as it gets him out of watching a Hugh Grant movie with his wife. A blessing, until he notices the bolt of lightning coming down on the Raft.
Spider-Man piggy-backs a ride to the island on the underside of a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicopter, one that gets hit by a stray lightning blast causing it Spider-Man to plummet to the river. Spider-Man swims through the freezing water and is greeted on the Raft by the helicopter's official passenger, Captain America.
Meanwhile, inside the Raft, Electro materializes out of a ball of lightning, collects the person he was freeing, and to cover their escape, frees the remainder of the prisoners.
As explosions rock the Raft, Murdock makes Jessica Drew take them to his client. Opening his cell, Murdock pleads to the disheveled hermit for help. When asked, Murdock reveals that the man is the Sentry, the most powerful super hero on the planet, serving a voluntary sentence for killing his wife.
VENOM BLASTS (things to look out for in episode)!!
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SYNOPSIS (courtesy of Wiki):
Los Angeles, California, and a pair of costumed twins called the Brother Grimm are terrorizing a stage production of Hansel and Gretel and rob the audience of their valuables. Later they terrorize the home of Congressman James T. Wyatt, where they try to blackmail the Congressman out of $50,000. When Wyatt complied, he was locked in a safe to die. Meanwhile, Jessica Drew and her friend Magnus arrive in Los Angeles, where Jessica begins looking for a job and lodgings as well as continuing her search for her father. The two of them end up taking rooms with Priscilla Dolly, an eccentric landlady who has two sons named Jacob and William. With Magnus's help, Jessica finds out that her father is dead, and visits his grave. She gets upset at Magnus, figuring that he manipulated her, like the High Evolutionary and Hydra before him.[Continuity 1] However, Magnus advises her that he only wishes to help her learn the truth behind her father's death.
That night as Spider-Woman, Jessica breaks into police headquarters to learn more about her father's death. Finding the file, she suddenly becomes interested in the loud conversation happening in the next office. Listening in, she overhears James Wyatt giving a statement to the police. Dismissing this as none of her business, Jessica heads home with the file on her father. Reading it with Magnus, Jessica learns that her father worked for a company called Pyro-Technics and that he had ties with the Congressman. As she considers paying the congressman a visit her thoughts are interrupted when she overhears Jacob and William Dolly arguing each other. However, their spat is quickly dispelled by their mother, Priscilla, who wishes things could be like they were before their father die.[Continuity 2] Later Jessica goes out as Spider-Woman and confronts the Congressman at his office looking for answers. The Senator tries to shoot her, but she disarms him with a venom blast. As she tries to get answers out of him they are interrupted by Brother Grimm who bursts into the room. As it turns out, Wyatt gave Brother Grimm counterfeit money the night before and now he has come to demand more.
When Spider-Woman tires to learn who Brother Grimm is, the villain attacks her. While they fight, Congressman Wyatt calls the authorities. Defeating Brother Grimm, Spider-Woman flees the scene when she hears police sirens approaching, leaving Brother Grim for the cops, telling Wyatt that she will be back. When the authorities arrive on the scene, the Congressman fears that Spider-Woman could ruin him if news got out that he was handing out counterfeit money and begins plotting to silence her. Outside, Spider-Woman watches as the officers take Brother Grimm into custody. Deciding that she hit a dead end here, she decides to investigate the only other lead she has, Pyro-Technics, Inc. When the police get Brother Grimm to the station for questioning, he refuses to talk.
On her way back to her apartment, Spider-Woman is once more attacked by Brother Grimm. The fact that he is not in police custody and that he has an entirely different demeanor confuses her. She tries to subdue him, but Brother Grimm manages to escape and warns her to stay out of his business in the future. Returning to her apartment, she tells Magnus that she will investigate Pyro-Technics tomorrow. That's when they hear a radio report about Brother Grimm breaking out of jail. To her surprise, his escape happened an hour after her last encounter with him, leaving her to wonder what is going on.
VENOM BLASTS (things to look out for in episode)!!
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Jessica confronts her father on board a Hydra base and overcome with emotion, Jessica is met with a purely scientific and analytical curiosity. Jonathan appears more amazed at the specimen of Jessica Drew, rather than the fact that his daughter is alive and well…and the emotion from the years that they hadn’t been in contact, appears to be alien to him.
It also is confirmed from Jonathan that Hydra had conditioned Jess’ brain to punish her whenever she defies Hydra, and to Jess’ disappointment, Jonathan admits that he is happy at Hydra.
Jessica soon realises the selfishness of her father, and storms out intent on annihilating the base.
As the base is destroyed at the hands of Spider-Woman, Madam Viper and a deformed (yet alive) General Wyndham call upon the survivors of the Athena Project - super soldiers created by Jonathan and based from the DNA of Jessica Drew.
Meanwhile, Viper attempts to get Jonathan to safety, however it seems that Jonathan finally has some change of heart, and in an act of defiance and surrender, Jonathan refuses to leave. Viper callously shoots him, claiming that two more of his kind can easily take his place.
Back on the main deck, Spider-Woman attacks all Athena Project soldiers, despite some of their protests, however iit proves to be merely a diversion, as the base then explodes into a massive fireball.
Spider-Woman survives and half conscious, she is taken in by one of the arriving SHIELD hellicarriers.
Days later, Nick Fury meets with Jessica and offers an open door at SHIELD, to which she is grateful for the gesture at least.
The west coast looks promising for her, and before she departs from Fury, Jessica offers her services as a private investigator, claiming she’s only just getting started.
VENOM BLASTS (things to look out for in episode)!!
Seren's latest Spider-Woman acquisition
Seren and Rey look for baby names
Rey butchering the story of Bendis, Spider-Woman and Jessica Jones!
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Seren
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Rey
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Remember -
To Know Her Is To Fear Her!
Enjoy!
SYNOPSIS (courtesty of Wiki):
Jessica Drew, as Spider-Woman, finds herself drawn to Britain's Natural History Museum in London, and specifically towards Morgan le Fay's Excalibur. However before she can pull the sword out of the stone, she is confronted by officers of Scotland Yard and is forced to flee. This gives Slapper Struthers, a thief who broke into the museum, a moment alone to pull the sword out himself.[Continuity 1] In doing so, he is connected through the ages to Morgan le Fay, who chooses him to be her tool in the modern age. She sends the soul of a knight to possess Struthers' body changing him into her warrior, Excalibur. When the police officers hear the commotion, Excalibur attacks them, drawing Spider-Woman back to defend them, but she is knocked out by one of his mystical blasts for long enough to allow him to escape. Exhausted by her encounter, Spider-Woman leaves the scene and returns home to rest.
The next day, as Jessica Drew, Spider-Woman attempts to find employment with minimal success. Walking the streets of London she once more believes that people's aversion to her is because experiments conducted on her years ago by the High Evolutionary has made her more than human, and people can sense this on an unconscious level.[Continuity 2] Eventually, she is drawn into the shop of Charles Magnus, who promises to read her fortune for free. He tells her that he sees a great destiny in store for her in America. At that same moment, Jerry Hunt -- a SHIELD liaison to Scotland Yard -- continues to obsess over the files about Spider-Woman and once more orders her to be brought to him. His colleague, Frank, is concerned about his obsession with this mystery woman and asks why he is so determined to find her. After a moment to think it over, Jerry admits that he has fallen in love with the masked vigilante.
Meanwhile, Slapper Struther's is in an Underground station when some force pushes him out onto the tracks. This is Mordan le Fay, who transforms Struthers into Excalibur once. Seeing an approaching subway train as a dragon, he destroys it with a single swing of his enchanted sword. She then orders Excalibur to return to the surface. There he uses his magical abilities to summon a horse so he can carry out his mission for her. By this time, Jessica Drew has returned home to think about what Magnus told her, and contemplates about going to America. Going out for a walk, she sees Excalibur on the rampage and changes into Spider-Woman to try and stop him. She fails to stop Excalibur from making his way to the shop owned by Charles Magus. Setting the building ablaze, Excalibur demands that Magnus turn over a book of spells so that he can give it to his master. However, Magnus refuses to turn over the book as the black arts must not be used ever again. As Spider-Woman recovers from Excalibur's attack, word of her battle reaches Jerry Hunt who rushes to the scene.
At that moment, Magnus distracts Excalibur long enough for Spider-Woman to knock his sword out of his hand. She then prevents him from recovering it long that the warrior reverts back to normal. Slapper Struthers is then knocked out by Spider-Woman with a single punch. In the aftermath of the battle, Magnus explains that Morgan le Fay is an old enemy of his, despite the gulf of centuries that separate them. Then, with a wave of his hand, Magnus makes his shop disappear and tells Spider-Woman that their destinies await them in America. By the time Jerry Hunt and the authorities arrive on the scene the only thing they find is the unconscious body of Slapper Struthers. Pinned to his shirt is a note that simply reads "America Spider-Woman". Deducing that Spider-Woman is going to the United States, Jerry decides to put in a request to his superiors at SHIELD so he can follow her there.
VENOM BLASTS (things to look out for in episode)!!
Seren's purple die!
Rey learns about Dungeons & Dragons
Seren and Rey's views on Jerry Hunt
We've had a blast this year with some changes and improvements to the show - we can't thank you all enough for all your support when tuning into the show and for our Spider-Patreons sharing their hard earned coin.
Can't wait to be back in 2023 for more Spider-Woman goodness!!
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After Nick Fury finally tracks down Jess and reveals that her parents are still alive, Jess demands answers.
Aboard the Hellicarrier, Jess learns of her father’s ongoing involvement with Hydra, but also her mother Miriam’s tragic events and eventual off-the-grid location.
Tracking her mother using her maiden name, Brumback, Jess is surprised to find her mother’s apartment occupied by Hydra agents, one of whom is Whiplash an assassin.
Fleeing the scene after a confrontation with Jess, Whiplash leaves Spier-Woman to discover her mother, Miriam murdered. Amidst her corpse, Jess discovers some documents, one labelled the Athena device.
SHIELD soon catch up with the events at Miriam’s apartment and again lose contact with Jess. They do, however, note the connection with the Athena device, and a name..Otto Vermis.
Aware that Vermis would be Jess’ next target, Fury instructs SHIELD to find Vermis immediately.
Out on the Mediterranean Sea, Vermis is aboard his boat, alongside a woman who is more than willing to entertain him. Vermis suddenly shocks her by accusing her of spying and brings out Whiplash to verify. The woman continues to plead ignorance until Whiplash winds up to strike her. It’s revealed it is Jess in disguise, and she leaps from the boat to the safety of the waters.
Believing Jess dead, Vermis, Whiplash and crew soon discover that Jess has more than escape planned when she flees in a speedboat, blowing up Vermis boat, along with all on board.
Later, on an oil rig, Jonathan Drew ponders the experiments and research he has undergone for Hydra when all of a sudden, there is Spider-Woman - Jessica Drew - ready to confront her father.
VENOM BLASTS (things to look out for in episode)!!
Rey's predictions for Jess in 2023
Seren's trauma from reading this Bendis-Reed issue!
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