Jessica Drew

Jessica Drew first appeared in Marvel comic books back in 1977. She is the original Spider-Woman and, with Spider-Man coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe imminently, wouldn’t it be cool to have a female counterpart as well?

The origins of Drew’s power differ from story to story (for instance, in one case, her mother was struck with a beam of radiation containing the DNA of several different types of spiders while she was pregnant and, in another case, her father injected her with an experimental serum based on irradiated spiders’ blood to save her from uranium poisoning) but, in each case, she always has connections to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Spider-Woman doesn’t necessarily have the fan-base to make a movie worthwhile at the moment, but putting her on television is definitely plausible.

In the comics, she was recruited and brainwashed by HYDRA before S.H.I.E.L.D. rehabilitated her and utilised her as an agent.

While she doesn’t have the same powers as Spider-Man, she can cling to walls like he can, but she can also fire electricity-like blasts and emit poisons and fear-inducing pheromones. She’d be a valuable asset to Phil Coulson’s organisation.

What do you think? Would you like to see these characters in the next season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Which other characters would you like to see? Have your say below.