I have to say that I admire Marvel waiting almost two years before having Spider-Woman meet the hero from which she is a legacy.
And I’m betting they only crowbarred him in here because the book wasn’t selling well. During this time, Marvel was starting to cut back on its lower-selling titles, and it appears that their efforts worked to save this one, because it keeps going.
In a blackout, Spider-Woman stole money from her employer, who had fired her in her Jessica Drew identity. Spider-Woman tracks her down, but oddly, she’s never heard of him.
I’m going to say that she was brainwashed and abused as a younger person, and lived in England, so maybe that’s plausible. But really? How can you not have heard of him??? She actually thinks Spider-Man is trying to imitate HER!
Anyway, they fight and then make up and Spider-Man lets her go.
This is Mark Gruenwald’s last issue.
Grade is a C+. I’m gonna give this a slightly above average rating despite the implausibility of it because it’s not the team-up I was expecting, and it’s cool that Marvel didn’t push their first meeting until now.