Spider-Woman
Now going by the name Spider-Woman, Jessica was ordered to abduct Alicia Masters, who was vacationing in London. During the resultant conflict with Masters's boyfriend Ben Grimm, she recovered from her brainwashing and joined him in saving Masters. She and Grimm then encountered Modred the Mystic, who removed HYDRA's memory implants and restored her memories.
Jessica moved into an apartment in London, but found it impossible to get a job due to her complete lack of background and her tendency to inspire dislike and even fear in other people. Following an aborted break-in she was unmasked by Scotland Yard officer (and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent) Jerry Hunt, who became obsessed with her. During this troubled time she was approached by the mysterious sorcerer Magnus, who offered help. After defending him from Excaliber, who had been sent by Morgan Le Fay to recover the Darkhold, he suggested she relocate with him to Los Angeles. Magnus tutored her in the ways of civilization and informed her that her father had been murdered, leading her on a hunt for his killer that brought her into conflict with the criminal Brothers Grimm. She was distracted from this hunt when Morgan Le Fey's ghost again sought the Darkhold, this time in person. During the battle Hunt caught up with Jessica, and they began a romantic relationship. With his help, she identified her father's murderer, who died immediately after confessing.
For the time, Jessica chose to keep her doings as Spider-Woman a secret. Her relationship with Hunt soured, and following a final battle with the Brothers Grimm, he and Magnus parted ways with her. For the next three months she made a hand-to-mouth living by working as a receptionist at the Hatros Institute while undergoing group therapy there. Though she ultimately lost the position due to a change in management, during her time there she received medication to suppress her pheromones so that she could move effectively among people without producing any unwanted side-effects, formed a strong friendship with fellow patient and aspiring actress Lindsay McCabe, and developed acquaintances with several other superheroes.
The next few months of Jessica's life are not covered by published stories. During this time, she went public as Spider-Woman, became a bounty hunter working in partnership with parapalegic criminologist Scotty McDowell, acquired a full wardrobe of disguises for use in her work, and found a police liaison in Captain Walsh. This situation lasted for several months. When her working relationship with Scotty failed, Jessica accepted an offer from Lindsay to move into an apartment with her in San Francisco, where she began a romantic relationship with their landlord David Ishima and set up a practice as a licensed private investigator. Her move there allowed Lindsay to deduce her secret identity; she was unbothered by the danger involved in being Spider-Woman's friend, and the shared secret deepened the friendship between them.
While working as a P.I., she battled Morgan Le Fey once again. Not long after that, Jessica gave up her immunity powers to save Giant-Man. Her relationship with David Ishima developed to the point where she revealed her identity as Spider-Woman to him, only to have him break up with her because he wanted to be with an ordinary woman.
Jessica traveled in astral form with Magnus to Sixth Century England to free her friends' souls in a showdown with Morgan le Fey in the 6th century. She managed to vanquish Morgan, but her human body died while her spirit was gone. At her request, Magnus placed a spell over humanity to remove all memory of Jessica's existence. However, this spell was faulty; when Tigra and the Shroud discovered Jessica's dead body, they contacted the Avengers and Doctor Strange. The Avengers and Strange traveled to the astral plane to battle Morgan Le Fay, who was trying to claim Jessica's body so she could return to the physical realm. Eventually, Doctor Strange and Magnus reunited Jessica's spirit with her human body, though Magnus's life and Jessica's powers were sacrificed to do so. She thus abandoned her Spider-Woman identity and continued her life as a private investigator in San Francisco, assisted by Lindsay McCabe and, for a time, by Tigra.
Jessica and Lindsay took a job delivering the Black Blade to Japan, but while passing through Madripoor she was ensorcelled by the blade. By this time her superhuman strength and agility, and ability to cling to walls, had returned. She was freed from the blade's power by Lindsay and an underworld figure called Patch, who she immediately recognized as the X-Man Wolverine. Following the incident, she and Lindsay set up new business lodgings in Madripoor, with Patch as a frequent ally and information source. She developed a friendship with pilot Archie Corrigan, who helped her return to San Francisco, where Jessica worked to sort out her life.
Jessica Drew's life settled down until Charlotte Witter, a villainess going by the name of Spider-Woman, stole her powers. After the theft, Jessica returned to her life as a private investigator, and served as a teacher and mentor to Mattie Franklin, a young woman who had assumed the Spider-Woman identity. Jessica began to regain her powers at this time; while investigating two cases with Mattie, she made use of her restored superhuman strength and agility. Although she regained the bulk of her spider-powers, they were unstable. For example, her "venom blasts" worked efficiently in one fight, and then would fail her unexpectedly on another occasion.
When Mattie Franklin was drawn into a highly abusive and parasitic relationship with a New York-based drug dealer who cannibalized her tissue to make the Mutant Growth Hormone (commonly known as "MGH"), Jessica did not hesitate to investigate (despite the instability of her powers). An initial misunderstanding with local P.I. Jessica Jones—who shared many surprising similarities to Drew—turned into an alliance when the women teamed up to rescue Mattie from her captors.
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