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Julia Carpenter was a normal tennis player, mother, and homemaker before
a mysterious group known as the Commission decided to use her in its super
powers experiments. The Commission secretly injected her with spider venom
in ever increasing dosages, eventually transforming her into Spider-Woman.
On her first outing she got pulled into the Secret Wars (and inadvertently
inspired Spider-Man's alien costume's design). She eventually joined ForceWorks
and teamed up with Iron Man and pals.
This was actually the second Spider-Woman in the comics, the first
being Jessica Drew, the star of her own series in the 1970s. The other
notable thing about this character is that besides debuting in the
Secret Wars mini-series, she also was the fictional inspiration for
Spider-Man's black costume. This figure is decent enough, but her
arms are awkwardly posed to allow her to throw her "psionic webs"
when you push the lever on her back. It would have been nice had her
eyes been sculpted on and not just painted. This figure was later
repainted in the Spider-Man line as the original
Spider-Woman.
