Cornwall, Julia (person)

Julia Carpenter is a single mother and spider-totem.

### Relatives

Rachel Carpenter (daughter), Larry Carpenter (ex-husband, dead), Walter Cornwall (father), Elizabeth Cornwall (mother)

### Affiliation

Commission on Superhuman Activities, Freedom Force, Avengers, Secret Defenders, Force Works, West Coast Avengers

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Earth, Sol system, Space Sector 2814

## Physical description

### Species

Homo sapien mutate; Injected with a mix of spider venom and exotic plant extracts.

## Appearances

### Appears in

Dracula and HIs Harem, The Road to Amazing

## History

### Early Life

Julia Cornwall was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of Walter and Elizabeth Cornwall. She met and married her college sweetheart Larry Carpenter and together they had a daughter named Rachel. Unfortunately, shortly after he got a job in public relations, Larry began to cheat on Julia. After five years of marriage, they divorced and Julia was awarded custody of their daughter.

### Being Spider-Woman

A secretive government group called the Commission decided to create their own superhero. Val Cooper met college friend Julia Carpenter in Denver, and convinced her to be part in an "athletic study." She was unknowingly a test subject in their experiments. During the experiment, they "accidentally" injected Julia with a mix of spider venom and exotic plant extracts, which gave Julia powers very similar to those of Spider-Man.

Not long after she was given identity of Spider-Woman, she was drawn into the first Secret Wars. After returning to Earth, Julia joined Freedom Force, but much like her predecessor, found herself on the wrong side of the law. She left the team when she helped the Avengers escape the Vault.

### Amazing Friends

She teamed up with Iron Man when she was stalked by a trio of high-tech bounty hunters known as the Seekers. They came to collect the bounty which had been placed on Julia's head. She was wanted by the US government after she helped the Avengers. Iron Man decided to help her with her daughter's situation. They battle the bounty hunters but it ends when she decided to surrender to the US government.

She teamed up with Spider-Man to battle the Wrecking Crew and eventually found herself as a freelance hero. When one of her assignments led her to California looking for a team of Asian super-villains, she met and assisted the West Coast Avengers several times.

### Deathweb

Julia's main enemies were the arachnid-based team called Death-Web, which consisted of three super-villains who were created by the Commission, using a variation of the same serum that transformed Julia.

When Mike Clemson, founder of Death-Web, captured Spider-Woman's daughter Rachel, he blackmailed her into fighting Spider-Man, even though she nearly killed Spider-Man, she couldn't commit murder, and Spider-Man helped her rescue Rachel.

She then found her place with the West Coast Avengers and once they disbanded, joined their spin-off team Force Works.

### Spider-Women

Eventually, Julia walked away from the superhero business to concentrate on raising her daughter. Like Jessica Drew (the original Spider-Woman), Julia was also attacked by Charlotte Witter and had her powers stolen. After the loss of her superpowers, Julia returned to the life of a normal mother.

Julia was paralyzed for several months after she lost her powers, even though all of her other injuries had healed. The Shroud's company synthesized a duplicate of the serum that originally provided Julia with her powers, and these returned several days after it was administered to her. With the Shroud's help, Julia underwent intense physical therapy and was soon able to walk again. It was during this time that she and the Shroud fell in love.

## Attributes

### Powers

**Spider Physiology**

* **Superhuman Strength:** Julia possesses superhuman strength enabling her to lift at least 10 tons.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Julia is capable of running and moving at speeds considerably greater than the finest human athlete.
* **Superhuman Stamina:** Julia's musculature produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. She can physically exert herself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue begins to impair her.
* **Superhuman Agility:** Julia's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
* **Superhuman Reflexes:** Julia's natural reaction time is enhanced to a level that is beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
* **Superhuman Durability:** The tissues of her body are somewhat harder and more resistant to injury than those of an ordinary human. While far from invulnerable, Julia is able to withstand impact forces that would severely injure or kill an ordinary human with only mild to moderate discomfort.
* **Regeneration:** If injured, Julia is able to recover from mild to moderate injuries somewhat faster and more efficiently than an ordinary human. She is capable of fully healing on her own in a matter of days that would require an ordinary human to undergo surgery. Julia is also physically immune to all known types of poisons.
* **Superhuman Tactile Sense:** Julia's sense of touch is developed to the point that she can sense vibration like a spider on its webs. Her senses are so sharp, that she can detect a hollow area under a solid steel floor by walking over it.

**Psionic Powers:** Some of Julia's spider-like abilities are the results of developed psionic capabilities rather than her physical attributes.

* **Wallcrawling:** She can stick to walls in a manner similar to Spider-Man, manipulating the inter-atomic binding forces of matter to create temporary but powerful molecular bonds between her body and whatever she touches.
* **Psionic Webbing:** Julia can utilize psionic-based webbing (psi-webs). By using psychokinetic energy, she can bind ambient free-floating molecules into strands of solid force. Her psi-webs can be used to wrap enemies, or focused into narrow web-lines that she can swing from. Due to its psychic nature, her psi-webs can be used in ways Spider-Man's webbing never could, such as causing webs to form from a distance, or controlling the movement of her webbing mentally. She can create webs of psionic energy able to hold up to 10 tons when properly anchored.
* **Psionic Vibrations:** By casting small strands of psionic webbing into her environment, Julia can feel "psychic vibrations" reverberating through them just like a spider can feel regular vibrations through their webs. This allows her to sense the presence of other people in her vicinity, pinpointing potential attackers over a distance.

**Madame Web:** As Cassandra Webb died, she passed on her abilities as Madame Web to Julia. By inheriting this psychic power, Julia became physically blind but greatly increased her psionic abilities.

* **Precognition:** Ability to perceive aspects of the future.
* **Telepathy:** Ability to read minds and project thoughts.
* **Astral Projection:** Ability to project her consciousness outside her body and travel.
* **Possible Teleportation:** Since becoming the new Madame Web, Julia has seemingly teleported from one location to another. This is not an ability previously demonstrated by either her or the first Madame Web. It is possible Julia is not actually teleporting, but rather projecting a very vivid astral projection to a secondary location. This appeared to be the case in at least one instance where she suddenly appeared.

### Abilities

Julia is a good hand-to-hand combatant, having been trained by the CSA and later on-the-job Avengers training.

## Paraphernalia

### Transportation

* Avengers Quinjet
* Freedom Force Helicopter