

However, it’s also possible that Madame Web will introduce a different version altogether. Also blind, she makes up for these weaknesses with enhanced psychic powers as a result of a genetic mutation.Īgain, it’s unclear whether this ‘mutation’ will factor into Madame Webb’s backstory, considering the rights issues surrounding Marvel’s mutants. When it comes to the comic books, Cassandra Webb usually suffers from the neuromuscular disease, myasthenia gravis, and is connected to an intricate life-support system that resembles a spider’s web.

Often depicted as a frail, older woman, it’s unclear how Sony will handle the big-screen version of Madame Web. Madame Web first appeared in the Marvel comic books in The Amazing Spider-Man #280 back in 1980 and has since helped both Spider-Man and Spider-Woman in their superhero duties. This power could prove useful with the opening of the multiverse. As explained in Marvels Spider-Verse comic event, through the Web of Life and the so-called Spider-Totems (which are every universes Spider-Man), Madame Web has the ability to transport any version of Spider-Man (which includes Spider-Women) across the Multiverse. She’s also connected to other Spider-Heroes via the Web of Life and Destiny, which gives Spider-Men and Spider-Women their spider senses. Madame Web originally appeared in the comics as Cassandra Webb – a clairvoyant superhero who uses psychic abilities such as telepathy, clairvoyance, prescience, and the ability to sense psychic power in others.
