Spider-Man (Gerry Drew)

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caption=Gerry Drew makes his appearance as "Spider-Man"
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Spider-Man
real_name=Gerald "Gerry" Drew
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Spider-Girl" #32 (May 2001)
creators=Tom DeFalco
Ron Frenz
alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
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powers=Spider-like superhuman strength, speed, agility, wall crawling, can fire organic webs from wrists.|

Gerald "Gerry" Drew is a fictional character who appeared in the Marvel Comics' MC2 series "Spider-Girl". He is the MC2 reality son of Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman, and the third man to use the alias of "Spider-Man".

Fictional character biography

Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman, had retired from superheroics, and gotten married. Later, she gave birth to a baby boy. When Gerald "Gerry" Drew was born, he was diagnosised with a strange blood-borne disorder due to radiation exposure in the womb. Apparently, Jessica's powers had harmed her unborn child. When doctors and medicines were unable to help her son, Jessica recreated the experiment that cured her of her radiation poisoning, the experiment that made her Spider-Woman. The experiment imbued young Gerry with spider-like powers, but didn't cure him. The trauma caused by Gerry's illness caused his parents to split up. Young Gerry felt that it was his fault that his parents divorced, and became withdrawn. Jessica tried to allieviate his pain by telling him stories from her past, his favorites involved Spider-Man.

Determined to make his short time on Earth count, Gerry designed his own Spider-Man costume and convinced his mother to train him in how to use his powers. On his first trial as Spider-Man, Gerry dropped by the Daily Bugle and shocked both J. Jonah Jameson and Peter Parker (the real Spider-Man) with "the return of Spider-Man". Soon after, Spider-Man met Spider-Girl and the two did not get along. During one fight between several villains, Spider-Girl and the new Spider-Man got in each other's way to the point that the villain Crazy 8 died when he was shot by a bullet intended for Spider-Man (but Spider-Girl shoved him out of its way). Upset by the fact that he was responsibe for Crazy 8's death, Gerry tried to make up for his mistakes and end up running into Darkdevil. Darkdevil helped train Spider-Man in how to be a more effective crime fighter. He became a target by various super villains, with his only hope lying with his mother and the true Spider-Man. Jessica realized that Gerry's use of his powers was accelerating his illness, and had a fellow Spider-Woman, Julia Carpenter, contact Peter Parker. Julia informed Peter of Gerry's plight, and asked him to get the real Spider-Man to convince Gerry to seek help from Reed Richards.

At Spider-Man's behest, Gerry decided to give up being Spider-Man so that Reed Richards could find a cure for his blood disease, and he retired from being a superhero, at least temporarily.

Powers and abilities

Gerry has the proportionate strength, speed, and agility of a spider. He can lift several tons, move much faster that a normal human, and leap vast distances. He can also stick to, and climb up, walls. Gerry also has the ability to fire organic webbing from spinnerets on his wrists, which he can use to spin large webs, wrap up enemies, and create web-lines that he can swing from. He also attached devices, based from Spider-Man's original webshooters, on his wrists' spinnerets to create any web-based arsenal such as web-missile, similar to the Scarlet Spider's impact webbing. However, while he shares most of Spider Man's powers, he lacks his "Spider Sense."

Due to his illness, Gerry cannot afford to get any cuts exposed to air, as infection will rapidly set in.

Costume

Gerry's costume is similar to the original but with a few differences. His waist "belt" is split in two on front. His spider emblem is much larger but smaller than Ben Reilly's. The emblem's head is separate from its body.

External links

* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/spidermandrewmc2.htm His ptofile in the Appendix to the Marvel Handbook]