Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D, Part 6

On the roof of a police station in Madripoor, Spider-Woman is confronted by the Thunderbolts who have been dispatched by Norman Osborn to collect her and bring her back to the United States.[1] Paladin orders her to surrender, telling Jessica that she is lucky because the Thunderbolts usually eliminate their targets. Instead of surrendering, Spider-Woman fires a venom blast at the Thunderbolts and flees the scene.

As she flees across the city, Spider-Woman is suddenly ambushed by the Ghost, who blasts her to the ground. However, he makes the mistake of becoming tangible when getting close enough to Jessica and she manages to attack him while his guard is down. She then unleashes a powerful Venom blast forcing him to become intangible and retreat into a wall to get away from the barrage. When he finally comes out the Ghost has lost her. As Headsman and Ant-Man are dispatched to help with the search, the Ghost has no idea that Spider-Woman is actually hiding in a nearby dumpster.

Checking her phone for the first time in days, she sees that Abigale Brand has been trying to contact her. Unfortuantely, when Jessica asks for help Brand says that Norman Osborn knows nothing about SWORD and that she need to escape. When she pokes her head out of the dumpster to look around she sees the Headsman has his back turned to her and ambushes him. After beating him into submission she sneaks into the Thunderbolt’s plane and rigs it to explode and escapes before Ant-Man can stop her. The Thunderbolts realize that their mission is a bust and wonder how they’re going to get themselves back home as Spider-Woman flies away from their position.

Recurring Characters

Spider-Woman, Thunderbolts (Black Widow, Ant-Man, Ghost, Headsman, Paladin), SWORD (Abigale Brand)

Continuity Notes

1. The Black Widow appears to be Yelena Belova, however this is actually Natasha Romanoff who has infilrtated the ranks of the Thunderbolts on behalf of Nick Fury, as explaiend in Thunderbolts #134.