Ultimate Spider-Man #98 for Sale - First Appearance of Jessica Drew - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel, 2000 series)
Issue: #98
Publication date: October 2006
Key date: 2006-10-00
On-sale date: 2006-08-02
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $2.99; 3.75 CAD
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960605031409811
Rating: Rated A

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Jessica Drew - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Spider-Woman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Clone Saga: Part 2	cover	1	pencils: Mark Bagley; inks: Mark Bagley; colors: Richard Isanove	Spider-Woman First, Jessica Drew First
1	Previously in Ultimate Spider-Man. . .	recap	1	script: Brian Michael Bendis; pencils: Mark Bagley; inks: John Dell; colors: Richard Isanove	Scorpion
2	Clone Saga Part 2	comic story	22	script: Brian Michael Bendis; pencils: Mark Bagley; inks: John Dell, Drew Hennessy; colors: Justin Ponsor; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Nick Fury, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, May Parker, Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Scorpion, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman First, Gwen Stacy, Johnny Storm
3	Ultimate Spider-Man	letters page	1	pencils: Mark Bagley, Mark Brooks; inks: Mark Bagley, Mark Brooks; colors: Richard Isanove	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Gwen Stacy

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Ultimate Spider-Man: Clone Saga #[nn]	2007	On eBay ›
Clone Saga ISBN 0-7851-1928-0	2007	On eBay ›
Ultimate Spider-Man #9 ISBN 978-0-7851-3081-9	2007	On eBay ›
Ultimate Spider-Man: Clone Saga #[nn]	2007	On eBay ›
Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-302-95019-4	2023	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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