History
Jerry Hunt, a British[1] agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in London, decided to take a leave of absence and travel to the United States tracking Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew).[2] Arriving in Los Angeles International Airport,[3] Hunt soon became Spider-Woman's ally and beau.[4] Hunt initially stayed in a hotel room in Los Angeles but, at some point after having an ill-fated encounter with the supervillain Needle, who overpowered Hunt twice and was later defeated by Spider-Woman,[5] Hunt decided to move into his own rented apartment.[6]
The apartment was in the upper floor[7] of a big two-floor building that had garden and an accessory unit. The building itself was easily accessed by car,[6] which was good for Hunt because he was a driver.[8] The home itself included a bathroom[9] with a shower[10] to the right of the main bed,[11] a kitchen,[10] a telephone[12] and an open balcony.[7] Newly-married couple David and Susan Lofgren lived close to the place.[12]
Jerry Hunt's apartment, outside view
After several adventures ending up with the defeat[13] and internment of Jessica Drew's landlady Priscilla Dolly,[14] Hunt received a call from S.H.I.E.L.D. on her home phone, ordering him to return for a mission[6] that would likely take him away from Los Angeles and back to London.[9] Hunt asked Drew to enlist in S.H.I.E.L.D. so they could be together, but she did not want to work for a spy agency because she had already had bad experiences with it in the past.[9] Hunt then offered Drew to stay in his apartment,[9][15] since she had lost her home at the Dolly Household, and Hunt had already paid his rent for the next two months. They cut contact,[6] but Hunt asked S.H.I.E.L.D. to keep him in Los Angeles instead of returning him to London, to be close to her. However, he went on to live somewhere else,[9] occasionally visiting the beachhouse in Malibu of his workmate Laura Brown.[10] Meanwhile, Drew forwarded the mail to Hunt, possibly through S.H.I.E.L.D.[11]
To pay the rent, Drew got a job at Hatros Institute as a late shift receptionist,[6] which allowed her to redecorate the apartment.[16] She had a couch in the living room, which opened directly into the kitchen,[10] one nightstands on each side of the bed, with the telephone on the right one,[11] a cabinet with books in the hall,[16] and a wig head to lay her mask.[12] She used the balcony to fly in and out of the house.[7]
Drew discovered that the security of her home was far from perfect: After she encountered the superhuman Shroud, he tracked her down and entered her home, greeting her at 3 A.M. when she came out of the shower[9] to ask her for help against a murder cult that they had both faced. Drew agreed to collaborate, but only after sleeping for a few hours; the Shroud cooked her eggs and bacon for breakfast. Working together, the Shroud and Spider-Woman defeated the Cult and saved the lives Laura Brown and Jerry Hunt, who had been captured by the Cult; but Spider-Woman decided that she and Shroud should leave without revealing her involvement to the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. so as to not tighten her relationship with Hunt.[10] Hunt however suspected that Spider-Woman had saved him again, much to his own shame. Shortly after, Spider-Woman defeated the leader of the Cult, Nekra, who had been impersonating the leader of the Hatros Institute.[16]
Jerry Hunt visited Drew again at his old apartment (noticing the different decor), to tell her that S.H.I.E.L.D. was transferring him to London and to ask her to come with him, although he suspected she would say no. That's how it was, because Drew had developed a sense of belonging for having finally got a job and a home; and although Drew offered to share one last moment in the house, Hunt preferred a quick goodbye. At that moment, they both realized that they no longer felt the same way about each other as before, and Hunt regretted that she had not even admitted that he had rescued her again. Brown picked up Hunt in the car and they drove off together.[16]
In the following days, Drew missed Hunt and her other ally who had moved to Las Vegas before she entered that home: her mentor the magician Magnus. Taking a break from the cumbersome task of sewing her costume, Drew decided to phone Magnus, surprised that he had not contacted her and at the same time regretting not having had time to do so. However, the casino where Magnus said she was going to perform did not seem to have heard of him, and his agent was not even listed. She left the house to fly and try on the uniform, but she had sewn it poorly and thus she crashed, entering the Lofgrens' house through the window. She apologized, left and returned home, embarrassed.[12]
Later, missing Hunt, Drew went out to a nightclub and left in the company of a boy, Eric,[12] but he proved to have supernatural abilities and an aggressive attitude.[12][7] Drew left him, then had nightmares that night at home, and discovered that a woman, Sally Quant, had been possibly murdered by Eric. She tracked Eric down again but, instead of taking him to her house, she took him to the Dolly Household, since she had kept the keys. There Spider-Woman confronted Eric, who transformed into Waxman, and apparently the Waxman was destroyed.[7]
Shortly after, Drew received several notices: The Hatros Institute was firing her, without severance, due to the change in management following Nekra's capture,[11] and she received a notice to vacate her apartment[11][15] by August 1st because she had failed to renew her lease; she concluded the previous notices for the eviction were in unopened emails that she had forwarded, unread, to Hunt. Drew considered living with her friend Lindsay McCabe, and also tried to steal the money Hatros owed her, but after an encounter with Spider-Man, he spoke to her about responsibility and encouraged Spider-Woman to find some new job where she could use her abilities.[11] Following Spider-Man's advice, Spider-Woman began working as a professional bounty hunter, teaming up with criminologist Scotty McDowell[17] and renting a new home.[17][15]Residents
- Jessica Drew[6] (formerly)[11]
- Jerry Hunt (formerly)[6]
See Also
- 5 appearance(s) of Jerry Hunt's Apartment
- 1 mention(s) of Jerry Hunt's Apartment
- 2 image(s) of Jerry Hunt's Apartment
Links and References
References
- ↑ Marvel Atlas #1 ; United Kingdom's profile
- ↑ Spider-Woman #2
- ↑ Spider-Woman #4
- ↑ Spider-Woman #6
- ↑ Spider-Woman #8
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Spider-Woman #13
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Spider-Woman #18
- ↑ Spider-Woman #11
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Spider-Woman #14
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Spider-Woman #15
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Spider-Woman #20
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Spider-Woman #17
- ↑ Spider-Woman #12
- ↑ Spider-Woman #3
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #11 ; Spider-Woman (Drew)'s profile
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Spider-Woman #16
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Spider-Woman #21