HELEN CAPSHAW
Real Name: Helen Capshaw
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: School principal
Group Membership: Principal of an unidentified private school
Affiliations: J. Jonah Jameson, Marla Madison-Jameson, Pearce, numerous unidentified students
Enemies: Mattie Franklin, Cheryl Lansing
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: An unidentified private school for girls
First Appearance: Spider-Woman III#4 (October, 1999)
Powers/Abilities: She was a strict and well educated woman with administrative power at a school for rich girls. In case of an incident her number one goal was to avoid legal repercussions.
Height: Unrevealed (5'10"; by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed (140 lbs.; by approximation)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Gray
History:
(Spider-Woman III#4) - Marla and JJJ took Mattie to Marla's old private
school and introduced her to Helen Capshaw, the school's principal, who
was impressed by Mattie's stellar grades except for math. Mattie made it
clear that she wanted to be called Matt and that math stunk. Helen then
showed Marla the syllabus for the next semester so she could make sure
Martha had all the right books. She also assumed that Marla would take
care of fitting Mattie for her school uniform. Mattie hated the whole
situation, but Helen was looking forward to see her at the beginning of
the next school year in five weeks.
(Spider-Woman III#5 - BTS) - Ms. Capshaw already told some of the girls that Martha wanted to be called Matt and she was immediately bullied on her first day because of that and for being new at school. She also told Mattie's teacher that she did very well in history at her old school, which led to her teacher asking her questions at the museum about Egyptian history that Mattie had no answers for.
(Spider-Woman III#15) - Mattie tossed a girl across the school bus when she bullied her friend Cheryl Lansing. Ms. Capshaw had a meeting with all the girls involved and the school bus driver. She was disappointed in Mattie because she had hoped that Mattie understood the school's standards, but apparently she was wrong. After the incident she was afraid that the victim's parents could sue the school out of existence and Mattie's claim that the other girls bullied Cheryl and started it could not be corroborated because Capshaw also questioned the school bus driver Pearce, who saw nothing until the girl slammed into the front of the bus, and the other girls, who claimed that they didn't start the altercation. Capshaw was even more disappointed with Cheryl Lansing, who sided with Mattie and should've known better to get involved in such a situation. In the end Ms. Capshaw suspended Mattie and Cheryl Lansing for the altercation while the other girls got away scot-free.
Comments: Created by John Byrne, Bart Sears, Randy Elliot & Raymond Kryssing.
This profile was completed on 06/22/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary event.
Profile by Markus Raymond.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Helen Capshaw has no known connections to:
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Spider-Woman III#4, p5, pan4 (main)
Spider-Woman III#4, p5, pan6
Appearances:
Spider-Woman III#4 (October, 1999) - John Byrne (writer), Bart Sears
(pencils), Randy Elliot & Raymond Kryssing (inks), Ralph Macchio
(editor)
Spider-Woman III#5 (November, 1999) - John Byrne (writer), Bart Sears
(pencils), Randy Elliot & Andy Smith (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Spider-Woman III#15 (September, 2000) - John Byrne (writer), Bart Sears
(pencils), Randy Elliot (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
First Posted: 09/04/2026
Last updated: 06/22/2026
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