Screwball is fairly new to the New York City superhuman criminal community. She specializes in recording he crimes and broadcasting them live over the internet. Trained in parkour, Screw performs her crimes with aplomb, using smart quips to endear herself to her audience. During one of her crimes, she held up an Off-track betting parlor. While escaping with the money, Screwball was perused by the web-slinging
Spider-Man (Peter Parker), who foiled her escape by planting a Spider-Tracer upon her clothing. Screwball was aware of the string of "Spider-Tracer killings" within the city, became scared, and frantically dislodged the tracer from clothing and turned herself into the police. She was quickly bailed out by the
Bookie. In exchange for his help, Screwball agreed to impersonate Spider-Man and fight an obscure villain known as
Basher. However, the plan fell apart when the real Spider-Man arrived on the scene and captured and unmasked the unseasoned villain. Cornered, she confessed the details of the swindle, and gave Spider-Man directions to the
"Bar With No Name", where she was to meet the Bookie and collect her payment.