Schedule: | Monthly |
Ongoing: | Y |
Superhero: | Y |
Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
Date: | Spider-Gwen (vol. 1) Feb.–June 2015 Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) Oct. 2015 – July 2018 Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider Oct. 2018 – July 2019 Ghost-Spider Aug. 2019 – June 2020 Gwenom vs. Carnage January–March 2021 Spider-Gwen: Gwen-Verse March–August 2022 Spider-Gwen: Shadow Clones March–July 2023 Spider-Gwen: Smash December 2023 – February 2024 |
Issues: | Spider-Gwen (vol. 1) 5 Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) 34 and 1 Annual Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider 10 Ghost-Spider 10+ and 1 Annual Gwenom vs. Carnage 3 Spider-Gwen: Gwen-Verse 5 Spider-Gwen: Shadow Clones 5 Spider-Gwen: Smash 5 |
Writers: | Jason Latour (vol. 1–2) Seanan McGuire (vol. 3–5) |
Artists: | Robbi Rodriguez (vol. 1–2) Takeshi Miyazawa (vol. 3–5) Rosi Kämpe (vol. 3–5) |
Main Char Team: | Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy) The Kingpin (Matt Murdock) |
Colorists: | Rico Renzi |
Creators: | Jason Latour Robbi Rodriguez |
Subcat: | Spider-Man |
Sort: | Spider-Gwen |
2Ndary Box: | interpreted by |
Tpb: | Most Wanted? |
Isbn: | 978-078519-7737 |
Tpb1: | Greater Power |
Isbn1: | 978-078519-9595 |
Tpb3: | Spider-Women |
Isbn3: | 978-130290-0939 |
Tpb4: | Edge of Spider-Verse |
Isbn4: | 978-130294-9983 |
Tpb5: | Weapon of Choice |
Isbn5: | 978-078519-9601 |
Tpb6: | Long Distance |
Isbn6: | 978-130290-3107 |
Tpb7: | Sitting in a Tree |
Isbn7: | 978-130290-7624 |
Tpb8: | Predators |
Isbn8: | 978-130290-5965 |
Tpb9: | Gwenom |
Isbn9: | 978-130290-7648 |
Tpb10: | The Life of Gwen Stacy |
Isbn10: | 978-13029-11928 |
Tpb11: | Gwen Stacy |
Isbn11: | 978-130291-9863 |
Tpb12: | Amazing Powers |
Isbn12: | 978-130292-3723 |
Tpb13: | Deal With The Devil |
Isbn13: | 978-130293-1650 |
Tpb14: | Unmasked |
Isbn14: | 978-130294-5251 |
Spider-Gwen (also titled Ghost-Spider, and Gwenom) is an ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics that began February 2015. The series revolves around Gwen Stacy of Earth-65, an alternate universe version of Gwen Stacy that debuted in Edge of Spider-Verse #2 as part of the 2014–2015 Spider-Man storyline "Spider-Verse". Spider-Gwen explores a universe where Gwen Stacy was bitten by the radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker, leading her to a career as the Spider-Woman of her world.
A spider-powered Gwen Stacy was first envisioned by longtime Spider-Man writer Dan Slott for the 2014–15 "Spider-Verse" storyline. However, his initial concept was very different from what was published, which was mainly the work of Spider-Gwen creators Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez.[1] [2]
In October, Nick Lowe announced at New York Comic Con 2014 that the fan-favorite Spider-Gwen who was introduced in "Spider-Verse" would be getting her own series after much demand.[3]
The first volume ended after the fifth issue with the character carrying over into the second volume of Spider-Verse as part of the "Secret Wars" storyline.[4] After the conclusion of that storyline, a second volume by the same creative team began with issue #1 as a part of Marvel's All-New, All-Different Marvel imprint.[5]
Following the departure of Latour and Rodriguez, Marvel launched a new series titled Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider, written by Seanan McGuire with pencils by Rosi Kämpe, and later Takeshi Miyazawa. After 10 issues, the series was relaunched as simply Ghost-Spider, which ended after an additional 10 issues. Under this creative team, stories featured Gwen Stacy traveling back and forth between her home dimension, in which her identity was publicly known, and Earth-616, in which she attends college.
In 2022, a new limited series titled Spider-Gwen: Gwen-Verse by Tim Seeley and Jodi Nishijima was published, featuring Stacy traveling through time alongside alternative versions of herself (modeled after other Marvel heroes) to correct a disruption in the timeline.
Before the beginning of Spider-Gwen, high school student Gwen Stacy was bitten by a radioactive spider. This granted her all of the quintessential Spider-Man powers, and Stacy began her career as Spider-Woman. In her regular life, she begins a relationship with Peter Parker, forms a friend group with Parker, and ostracizes new student Harry Osborn, who is later revealed to have had a crush on her. Meanwhile, Peter becomes infatuated with Spider-Woman without knowing that she is Stacy. The bullied Peter's suffering worsens, and eventually, he creates a formula that turns him into a lizard mutant.
On prom night, after he is being bullied yet again, he injects himself with the formula and transforms, going psycho. Gwen Stacy dons her Spider-Woman costume and fights Peter, defeating and accidentally killing him. Peter regresses to his human form in Gwen's arms, telling her he just wanted to "be special" like her and prompting her to realize what she has done. She runs from the scene, creating the public misconception that Spider-Woman has murdered Peter Parker and is a menace to society and setting up the Spider-Gwen series.
Before the Spider-Verse event that introduced Spider-Gwen, Stacy's father George Stacy was ordered as captain of the NYPD to hunt down and detain Spider-Woman, considered a public menace. Captain Stacy—unaware of Spider-Gwen's secret identity—is more than happy to do so. Upon hearing about this, the Kingpin, one of New York's most prominent crime bosses, decides to ally himself with Spider-Gwen—for reasons unexplained—and apparently has his lawyer Matt Murdock (Daredevil on Earth-616, the main Marvel universe) send the assassin Aleksei Sytsevich to kill Captain Stacy. Gwen arrives and saves her father, who corners her at gunpoint. To avoid getting shot, she reveals to her father that she is Spider-Woman.
After the Spider-Verse event, Gwen goes back to her ordinary life of bumming around by day and Spider-Woman-ing by night. Her father passes the Spider-Woman investigation on to Detective Frank Castle. Suddenly, the villainous Vulture appears, secretly working for the Kingpin, and causes trouble for Gwen (Spider-Ham appears for a short time as a hallucination because of an attack). Gwen defeats the Vulture and in the end, he is put away, Murdock continuing to influence him from behind bars. Frank Castle increases his efforts against Spider-Woman, becoming more and more ruthless. Castle eventually makes the connection with Spider-Woman's identity and enlists the help of Kraven the Hunter to perform a siege on the Stacy house. Castle and Kraven brutally beat down Gwen after she gets her father to safety. The volume concludes when Gwen decides to take a stand against Castle and not run any longer, blindsiding him as he unmasks her while trying to get away.
Gwen is unsure of how secure her secret identity is as she hides from her father and awaits the recollection of Frank Castle. Her problems are put to the side when a Lizard appears on the streets, seemingly having taken something similar to Peter Parker's formula. The dog of Spider-Gwen's "arch-nemesis", the Bodega Bandit, is eaten by the Lizard. Tracking the Lizard into the sewer, Spider-Woman encounters a pack of Lizard-Men. Earth 65's Captain America, Samantha Wilson, shows up to capture the Lizards and Spider-Gwen as well. Gwen battles CA while avoiding the Lizards. Gwen saves CA from the Lizards and they part ways on good terms. After a quick chat with Jessica Drew of Earth-616, Gwen and the Mary Janes go on a camping trip where Harry Osborn makes a surprise appearance. He explains his connection with S.H.I.E.L.D. and his motive to go after Spider-Woman. He appears nights later in a green mechanical suit accompanied by an army of orange robots to kill Spider-Woman. After an issue-long battle, Harry sets off an explosion to even the playing field. As Gwen lies on the floor, Harry drinks a vial of the Lizard formula and unmasks her to his surprise. After an issue break from the fight, involving a story line of George Stacy conversing with Matt Murdock, Gwen resumes her fight with a now-mutated Harry Osborn with the assistance of Captain America. Gwen eventually convinces Harry that he is in the wrong and allows him to run from S.H.I.E.L.D. Gwen reconciles with her father in the end and he quits his job.
Following the events of Spider-Women, Gwen is left limited to seven temporary uses of her powers, which she can activate through a device on her wrist. She attends a rock concert with her friends, then visits the recently reconstructed Dollar Dog. While there, she is attacked by Frank Castle, and left with no other choice, uses one of her power-ups to take him down, before fleeing the scene, and spending the night at her father's place. The next day, Gwen and her father are attacked by Kraven the Hunter and Frank Castle. During the fight, Gwen's device is damaged by Kraven, and although she and her father escape, Frank Castle makes off with one of her six remaining power-ups.
After having her device repaired by Earth 65's Reed Richards, Gwen suits up and prepares to go after Frank Castle. In an intense fight, Frank Castle manages to escape, and after coming to her aid, Gwen's father turns himself in for assisting Spider-Woman. Two weeks later, Gwen is approached by Matt Murdock, Earth 65's Kingpin, who she makes a deal with. He will defend her dad in court as a lawyer, but in return, Spider-Women will work for him. To celebrate halloween, and get her mind off her problems, Gwen and her friends go trick-or treating, and explore an abandoned carnival. Here, Gwen is confronted by a zombified Peter Parker, calling her out on her failures. However, this is revealed to be a hallucination caused by a strange gas.
Spider-Gwen has received positive reviews from critics. IGN said "Spider-Gwen's new comic gets off to a solid start thanks to a hip tone, strong characterization, and vibrant artwork."[19] Comic Book Resources said that the first issue was "fun, familiar, energetic and invigorating, the art is engaging and the character has nothing but potential to offer. "Spider-Gwen" #1 is more than just a comic with something for everyone; it's a comic with everything for everyone."[20]
Spider-Gwen #1 was the third-best selling comic of February 2015, selling over 300,000 copies.[21] [22]
Title | Material collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN | ||
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Paperback | ||||||
0 | Most Wanted? | Edge of Spider-Verse #2, Spider-Gwen (vol. 1) #1–5 | 112 | |||
1 | Greater Power | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #1–6 | 136 | |||
Spider-Women | Spider-Women Alpha #1, Silk (vol. 2) #7-8, Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #7-8, Spider-Woman (vol. 6) #6-7, Spider-Women Omega #1 | 200 | ||||
2 | Weapon of Choice | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #9–13 | 112 | |||
3 | Long Distance | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #14-15, Spider-Gwen Annual #1, All-New Wolverine Annual #1 | 112 | |||
Spider-Man/Spider-Gwen: Sitting in a Tree | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #16-18, Spider-Man (vol. 2) #12-14 | 136 | ||||
4 | Predators | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #19–23 | 112 | |||
5 | Gwenom | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #24–29 | 136 | |||
6 | The Life of Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #30-34 | 112 | |||
Modern Era Epic Collection | ||||||
1 | Edge of Spider-Verse | Edge of Spider-Verse #2, Spider-Gwen (vol. 1) #1–5, Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #1–8, Spider-Women Alpha #1, Silk (vol. 2) #7-8, Spider-Woman (vol. 6) #6-7, Spider-Woman Omega #1 | 480 | |||
2 | Weapon of Choice | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #9-24, Spider-Gwen Annual #1, All-New Wolverine Annual #1, Spider-Man (vol. 2) #12-14 | 496 | |||
Hardcover | ||||||
1 | Spider-Gwen Vol. 1 | Edge of Spider-Verse #2, Spider-Gwen (vol. 1) #1–5, Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #1–6 | 272 | February 2017 | ||
2 | Spider-Gwen Vol. 2 | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #7-15, Spider-Gwen Annual #1, All-New Wolverine Annual #1 | 264 | January 2018 | ||
3 | Spider-Gwen Vol. 3 | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #16-23, Spider-Man (vol. 2) #12-14 | 248 | October 2018 | ||
Graphic Novel Trade Paperback | ||||||
Spider-Gwen: Gwen Stacy | Edge of Spider-Verse #2, Spider-Gwen (vol. 1) #1–5, Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #1–6 | 272 | October 2019 | |||
Spider-Gwen: Amazing Powers | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #9–15, Spider-Gwen Annual #1 and All-New Wolverine Annual #1 | 224 | June 2020 | |||
Spider-Gwen: Deal With The Devil | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #16-23, Spider-Man (vol. 2) #12–14 | 238 | April 2022 | |||
Spider-Gwen: Unmasked | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #24-34 | 240 | November 2022 | |||
Omnibus | ||||||
Spider-Gwen Omnibus | Edge of Spider-Verse #2, Spider-Gwen (vol. 1) #1-5, Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #1-34, Spider-Gwen Annual #1, All-New Wolverine Annual #1, Spider-Women Alpha and Omega, Silk (vol. 2) #7-8, Spider-Woman (vol. 6) #6-7 and Spider-Man (vol. 2) #12-14 | 1,224 | June 2021 |