Everything You Need to Know About Gwen Stacy (2024)

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TJ Dietsch

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On Earth-616 she met a tragic end. On Earth-65 she’s spinning her own web.Catch up on all things Spider-Gwen, AKA Ghost-Spiderwith a deep dive into her comic book history!

In the core Marvel Universe—also known as 616—Peter Parker became romantically involved with his college classmateGwen Stacy following her introduction in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #31,until the Green Goblin killed her in the devastating AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #121. However, in an alternate universe—on Earth-65—it was high school student Gwen Stacy, not Peter, who was bitten by a radioactive spider that granted her arachnid-like powers, inspiring her to become thehero known as Spider-Woman!

First appearing in EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #2by Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez, Spider-Gwen rocks out on drums in a band called the Mary Janes when not attending Midtown High or swinging around the Big Apple stopping criminals. In this reality, her friend, the bullied Peter Parker, turned himself into the Lizard and ultimately died thanks to his self-experimentation.

That initial appearance set the stage for Gwen's prominent role during the original SPIDER-VERSEstory, where she and other Spider-People from across the multiverse did their best to stop the Inheritors, a group that hunted and ate those with spider-powers.

After helping to save the day, Gwen then scored her own series, SPIDER-GWEN, also by Latour and Rodriguez. That series ran five issues leading into the reality-shaking SECRET WARS.

During SECRET WARS, Gwen appeared in a new SPIDER-VERSEseries. When the dust settled from that event, unlike her fellow alternate reality Spidey, Miles Morales—who stuck around in the 616 universe—Gwen then returned to her own reality and a newvolume of theSPIDER-GWEN comic.

While she continued to face off against her own growing rogues gallery in SPIDER-GWEN, while also exploring a brief romance with Miles Morales during a reality-hopping adventure, Gwen also fought other inter-dimensional threats alongside Spider-Ham, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Punk and others in WEB WARRIORS.

The second volume of Gwen’s solo series came to an end with SPIDER-GWEN #34, but fret not, her adventures continued in the recently-launched series SPIDER-GWEN: GHOST SPIDER,which not only features her new moniker and ties into SPIDER-GEDDON, but also the creative team ofSeanan McGuire and Rosi Kampe!

And, in series GHOST-SPIDER (2019), Gwen Stacy made her way to the Marvel Universe! With a cloud of infamy hanging over her head on Earth-65, Gwen traveled toEarth-616 for super hero action…and school?! The newest student at ESU got a crash course in multiversity as she split her time between the world she loves and the world she was justgetting to know! But what devious villain has eyes on Gwen's travels? And is Gwen ready for what comes next? Find out by reading her complete solo volume on digital comics super-service Marvel Unlimited!