Spinning out of the web that is ‘Spider-Verse’ comes Gwen Stacy AKA Spider-Gwen. Spider-Gwen was first announced with an image back in June of this year. She had her first appearance in the pages of “Edge of Spider-Verse #2”. The book was an overnight success and Marvel isn’t one to ignore fan reactions. They’re ready and willing to give every hungry fan more of the reality where Gwen Stacy, not Peter Parker, was bit by a radioactive Spider. If that’s the case though, any current reader of “The Amazing Spider-Man” series by Dan Slott will want to know if Silk exists in the Spider-Gwen universe too. To find out, comic book fans will need to read up starting February 2015.
MARVEL PROUDLY ANNOUNCES SPIDER-GWEN!
New Series Focuses on Gwen Stacy who was Bitten by the Radioactive Spider Instead of Peter Parker
New York, NY—October 17th, 2014 — Revealed at Marvel’s New York Comic Con “Spider-Man” Panel, Marvel Comics is excited to announce the latest addition to the Spider-Man mythos – Spider-Gwen! The new on-going series will focus on Gwen Stacy, who, in an alternate universe, was the one bitten by the radioactive spider giving her spider-powers!
After a sell-out introductory issue that’s part of the events of the current Spider-Man storyline, “Spider-Verse“, the new series, written by Jason Latour (Edge of Spider-Verse, Wolverine and the X-Men), artist Robbi Rodriguez (Edge of Spider-Verse, All-New X-Men), and colorist Rico Renzi spotlights Marvel’s latest cult-favorite hero as she introduces readers to a whole new world where she is the one true spider-hero!
Speaking with Marvel.com, Latour confesses that the drum-playing, rebellious Gwen Stacy, aka Spider-Gwen, has a long road ahead of her to prove she’s not the costumed menace the NYPD has painted her as– especially since her father is the NYPD Captain tasked with bringing her down. “[Spider-Gwen’s] journey is going to pull her father along into its wake. He knows her secret, and it’s a truth that threatens to make his world into a very dangerous lie.”
Latour also teased villains for Spider-Gwen and her father through the series, “We’ll absolutely see an ‘evil’ Matt Murdock (a.k.a. Daredevil), and the Kingpin. I’m a huge old school Daredevil fan, so I get this real sick thrill out of twisting him around and making him the villain. There’s also a new twist a character you’d immediately identify as a villain, who we’re re-casting as a more complex threat to Gwen and Captain Stacy—a character coming at her from within the system…”
“It’s a rare character that gets the public outcry that Spider-Gwen got,” says Senior Editor Nick Lowe. “From the sell-out of Gwen’s first appearance to the groundswell on Twitter we’re excited to bring more Spider-Gwen into the world with the creators who started it all!”
Marvel Comics’ Spider-Gwen swings into comic book retailers in February 2015.
Image: Marvel Entertainment
Image: Marvel Entertainment