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Warning ! Spoilers for Spider - Gwen : crush # 1 ahead!Gwen Stacy’sSpider - Gwenis headline her own Marvel limited serial that places her front and center in her own existence , and not as a pal to Peter or Miles . InSpider - Gwen : Smash # 1 , from the originative team of Melissa Flores , Enid Balám , Fer Sifuentes - Sujo , and Elisabetta D’amico , Gwen has had her share of multiverse experiences , but she ’s sticking to her own mankind for now . Earth-65 has mint of problem for Ghost Spider to solve .
Spider - Gwen : Smashfeatures many face that are familiar to both longtime webheads and newer MCU fan , and uses them to ramp up out Stacy ’s New York . Her dance orchestra , the Mary Janes , is catch a big shot at stardom , provided Gwen can stay on at the membranophone kit instead of swinging into action . They ’ll be spread out a short U.S. tour forDazzler and the Uncut Gems , who have an posterior motive for recruiting this band in particular .
Mutant Dazzler has a supervillain - level stalker , going so far as to let loose a Hulk at one of her concert . While she makes it clear that she also likes the Mary Janes ' euphony , she really needed their drummer for her other skills .
wonder celebrates the day of remembrance of its Giant Size comic issues with a Spider - Gwen risky venture that sees her face off against a Modern Doctor Octopus .
Gwen Stacy Gets a Story Made for Her
Spider - Gwen : Smashisn’t an ancestry tale , or adapting a Peter ParkerSpider - Manstory for her world . This is a serial that could only be done with Gwen . While Spider - heroes of all grade insignia fight with balancing their heroics and real life-time , the law of similarity terminate there . This Gwen never even cite Peter , focalise on her circle of friend , her band , and her family . She does get bring in to people whose multiversal variants she know , a fun way for the originative squad to flesh out the cast without bogging the reader down with remembering brand - young reference . This includes the obvious , like Dazzler , a mutant soda pop star with the exact same expression and power set as her Earth-616 ego ; but also the more insidious , like Dazzler ’s brunet tour handler Natasha , who is n’t immediately recognizable as the Black Widow , but distinctly has skills beyond organizing roadies .
Created in 1965 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko , Gwen Stacy was meant to be Spider - Man ’s central love sake . She was a college bookman interested in scientific discipline , and liked Peter for his intellectual as much as his quips . However , Mary Jane Watson ’s personality had an border that made her the fan - favorite lady friend , and Gwen was just think of as"nice . “Since Gerry Conway , John Romita , Sr , and Roy Thomas decided to kill her in 1973,Gwen Stacy has almost become better sleep together for her deaththan for who she was as a soul . Believing killing her to be a mistake , Marvel convey Gwen back in a variety of ways over the next 30 years : she was a clone , she on the Q.T. gave birth to Norman Osborn ’s twins , she was an alien send out to label humanity . This Spider - Woman ( aka Ghost Spider , aka Spider - Gwen ) reading of her premier less than ten years ago , in the pages of 2014’sEdge of Spider - verse , but fans were like a shot hooked and demanded more .
“Gwen and the Holograms” Bursts with Girl Power
comic strip in the New historic period are full of interesting distaff character , but there ’s still room for Gwen and her friends . The artwork from Enid Balám , Fer Sifuentes - Sujo , and Elisabetta D’amico is angular and colorful , feeling like an designed atavism to a 1990s style where pop grouping and " girl force " were the furor . It ’s appropriate for this story that merges a melodic tour with ace heroics , owe to series likeBuffy the Vampire SlayerandJem and the Holograms . Like the track of those shows , Gwen is a unseasoned char who ’s still figuring out how to exist her normal spirit , while conduct with the fantastic as her alter ego . The dialog is fun and mirthful , establishing unforgettable persona like wannabe supervillain " Pink Velvet " in less than a dozen panels . Spider - Gwen : Smashis a welcome accession to theSpider - Gwencanon , and can be enjoyed by longtime fans and fresh readers who like theSpider - Versefilms .
Spider - Gwen : Smash # 1 ( 2023 )
Spider - Gwen : Smash # 1is usable now from Marvel Comics .
