Spider-Gwen, Vol. 1: Greater Power

Spider-Gwen (2015) (Collected Editions)

by Jason Latour (Writer), Robbi Rodriguez (Artist), James Cordeiro (Artist)

Gwen Stacy is back in the webs and has an all-new, all-different mystery to solve: the reappearance of the Lizard! The Spider-Woman of Earth-65 was convinced that the Lizard died in her arms along with Peter Parker. But a new reptilian rampage leaves her with doubts not only about Peter's life, but his death as well. Troubles begin to mount as the Osborns of Gwen's world make their debut, and she finds herself on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most wanted list! Perhaps some wise words from a mentor figure could help - how about Jessica Drew, the Spider-Woman of Earth-616? What lessons about power and responsibility will Jess have to share, and what use will they be when Gwen battles the Goblins?

COLLECTING: SPIDER-GWEN 1-6

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Fiction

136 pages, Paperback

First published May 24, 2016

About the author

David Jason Latour (b. 1977) is an American comic book artist and writer known for his work for Image, Dark Horse, Marvel and DC comics on titles such as Wolverine, Winter Soldier, Southern Bastards and Spider-Gwen.

Reviews

[Alejandro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spider-Gwen returns!


This TPB edition collects “Spider-Gwen” (Vol.2) #1-6.


Creative Team:

Writer & Co-creator: Jason Latour

Illustrator & Co-creator: Robbie Rodríguez

Additional Illustrator (for issue #5): Chris Visions


A LARGER WORLD

Listen, Cap. Bad puns are funny now, okay? Movies are in color, and breakfast comes in burritos.

Gwen Stacy of Earth-65 is the…

…Radioactive Spider-Gwen!!!.

Of, course, nobody at that parallel Earth called her that way (duh!) since her identity is a secret, so she goes by “Spider-Woman”.

Spider-Woman is wanted for murder by the NYPD, since the public opinion thinks that she kills Peter Parker, and trust me, that it’s a mess that we haven’t seen the whole picture of it yet (not even in this second TPB, while we got more details of that fateful night).

Oh! By the way, Spider-Gwen went to a “Volume 2” of publications since her debut comic book series got in between the 2016 Secret Wars crossover event, and while she lives in a parallel Earth, so she shouldn’t be affected by an event at Earth-616, the high powers in Marvel Comics decided to reboot the title,...

...BUT the storyline goes as if nothing would happened in the numbering. (So, while this TPB is numbered as "1", you still need to read the previous one Most Wanted? that it's numbered as "0" (Zero))

Anyway, Gwen is being chased by the NYPD, but the odds got higher and against her bet, since now SHIELD is also interested in taking into custody and this organization isn’t fooling around, so Director Peggy Carter (Oh, yeah!) sent…

--DRUMROLL—

…Captain America!

And it’s not Steve Rogers! (Parallel Earth twist!) and nope I won’t spoil you details, but SHE is worthy indeed of the shield...

...and a really cool character expanding the Earth-65 scenario.

Gwen isn’t amused of being considered a criminal by one of her dad’s heroes (ergo Captain America) so she will ask for advice (and a little help with some dang vibranium handcuffs) to Spider-Woman (aka Jessica Drew) of Earth-616, since Gwen possess an interdimensional gizmo, so zip-a-doo-da! She can travels through parallel Earths quite easy. (I guess that it’s nowadays an itsy-bitsy standard gadget in the Spider-Men of the Spider-verse)

Good ol’ George Stacy is worried about the safety of her daughter (psst! Please! She is only wanted by the NYPD, SHIELD and even some supervillains!) so he will be tempted by the devil (pun intented) to make an unholy deal with Matt Murdock (and nope, he isn’t any nice in this parallel world, and even scarier since he does possess the same powers than his Eart-616's counterpart).


OF GOBLINS AND LIZARDS

Heeeere, Lizzy, Lizzy, Lizzzzy-- --Heeeere, Lizzy, Lizzy, Lizz--

Did you remember that I told you that in Earth-65, Peter Parker didn’t die due the Green Goblin?

You did?!

Good!

Anyway, you can bet that in a story with Gwen Stacy involved (main character, duh!) the Green Goblin wouldn’t be too far, so it’s not good ol’ Norman (that by the way, he isn’t showin his face in the title yet) but his son does!

Enter: Harry Osborn.

He was close friend of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy when the three were at Midtown High School and…

--DRUMROLL AGAIN!—

…now Harry is pissed out as heck to avenge Peter Parker’s death, so he is resolved to kill Spider-Woman!

Holy great parallel Earth twist, Spider-Gwen!

Geez! It seems that you can trust that in any Earth, if you have a Parker, a Stacy and an Osborn, in the same bag, you’ll have one heck of infinite mess!

And as if Gwen wasn’t busy enough with a Green Goblin (and his merry band of attack droids!), she has also in her web (pun intented) a gang of underground hungry mutated lizards!!!

Only in New York! (Not matter the dimension!)

Here comes the amazing!

Here comes the spectacular!

Here comes…

…the Radioactive Spider-Gwen!

[Baba · Rating 2 out of 5]

In this volume 'Greater Power' Gwen seeks to learn to deal better with her powers and vigilante position; this volume also covers the struggles her cop dad is having. Things get all cray cray with the introduction of the Earth-65 Osborn family, which can only mean that surely only a few steps behind a Green Goblin will emerge? Could be better. 5.5 out of 12, Two Stars.

2017 read

[Sean Gibson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did I read this solely because Into the Spider-Verse is the best movie I’ve seen in the past year? 1,000% yes.

Solid read, but Spider-Gwen doesn’t pop on the page in this volume as much as she does in the movie, where she’s just fantastic. Still, an interesting twist on the Spidey origin story.

We’ll call it right around 3.5 stars.

[Chelsea Humphrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can I just say that the best part of this series is that Captain America is a black female in this universe? I am here for that 🙌🏿💁🏾‍♀️

[Calista · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this was ok. I felt Vol. 0 was better than this one. This volume seemed to jump around and confuse me a bit. It was throwing info faster than I could connect dots. It was all action and little story in my opinion. I think I like Gwen, but this is a weird tale. What's up with Peter being dead and being the lizard. Everyone is weird. Daredevil is very strange. Why is everyone different. I don't like it.

Also, she somehow hops into another universe. It wasn't even explained how it happened. I thought the story was a little sloppy. I do like the character of Gwen. She is pretty cool. I'll be generous and give this 3 stars. I do hope the next volume gets better or I will retire this series.

[Jim C · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection that takes place on a different Earth in the Marvel universe. Even though this says volume one there is a volume before this collection that helps introduce the main character. In this one we are introduced to Harry Osborn. Most readers will know what comes along with his introduction.

Just like the previous collection I have to give this one three stars and for the same reasons. I like it but I still feel like we are dropped in the middle of the action with very little explanation. It jumps from action scene to action scene without any exposition. Maybe the powers to be behind this are relying on readers knowing the history from Spider-Man. But if I am reading an alternate earth story I would like to know why certain characters are being shown in a different light. That being said I do like the main character and other side characters. I just want to know more about them which is being sacrificed because the story is being fast tracked. The artwork (besides one issue as I believe it was a different artist) is terrific and easily a highlight of this collection.

I liked this collection and I like the series so far. It just is not grabbing me and demanding that I continue reading. This is somewhat ironic as the film Spider-Man : Across the Spiderverse made me care about the character and that is why I started reading this series. Too bad this collection could not do the same. I will probably read the next collection but I know it will be somewhere down the line. Just not in a hurry to do it.

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd honestly give it a 3.5 but since I enjoyed it more than disliked it, I'ma throw up that 4 star.

So why did this work better than volume 0? Easy. It gave us a lot more of the positives I talked about in the first zero volume.

Gwen's interaction with her father, with Cap, with Harry are all well done. The best though is the conversation with Spider-women. She's been in it forever, the marvel universe, and it's nice to see Gwen new to this getting advice. Also the dreaded question, how was Gwen in the normal 616 universe. They handle that well.

Also the art is a nice upgrade. Everything looks solid, much better overall. The fights are also more excited, and watching the flashbacks don't look like a bunch of colors popping out at you to annoy the shit out of you.

The two negatives are Gwen isn't funny, or Spider-gwen isn't funny when in costume. There's no need to make her throw out jokes, she isn't Peter, she shouldn't act like him. The jokes almost never hit and easily the worst part of her character. Also one odd issue has terrible art, feeling very out of place, compared to the clean and nicely done 5 other issues.

So a nice upgrade from the last and will continue to read.

[Malum · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars.
Heavier than Squirrel Girl and Moon Girl, yet lighter than most of Marvel's other main titles, Spider Gwen is the virgin daiquiri of the Marvel universe.

I love the artwork and the use of color, and Gwen is really funny and relatable. I do hope they move on from the "Lizard Peter" and "Gwen is public enemy #1" story lines because, after two volumes of this (counting volume zero), I'm ready to explore other stories for this character.

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Y’all read this three years ago, so just dipped by toes in to catch up on yet another kick-ass girl comics character. This series happens in an alt-universe, on Earth-65 (she was introduced as a character in 1965) where Gwen Stacy, not Peter Parker, was bitten by a radioactive spider. Peter is dead, Gwen both grieving and investigating. This one focuses on her and her Dad, the Lizard, Captain America. I have to say I didn’t have enough background in the Spider-verse to keep up with all the slam-bang happenings and was a bit overwhelmed by the also frenetic art. But I like the trend of imagining all of these superheroes as women. In this one, I am not sure what the real (gender) difference it makes, really. But over all it is pretty entertaining; maybe if I read more of it it would make more sense to me. This alt-universe approach is solid and has potential.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slightly better than volume 0. This one pretty much drops all interactions with her friends and focuses on her dad and Harry Osborn along with the Lizard and Captain America. My problems with the book is that it moves at a frenetic pace without explaining anything. All of the villains act stereotypically and over the top with no real motivations. S.I.L.K. is just this amorphous organization with no real substance behind it. The series has potential, Latour just needs to look at the real world to capture how people really act and speak. And I still hate the coloring and would prefer a more natural palette.

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Welcome to Earth 65.  Things are a little different here.

Bitten by a radioactive spider, Gwen Stacy becomes Spider-Woman.  The story picks up following the fallout of the death of Gwen's best friend Peter Parker, who had become the monstrous Lizard - a result of a science experiment gone wrong.  Convinced that the threat of the Lizard died alongside Peter, Lizard creatures emerge to prowl through the streets of New York.  Enlisting the help of Jessica Drew - this universe's Captain America - can Gwen defeat the green-skinned giants?

I love me some whacky mix-em-ups!  Gwen Stacy is Spider-Woman!  The police captain is Frank Castle (The Punisher)! Daredevil is a villain that works for The Kingpin!  The only question with concepts like this is can the story rise above the gimmicky nature of the presentation?  In the case of Volume One, I'm going to say.. maybe?  I don't know.  It's still too early to tell if the series will have legs, but this volume mostly worked for me.

I liked that they kept the snarky-spirit of the Spider-Man character and allowed Gwen to spout off a few one-liners while beating down baddies.  The relationship with her father mirrors that of Peter’s relationship with Aunt May from the original Spidey series but with some added conflict due to her father’s career as a police officer.  I’m not big on seemingly everyone knowing that Gwen is Spider-Woman, but I will wait and see where the series is headed before passing immediate judgment.

I'm deducting points for whomever made the bonehead decision to change up the art-style more than halfway through the collection.  It was so drastically different from the majority of the story that it took me out of the natural flow of the book.  It didn't help that I wasn't a fan of it either.

I have high hopes that the series can find its feet and get running with this now established universe.

Side note: I used my Marvel Unlimited subscription on my tablet and absolutely love the guided technology they use here.  I'll always love trade paperbacks, but it's hard to beat the almost cinematic-like experience they use.

[Sesana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even better than the first volume. Gwen is an endlessly appealing character for me, and I loved that this volume did more to flesh out her alternate universe. Probably because it looks like she'll be sticking around, at least for awhile longer. So we get to see her version of Captain America, Samantha Wilson, and her version of Falcon, Samantha's teenage clone. This Cap is very cool, and very worthy of the name. But it's more than just the world building. The story of this world's Peter Parker is fleshed out, and there's at least some closure, if not entirely. And there are some interesting and entirely different turns in the plot, which I appreciate. What's the point in an alternate universe if everything is going to play out the same, right? And it absolutely does not here. Also, there's a great guest appearance by the now very pregnant Jessica Drew.

[Vanessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some fandoms have such an extensive back catalog, they are daunting for the novice who wants to dive in. What would you tell someone who wants to "start" Star Trek? Sure, they could just dive in with Discovery, but they'll have a deeper appreciation if they watch TOS or parts of TNG*, while DS9 was definitely the best spin-off. And I've looked sideways at Dr. Who I don't know how many times (especially after Imaginary Worlds podcast did a series about it), but it's been on for bajillion years now. It's a serious time commitment to catch up.

(*If you do ever decide to sit down and watch TNG, please holler at your girl. Allow me to be your spirit guide so you can skip the shit shows that were most of S1-2. I swear I will not judge you for liking one of the many lame characters. Unless it's Troi.)

I actually am going somewhere with this ramble and that's because comics are the definition of an overwhelming canon. Many of the top titles have been around for decades, so it can be daunting to dive in. But they are generally written to make it easy for a newbie to do so.

If you have ever wanted to delve into the Spider-Gwen series (maybe because of the excellent Spider-verse movie), I'm not going to tell you don't start here. But I will say this story might be confusing as hell. This is partly because of something called the Marvel Multiverse, and trying to figure it out can turn into an Internet k-hole fast. The is also because of some choices made by the creative team of Jason Latour and Rikki Rodriguez.

Just know that Gwen is on Earth-65 (named for 1965, the year the character Gwen Stacy was introduced.) In this universe, Gwen was the one bitten by the radioactive spider and Peter creates a mutagen formula so he can be just like Spider-Woman and instead it turns him into a lizard monster and Gwen unknowingly kills him in a fight. Now she's public enemy #1. And her dad, George Stacy, was one of the cops on her trail until he learned her secret.

A few other things that are different on Earth-65: Captain America is a woman of color, Frank Castle (The Punisher) is a police captain, and Matt Murdock (Daredevil) is a crooked attorney and fixer for The Kingpin.

Latour and Rodriguez give you the bare bones of the backstory, but it's still not always clear what is going on sometimes. Gwen travels between multi-verses to Earth-616 where Jessica Drew is Spider-Woman with no explanation, in the middle of a fight. I'm at least somewhat aware of the Multi-verse, but I still had to flip pages back and forth several times to see if I’d missed something. The whole story arc feels a bit like that: rushed and unfinished. And the artwork is spectacular, but is not always here to fill in the gaps either.

Chris Visions takes over from Rikki Rodriguez (the creator of the iconic Spider-Gwen look) in issue #5 only. While the art is completely, jarringly different, Visions handles the visual storytelling better. However, Rodriguez artwork is more visually appealing; everything looks grimey in Visions' world and his rendering of someone on the mutagen formula makes them look less like a lizard monster and more like Eddie Munster.

My rating doesn't mean anything, because mostly I just like Spider-Gwen. I may or may not continue with this series arc.

[Molly™☺ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh boy, I really struggled with this one. The story is all over the place, jumping around randomly from one plot point to another with no feeling of fluidity. I feel like I missed a lot as I constantly found myself confused despite reading the 'previously' section which I assume aims to sum up Volume 0. Gwen tries so hard to be cool and down with the kids, yet none of her quips land and it feels like she's doing her best Peter Parker impression; she's still better than the Captain America who appears. Zero enjoyment from something I really wanted to enjoy.

[ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I felt this graphic didn't flow very well from issue to issue, but also SPIDER GWEN. So...

[Marcos GM · Rating 3 out of 5]

[ESP/ENG]

No tengo ninguna duda de eso, capitán. Pero, a veces, lo que que queremos...no es lo que el mundo necesita.

Ahora esta máscara es mi placa. Si no defino lo que significa...lo harán monstruos como éste. Aquí es donde más me necesitan.

Uno de los personajes recientes de los cómics que más ha calado en el público es Spider-Gwen, o Spiderwoman, o más adelante Ghost-spider. Pero es siempre la misma, la única e inimitable Gwen Stacy. Espera, espera, ¿no estaba muerta? Pues sí, pero con el multiverso todo se soluciona fácil. Esta Gwen es de la Tierra-65, en la que están todos los elementos conocidos de Marvel pero cambiados: la propia Gwen/Spidey, Peter Parker, Matt Murdock, Frank Castle, La capitana América, Harry Osborn, hasta Ben Grimm, pero con diferentes roles. Y eso es lo divertido, ver las diferencias con el universo principal.

Este tomo recopila una buena cantidad de números, 12 concretamente, con las aventuras de esta Gwen desde su aparición en el evento Spiderverso. Sintiendo la culpa por la muerte de Peter Parker, tiene que hacer frente a su día a día, tanto corriente como superheroico, mientras no dejan de pasarle cosas tirando a malas. Veremos su carácter, y la esencia de Spiderman muy claramente, ya se sabe el famoso "un gran poder..."

En ese aspecto cumple de sobra. El dibujo por otra parte es lo que menos me gusta de este tomo, y en particular un número que me parece que tiene un dibujo horrible. Una cosa es hacer un dibujo sucio, pero el estilo usado en ese número es atroz. Por lo demás cumple, pero no es el estilo que más me guste (de hecho me gustan mucho más otros estilos, pero es lo que hay)

Este tomo es ideal para acercarse al personaje por primera vez, o si ya lo conoces de otros medios como las recientes películas de animación para saber su historia más o menos completa hasta este punto.




🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹


Yeah...I have no doubt about you want that, captain. But sometimes what we want...isn't what the world needs.

This mask is my badge now. If I don't define what i means...monsters like this will. This is where I'm needed most.

One of the recent comic book characters that has resonated most with the public is Spider-Gwen, or Spiderwoman, or later Ghost-spider. But she is always the same, the one and only Gwen Stacy. Wait, wait, wasn't she dead? Well yes, but with the multiverse everything is easy to solve. This Gwen is from Earth-65, which has all the known Marvel elements but changed: Gwen/Spidey herself, Peter Parker, Matt Murdock, Frank Castle, Captain America, Harry Osborn, even Ben Grimm, but with different roles. And that's the fun thing, seeing the differences with the main universe.

This volume compiles a good number of issues, 12 specifically, with the adventures of this Gwen since her appearance in the Spiderverse event. Feeling guilty for Peter Parker's death, she has to deal with her everyday life, both ordinary and superheroic, while bad things keep happening to her. We will see her character, and the essence of Spiderman very clearly, we already know the famous "with a great power..."

In that aspect it is more than good. The drawing, on the other hand, is what I like least about this volume, and in particular one issue that I think has a horrible drawing. It's one thing to make a dirty drawing, but the style used in that issue is atrocious. Otherwise it complies, but it is not the style that I like the most (in fact I like other styles much more, but it is what it is)

This volume is ideal for approaching the character for the first time, or if you already know her from other media such as the recent animated films to know her more or less complete story up to this point.

[Macarena Yannelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Siempre me interesó este personaje y verla en Spiderman into the spiderverse me dió el empuje que necesitaba

[Nicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second volume of Spider-Gwen takes us further into the different reality of Earth-65 — a world where Matt Murdock is a bad guy, and Tony Stark sells a lot of coffee via his company “Starkbucks”. Oh, and where Gwen Stacy was bitten by the radioactive spider, and Peter Parker was the Lizard. It’s complicated and I think that to know all the little subverted and tweaked bits unique to this universe, you’d need to be a fan of Marvel bigtime. But a basic knowledge of Spider-man canon (like who the Green Goblin is) will suffice.

This volume has a lot less of Gwen’s ordinary life (there’s references to her roommates and the Mary Janes, but nothing major), and follows her as she struggles — still — with the death of Peter Parker and the responsibility that puts on her. Meanwhile, her dad struggles with the right thing to do, Matt Murdock’s up to something, and Captain America is on the case.

Which, yeah, I don’t know if this version of Cap appears elsewhere, but I hope she does. Captain Samantha Wilson is badass and awesome. Jessica Drew, of the main timeline, also makes an appearance for a couple of scenes that made me giggle, but Cap was really the highlight of the TPB for me.

Spider-Gwen is fun and though I’m not always a fan of the art, it generally looks good. I’m in for future volumes, definitely.

Originally reviewed here.

[Lost in Book Land · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hello Again!

With this graphic novel, I decided to try something a bit different, I have not read any superhero (DC or Marvel) graphic novels in a long time. I saw this one on Hoopla a while back and I was really interested. In the recent animated Spiderman movie, I really loved Spider-Gwen so I decided I would totally give this a try!

SPOILERS AHEAD

Alright, so I knew going into this that it was an alternate universe but beyond that I did not know much (now I want to admit from the start I know a fair bit about comic characters and if I did not know there is the internet and my spouse knows tons about them so I could always ask). This was a little confusing for me even knowing all the things I know and even having my spouse around to ask questions. However, towards the middle of the graphic novel, I started to really love this book! Spider-Gwen is leading a double life in this graphic novel (but her dad knows who she is) while trying to figure out what exactly happened to Peter. Peter is dead and there is a giant lizard running around the city, Gwen believes the two are linked. I do not really want to say more than that because as I said before it was a little confusing for me but I think I am going to read it again to see if I get a better grasp. I started to really enjoy it about halfway through and I think if I had a better grasp on the first part then I would really love it and want to continue. I am giving this four stars on Goodreads but that may change after my re-read.

[Cassandra Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

ORIGINALLY POSTED: http://bibliomantics.com/2016/03/31/m...

Spider-Gwen’s alternate universe — Earth-65 to be more specific — has gotten a lot bigger! Enter Earth-65’s version of Captain America, Samantha Wilson, and her sidekick/male clone Sam 13, AKA Falcon, not to mention Tony Stark’s global coffee chain Stark Bucks. Pregnant Earth-616 Spider-Woman also makes an appearance and she is spectacular.

[Lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was better than Vol. 0. Maybe because I read Spider-Verse so that I got a little more background and understanding of Gwen, but I don't know. The art is still disappointing throughout this novel and overall, I'm not in love with it. I want to be, but it is lacking something to really make it memorable.

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

Holy crap does Latour need a better editor. I didn't hardly follow the story jumps in issue 1 - I *think* he was doing a whole bunch of flashback scenes, but hell if I could follow the storylines.

Maybe if there was something resembling caption boxes such as "Last Fall" or "flashback eh?"

Then the story winds its way through the usual teen soap plots - misunderstandings, hormone-driven impulse control issues and lots of angst and inner monologue.

Many 616 characters get the special "what-if" twist. DD is bad. Punisher is a cop. Yay.

Some of this is slightly entertaining, until the last issue of the book when everything miraculously works out for Gwen - her enemy takes her advice, Captain America lets her walk, her dad understands and trusts her, and she gets a pass from guilt.

What a crock of shit. How very Disney of Latour.

Seriously? This is not good writing. I take better dumps than that wrap-up. What's the point of everyone being suspicious of her for five issues if they all come to the magical conclusion that "Spider-Gwen, she's alright" at the same time, and we're left with no loose ends or subplots?

The art is a gift. It's loose, colourful and very not house style. Wish I could say nice things about the writing.

Five stars for the art, less three stars for the text. Better luck next time Gwen.

[Désirée · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoy this series, Gwen is great!

[Ellyn → Allonsythornraxx · Rating 3 out of 5]

12/04/2020
3 ⭐
Finally some back story! This is everything I wanted from vol 0!
The colouring is amazing and reminds me a lot of Into The Spider-Verse (2018) which I love and I'm finally getting used to the art style. I am really hoping I'll end up loving this series, but I'm not sure! There's a lot of angst and I don't know if I can handle it tbh.

(This comic loses points for how confusing it is though, I had a lot of trouble keeping track of who was who and in general, trying to figure out who different characters were meant to be. I haven't read every Marvel comic ever, so a few pages definitely went over my head.)

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good! So the story for this volume, is The Lizard reappears, Spider-Gwen has to track him down, meanwhile Gwen is on Shields wanted list, as a bunch of characters come after her, including Captain America, and Green Goblin! This story was pretty entertaining, but personally I liked Vol 0 more, but this is still a pretty solid volume. As ever its always nice to see alternate versions of characters, and I looked forward to more!

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

More of the same in this volume. Alternate Earth representations of several characters like Harry Osborn and Captain America. Good enough to keep my curiosity piqued for what's next.

[Peace · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art in this is really pretty. I really enjoyed spider gwen and lady Captain America. However the story was a little hard to follow and some of the panel layouts were confusing.

[Trin · Rating 2 out of 5]

My second attempt to read this series, because I loved Into the Spider-Verse and I love Gwen. But I had exactly the same problem as when I read the introductory volume in 2016: to me, this title is sloppy, childishly plotted and confusingly drawn, and just silly in a way that reminds me of '90s comics. I wouldn't put up with it from a male-led series, and I can't persist with it in this case, not even for Gwen.

[Judah Radd · Rating 2 out of 5]

The tone was kind of fun, and I liked the coloring.

Besides that, the art was not my thang, and I found the story completely uninteresting. There wasn’t a whole lot of intrigue flipping my pages. It was just a lifeless, bland story.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 for me - I liked this one, especially the scenes between Gwen and Harry