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Spider-Gwen (2015) (Collected Editions)
Spider-Gwen, Vol. 6: The Life of Gwen Stacy
To defeat Matt Murdock, the Kingpin of her dimension, Gwen has to let Venom win! But there's a problem -if Murdock dies, then so does Gwen! But that's the least of her worries, as after recent events Gwen has found herself on a one-way road into darkness. And the only one that can help her find her way back to the light...is Gwen Stacy. Is the universe trying to save her, or does fate only hold one end for Gwen? And will the drastic move of going public with her double identity fix the timeline -and more importantly, get Gwen out from under the Kingpin's thumb? Or will it just add one more layer of complication to Gwen's already impossible life?
COLLECTING: SPIDER-GWEN 30-34
COLLECTING: SPIDER-GWEN 30-34
112 pages, Paperback
First published October 2, 2018
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Jason Latour
352 books111 followersDavid 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.
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January 21, 2021
The final volume of this first season of Spider-Gwen exemplifies the issues I have with this book - hard to determine what's actually happening art and slightly obtuse story lines - they make the book hard work to read and twice as hard to determine reality, characters and any nuances... it'll be interesting to see what the book will feel like with another creative team - but this could be the end of the road for Spider-Gwen for me... she looks much cooler than her stories. 6 out of 12.
February 21, 2019
A dud finish to a dud comic. First Gwen travels to an alternate dimension where she meets herself a few days before the Green Goblin kills her. There's a whole lot of nonsense with the Watchers of these alternate earths along with some garbage about a secret cabal of Gwens who even the Watchers can't follow. It's all a bunch of bunk. Then Gwen comes back to her earth where she reveals her identity to everyone and chooses to go and stay in prison. It doesn't make any sense. It's as emo as emo gets. After she serves her time, she gets out and hangs with her dad. It all just felt like filler for what is supposed to be the series finale. I just found it all boring.
January 23, 2019
It's no secret that I'm not a fan of this book, or this character, but even I have to admit that the last couple of issues of this run were pretty good, particularly the finale.
Time to see what the new creative team can do with Spider-Gwen, I suppose...
Time to see what the new creative team can do with Spider-Gwen, I suppose...
May 24, 2020
I'm finally done with this series! Woohoo! Go me!
Gwen Stacy's road from volume 1 to volume 6 has been a long and emo one, filled with self-doubt and manipulations in one of the darkest Spider universes one can envision.
On paper, it seemed great: the brilliant Matt Murdock, lawyer and, in other universes, Daredevil, is the kingpin of crime and out to achieve his own nefarious plans, catching Spider-Woman in his machiavelic web and forcing her to dance to his tune to preserve her powers and her father. And the world is against her, as they believe her to be guilty of Peter Parker's death.
Those are some solid ideas right there. Executed well, you could have a series that's both action-filled and angsty, dark in just the right ways and exploring the psyche of a superhero who is still very human and fallible.
Yeah. It's not so well executed. And the wider Marvel context isn't helping.
As I've mentioned in the reviews for other volumes in this series, it often feels like Gwen Stacy does little but mope, and the action is convoluted, when any. You don't just feel bad for her, but you feel bad in general. And if this is one of your first Marvel series, it gets frustratingly crossovered, to the point where universe-hopping is as frequent and easy as a stroll through the park, with bits of the action happening in different series altogether. You either chase them down, or read the hints when they pop up.
This last volume is... characteristically all over the place. Gwen has her ultimate showdown with Matt Murdock, but realizes she can't kill him. After a bit of a personal revelation, she realizes that the only way to stop the downloading spiral that is her life is to go on trial for her crimes, and pay for her wrongs. She reveals her identity, spends a year in prison, and then decides to do things right, this time. As much as she can.
Which, well, on paper... But the actual plot is convoluted. Uncle Ben tells her to murder Matt Murdock, prompting a break in the space-time continuum. This gets the Watcher of Earth-65 (her earth) and another Watcher, two beings from a race which watches events unfolds, to get their knickers in a twist and rush around trying to save continuity from breaking and time from changing forever.
BUT Gwen gets send to a parallel universe where she meets her alternate self who is a geek and who may or may not be *almost* about to get killed, and her other self makes her realize she has choices in life. Gwen jumps off a bridge and lands back in her normal universe. In the mean time, the Watchers, who met in a very optimistic universe, come face to face with another Spider-Gwen, who tells them there's a secret conspiracy of multiverse Gwen Stacies, who will change the world and make it a better place.
Back at home, our Gwen ends up in control of Venom, as opposed to having Venom control her (yeah, long story) and lands herself in prison via trial. She's offered a way out via what looks like a sort of Suicide Squad-like thing, but she refuses. When she gets out, her father finally comes out of an over 1-year long coma and things are finally looking up.
I mean, suuuuure...? But wouldn't this story be better without Watchers and Gwenspiracies? I lost track even of what Matt Murdock is up to in the midst of all this. There's too much silliness for the emo, and too much confusion for coherence.
But I was actually here for Seanan McGuire, so I hope the story from now on will be better.
Gwen Stacy's road from volume 1 to volume 6 has been a long and emo one, filled with self-doubt and manipulations in one of the darkest Spider universes one can envision.
On paper, it seemed great: the brilliant Matt Murdock, lawyer and, in other universes, Daredevil, is the kingpin of crime and out to achieve his own nefarious plans, catching Spider-Woman in his machiavelic web and forcing her to dance to his tune to preserve her powers and her father. And the world is against her, as they believe her to be guilty of Peter Parker's death.
Those are some solid ideas right there. Executed well, you could have a series that's both action-filled and angsty, dark in just the right ways and exploring the psyche of a superhero who is still very human and fallible.
Yeah. It's not so well executed. And the wider Marvel context isn't helping.
As I've mentioned in the reviews for other volumes in this series, it often feels like Gwen Stacy does little but mope, and the action is convoluted, when any. You don't just feel bad for her, but you feel bad in general. And if this is one of your first Marvel series, it gets frustratingly crossovered, to the point where universe-hopping is as frequent and easy as a stroll through the park, with bits of the action happening in different series altogether. You either chase them down, or read the hints when they pop up.
This last volume is... characteristically all over the place. Gwen has her ultimate showdown with Matt Murdock, but realizes she can't kill him. After a bit of a personal revelation, she realizes that the only way to stop the downloading spiral that is her life is to go on trial for her crimes, and pay for her wrongs. She reveals her identity, spends a year in prison, and then decides to do things right, this time. As much as she can.
Which, well, on paper... But the actual plot is convoluted. Uncle Ben tells her to murder Matt Murdock, prompting a break in the space-time continuum. This gets the Watcher of Earth-65 (her earth) and another Watcher, two beings from a race which watches events unfolds, to get their knickers in a twist and rush around trying to save continuity from breaking and time from changing forever.
BUT Gwen gets send to a parallel universe where she meets her alternate self who is a geek and who may or may not be *almost* about to get killed, and her other self makes her realize she has choices in life. Gwen jumps off a bridge and lands back in her normal universe. In the mean time, the Watchers, who met in a very optimistic universe, come face to face with another Spider-Gwen, who tells them there's a secret conspiracy of multiverse Gwen Stacies, who will change the world and make it a better place.
Back at home, our Gwen ends up in control of Venom, as opposed to having Venom control her (yeah, long story) and lands herself in prison via trial. She's offered a way out via what looks like a sort of Suicide Squad-like thing, but she refuses. When she gets out, her father finally comes out of an over 1-year long coma and things are finally looking up.
I mean, suuuuure...? But wouldn't this story be better without Watchers and Gwenspiracies? I lost track even of what Matt Murdock is up to in the midst of all this. There's too much silliness for the emo, and too much confusion for coherence.
But I was actually here for Seanan McGuire, so I hope the story from now on will be better.
August 9, 2018
An EMO end to a very EMO series.
World: The art is great, I love Roriguez and his art, he makes this world a thing all it’s own with the tone, the linework the framing. His sense of motion and character is absolutely fantastic. The only issue I had was with the penultimate issue when Roriguez could not keep up and wow the art in the last couple of pages...just take a look. The world building here is solid, it’s what we’ve come to expect from this creative team, it’s similar to 616 but differnt enough to feel fresh and not trying to hard to make things differnt, it’s really good. The stage that is set for this finale is pretty great with the Watchers and the traveling and all the pieces it’s great, it’s a really fun stage.
Story: Emo to the core and Emo to the end, this series if nothing else will be remembered by how moody Gwen and the world itself is. The story is solid, it’s a time travel dimension multiverse affair and with it comes it’s craziness. The pacing was a bit off though and sometimes readers would not know what the heck was happening until the appendix at the end. Gwen 617 was especially the case in that regard, the story was choppy and that added appendix in the end really was the story, not the issue itself, the issue was just pure emo goodness. The end was good, it took a route I didn’t expect it to take and it was, I’m going to use it again, emo but it worked. What I didnt like was the pacing, because of all the pieces that Latour and Rodriguez has created are all here on display (as is the norm with end of runs for modern comics) it also felt a bit crampted and not enough time was given to all the pieces that Latour wanted to show (Cindy comes to mind and Ben). A solid end.
Characters: Emo and more emo and that’s what we’re getting in this series. It’s what it is and if you like these types of characters you’ll dig this ending character arc, you’ll dig what Gwen does. Gwen’s choice for this final arc is expected if you read enough of her and her interaction with Prime Gwen was great, it was all the feels and all the dialog and all the notions of this character and expectations of her history all wrapped up into one emotional package and it was good. Then there’s the rest of the cast which has their roles and I wish there was more time for them but mostly it worked. Dad needed more time in the end.
A solid end to a series that has been consistently one of Marvel’s best in recent memory, I feel 1 more issue would have been great to pace the story better.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
World: The art is great, I love Roriguez and his art, he makes this world a thing all it’s own with the tone, the linework the framing. His sense of motion and character is absolutely fantastic. The only issue I had was with the penultimate issue when Roriguez could not keep up and wow the art in the last couple of pages...just take a look. The world building here is solid, it’s what we’ve come to expect from this creative team, it’s similar to 616 but differnt enough to feel fresh and not trying to hard to make things differnt, it’s really good. The stage that is set for this finale is pretty great with the Watchers and the traveling and all the pieces it’s great, it’s a really fun stage.
Story: Emo to the core and Emo to the end, this series if nothing else will be remembered by how moody Gwen and the world itself is. The story is solid, it’s a time travel dimension multiverse affair and with it comes it’s craziness. The pacing was a bit off though and sometimes readers would not know what the heck was happening until the appendix at the end. Gwen 617 was especially the case in that regard, the story was choppy and that added appendix in the end really was the story, not the issue itself, the issue was just pure emo goodness. The end was good, it took a route I didn’t expect it to take and it was, I’m going to use it again, emo but it worked. What I didnt like was the pacing, because of all the pieces that Latour and Rodriguez has created are all here on display (as is the norm with end of runs for modern comics) it also felt a bit crampted and not enough time was given to all the pieces that Latour wanted to show (Cindy comes to mind and Ben). A solid end.
Characters: Emo and more emo and that’s what we’re getting in this series. It’s what it is and if you like these types of characters you’ll dig this ending character arc, you’ll dig what Gwen does. Gwen’s choice for this final arc is expected if you read enough of her and her interaction with Prime Gwen was great, it was all the feels and all the dialog and all the notions of this character and expectations of her history all wrapped up into one emotional package and it was good. Then there’s the rest of the cast which has their roles and I wish there was more time for them but mostly it worked. Dad needed more time in the end.
A solid end to a series that has been consistently one of Marvel’s best in recent memory, I feel 1 more issue would have been great to pace the story better.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
April 9, 2019
As EMO as it gets. En realidad fue una serie medio incosistente a veces, pero creo que el final le hace justicia a la idea y me encantó.
http://www.neapoulain.com/2019/04/spi...
Esta reseña cubre todo el arco de Spider-Gwen, desde el volumen 0 (Most Wanted) hasta el volumen 6 (The life of Gwen Stacy), incluyendo sus apariciones en Spider-Women y Spiderman/Spider-Gwen: Sitting in a Tree.
Spider-Gwen, escrito por Jason Latour e ilustrado por Robbie Rodriguez es uno de mis cómics favoritos y también es una de mis fuentes de frustración más amplias. Lo es todo a la vez. Este arco abarca lo que ocurre después de la muerte de Peter Parker (que en este universo se convierte en el Lagarto) y acaba con el arco de Venom. Una de las reseñas que leí sobre el último volumen es que era un final muy emo para una historia... emo en general. Y sí. Creo que por eso me gusta tanto. Lo veo en la ilustración, un estilo oscuro con detalles muy fosforescentes, en la forma de narrar, en el fatalismo con el que Gwen Stacy narra su historia. Por eso me frustan tanto algunas de las cosas que hicieron con su historia y me gustan tanto otras.
Pero vamos por partes.
¿Quién es Gwen Stacy? Supongo que la conocen por haber muerto. Si han visto las películas, la recuerdan como Emma Stone (y por haber muerto) y si han leído los cómics de Spiderman, supongo que la recuerdan como esa chica que fue su novia... y murió. Quiero creer que hay más desarrollo a su personaje en alguna parte, pero todo lo que te encuentras de entrada es que es la novia que se murió y esa muerte se convirtió en un turning point para Peter Parker en la vida. Es una especie de cliché de chica que desarrolla la personalidad de chico. Algo así como una versión rara y extraña de la forma en que usan a las Maniac Pixie Dream Girls.
Ahora me he encontrado que Spider-Gwen tiene la atención en los reflectores, sobre todo por su papel en Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (la mejor película de superhéroes que he visto, hands down) y eso me encanta. Bueno, vengo a decirles que si les interesa el personaje, deberían darle alguna oportunidad a sus cómics. Jason Latour tiene bastantes buenas ideas (unas mejores que otras) para sacar a Gwen Stacy del imaginario de *la novia que se murió* y volverlo un personaje con agencia propia. En su universo, la Gwen Stacy con superpoderes no puede dejar ir la muerte de Peter Parker porque el mundo no se lo permite. Es perseguida porque es creída la responsable de la muerte y J. J. Jameson está deseoso de atrapar a la spiderwoman con las manos en la masa. Por si fuera poco, su padre está al mando de las investigaciones de la muerte sin tiener ni idea la manera en la que estuvo involucrada su hija y, sólo para aderezar, el Frank Castle de este universo también quiere atraparla y Matt Murdock es un kingpin dispuesto a todo, sobre todo si se trata de tener poder sobre Gwen y de controlar sus poderes.
La premisa es muy interesante y cuando la historia sigue su línea más básica es cuando mejor es. Gwen Stacy metiéndose en todos los problemas del mundo. El problema es que hay un montón de issues de relleno, crossovers que están planteados de manera muy extraña y un volumen entero echo completamente para rellenar (el tres, Long-Distance, que está lleno de especiales por las fiestas, crossovers fanservice que nada la aportan a la trama y en general mucho desmadre). La serie va de sus highest highs a los lowest lows en dos segundos. Así que, para mí, ese es uno de los problemas principales: no es mala, simplemente es irregular. Vale la pena por su arco principal, es la mejor versión de sí misma cuando está explorando la historia de Gwen Stacy y su psicología sin meter ninguna clase de relleno. Gwen tiene muchísimo potencial. Los mejores volumenes después de los primeros son los últimos tres, sobre todo porque el relleno deja de ser tan descarado, las cosas van al punto y vemos a Gwen lidiar con Venom, las consecuencias de todo lo que ha hecho y enfrentarse a la versión de Matt Murdock con la que tiene que lidiar.
No quiero spoilerarles más detalles de la trama principal, creo que ya les dije lo que necesitan saber y los detalles más importantes para que entiendan por qué es una de mis series favoritas (viéndola como un todo) a pesar de lo mucho que me hace quejarme y jalarme el cabello de frustración cuando no está al cien. Ahora el personaje cambió de manos y existe una nueva serie: Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider, escrita por Seanan McGuire e ilustrada por Rosi Kampe (los nombres no me suenan), que no he revisaro, pero que quizá en unos años les traiga la reseña de la serie entera (porque algo que me da un poco de flojera es reseñar volúmenes de comic uno a uno, a menos de que sean la clase de comics que me gustan tanto que lo merecen y en el que cada volumen trata un arco argumental completamente diferente).
Les recomiendo mucho echarle un vistazo a Spider-Gwen, Jason Latour tiene buenas ideas (no lo había conocido hasta esta serie) y mi parte favorita son las ilustraciones de Robbie Rodriguez. Abril para el blog está siendo un mes lleno de comics, pero es que me di cuenta de que no les compartía mi amor por los comics lo suficiente (especialmente porque mucha gente me ha dicho que le da miedo internarse en este mundo lleno de crossovers y eventos especiales y pues creo que sólo es cuestión de aventarse al vacío probando varias series hasta que descubras que te gusta). Por eso quiero hablarles de comics.
http://www.neapoulain.com/2019/04/spi...
Esta reseña cubre todo el arco de Spider-Gwen, desde el volumen 0 (Most Wanted) hasta el volumen 6 (The life of Gwen Stacy), incluyendo sus apariciones en Spider-Women y Spiderman/Spider-Gwen: Sitting in a Tree.
Spider-Gwen, escrito por Jason Latour e ilustrado por Robbie Rodriguez es uno de mis cómics favoritos y también es una de mis fuentes de frustración más amplias. Lo es todo a la vez. Este arco abarca lo que ocurre después de la muerte de Peter Parker (que en este universo se convierte en el Lagarto) y acaba con el arco de Venom. Una de las reseñas que leí sobre el último volumen es que era un final muy emo para una historia... emo en general. Y sí. Creo que por eso me gusta tanto. Lo veo en la ilustración, un estilo oscuro con detalles muy fosforescentes, en la forma de narrar, en el fatalismo con el que Gwen Stacy narra su historia. Por eso me frustan tanto algunas de las cosas que hicieron con su historia y me gustan tanto otras.
Pero vamos por partes.
¿Quién es Gwen Stacy? Supongo que la conocen por haber muerto. Si han visto las películas, la recuerdan como Emma Stone (y por haber muerto) y si han leído los cómics de Spiderman, supongo que la recuerdan como esa chica que fue su novia... y murió. Quiero creer que hay más desarrollo a su personaje en alguna parte, pero todo lo que te encuentras de entrada es que es la novia que se murió y esa muerte se convirtió en un turning point para Peter Parker en la vida. Es una especie de cliché de chica que desarrolla la personalidad de chico. Algo así como una versión rara y extraña de la forma en que usan a las Maniac Pixie Dream Girls.
Ahora me he encontrado que Spider-Gwen tiene la atención en los reflectores, sobre todo por su papel en Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (la mejor película de superhéroes que he visto, hands down) y eso me encanta. Bueno, vengo a decirles que si les interesa el personaje, deberían darle alguna oportunidad a sus cómics. Jason Latour tiene bastantes buenas ideas (unas mejores que otras) para sacar a Gwen Stacy del imaginario de *la novia que se murió* y volverlo un personaje con agencia propia. En su universo, la Gwen Stacy con superpoderes no puede dejar ir la muerte de Peter Parker porque el mundo no se lo permite. Es perseguida porque es creída la responsable de la muerte y J. J. Jameson está deseoso de atrapar a la spiderwoman con las manos en la masa. Por si fuera poco, su padre está al mando de las investigaciones de la muerte sin tiener ni idea la manera en la que estuvo involucrada su hija y, sólo para aderezar, el Frank Castle de este universo también quiere atraparla y Matt Murdock es un kingpin dispuesto a todo, sobre todo si se trata de tener poder sobre Gwen y de controlar sus poderes.
La premisa es muy interesante y cuando la historia sigue su línea más básica es cuando mejor es. Gwen Stacy metiéndose en todos los problemas del mundo. El problema es que hay un montón de issues de relleno, crossovers que están planteados de manera muy extraña y un volumen entero echo completamente para rellenar (el tres, Long-Distance, que está lleno de especiales por las fiestas, crossovers fanservice que nada la aportan a la trama y en general mucho desmadre). La serie va de sus highest highs a los lowest lows en dos segundos. Así que, para mí, ese es uno de los problemas principales: no es mala, simplemente es irregular. Vale la pena por su arco principal, es la mejor versión de sí misma cuando está explorando la historia de Gwen Stacy y su psicología sin meter ninguna clase de relleno. Gwen tiene muchísimo potencial. Los mejores volumenes después de los primeros son los últimos tres, sobre todo porque el relleno deja de ser tan descarado, las cosas van al punto y vemos a Gwen lidiar con Venom, las consecuencias de todo lo que ha hecho y enfrentarse a la versión de Matt Murdock con la que tiene que lidiar.
No quiero spoilerarles más detalles de la trama principal, creo que ya les dije lo que necesitan saber y los detalles más importantes para que entiendan por qué es una de mis series favoritas (viéndola como un todo) a pesar de lo mucho que me hace quejarme y jalarme el cabello de frustración cuando no está al cien. Ahora el personaje cambió de manos y existe una nueva serie: Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider, escrita por Seanan McGuire e ilustrada por Rosi Kampe (los nombres no me suenan), que no he revisaro, pero que quizá en unos años les traiga la reseña de la serie entera (porque algo que me da un poco de flojera es reseñar volúmenes de comic uno a uno, a menos de que sean la clase de comics que me gustan tanto que lo merecen y en el que cada volumen trata un arco argumental completamente diferente).
Les recomiendo mucho echarle un vistazo a Spider-Gwen, Jason Latour tiene buenas ideas (no lo había conocido hasta esta serie) y mi parte favorita son las ilustraciones de Robbie Rodriguez. Abril para el blog está siendo un mes lleno de comics, pero es que me di cuenta de que no les compartía mi amor por los comics lo suficiente (especialmente porque mucha gente me ha dicho que le da miedo internarse en este mundo lleno de crossovers y eventos especiales y pues creo que sólo es cuestión de aventarse al vacío probando varias series hasta que descubras que te gusta). Por eso quiero hablarles de comics.
July 28, 2018
Not my favourite volume for sure, as it didn't have as much action as previous ones, but I loved seeing another Gwen and I'm a bit sad to let this series go, I really loved this world and the art was stunning.
December 25, 2018
Easily the best handful of issues in the entire run. Every single one was beautifully illustrated and beautifully written and so, so fun to read! Definitely went out with a bang. Tied everything up so well, and was all so interesting. Just great storytelling. I only hope the new Ghost-Spider series carries on the strength of this finale.
January 11, 2019
I'm not the biggest fan of where this story went, but I absolutely love Gwen Stacy, and this was a nice conclusion to the series.
August 17, 2018
[Read as single issues]
Gwen Stacy, meet…Gwen Stacy? With the events of Gwenom still fresh in her mind, Gwen finds herself face to face with the 616 version of herself, only a few days before she dies at the hands of the Green Goblin. What does her older, alternate self want? And even if Gwen can decipher this new mystery in time, can she cope with the fact that the entire world now knows her secret identity, while trying to take down Matt Murdock once and for all? And, most importantly, can she face her father?
There’s a lot to unpack in this final volume of Spider-Gwen. The first half of the story focuses on the time-hopping Gwen introduced at the end of the previous volume, which helps give our Gwen some much needed perspective. There’s a continuation of that weird Watcher plot from the previous volume which I still think takes away valuable page space from the main Gwens, but seeing the pair of them interacting and the words of wisdom that the older Gwen imparts make up for that easily. Sometimes Jason Latour’s dialogue has felt a bit janky with this series, but that’s definitely not the case here.
This adventure gives Gwen the courage to go back and face her own present. After a final face-off with Matt Murdock, there are two final issues that actually hit Gwen with some very real consequences for her actions over the past 30+ issues. It’s harsh, and unfair, but it’s very much in line with what we’d expect from Gwen and her world after all this. The reactions of everyone to her secret range from heartbreaking to hilarious, and the final issue which is essentially just a conversation between Gwen and her father for 20 pages is a great way to both come full circle and ensure that Gwen is ready to launch into whatever action the Marvel Universe wants to throw her into.
Robbi Rodriguez has been Latour’s partner in crime for the majority of this run, and he finishes out the book in much the same ways as he started it – with bombastic visuals enhanced by the neon colours of Rico Renzi. Rodriguez’s contributions to this book cannot be measured; in the hands of a different artist, I don’t think Gwen would have gotten to be as popular as she is. There are a few fill-in pages by Chris Visions on one issue, and he’s not quite as clear a storyteller as Rodriguez – his art is a bit too busy, especially in the smaller panels of the book.
Spider-Gwen’s solo series comes to a satisfying close (for now, she’s back in about a month because Marvel can’t leave anything alone for too long) as Gwen resolves all of her hanging plot threads and faces up to everything she’s done. Latour and Rodriguez have redefined an iconic Spider-Man character into a hero all her own, and this final volume is the guitar solo at the end of a epic rock-out. It’s had its ups and downs, and took a little while to really establish itself, but Spider-Gwen closes out on a high.
Gwen Stacy, meet…Gwen Stacy? With the events of Gwenom still fresh in her mind, Gwen finds herself face to face with the 616 version of herself, only a few days before she dies at the hands of the Green Goblin. What does her older, alternate self want? And even if Gwen can decipher this new mystery in time, can she cope with the fact that the entire world now knows her secret identity, while trying to take down Matt Murdock once and for all? And, most importantly, can she face her father?
There’s a lot to unpack in this final volume of Spider-Gwen. The first half of the story focuses on the time-hopping Gwen introduced at the end of the previous volume, which helps give our Gwen some much needed perspective. There’s a continuation of that weird Watcher plot from the previous volume which I still think takes away valuable page space from the main Gwens, but seeing the pair of them interacting and the words of wisdom that the older Gwen imparts make up for that easily. Sometimes Jason Latour’s dialogue has felt a bit janky with this series, but that’s definitely not the case here.
This adventure gives Gwen the courage to go back and face her own present. After a final face-off with Matt Murdock, there are two final issues that actually hit Gwen with some very real consequences for her actions over the past 30+ issues. It’s harsh, and unfair, but it’s very much in line with what we’d expect from Gwen and her world after all this. The reactions of everyone to her secret range from heartbreaking to hilarious, and the final issue which is essentially just a conversation between Gwen and her father for 20 pages is a great way to both come full circle and ensure that Gwen is ready to launch into whatever action the Marvel Universe wants to throw her into.
Robbi Rodriguez has been Latour’s partner in crime for the majority of this run, and he finishes out the book in much the same ways as he started it – with bombastic visuals enhanced by the neon colours of Rico Renzi. Rodriguez’s contributions to this book cannot be measured; in the hands of a different artist, I don’t think Gwen would have gotten to be as popular as she is. There are a few fill-in pages by Chris Visions on one issue, and he’s not quite as clear a storyteller as Rodriguez – his art is a bit too busy, especially in the smaller panels of the book.
Spider-Gwen’s solo series comes to a satisfying close (for now, she’s back in about a month because Marvel can’t leave anything alone for too long) as Gwen resolves all of her hanging plot threads and faces up to everything she’s done. Latour and Rodriguez have redefined an iconic Spider-Man character into a hero all her own, and this final volume is the guitar solo at the end of a epic rock-out. It’s had its ups and downs, and took a little while to really establish itself, but Spider-Gwen closes out on a high.
November 28, 2019
I read Spider-Gwen Vol. 6 as single issues through the Marvel Unlimited app.
Spider-Gwen Vol. 6: The Life of Gwen Stacy is the final volume in this run of Spider-Gwen. But don’t worry! Her story is far from over. This just marks the end of Jason Latour’s writing for the series. Seanan McGuire picks up the reigns from here.
Gwen Stacy has been through a lot these past few years. But now she has to be up for fighting one last foe (for now): the Kingpin. Matt Murdock has been making her life a living hell, and worst of all; he knows her secret.
But Gwen has realized that if she’s going to be the change in the world, she’s first got to change herself and the way she behaves. And that means taking down the Kingpin through proper means.
Spider-Gwen Vol. 6 was another interesting read through the life of Gwen Stacy. I kind of already knew what was going to happen here, since I’m up to date on the current series (I love Seanan McGuire’s writing too much to pass up that opportunity). But I still enjoyed learning all of the details about what actually went down.
To say that this was an emotional volume would be an understatement. Gwen has gone through a lot lately, and she’s earned the right to get a bit down and emotional about it all. And she certainly takes advantage of that fact.
Latour has set up an interesting situation here. In many ways, Gwen is at her strongest now, thanks to her new symbiote. But she’s also more vulnerable than ever. It’s not what I expected to see here, but it did go a long way in humanizing her character.
I will say that I absolutely adored the artwork within Spider-Gwen Vol. 6. Robbi Rodriguez really knows how to draw one of my favorite characters. They’ve made her look dynamic, while still being fully capable of showing off all that emotion that she’s going through.
As for this series concluding? I honestly think I would be a whole lot sadder about it, if there wasn’t more Gwen to look forward to. But thankfully that’s exactly what’s happening here. So I’m just going to be happy that I’ve now officially read all of Spider-Gwen’s backlog.
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Spider-Gwen Vol. 6: The Life of Gwen Stacy is the final volume in this run of Spider-Gwen. But don’t worry! Her story is far from over. This just marks the end of Jason Latour’s writing for the series. Seanan McGuire picks up the reigns from here.
Gwen Stacy has been through a lot these past few years. But now she has to be up for fighting one last foe (for now): the Kingpin. Matt Murdock has been making her life a living hell, and worst of all; he knows her secret.
But Gwen has realized that if she’s going to be the change in the world, she’s first got to change herself and the way she behaves. And that means taking down the Kingpin through proper means.
Spider-Gwen Vol. 6 was another interesting read through the life of Gwen Stacy. I kind of already knew what was going to happen here, since I’m up to date on the current series (I love Seanan McGuire’s writing too much to pass up that opportunity). But I still enjoyed learning all of the details about what actually went down.
To say that this was an emotional volume would be an understatement. Gwen has gone through a lot lately, and she’s earned the right to get a bit down and emotional about it all. And she certainly takes advantage of that fact.
Latour has set up an interesting situation here. In many ways, Gwen is at her strongest now, thanks to her new symbiote. But she’s also more vulnerable than ever. It’s not what I expected to see here, but it did go a long way in humanizing her character.
I will say that I absolutely adored the artwork within Spider-Gwen Vol. 6. Robbi Rodriguez really knows how to draw one of my favorite characters. They’ve made her look dynamic, while still being fully capable of showing off all that emotion that she’s going through.
As for this series concluding? I honestly think I would be a whole lot sadder about it, if there wasn’t more Gwen to look forward to. But thankfully that’s exactly what’s happening here. So I’m just going to be happy that I’ve now officially read all of Spider-Gwen’s backlog.
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March 7, 2019
1) I want to mention that comics are absolutely valid for reading challenges and yall can fight me on that
2) this review is for the entire run of Spider-Gwen because I ain't writing one for every other issue
3) the art style is Amazing in this series, honestly I love the drawing style and colours so much
4) Gwenom looks so badass I want her to step on me
5) Captain America is a black woman and at one point she just kicks Matt Murderdock in the face and I want everyone to know that
6) oh boy, Murderdock is So Good! I mean yall might know I fucking love Daredevil, he's my fav ever comic character (an fav TV show) and having him be an evil, smug alternate universe version of himself, being the Kingpin and all is really fucking cool!
7) I really want Matts from earth 616 and 65 to meet or at least to have Gwen meet "our" Matt (she knows he exists so it would be cool for them to meet and her logically knowing he's not the same guy but still being very wary of him and Matt being like wtf)
8) my only pet peeve is that on the Matt Murdock character sheet it says his eyes are brown but in this volume we see him without glasses for the first time and they really aren't
9) on a similar note as 3 and 4, all outfits are on point and amazing (Spider-Gwen has the best spider suit, you can't change my mind)
2) this review is for the entire run of Spider-Gwen because I ain't writing one for every other issue
3) the art style is Amazing in this series, honestly I love the drawing style and colours so much
4) Gwenom looks so badass I want her to step on me
5) Captain America is a black woman and at one point she just kicks Matt Murderdock in the face and I want everyone to know that
6) oh boy, Murderdock is So Good! I mean yall might know I fucking love Daredevil, he's my fav ever comic character (an fav TV show) and having him be an evil, smug alternate universe version of himself, being the Kingpin and all is really fucking cool!
7) I really want Matts from earth 616 and 65 to meet or at least to have Gwen meet "our" Matt (she knows he exists so it would be cool for them to meet and her logically knowing he's not the same guy but still being very wary of him and Matt being like wtf)
8) my only pet peeve is that on the Matt Murdock character sheet it says his eyes are brown but in this volume we see him without glasses for the first time and they really aren't
9) on a similar note as 3 and 4, all outfits are on point and amazing (Spider-Gwen has the best spider suit, you can't change my mind)
August 13, 2022
I haven’t really loved the last few Spider-Gwen books, but I think it definitely ended on a high note. I loved the interaction between Stacey and her dad, and her coming to terms with who she is. A good ending for an overall mediocre storyline.
September 9, 2019
Gwen meeting her alternate universe self was a stroke of genius. I probably enjoyed this book the most. I’m proud of her ;-;
January 10, 2023
An appropriately messy ending to a real mixed bag of a comic.
June 28, 2019
As much as I enjoyed Spider-Gwen, I feel as though this got a little convoluted towards the end.
March 8, 2020
This is the sixth and final volume of the collected run written by Jason Latour. It's an interesting read and a pretty good wind-up to this iteration of Gwen-as-a-spider-woman. Some of the bits and pieces didn't work for me (Murdock as Kingpin?!?), but others were very well executed, such as her "coming-out" and the results thereof. The art by Rodriguez is as good and enjoyable as always, though there's one segment by someone else that's really bad by comparison. It's not the best of Spider-Gwen, but a fun read nonetheless.
January 28, 2019
Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez bring their long run on Spider-Gwen to a close with this sixth volume. It's really commendable they were able to do as many issues as they did with a fairly consistent level of quality and without having to cycle through artists.
Unfortunately, the volume as a whole was very uneven. The Gwenom and Matt Murdock storyline's are brought to a somewhat satisfying close before a very strange two issue long story that's brought to an incredibly rushed conclusion using one of the worst plot devices every created in the final issue. I didn't follow the business aspects of this book, but if the ending wasn't rushed by an editorial mandate I'd be absolutely shocked. That's how dissonant it seemed to me. The final issue ties a nice bow on the series, but there's some real head-scratching stuff that leads up to it.
Rodriguez and Renzi are great as always. I really love the style they've developed for this book and it's as good as ever in the final volume. Rodriguez has a unique style and I'd like to see him on some other Marvel books or read some creator owned work.
In total I think that Spider-Gwen was a pretty cool accomplishment, but I'm not really sure that this final volume does the series much justice outside of the final issue.
Unfortunately, the volume as a whole was very uneven. The Gwenom and Matt Murdock storyline's are brought to a somewhat satisfying close before a very strange two issue long story that's brought to an incredibly rushed conclusion using one of the worst plot devices every created in the final issue. I didn't follow the business aspects of this book, but if the ending wasn't rushed by an editorial mandate I'd be absolutely shocked. That's how dissonant it seemed to me. The final issue ties a nice bow on the series, but there's some real head-scratching stuff that leads up to it.
Rodriguez and Renzi are great as always. I really love the style they've developed for this book and it's as good as ever in the final volume. Rodriguez has a unique style and I'd like to see him on some other Marvel books or read some creator owned work.
In total I think that Spider-Gwen was a pretty cool accomplishment, but I'm not really sure that this final volume does the series much justice outside of the final issue.
April 23, 2019
Why have I kept banging my head against a wall reading Spider-Gwen? I don't love the artwork, and I'm finding that I despise the story.
This world just isn't fun. The "funny" way the Watchers were portrayed was... Not funny. Cosmic beings were treated for laughs, where some writers have previously treated them with reverence. The alternate-future kids born between a version of Gwen and a version of Miles Morales are also just... Not funny.
Some good messages here about accepting responsibility and consequences for one's own actions. But beyond that... There is nothing here to recommend this series. I guess it's nice that Gwen and her female band mates often pass the Bechdel Test together?
Also, Gwen kind've just doesn't have powers anymore. Still has the Venom symbiont in this installment, just like she had it last installment. Still using it as her sole source of powers. So... Yeah. The premise of "Spider-Gwen," wherein she got bitten by the radioactive spider in place of Peter Parker, doesn't even hold true anymore. The powers she displayed in the Spider-Verse movie aren't accurate anymore. She's just... An angry, less intelligent version of Gwen Stacy who just happens to have an alternate, less artistic version of the Venom symbiont.
Yay.
This world just isn't fun. The "funny" way the Watchers were portrayed was... Not funny. Cosmic beings were treated for laughs, where some writers have previously treated them with reverence. The alternate-future kids born between a version of Gwen and a version of Miles Morales are also just... Not funny.
Some good messages here about accepting responsibility and consequences for one's own actions. But beyond that... There is nothing here to recommend this series. I guess it's nice that Gwen and her female band mates often pass the Bechdel Test together?
Also, Gwen kind've just doesn't have powers anymore. Still has the Venom symbiont in this installment, just like she had it last installment. Still using it as her sole source of powers. So... Yeah. The premise of "Spider-Gwen," wherein she got bitten by the radioactive spider in place of Peter Parker, doesn't even hold true anymore. The powers she displayed in the Spider-Verse movie aren't accurate anymore. She's just... An angry, less intelligent version of Gwen Stacy who just happens to have an alternate, less artistic version of the Venom symbiont.
Yay.
January 26, 2019
The 2015 run of Spider Gwen, has been one of my favorite series of comics to read. It hasn't been perfect at times, and with the numerous cross-overs its hard to read every permutation of Spider Gwen in media; but regardless it didn't need to be perfect. No story is. What this series of comics had though was heart, and a beautiful broken character in Gwen. I haven't seen a more complicated story of what happens when you're given powers, but there is no rolemodel for them, no rules, and only villians to show you the capabilities of that power. Gwen's journey through these comics of coming to realize what it means to be a hero, what it means to be given power, is beautiful and an amazing journey. I'm excited to follow her into Ghost-Spider and into Spider Geddon, and forever she will be my favorite Spider person. Thank you to Robbi, Jason and Rico for this story; and here's to more Gwen in the future.
January 25, 2023
This is how you bookend a 30+ character-based epic comic run. I've read some entire runs and this has to be one of the most satisfying. While not as epic as Dan Slott's Spider-Man or Grant Morrison's New X-Men or Batman, it didn't suffer from the meandering that long creative runs experience. Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez have made something special here. I am a sucker for time travel and multiversal bollocks, but what really clicked for me was the character depth and the subversion of expectations. Gwen did what neither Spider-Man nor Batman has done as vigilantes, and that's answer for their "crimes!"
I know that Spider-Gwen was a big hit in the Into The Spider-Verse Movie and that she will be back for the second, but I would kill for an animated series! Perhaps leave the multiversal stuff until the second season.
Now that I have some SG closure, I think I will read some other characters and see if someone else can trigger my obsession.
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I know that Spider-Gwen was a big hit in the Into The Spider-Verse Movie and that she will be back for the second, but I would kill for an animated series! Perhaps leave the multiversal stuff until the second season.
Now that I have some SG closure, I think I will read some other characters and see if someone else can trigger my obsession.
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September 3, 2025
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Gwens.
Looking for help.
And all for a secret (even to the Watchers…) cabal of Gwens.
Man comics sometimes. This is a hit more cosmic than I want right now.
And the next issue is… Spider-Geddon. I’ll come back to it.
The last with her father though was cute. Just a lot for a single issue.
Side note: the art dramatically shifted halfway through #33. Always jarring, that.
June 13, 2024
This might have gotten five stars if it weren't for some confusing elements. First Gwen visits Earth-616's Gwen Stacy, muddying up the timeline and turning it into Earth-617. This is a tour de force with a lot of thought put into the paradoxes of alternate realities. The penultimate chapter goes places I never expected it to go, then is revealed in the last chapter to have been a dream, although that should have been clear since "Hulk" Walters is only a pro-wrestler and not an attorney in this reality. Depsite this foreshadowing, it feels like a bit of a cop-out, then George Stacy makes reference to the possibility of her getting locked up again. It's almost like it wasn't initially intended to be a dream (although the different style by a different artist suggests that it was), but it got changed by an editorial mandate and not quite cleaned up in the dialogue. Latour's closing comments reprinted from the letters column at series end talks about how the series was always honest, and that issue felt in many ways like the most honest of all, but possibly even too bleak for Marvel. The series was given two months to regroup with a new creative team, so the saga of Spider-Gwen, a name she is officially dubbed in this volume when she reveals her true identity, is far from over with this final volume, even if the final comments give the vibe of a series being cancelled..
July 25, 2018
The final volume of Spider-Gwen is so hard for me to rate. I never really fell in love with it as a series, but, wow, I loved the idea of it. Vigilante police officer Frank Castle? Sign me up. One of the most iconic characters in the Marvel universe meeting his tragic end to be a new heroine’s origin story? Yasssssss. Black, female Captain America? *Swoons.* Evil Kingpin of Crime Matt Mur(der)dock? This is everything I never knew I needed in my life.
I loved the world this version of Gwen Stacy inhabited, and seeing how it incorporated and spun familiar characters from the Spider-verse and beyond. And, though the series itself never really blew me away, I am sad to see such an awesome little world coming to an end.
I loved the world this version of Gwen Stacy inhabited, and seeing how it incorporated and spun familiar characters from the Spider-verse and beyond. And, though the series itself never really blew me away, I am sad to see such an awesome little world coming to an end.
August 14, 2019
The conclusion to this particular series is once again let down by the artwork. Most of it is okay, if not really my thing - and there are some nice stylistic touches with the alternate universe scenes - but at one point, the usual artist was unavailable, and the art switches to a sketchy cartoonish style that simply doesn't work, especially given the seriousness of the scenes in question. Leaving that aside, the story isn't too bad, starting off with Gwen stuck in an alternate reality to her own alternate reality, although, quite honestly, what the Watchers are doing there, I'm not really sure. There are some decent moments along the way, but the finale doesn't really seem to go anywhere, perhaps because a relaunch was planned for a few months later.
December 23, 2018
Finishing up this title, I wonder what happened. Having seen the new animated "Spider-Verse" movie, Spider-Gwen is still a viable and fun character. But here, she feels both rushed and lost at the same time. Dealing with her meeting of (616??) Gwen, getting out from under the thumb of Kingpin Matt Murdock, standing trial, and her stint in jail after her identity is revealed to the world... Just a little hard to follow overall. Seems like she has a future in the Marvel Universe, as Ghost Spider? (I think I heard something about that)
Not a great end to this title's run.
Not really a recommend, but it's not horrible.
Not a great end to this title's run.
Not really a recommend, but it's not horrible.
March 2, 2022
It was really cool seeing two different Gwen's interact with each other, with one of them being close to the original Gwen Stacy from the main marvel universe. Helping Spider-Gwen overcome all of the lose she has felt. Honestly this was the best pick to help Spider-Gwen and it does help as after this she pretty much settles everything finally taking down Matt Murdock and even doing something that the original Spider man never really did and that is set the record straight about what their intentions are as a hero. As she drops her secret identity and even pays the price but things do work out as she commits to being a hero.
August 23, 2019
As much as this largely felt like it started as a fun series to celebrate a fan favorite (the comic even tells you she's a fan favorite) but they crafted a pretty rich narrative for Gwen that we haven't really seen in recent Spider books. This volume really brings things to a new height as we have Gwen thrown into a new universe plus the fact she's still bonded with the Venom symbiote. How this plays out is quite personal to Gwen (or even other Gwens?) And the way it tied up in the end really impressed me. Quite the rewarding story indeed.
August 29, 2019
This was easily my favorite of Latour's run, and I'm really happy with the way it wrapped up.
I think my favorite part of it is what it says about Gwen's character and comics in general - it talks about how traditionally, Gwen Stacy is destined to fall off the bridge and she's always played a passive part in Peter's story. This run is about making choices, and what that means for you and other people. I also appreciated the parts that commented on the prison system. This made me a solid fan of Gwen Stacy, and I really hope future writing reflects this same passion.
I think my favorite part of it is what it says about Gwen's character and comics in general - it talks about how traditionally, Gwen Stacy is destined to fall off the bridge and she's always played a passive part in Peter's story. This run is about making choices, and what that means for you and other people. I also appreciated the parts that commented on the prison system. This made me a solid fan of Gwen Stacy, and I really hope future writing reflects this same passion.
August 15, 2023
Spider-Gwen ends, and I think it ends in an alright place for Gwen Stacy. Not sure overall about adding Venom to her or the whole Watchers subplot (though I suppose it probably leads into Spider-Geddon?) though. I did enjoy the comic series overall, and Earth-65 basically being an incredibly depressing version of Earth-616 because it had fewer heroes, and where Gwen is the only beacon of hope, really works for the series as a whole and puts a lot of weight on Gwen’s shoulders (again, more than Miles’).
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