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Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse #1-5
Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse
Collects Gwenverse #1-5.
On Earth-65, Gwen Stacy was bitten by a radioactive spider, gained arachnid-like super-powers and started a crimefighting career as Spider-Woman. Now known as Ghost-Spider, she's still affectionately known to her peers as Spider-Gwen! But what would have happened if she'd picked up the enchanted hammer Mjolnir instead? Or if she received the Super-Soldier Serum? Or built a high-tech suit of armor? Or…you get the idea! Well, you're going to find out! Gwen Stacy is about to face a unique journey of self-discovery across time and space, never quite knowing which reality or time period she's just landed in - or which version of herself she'll be meeting next! Who is behind all this chaos? And when the Night-Gwen of HEROES REBORN returns, will she be friend or deadly foe? The answers lie…in the Gwenverse!
On Earth-65, Gwen Stacy was bitten by a radioactive spider, gained arachnid-like super-powers and started a crimefighting career as Spider-Woman. Now known as Ghost-Spider, she's still affectionately known to her peers as Spider-Gwen! But what would have happened if she'd picked up the enchanted hammer Mjolnir instead? Or if she received the Super-Soldier Serum? Or built a high-tech suit of armor? Or…you get the idea! Well, you're going to find out! Gwen Stacy is about to face a unique journey of self-discovery across time and space, never quite knowing which reality or time period she's just landed in - or which version of herself she'll be meeting next! Who is behind all this chaos? And when the Night-Gwen of HEROES REBORN returns, will she be friend or deadly foe? The answers lie…in the Gwenverse!
130 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 22, 2022
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Tim Seeley
1,652 books609 followersTim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.
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January 17, 2023
(1.5 stars)
Recognizing this probably isn’t the average Spider-Gwen story, given its contents, this collection offered me no incentive to continue reading, one, more Spider-Gwen, and two, more Tim Seeley.
It was emotionless and too heavy-handed with the message it was trying to send. Some of the dialogue and narration over-explained to the point that it felt like it was mocking the reader—like Seeley was saying I’m so very smart, here’s why when it was unnecessary for him to do so.
Recognizing this probably isn’t the average Spider-Gwen story, given its contents, this collection offered me no incentive to continue reading, one, more Spider-Gwen, and two, more Tim Seeley.
It was emotionless and too heavy-handed with the message it was trying to send. Some of the dialogue and narration over-explained to the point that it felt like it was mocking the reader—like Seeley was saying I’m so very smart, here’s why when it was unnecessary for him to do so.
May 9, 2024
this was a win for me personally because gwen is alive and thriving
January 17, 2023
Listen, I love Gwen-65 with my whole heart. I love her multiverse stories. But my favorite Ghost Spider stories have been on Earth-65. I was hoping for new Gwen content with her simply in her own multiverse. (Ok, I’d allow Earth-616 too, since she goes to school there.) She’s already done so much in the multitudes of Spider-verse content. Also her name has been Ghost Spider for years now. Why name this Spider-Gwen?
That being said, I do think this is an interesting premise, even if the villain is too goofy for me to take seriously. The art style was a jarring change at first compared to other Ghost Spider comics but it’s probably the best it has been. Ironically I’m not the biggest fan of the cover. But the inside pages are very nice.
It sounds like I gave this a lot of hate but I really did enjoy this! Wolverine Gwen is my favorite of the variants; The design is really cool. IronG.W.E.N has the most interesting backstory, imo. I would love to know more about her.
That being said, I do think this is an interesting premise, even if the villain is too goofy for me to take seriously. The art style was a jarring change at first compared to other Ghost Spider comics but it’s probably the best it has been. Ironically I’m not the biggest fan of the cover. But the inside pages are very nice.
It sounds like I gave this a lot of hate but I really did enjoy this! Wolverine Gwen is my favorite of the variants; The design is really cool. IronG.W.E.N has the most interesting backstory, imo. I would love to know more about her.
July 23, 2023
July 2023. 5 issue Graphic novel arc about Spider-Gwen and various versions of her combined with other heroes.
This was cute and deals with her struggling with how she sees herself and her own self-worth, and various characteristics of her are embodied by the different Gwen-heroes (e.g., Thorgwen is proud and loves recognition). Overall it was just okay, it was fun but felt fairly shallow.
Having an enemy who wants to be an iconic meme was fun though.
“Spider-Gwen: Gwen-Verse” by Seeley, Nishijima, and Protobunker.
This was cute and deals with her struggling with how she sees herself and her own self-worth, and various characteristics of her are embodied by the different Gwen-heroes (e.g., Thorgwen is proud and loves recognition). Overall it was just okay, it was fun but felt fairly shallow.
Having an enemy who wants to be an iconic meme was fun though.
“Spider-Gwen: Gwen-Verse” by Seeley, Nishijima, and Protobunker.
February 5, 2024
I think this was extremely, extremely and EXTREMELY GOOD!!!!
September 12, 2023
This was such a fun comic! I thought it would just be different iterations of Gwen throughout the multiverse, but there was actually a plot and all the Gwens had to work together which was very fun. I loved meeting all the different Gwens and the artwork was cool as well.
June 11, 2024
Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse is an interesting and fun book. I enjoyed seeing the different multiverse versions of Gwen Stacy. The variants are Gwen in other superhero roles, like Captain America, Thor, Wolverine, Iron-Man, and Captain Marvel. It was a lot of fun overall. Seeing the various Gwen variants interact with each other was fun too. Some got along well while others didn't, but I enjoyed the dialogue altogether.
I also like the Earth 65 (main character/prime) Gwen Stacy. I felt that Seeley did a good job in showing her struggles with guilt, grief, and difficulties in her relationships with her band and father well. I felt for her character and I like her character arc.
The action and the art were also pretty good. I enjoyed how the fight scenes were drawn and the character designs were solid.
Nonetheless, while I did like the plot altogether, I wasn't a big fan of the antagonist and had some issues with the storytelling. Her motives were a bit cliche to me and I wasn't a big fan of the influence/social media personality persona that she had. Some of the story was a bit on the nose and the pacing was a bit rushed at times.
Still, I enjoyed the book on the whole. It was fun to read and I like most of the characters. I also enjoyed the multiversal aspect of the story and the art.
I also like the Earth 65 (main character/prime) Gwen Stacy. I felt that Seeley did a good job in showing her struggles with guilt, grief, and difficulties in her relationships with her band and father well. I felt for her character and I like her character arc.
The action and the art were also pretty good. I enjoyed how the fight scenes were drawn and the character designs were solid.
Nonetheless, while I did like the plot altogether, I wasn't a big fan of the antagonist and had some issues with the storytelling. Her motives were a bit cliche to me and I wasn't a big fan of the influence/social media personality persona that she had. Some of the story was a bit on the nose and the pacing was a bit rushed at times.
Still, I enjoyed the book on the whole. It was fun to read and I like most of the characters. I also enjoyed the multiversal aspect of the story and the art.
December 31, 2025
The art style was cool but the storyline was not for me, felt myself cringing at the dialogue most of the time unfortunately
February 10, 2025
What a load of shite
September 4, 2023
So many fun & diverse versions of Gwen! A bonkers collision of universes.
July 8, 2023
February 18, 2023
Gwen-Vengers Assemble !
Gwen Stacey is the Marvel character that we just cannot get enough of. Since her character's regrettable death at the end of the Silver Age there have been multiple and consistent revivals. This delightful and well written mini-series takes this trend to the extreme and casts multiple versions of Gwen in the main roles of the avengers.
This is not a particularly deep story, but it is a lot fun and it dovetails nicely with the current "Spider-Gwen" comics.
July 4, 2023
Finished in one sitting.
I see alot of people saying they don't like it much and I can assume they're hardcore marvel comic fans.
I on the other hand have not picked up a comic in a long time so I really enjoyed this. I love ghost spider and I thought it was interesting and funny when different version of gwen as other hero's came about the multiverse.
I didn't understand 'finale' much, she was a weird character who just felt like they were out in for the sake of the multivesre thing.
Other than that though, I really enjoyed it. The art style was something I wanted to eat it was that nice, I love wolverine and thorgwen and even zero, they were awesome characters.
Overall, I think if you ain't a diehard marvel comic fan, picking this up and giving it a read will be worth your time.
I see alot of people saying they don't like it much and I can assume they're hardcore marvel comic fans.
I on the other hand have not picked up a comic in a long time so I really enjoyed this. I love ghost spider and I thought it was interesting and funny when different version of gwen as other hero's came about the multiverse.
I didn't understand 'finale' much, she was a weird character who just felt like they were out in for the sake of the multivesre thing.
Other than that though, I really enjoyed it. The art style was something I wanted to eat it was that nice, I love wolverine and thorgwen and even zero, they were awesome characters.
Overall, I think if you ain't a diehard marvel comic fan, picking this up and giving it a read will be worth your time.
June 19, 2023
So the cap gwen cosplay begins
November 7, 2022
Collects Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse (2022) issues #1-5
Going into this read, I suspected that it might not be for me. Even though I like multiversal stories, and the Spider-Verse in particular, there was something about the solicitations for this that gave me a red flag. I didn't listen to my gut, and in the end I spent my time on something that was just OK.
Going into this read, I suspected that it might not be for me. Even though I like multiversal stories, and the Spider-Verse in particular, there was something about the solicitations for this that gave me a red flag. I didn't listen to my gut, and in the end I spent my time on something that was just OK.
April 10, 2024
The inciting incident is pulled straight from “Restaurant at the End of the Universe” and I’m here for it. The Gwenverse takes a story with no mainline stakes in it, and turns it into a fun character driven breakdown of who Gwen is. It’s a story about loving yourself and seeing the value in what others may consider flaws.
January 1, 2023
Perfectly fun Spider-Gwen tale that spans space and time and multiple universes in just five issues, but is still easy to follow. I imagine Gwen Stacy fans will enjoy seeing her as all her different iterations. Great art as well.
May 31, 2023
Sinceramente es un cómic que se disfruta. Hay algunos aspectos que se podrían mejorar. Sin embargo, no puedo ser objetiva totalmente ya que Ghost-Spider es uno de mis personajes favoritos de los cómics de Marvel.
April 12, 2023
I like this standalone volume. Lots of different versions of Gwen and we get to understand her personality a lot more. She’s fast becoming one of my top Spidey people, after Miles.
April 15, 2023
gwen 65 my beloved
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August 7, 2023Alternate universe spider-powered Gwen Stacy made her comics debut in a Spider-Verse story, and came to the attention of the wider world the same way, so it makes perfect sense to in turn spin off her own variation on the theme. But all the same, there shouldn't be quite this strong a whiff of everyone having come up with the title first and then crossed their fingers that the rest would fall into place behind it. Are we still doing the Ghost Spider name? Nobody seems too clear. Is it even a parallel universe story? Well, not really - more a mucking around within one timeline story, Gwen fractured into her own past, so really City Of Death would be a closer comparison, but despite being one of the best Who stories ever and the Doctor having done time at Marvel, that would confuse the IP. Similar concerns presumably explaining why all the Gwen fragments fall into the semblance of other headline Marvel characters - though Thorgwen at least is enormous fun, even if the dialogue is obliged to lampshade the clunkiness of the name. And there are lots of really clever little bits scattered around, like the alternate version of a classic villain who has the equally convenient civilian name Cecil Cephalopod. But they are just that, little bits, in a story that feels like it's trying to tick too many boxes to worry about coherence, throwing in Lovecraft riffs and forgotten mums and talking foxes like there's no tomorrow, but with not nearly enough if them landing. And let's not even get into the somewhat cringe concept of a meme-obsessed supervillain, or the way that a male writer on a young female lead could possibly have done a story with less emphasis on the shapeliness of her butt (and yes, I am talking specifically about the story here, rather than the art. Don't ask).
February 2, 2023
Spider-Gwen goes multiversal! But even with multiple Gwens on her side, will that be enough to save all of space and time?
This is fun. It's not quite a Gwen-per-issue type thing, so it feels more like an ongoing story rather than just a series of one-shots like the recent Miles Morales What If? series. All of the Gwens feel individual and fleshed out (even if some are more...annoying than others), and the villain is suitably stupid (although her minions are perhaps a little more interesting than she is). I also like the fact that we get to revisit one of the recent Heroes Reborn characters, who shows up to be both hero and villain as needed.
On art we have Jodi Nishijima, who I mostly know from her Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles work, but she does a great job with this. The designs of the various Gwens are neat, and even when things get chaotic, the quality doesn't suffer.
Do you like Spider-Gwen? Do you want more Gwens? Then get in here. Gwenverse isn't exactly setting the multiverse on fire, but it's a good time nonetheless.
This is fun. It's not quite a Gwen-per-issue type thing, so it feels more like an ongoing story rather than just a series of one-shots like the recent Miles Morales What If? series. All of the Gwens feel individual and fleshed out (even if some are more...annoying than others), and the villain is suitably stupid (although her minions are perhaps a little more interesting than she is). I also like the fact that we get to revisit one of the recent Heroes Reborn characters, who shows up to be both hero and villain as needed.
On art we have Jodi Nishijima, who I mostly know from her Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles work, but she does a great job with this. The designs of the various Gwens are neat, and even when things get chaotic, the quality doesn't suffer.
Do you like Spider-Gwen? Do you want more Gwens? Then get in here. Gwenverse isn't exactly setting the multiverse on fire, but it's a good time nonetheless.
February 1, 2023
Yikes! On my read through of the lower level Spider-Verse books this has to be one of the worst.
The opening issue was the only redeeming thing in this collection other than the artwork by Jodi Nishijima.
Issue 1 sets the scene reminding readers of when Gwen is up to in her life. She then gets shot off course as she made her way to the 616 universes, but now her universe is far different. Something is up, and she’ll need the help of Spider-Zero (who we saw in the Spider-Verse: Spider Zero title) to figure it out.
From here each issue introduces a new “hero”-Gwen so Thor, Captain America, Wolverine, Captain Mar-Vel and Iron Man versions of Gwen Stacy.
There’s nothing particularly gripping here and the plot is pretty basic other than meeting the new Gwens each issue.
If you were sick of Spider-Verse books this isn’t going to change your mind.
There’s some funny one-liners and like I mentioned, the art is good but that’s not enough to carry a 5 issue title.
The opening issue was the only redeeming thing in this collection other than the artwork by Jodi Nishijima.
Issue 1 sets the scene reminding readers of when Gwen is up to in her life. She then gets shot off course as she made her way to the 616 universes, but now her universe is far different. Something is up, and she’ll need the help of Spider-Zero (who we saw in the Spider-Verse: Spider Zero title) to figure it out.
From here each issue introduces a new “hero”-Gwen so Thor, Captain America, Wolverine, Captain Mar-Vel and Iron Man versions of Gwen Stacy.
There’s nothing particularly gripping here and the plot is pretty basic other than meeting the new Gwens each issue.
If you were sick of Spider-Verse books this isn’t going to change your mind.
There’s some funny one-liners and like I mentioned, the art is good but that’s not enough to carry a 5 issue title.
September 5, 2022
Like 'What If?' stories? Like Spiderverse shenanigans? Like reading (what feels like) the 100000th story dealing with alternate timelines and familiar but different versions of the main character?
If you answered yes to any/all of these questions then this is the miniseries for you!
This feels like yet another miniseries that didn't do much but spin the wheels of the character and keep them in the public eye. All the side characters in the Spider-Man mythos seem to be going through the same thing. They're not giving them a series to try things out. They'd rather give them a limited series to keep them 'relevant'. If I really wanted to say smack about this, I'd say this smelled STRONGLY of MC2 with American Dream and J2 (Juggernaut's son)
Bonus: Is she Ghost Spider or Spider-Gwen?? PICK ONE!
Bonus Bonus: Gwen-Vengers Assemble?!
If you answered yes to any/all of these questions then this is the miniseries for you!
This feels like yet another miniseries that didn't do much but spin the wheels of the character and keep them in the public eye. All the side characters in the Spider-Man mythos seem to be going through the same thing. They're not giving them a series to try things out. They'd rather give them a limited series to keep them 'relevant'. If I really wanted to say smack about this, I'd say this smelled STRONGLY of MC2 with American Dream and J2 (Juggernaut's son)
Bonus: Is she Ghost Spider or Spider-Gwen?? PICK ONE!
Bonus Bonus: Gwen-Vengers Assemble?!
September 27, 2024
In the beginning, we had the thematically apropos, aesthetically pleasing, and distinctly unique variant of Spidey that was Spider-Gwen.
Being the breakout character of both the original Spiderverse comics and the movie, Marvel only saw the dollar signs in their eyes and simply (dully) thought "Gwen Stacy superhero = money!"
So in 2022, they made this book which haphazardly made about a half-dozen heroes into nearly identical middle-class blonde teen girls with no rhyme or reason!
Ridiculous premise is only kicked off by ridiculous plot device of an aging influencer at the end of all time wanting to send her essence into the past so that she becomes the Marvel heroes that were so revered in her past. Dimensional whoopsie happens and almost every hero becomes Gwen Stacy instead.
I don't think it was well-thought out or a story that makes sense, but I still had loads of fun.
Being the breakout character of both the original Spiderverse comics and the movie, Marvel only saw the dollar signs in their eyes and simply (dully) thought "Gwen Stacy superhero = money!"
So in 2022, they made this book which haphazardly made about a half-dozen heroes into nearly identical middle-class blonde teen girls with no rhyme or reason!
Ridiculous premise is only kicked off by ridiculous plot device of an aging influencer at the end of all time wanting to send her essence into the past so that she becomes the Marvel heroes that were so revered in her past. Dimensional whoopsie happens and almost every hero becomes Gwen Stacy instead.
I don't think it was well-thought out or a story that makes sense, but I still had loads of fun.
January 30, 2023
This is an example of when a "Verse" for a Spider goes not so great.
Basic Story: Earth-65 changes and Spider-Zero (Guardian of the Web of Life and Destiny) summons Ghost Spider to gather a team and deal with it. She gathers Thorgwen, Gwenverine, Captain Gwenmerica, Iron G.W.E.N. and Captain Gwen-Vell (I'm taking liberty with the names so you can get the idea of the Gwen in use) and they fight against some other Spider-Villains altered by their universes. It all leads to Finale, a power hungry (I think older Gwen) who wants to project herself backwards into the multiverse to live forever.
I feel like I have read this story several times over and they were better than this. If you love Gwen Stacy and/or Ghost Spider, you might enjoy this much more than I did.
Basic Story: Earth-65 changes and Spider-Zero (Guardian of the Web of Life and Destiny) summons Ghost Spider to gather a team and deal with it. She gathers Thorgwen, Gwenverine, Captain Gwenmerica, Iron G.W.E.N. and Captain Gwen-Vell (I'm taking liberty with the names so you can get the idea of the Gwen in use) and they fight against some other Spider-Villains altered by their universes. It all leads to Finale, a power hungry (I think older Gwen) who wants to project herself backwards into the multiverse to live forever.
I feel like I have read this story several times over and they were better than this. If you love Gwen Stacy and/or Ghost Spider, you might enjoy this much more than I did.
June 25, 2023
There is a lot of good ideas in this but none of them are developed on, you have parts of Gwen's personality split between these different versions of Gwen. Like the Wolverine is angry the Thor is full of herself and she has to deal with those aspects of her personality but instead of being a character driven piece all that is done off panel.
Instead we get a bunch of supporting villain's thrown in, which again aren't developed in the slightest. The "big bad" is given a bit of development first issue only to be reduced to two pages throughout the rest of the graphic novel. I have no idea what they were trying to accomplish whilst writing this it could have been great like Spider-Verse or even Venomverse was pretty but this one completely misses the mark.
Instead we get a bunch of supporting villain's thrown in, which again aren't developed in the slightest. The "big bad" is given a bit of development first issue only to be reduced to two pages throughout the rest of the graphic novel. I have no idea what they were trying to accomplish whilst writing this it could have been great like Spider-Verse or even Venomverse was pretty but this one completely misses the mark.
January 4, 2023
I know this isn't technically a What If title, but it might as well be for how much the plot relies on "what if Gwen Stacy was X superhero instead of Spider-Man?" That aside, I could have done without the conflict of the villain trying to become the "ultimate meme." This is one of those books where it feels like the author hasn't been outside in 800 years, and is trying to guess what kids think is cool.
June 8, 2023
A pretty fun and enjoyable ride with Gwen Stacy AKA Ghost Spider having to go back in time and meet all of her technologically-created doppelgangers who have gained the power of various superheroes and lead to a dystopian future. As you do in the Multiverse. It's enjoyable, silly, and by my favorite writer of HACK/SLASH Tim Seeley.
Not much to say other than this and the art is adorable.
More Spider-Gwen please, Marvel.
Not much to say other than this and the art is adorable.
More Spider-Gwen please, Marvel.
August 10, 2023
This...was not the best thing I've ever read. It was just an excuse to dress up Ghost Spider Gwen as different Marvel heroes in her own little "Gweneverse" adventure, but the whole thing felt rather silly. They start with some weird influencer in the far future who decides to reach into the past but somehow her stuff gets crossed with Gwen? It's some sort of a premise then story after story introducing each Gwen variant.
January 6, 2023
Tim Seeley literally why write a spider Gwen story if you're so uninterested in writing a spider Gwen story. This is unrecognizable. This has nothing to do with any character traits or themes we've seen in previous stories from earth!65, and the whole plot hinges on utter coincidence. Fuck this book.
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