The Problem With Spider-Gwen

Spider-Gwen has become a huge part of the Spider-Man mythos lately... too bad her current books aren't that good...

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[kingofthebis]

Spider Gwen just forgetting the way her solo ended was wild

[myorrin]

thank you for saying what the fans have been yelling since she went to 616 in the first place!!!

its especially frustrating cuz it seems the mandate was to present going to 616 as the answer to her problems in that story without digging into all the obvious problems that would come from her living part-time in a world where she died years ago. maybe the 616 spider-gwen stories couldve been interesting if there was any effort to make stories happen but it really was just so she'd be available for big 616 spider-tie-in events ://

but i do wanna say, i personally, have never thought that the spider-gwen name is problematic. like spider-gwen exists as purely external branding, so long as people can understand that, what's the problem!? i think marvel just made it more complicated taking her from spider-woman to ghost spider (which was someone else's code name in 2000s iirc???). a problem we wouldnt even have if theyd just kept printing Gwen books set in earth-65!!!!

anyways love your work man this one was great!

[ShadowWingTronix]

I'd also throw in the baggage of her being Gwen Stacy, in so much that some Marvel writers seem obsessed with Peter's dead fiance while ending the actual Spider-Marriage. That's why everyone sees her as Gwen. The best hope is that the kids watching the cartoons (In Marvel Rising Peter was replaced with a new character and in Spidey & His Amazing Friends Gwen is just one of the Team Spidey members, the same show that nicknames Miles as "Spin" and replaced Gwen's dad with her mom for some reason) will get more used to Ghost Spider and the Spider-Gwen name can be weaned off.

[shadowclaw]

Honestly they should’ve explored her world.

Imagine this isn’t only switcheroo. Like imagine instead of Yinsen dying in cave as Tony Escaped. They managed to escape together, but Tony doesn’t make it far. But before his death, he writes will that leaves Yinsen an CEO of Stark Industries. Imagine a genius engineer trying to move through cruel business world, while also being from Afghanistan in America.

Or instead of Thor a different god becomes Midgard protector. Someone like Bragi. A god of poetry, who reverend for their wisdom. Imagine he has something similar to Thor alter ego as Donald Blake. As Bragi transforms from Magical Bard to music producer.

Wong as sorcerer supreme instead of Stephen Strange.

Imagine Magneto and Charles Xavier switching up their ideologies.

This could been good start for interesting anthology series.

[aliciagrayson]

7:11 ngl, I straight up thought she was called Ghost Spider. I have no idea why, but I was apparently really convinced until this exact moment.

8:24 oh look, I wasn't wrong, just too quick to comment.

[Seeriosa]

My personal preference would be a Cosmic type. It's an open-ended concept that could be applied to several existing Pokémon and could easily be used to nerf and boost certain other types. It could apply to alien Pokémon or god-adjacent Pokémon just as well, too.

[turtato]

Ngl I always thought of spider gwen not even being a version of Gwen because she seems so far off from any version of Gwen I've seen

[elijahdalbroi]

Gwen & Miles relationship in the Spider-Verse movies in the comics

[boredhuman]

Oh no one of the comics I actually read is spidergwen

[wanderingbufoon]

quite shocked. I missed the memo of Miles just being Spiderman. I call him like I call Gwen, Spider Miles.

[wolfielee]

the only comic I have ever gotten graded and sealed is my 1st printing of Spider-Gwen's first appearance signed by Latour and I swear it's the only comic I'll ever own that has increased in value lol not that I'd sell it, looks too good on my wall

[TheCreepypro]

hope she gets her own stories in her own universe in the future also why did they do a live action madam web movie instead of doing gwen?

[trinstonmichaels]

Just wait until the bad writers get their hands on her and they will ship her with Miles.

[lancefullmer]

Honestly im just really getting sick of the over saturation of the multiverse and all the characters that have been like irreparably connected to it

[jamalmonroe]

I honestly think ghost spider is a cool and unique name for her to have instead of spider woman

[cofagrigusfan]

you said that having your name in your hero name be dumb
i kinda disagree?
but i plame the Teen Titans show for that
when they went to a pizza restaurant, and simply stayed in their hero suits
something about being a super without an alter ego, feels fun to me

[Groggle]

Don't you mean, "The Issue with Spider-Gwen"?

[Tharja-iBW]

Biggest problem is her relationship with Miles, even in the movies Gwen and Miles have zero reason to be as close to eachother as they are, they spent 3 days together at most and a year later not only are they head over heels for eachother but Miles has memorised every aspect of her appearance. It's a forced relationship based on that they are Marvel's most popular Spider-people that aren't Peter Parker or Miguel O'hara.