• Gwen's dad is hurt, in the hospital and implicated in corruption charges.
• But what is a high school student of the month/class president candidate/science team captain supposed to do about that?
• Gwen isn't the type to sit on her hands even if it means crossing the Crimemaster and worse!!!
• Don't miss this in-continuity tale that will change the way you look at the most-beloved Marvel character of all time!
Rated T
Gage and Nauck give a powerless Gwen Stacy plenty of room to move. Its a hell of a challenge to deliberately force a supporting character into the center like this. Still, Gwen has proven over the years that shes every bit as appealing a character without powers as she is in an alternate dimension as the Ghost-Spider. That being said, the real challenge for Gage in the months to come is going to lie in continuing to tell a story about an everyday high school girl growing up in the Marvel Universe. Its easy enough to wrap Gwen up in drama with her father for the first few issues, but sooner or later shes going to need to define herself a bit more. THAT could be a challenge. Read Full Review
In a time where binge-watching is the norm, we must wait for the next issue to be released, I'm sorry folks, but there's plenty of Gwen out there to read in the meanwhile! Read Full Review
Bucking the trend of a big let down on issue two, Gwen Stacy ups the game with more impressive character study, and storytelling of one of my favorite Marvel characters. I really hope this series sells well enough to stick around past the five scheduled issues. These first two issues have been a breath of fresh air for me. Such great storytelling!! Read Full Review
Gwen Stacy remains as compelling and interesting as ever as well, with fun beats for obscure and fan-favorite Spider-Man villains as well. Read Full Review
Gwen Stacy #2 continues to paint an endearing and well-rounded portrait of the pre-Peter-Parker part of its protagonist's life. Gwen is hard at work sleuthing on her dad's situation. While this issue doesn't reward her efforts with a lot of decisive plot development, there's still plenty to enjoy, particularly some meaningful encounters with the Osborns. Read Full Review
I don't know, I really enjoyed this issue.
Gwen insists on prosecuting the investigation into her dad's frame, and has some considerable success. I think this is a rather average story -- the investigation plot just barely holds together, and the menace of Norman Osborn comes entirely from the future-knowledge the reader brings in. But I want to sing the praises of the storytelling skill on display here. Sound prose, strong scene structure, and art that strikes a perfect balance between cartoony and detailed.
It’s not doing anything special, but it’s not like it’s horrible either.
Whoever approved this series should be fired from Marvel and never return. There are dozens of continuity errors and the characters have NOTHING to do with their original counterparts. Leave Gwen Stacy dead.
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