/r/SpiderGwen

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A subreddit dedicated to Marvel's Earth-65 Ghost-Spider, Gwen Stacy aka Spider-Gwen.

We all know the story...

At a demonstration on the safe handling of radioactivity in the local science hall, an innocent unassuming spider gets bombarded with radiation while descending from the ceiling from a silky thread. In its last dying breath, it bites a teenagers hand, imbuing said teenager with fantastic abilities!

...only on Earth-65, that teenager was a girl named Gwen Stacy.

Note: Gwen is in her late teens and in college when the story starts

Edit: proof on Jason Latour's Twitter

Reading Order

  1. Edge of Spider-Verse #2 (Reprinted as Spider-Gwen #0)

  2. Spider-Verse event. Gwen appears in the ASM issues and the Spider-Woman issues, as well as one or two of the anthology issues.

  3. Spider-Gwen #1-5

  4. Secret Wars: Spider-Verse 1-5 (completely optional)

  5. Web Warriors #1-9 (completely optional)

  6. Spider-Gwen v2 1-6

  7. Spider-Women Crossover Event (NOT optional)

  8. Radioactive Spider-Gwen 9

  9. Spider-Gwen Annual (2016)

  10. Radioactive Spider-Gwen 10 onwards

Now covering more Gwens!

Ever dream of being transported to the world where your favorite work of fiction takes place? Like, what if you could leave our world of Earth-1218 and go to the Marvel Prime Universe (Previously known as Earth-616, and briefly as Battleworlds 61610 domain)? You could use all your vast comic book knowledge to do all sorts of cool stuff! Well for one, Gwendolyn Poole, that became a reality.

In the aftermath of Secret Wars, not only did Old Man Logan and Ultimate Spider-Man-II make it over from their respective universes, but so did a certain blonde comic fan with pink highlights in her hair. Being genre savvy as she is, the first thing she did was go straight to a costume shop to buy a flashy costume so she could become a main character and not die. Mistaken for a Deadpool fangirl, she got a female version of his costume. In other words it's exactly the same but with her lower face and legs exposed because blah blah meta commentary or something. And thus starts her adventure. Or, one could say, a series of shenanigans starring her.

Note: Her actual name is Gwen Poole, she didn't pick it due to the popularity of Spider-Gwen and Deadpool right now. Though it would be so much cooler if she did.

Reading order

  • Backup stories in Howard the Duck (second series started in 2015) issues 1-3, collected and reprinted in The Unbelievable Gwenpool #0

  • Gwenpool Holiday Special

  • The Unbelievable Gwenpool #1 onwards

With regards to spoilers...

  • Be sure to mark your spoiler posts or discussion posts that might contain spoilers as [Series name, Issue number] and use the nsfw tag.

  • In the issue discussion threads, dont worry about spoiling things from that same series that happened in earlier issues (ie, in Radioactive Spider-Gwen 6 dont worry about spoiling anything from Edge #2 to Radioactive #5), BUT do be careful not to spoil things from other series (dont spoil things from Radioactive in Web Warriors discussions, for example).

In comments our spoiler tags are as follows.

[Spoiler Warning](/s "Peter is the Lizard!")

becomes

Spoiler Warning

Any text can go in the first box. Some recommended examples:

Web Warriors #1 Spoilers

Secret Wars Spoilers

Gwenpool #0

 

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What can I say? I'm a sucker for angst/whump fanart, especially with Miles since I feel that there isn't enough of that in this fandom. Just a BTSV prediction...

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2025/02/01
21:20 UTC

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Spider-Gwen vs Green Goblin Art by RHOM13.

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2025/02/01
17:57 UTC

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Phoenix in Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider #13 (cover by Mark Brooks)

Stephanie Phillips at her peak, ladies and gentlemen.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't think something like this would happen at some point (although I also thought that not even a writer as weak as her would dare).

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2025/01/31
22:54 UTC

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Fred Ian’s Art Nouveau style

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2025/01/31
02:59 UTC

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Spider-Gwen art by Zu Orzu

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2025/01/31
02:30 UTC

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One of my fave shots from the Cosplay Asia meet as of last year. Will post more of that later down the line.

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2025/01/29
09:16 UTC

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Why are people soo thirsty for Gwen?

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2025/01/29
03:05 UTC

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Ambient track using elements from my new Gwen theme I posted earlier :)

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2025/01/29
01:49 UTC

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Happy Gwensday! What if Galactus Transformed Spider-Gwen #1 is out! Spoiler discussion here.

Useful Links

Covers: Ron Lim, Main | Mark Bagley | Pete Woods | Stephen Segovia | Ron Lim, Design

Spider-Gwen/Ghost-Spider Reading List and Where to Buy Comics | Comixology/Digital Comic Link | Preview Pages

Ghost-Spider Groupies Podcast (where we review your comments and the book for each issue)

Solicit

Written by Kalinda Vazquez. Lines by Daniel Picciotto. Colours by Rain Beredo. Letters by VC's Clayton Cowles.

After coming to the aid of a wounded herald of Galactus, SPIDER-GWEN is empowered and enlisted in the service of the World-Devourer! But despite her new role surveying the galaxy, Gwen can't help her heroic streak. So when she encounters a world reminiscent of her home, will she ally with its alien residents and attempt to battle one of the cosmos' greatest forces?!

Discuss below!

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2025/01/29
01:01 UTC

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Where can i find spider-gwen's comics for a good price?

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2025/01/28
15:42 UTC

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Any good place to get just a good breathable cloth/spandex Spider Gwen mask?

Looking around, and they all seem to be big ones with faceplates that're $100+. I'm looking for something just high quality, able to be seen through, good fit, and cloth or spandex. Any suggestions or links?

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2025/01/28
07:54 UTC

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Another piece of my Spider-Gwen cosplay at Asia Cosplay Meet 2024 but at night. I love the lighting this gives off and one of my highlights of this photoshoot.

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2025/01/28
07:25 UTC

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Spider-Man & Spider-Gwen in Fortnite!

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2025/01/28
01:29 UTC

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Photo Bomb(@Alala)

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2025/01/25
20:45 UTC

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hi gwen nation i drew the goat

yeah

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2025/01/24
03:19 UTC

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One-shot with Gwen: Concert of Champions

“It's the first ever CONCERT OF CHAMPIONS, a festival bringing together the Marvel Universe's biggest and brightest musical stars! Headliners include Dazzler, spinning out from her recent hit-making limited series, K-pop sensation Luna Snow, interdimensional rockstar Lila Cheney and many more.

And there will also be some surprising fans in attendance – including the sensational Spider-Gwen! But who – or what? – is the mysterious new metal band DEEP VOID – and what are their sinister intentions?! Musical mayhem is in store in the mighty Marvel manner!”

It’s set to come out in April. I don’t know about y’all, but I’m interested in this musical team up.

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2025/01/24
02:12 UTC

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Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider #12 main cover by Mark Brooks

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2025/01/23
22:00 UTC

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Just got the ghost spider TPB and it comes with her part in web of spider man for those curious

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2025/01/23
21:59 UTC

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Recently saw the Spider-verse movies and I'm OBSESSED with her😭

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2025/01/23
16:18 UTC

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My collection!

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2025/01/23
04:33 UTC

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Is there a reading order that’s actually current?

So I just picked up the first volume of the Phillips book, and I was so thrown off by her being in the main 616 universe. The last Gwen book I read was her second omnibus and so I was looking online for reading orders to catch up cause now I’m super intrigued and every list ends either at 2018 or 2021ish. I was just hoping someone could help me track down a current reading order. Thanks so much

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2025/01/23
02:56 UTC

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616 Gwen & Spider-Gwen by J Scott Campbell

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2025/01/22
06:58 UTC

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