| “ | "I never found the right band to join... so I started my own... with a few old friends... you want in? | „ |
| ~ Gwen Stacy |
- “I couldn't save my best friend, Peter Parker, so now I save everyone else. And I don't do friends anymore, just to avoid any distractions.”
- ―Spider-Gwen
Gwendolyn Maxine "Gwen" Stacy (also known as Ghost-Spider, Spider-Gwen, and Spider-Woman) is the deuteragonist of the Spider-Verse franchise, serving as the tritagonist of the 2018 film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and the deuteragonist of its sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. She will appear in Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse and an unnamed Spider-Woman spin-off.
Within the multiverse, Gwen Stacy of her Earth was bitten by the radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker. She will be Miles Morales' love interest and is one of the two female members of the Spider Gang.
She was one of the several Spider-People who is stranded in Miles' universe thanks to Kingpin. After failing to save her best friend, her world's version of Peter Parker, Gwen dedicated herself into saving other people the way she couldn't save him.
She was voiced by Hailee Steinfeld, who also portrayed Kate Bishop in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Charlie Watson from Bumblebee.
History
Backstory
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Powers and abilities
Relationships
Peter Parker/Lizard
In her Universe Gwen and Peter were best friends, until he became the Lizard. During a fight, she accidentally killed her opponent and was horrified to see the Lizard had been Peter. The loss of her best friend prevented Gwen from forming attachments, becoming a loner, in losing others like she lost Peter. Her losing Peter is what also made her empathize with Miles, who had recently lost his uncle.
Miles Morales
Gwen with Miles Morales
Miles shows an immediate attraction for Gwen Stacy, even before learning she was a Spider-Woman From another Universe. When they first met at Visions Academy, Gwen was the only one who laughed at Miles' Einstein joke. He tried flirting with Gwen, only for his hand to get stuck in her hair due to his newfound spider powers. Unfortunately, the only way to remove his hand involved shaving half of Gwen's head. This made their relationship take a turn for the worse; however, she was the first one who noticed Miles had powers similar to hers. that Miles was bitten by a radioactive spider just like her.
The two met again when Gwen saved Miles and Peter Parker of Earth-616 and revealed herself as another variant of Spider-Man. If she had stayed longer in his universe, she would cease to exist. The two repaired their broken friendship after the incident. After Miles lost his uncle, Aaron at the hands of Kingpin, Gwen empathize with him over the loss of a loved one. For her, it was her best friend, Peter Parker, who she lost during a battle against him. At first refusing to let Miles help them, Miles and Gwen fought the supervillains dude by side, even sharing a fist bump with him. After the defeat of Kingpin, Gwen and Miles departed as friends. However, she didn't stay away for long and contacted Miles sometime after the battle was over, asking if he had the time to speak.
According to the creators, the relationship between miles and Gwen will be one of the main focuses of the film sequel, Across the Spider Verse. As seen in the preview of the sequel, Gwen revealed she missed him and wanted to hang out with Miles for a while. Miles and Gwen may have romantic feelings for one another, because he has a sketch of her and his journal. She was shocked yet so more flattered at the picture
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Trivia
- Gwen's shaven head hair style was copied off of Gwenpool.
- Both Gwen and Doctor Octopus are two characters whose portrayers later contributed to Disney Plus TV show set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Kathryn Hahn later went on to portray Agatha Harkness from WandaVision and hailee Steinfeld went on to play Kate Bishop from Hawkeye
