- “I just wanted to help people. Like you do. I never wanted to keep secrets from you.”
- ―Gwen confessing to her father
Spider-Gwen, also known as Spider-Woman (real name Gwen Stacy), is a teenage superheroine who appears in the Disney XD animated series Ultimate Spider-Man.
Gwen Stacy was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
Background[]
Physical appearance[]
Spider-Gwen wears a black bodysuit with white areas that form a spider design, a white hood with the interior lining being magenta with cyan web patterns, matching magenta-and-cyan designs on her upper arms, and cyan soles to her boots.
Role in the series[]
A native of Miles' dimension, Gwen Stacy assumed the role of Spider-Woman after Miles was transported to Peter Parker's dimension. Using technology stolen from her father's robot program and with the help of her world's version of May Parker, Gwen became a superhero in Miles' absence by simulating spider powers despite having no spider powers of her own. However, due to her activity, she also had to deal with her father's pursuit of vigilantes.
When Miles returns along with Peter, Gwen helps them recover the remaining Siege Perilous piece, which was at the police station. Gwen goes to visit her father in order to distract him while Peter and Miles recover the piece. However, this fails when Wolf Spider attacks the station and soon takes Rio Morales hostage at Miles' home. After rescuing Rio, Peter, Gwen, and Miles confront Wolf Spider in his underwater lair. Wolf Spider claims the Siege Perilous and starts to drain the life-force of every spider-based character in the multiverse. During the battle, Miles and Gwen are claimed in the process, but Peter tricks Wolf Spider into claiming his life, as holding all the life-forces at once proves to be too much for Wolf Spider to handle. Wolf-Spider soon shatters, allowing the life-forces to return to their bodies. The three Spiders then leave the lair but run into Gwen's father who learned of his daughter's superhero life after speaking with Rio. George accepts Gwen's role and the two then reconcile.
Disney Parks[]
Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure[]
There are several references to Gwen Stacy's Spider-Woman in the queue for this attraction where she is identified as a member of the Worldwide Engineering Brigade. Gwen's locker is located within the WEB facility with painted on feminist quotes, science jokes, and the logo for her band The Mary Janes. Additionally, Gwen's skateboard is locked up in the foyer with her Spider-Gwen color-scheme and, "The Mary Janes" printed on it. She is indirectly referenced on a notice-board featuring a poster for drummer-auditions in a punk band called The Gamma Rays, which has Gwen's color-scheme.
Trivia[]
- Spider-Gwen was planned to be released as a figurine for the game Disney Infinity 3.0 prior to being canceled.[1]
- Before Gwen Stacy's superhero persona of "Spider-Gwen" made her television debut in Ultimate Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy has appeared in animation before in Spider-Man: The Animated Series and The Spectacular Spider-Man, and in the live-action movies Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, where she was played by Bryce Dallas Howard and Emma Stone respectively.
- Unlike the Ultimate Spider-Man incarnation, her comic version was actually superpowered, hailing from an alternate dimension where she was bitten by the radioactive spider, rather than Peter Parker, who to get vengeance on bullies, transformed into the Lizard. In a battle that left Peter dead, Gwen was devastated, and sought to honor him by being a hero. This depiction of her reappears in Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors, albeit replacing Peter with an Inhuman named Kevin as her best friend.
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Miscellaneous[]
See also[]
- Gwen Stacy
- Gwen Stacy (Marvel Animated Universe 2015-20)
- Gwen Stacy (Marvel Rising)
- Gwen Stacy (Spidey and his Amazing Friends)
- Gwen Stacy (Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man)
References[]
- ↑ "Here is your First Look at the (Now-Cancelled) "Spider-Gwen" Disney Infinity Figure". Infinity Inquirer (August 24, 2016).
External links[]
Spider-Gwen on Ultimate Spider-Man Wiki
Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy) on Wikipedia
Gwendolyn Stacy (Earth-TRN457) on Marvel Comics Database
