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| “ | You put on that badge because you know if you don’t, someone who shouldn’t will. But you have to understand, this mask is my badge, and I'm trying to be good too. I was trying so hard to wear this thing the way you would want, and I didn't... I didn't. I can do all these things, but I can't help the people I love the most, and they can only know half of who I am, so I-I'm completely on my own, and now I don't even know what the right thing is anymore! I don't now what I'm supposed to do, but I know... I can't lose one more friend. | „ |
| ~ Gwen Stacy venting to her father |
Gwendolyn Maxine "Gwen" Stacy, also known by her superhero alias Spider-Woman, is the deuteragonist of Sony Pictures Animation‘s Spider-Verse film trilogy.
She is an alternate version of Gwen Stacy who got bitten by a radioactive spider and took on the mantle of Spider-Woman. In the original film, she was sent to an alternate dimension where alongside an alternate version of her best friend Peter and that universe's native Spider-Man Miles Morales attempted to travel back and stop crime lord Wilson Fisk from opening a black hole to bring an alternate version of his family to his reality.
Later on, she joined the Spider-Society forming friendships with both Jessica Drew and Hobie Brown. She assisted in the capture of anomalies however her friendship with Miles ultimately led to her being kicked out by the society's founder Miguel O'Hara. She is now currently on a mission to rescue Miles and return him home to his universe in an attempt to help him prevent the death of his father and prove to him that she is sorry for betraying him.
She is voiced by Hailee Steinfeld, who also portrayed Mattie Ross from the 2010 remake of True Grit, Emily Junk from the Pitch Perfect series, Charlie Watson from Bumblebee, Vi from Arcane, Megan Walsh/83 from Barely Lethal, and Kate Bishop from the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe series Hawkeye.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Life in Chelsea[]
Gwen hanging out with Peter.
Gwendolyn Maxine Stacy was born to George and Helen Stacy in the early or mid 2000s in Chelsea, New York City, New York in the universe of Earth-65B. She was raised by her father George as her mother died early in her childhood. Her dad was a police officer and would inspire Gwen to uphold the values of justice growing up. He was friends with the Parker family which were their neighbors growing up and she would end up befriending Peter Parker as they would often share the table during the dinners their families had together. She would consider Peter her best and only friend during these years.
"Touch him again Ned!"
She would attend Visions Academy along with Peter in her teenage years. It was here where Gwen would befriend Mary Jane, Betty Brant, and Glory Grant as she joined the rock band known as The Mary Janes. Peter due to his nerdy appearance and interests would be constantly bullied by Ned Leeds who was a popular kid at the school. Gwen would often stand up for Peter in front of Ned but this would only make Peter look weaker in front of him and cause the bullying to continue. She would train in gymnastics and ballet during these years.
Becoming Spider-Woman[]
Gwen is bitten by the Spider.
In late 2016, Gwen would be bitten by a radioactive spider which granted her various abilities similar to those of a spider including a spider sense, enhanced strength, agility and the ability to crawl up walls. She would create the alias "Spider-Woman" and created a costume and web-shooters for the moniker so she could protect her identity as she fought crime under the name. She would also put on a deeper voice whenever she was out as Spider-Woman to further protect her identity.[1]
Gwen defending the city.
Peter would develop a fanatic obsession with Spider-Woman and would often chat with Gwen about her as he thought Spider-Woman was pretty and he looked up to her. Gwen's father did not approve of Spider-Woman's methods but had a begrudging respect for the vigilante for saving his life from a potentially fatal gunshot.[2] Peter's obsession with Spider-Woman would result in a deep desire to become powerful like her to stop and get revenge on Ned Leeds for the relentless bullying he faced at school. Using his scientific knowledge he would develop a formula that would turn himself into a giant lizard.
Losing Peter[]
Gwen waiting for Peter.
Peter and Gwen would decide to go to the homecoming dance together. Upon arriving at the homecoming dance, an excited Gwen would look for Peter only to for her spider sense to go off as a mutated lizard Peter immediately darted towards Ned Leeds and crashed the party. Gwen would quickly change into her suit and fought Peter. Peter would slam Gwen into the wall and attempted to bite her. Gwen would kick Peter into a pillar and caused a massive chunk of the ceiling to collapse on top of him. Fatally wounded, Peter would return to his human self much to Gwen's horror as she realized that she had just killed her best friend.
"I just... wanted to be special, like you, Gwen."
Peter struggled to speak as he told her that he always "wanted to be special" like her as well as addressing her by her first name. Gwen would panic as she realized he had known she was Spider-Woman and she frantically tried to deny it as she prevented him from removing her mask. Peter would assure Gwen that everything was going to be ok as he died in her arms. Gwen would hold Peter close as she sobbed into his dead body. Gwen's father who had arrived after hearing about the incident would find Spider-Woman hunched over the body of his daughter's best friend. Gwen being afraid of exposing herself would quickly swing away unintentionally making it appear in her father's eyes that Spider-Woman had murdered his daughter's best friend and evaded justice. Due to this, Gwen's father would launch several manhunts to capture Spider-Woman although none would succeed.
Self-Isolation[]
"I don't do friends anymore."
Due to losing her best friend, Gwen would isolate herself from others and attempt to prevent herself from making new friendships in fear of them ending up exactly how Peter did. Gwen would become more dedicated to her role as Spider-Woman in an attempt to avoid making the same mistakes she did when she accidentally caused Peter's death during her battle against him. She would use her place in The Mary Janes as a way to channel her negative feelings and emotions into her drumming. She would not talk to the members of the band outside of rehearsals or concerts as she continued her self imposed isolation.
Although she was under a city-wide manhunt by her own father and under extreme scrutiny from the press, Gwen would still defend the city from various villains including the Vulture and Doctor Octopus, the Vulture in particular would become a recurring villain for her. Her relationship with her father would be rocky as she occasionally got into arguments with him about the Spider-Woman case but Gwen would make sure to never reveal her secret identity to him.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse[]
Arriving to another universe[]
"And I mean really weird."
Around 2 years after gaining her powers and becoming Spider-Woman, Gwen was battling against Doctor Octopus. Right as Doctor Octopus was about to grab her with one of his tentacles, she would randomly be sucked into a portal to another universe out of nowhere. Upon arriving in the new universe she would realize that she had been sent a week back into another universe's New York. She would realize it was not her universe upon seeing news about the universe's Spider-Man as she viewed a giant screen displaying news about him.
Meeting Miles Morales[]
Gwen meeting Miles.
Gwen's spider-sense would tell her to head to Brooklyn Visions Academy in order to find Miles Morales, even before he had even been bitten by a radioactive spider. She would somehow manage to get into the prestigious school and even got a uniform as she kept an eye on Miles. In physics class, Miles arrived late to class. The teacher questions him and he tells an incredibly unfunny joke regarding Einstein and the theory of relativity. The class sits in complete silence until Gwen giggles and comments on how quiet the room is. Miles takes his seat right next to Gwen. She clarifies that she only laughed at the joke because of how unfunny it was and they smile at each other. After meeting Gwen that day Miles would make it his mission to impress Gwen the next time he saw her.
The shoulder touch of Gwen and Miles.
The following day, Miles bumps into Gwen again. Gwen asks Miles why he is so sweaty and he awkwardly tries to explain to her that it's just a side effect of puberty before quickly acknowledging that he's not even going through puberty as he's a man. Miles properly introduces himself and gives her his name and Gwen is about to reveal her name but quickly switches it to Gwanda in the event that he already knows a Gwen Stacy. Gwen claims she's African before quickly correcting herself and saying she's South African. Miles in an attempt to win Gwen over initiates the shoulder touch as Uncle Aaron had instructed him to do. Miles lands the shoulder touch but unfortunately he is unable to get his hand away from her as it gets stuck in her hair.
Gwen’s Impromptu haircut.
Miles and Gwen pull each other around the school as he tries to get himself free. Gwen tells Miles to relax but it doesn't work at all. Miles tells Gwen he's going to pull really hard to get his hand off her head, much to Gwen's anger at the idea. Miles attempts to initiate his idea only for Gwen to throw him over her head using her legs. Later, at the school nurse's office, the side of Gwen's hair is shaved off leaving a giant imprint of Miles's hand. Outside, she sees Miles walking on a wall wearing nothing but a pair of pants with birds stuck to his hands, which causes her to become suspicious as she recognizes he's going through the discovery process of his spider powers.
Battle at Alchemax[]
Gwen infiltrating Alchemax.
At some point, Gwen would get a proper haircut to remove the indent of Miles's hand in her hair which results in her having an undercut. She manages to infiltrate Alchemax utilizing a labcoat and glasses as a disguise. Miles and Peter attempt to find a way to steal some information at Alchemax to stop the colider. They encounter Olivia Octavius who initially appears harmless but reveals herself as Doctor Octopus. Miles and Peter run from her and Miles bumps into Gwen briefly as he attempts to escape, he does not recognize her.
Gwen fighting Doc Ock.
Gwen later takes on Doc Ock and easily defeats her and steals back the computer's hard drive. Gwen takes her mask off revealing her face and her new haircut. Miles immediately recognizes her from Brooklyn Visions and she properly introduces herself. Miles tries to compliment Gwen on her haircut but Gwen firmly tells him that he is not allowed to like her haircut although her cheeks are very clearly blushing.
“New friend?”
The trio escaped from Alchemax's security and got on a bus to return to the city. On the bus, Miles consoles Gwen on the death of her best friend. Gwen is clearly moved by Miles's kindness and he offers to be her friend if she's ever interested in letting someone be her friend again. Gwen smiles at Miles clearly feeling extremely comfortable around him. At some point during this bus ride, Gwen takes a selfie with Miles with Peter's leg visible in the background. This will be the only photo she has of her time with Miles.
Meeting the other spider-people[]
Gwen in the Spider-Cave.
The trio arrive at the deceased's Peter Parker's house in Queens. They are greeted by May Parker who is astonished to see Peter. She comments on how tired he looks and realizes that he must be from another universe. Aunt May leads the trio to a shed in the backyard which is revealed to be Peter's Spider-cave where he had kept and designed all of his Spidey suits as well as the photographs of the criminals that he had been pursuing as Spider-Man. Here they meets the other spider people from different universes; Peni Parker, Spider-Ham, and Spider-Man Noir. The group discusses which one of them should stay behind to stop the collider, Miles willingly volunteers upon seeing the others glitching in pain. They test him to see if he had what it took to be a hero but Miles would be overwhelmed and couldn't take it. They'd discuss how they don't think Miles was ready, unaware that Miles was invisible and had eavesdropped on the whole conversation and left to stop the collider regardless of what they thought. Gwen sadly watches him leave.
Battling the villains and comforting Miles[]
Gwen comforting Miles.
After Peni completed the new override key, Gwen asks the others if they had heard from Miles and is interrupted when Miles returns to inform them that his uncle Aaron Davis was the Prowler and was one of Fisk's henchmen. Gwen asks Miles if he was followed and he claims he wasn't only for Tombstone, the Scorpion and the Prowler to ambush the group. The heroes' spider-senses activate and they are confronted by the villains, with Gwen fighting against the Scorpion. Some time later, the heroes visit a dejected Miles who is in his dorm room at Brooklyn Visions and dealing with the loss of his uncle. The heroes try to comfort him, telling him that they had all lost loved ones including Gwen herself who brings up Peter. Miles however blames himself for what happened to Aaron, something that Gwen can relate to greatly.
Infiltrating Kingpin's party[]
Gwen infiltrating the party.
Later, Miles' roommate Ganke Lee enters the dorm room and starts to read comics. The heroes all hang on the ceiling trying to evade his line of sight but it proves to be useless as he spots them, immediately passing out upon hearing Spider-Ham speak. The heroes make the reluctant decision to stop the collider without Miles, due to his inexperience with his powers. They arrive at Fisk's mansion where Fisk claimed that he and the original Spider-Man were 'very close'. Gwen doesn't believe it one bit and called him a pig to which Spider-Ham took offence saying that he was "right here". Spider-Man Noir points out how the waiters were all dressed as Spider-Man and they all decided to disguise as waiters knowing their suits would be the perfect disguise. They then enter the mansion wearing bow ties and web up two security guards on the way.
Battle for the collider and going home[]
Gwen, Miles, and Peter teaming up.
The heroes enter the collider and Peter volunteers to insert the override key, but they are forced to fight the villains who had anticipated their arrival. Despite being outnumbered and glitching out, Miles arrives in his new suit to aid the heroes. Gwen is nearly bested by Doc Ock, almost falling into the portal but is saved at the last moment by Miles. She compliments him on his new suit. Gwen, Miles, and Peter get ready to team up on Doc Ock but the fight is stopped before it can even begin as a semi truck hits Doc Ock. Miles volunteered to insert the override key, and Gwen and Peter watched him swinging perfectly. Miles opened the portal and the heroes bid farewell before returning to their own universes.
Gwen thinking of kissing Miles on her way back to her dimension.
Before leaving, Miles asked Gwen if he got to like her haircut now. She teased him by saying that she's fifteen months older than him. Referencing his poor joke from physics class a few days ago, Miles quotes what Albert Einstein said about time being relative. He asked her if she wanted to be friends with him and she graciously told him that they are now friends. Gwen said goodbye to Miles and jumped through the portal to return to her universe. Gwen had wanted to kiss Miles right then and there but would not get the opportunity.[1]
Gwen returns back home.
She sits on the top of a building smiling as she reminisces on her time with Miles with the selfie she had taken on the Alchemax bus on her phone. After years of misery from losing her best friend Peter, Gwen had finally opened up and gained herself a few friends and one friend that she would end up developing quite the crush on over the next year.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse[]
Missing Miles[]
Gwen leaving the band.
Sixteen months after the destruction of the Super-Collider, Gwen has grown even more isolated than she has ever been after her experiences with Miles. Gwen constantly thinks about Miles and hopes that one day she can see him again, even seeing his face everywhere she goes. Her bandmates from The Mary Janes attempt to get Gwen to open up about what is very clearly bothering her but she refuses and angrily tells them that she's only in the band to let her feelings out through her drumming. Gwen quits the band the band and walks home alone, taking the subway.
Gwen hugging it out with her father.
Upon arriving home, Gwen's father asks her how she's doing with her band to which Gwen nonchalantly reveals that she had quit. Believing that his newest discoveries the Spider-Woman case will lighten her mood, George tells Gwen that he has gotten even closer to figuring out who Spider-Woman is. As Gwen folds clothes she angrily responds to him saying that catching Spider-Woman will not bring her Peter back. Feeling bad for his daughter, George asks her for a hug and Gwen immediately runs up to him and hugs him. Just then, George gets a call that there is an attack from the Vulture at the Guggenheim museum. He departs and Gwen takes the opportunity to suit up but not before glancing at the one picture she has of herself with Miles.
Battle at Guggenheim[]
Gwen fighting the Vulture.
Gwen swings to the Guggenheim museum and immediately webs up all the police officers including her father to prevent them from getting hurt. Gwen calls out to the Vulture expecting the familiar one that she had fought plenty of times to be responsible only to find a renaissance era version of the villain causing mayhem in the building. Gwen attacks the villain as she guesses that he had arrived to this universe from another dimension similar to how she had been sent to Miles's by the collider. The Vulture manages to pin down Gwen, but is stopped by Miguel O'Hara who launches himself out of a portal at the creature. Miguel helps save citizens and fight the Vulture with Gwen. Jessica Drew soon joins them and the battle grows more intense.
Gwen saving the citizens.
Miguel jumps onto the Vulture and attempts to bite him with his fangs but is unable to. The police instead of helping Miguel mistake him for a villain. The Vulture causes a helicopter to crash and all appears lost but Gwen concentrates as she thinks about her foot hitting her her drums to ground herself as she launches at the helicopter. Gwen creates a giant web and rescues the helicopter pilots. Miguel and Jessica help move citizens out of the way and use their webs to reinforce the helicopter along with Gwen. The effort is a success and no citizens are killed.
Leaving her father and joining the Spider Society[]
Gwen is almost arrested by her father.
After defeating the Vulture and saving the citizens, Gwen gets ready to leave as she exhausted and her suit has cuts on it. She is unexpectedly confronted by her father. Gwen attempts to shoot webs at her father to disarm him but she comes to the harrowing realization that she is out of web fluid and literally cannot do anything. Gwen pleads at her father to stop but he fires a shot towards her as she manages to dodge. Gwen is out of options and does the one thing she had never wanted to do, take her mask off and reveal her face to her father. She tries to desperately explain that she wasn't responsible for Peter's murder. George is completely in shock as he's distraught by the revelation of his daughter's secret identity and the fact that in his eyes she murdered her best friend,
Gwen starts a new life.
George still sees her as the prime suspect of the murder and asks her to surrender herself over. Gwen continues the plead and beg but it is useless. Out of the blue, Miguel leaps out and uses one of his webs to grab George's gun from him. He restrains George behind an electric barrier as he struggles to release himself from his confines. Gwen sobs into the arms of Jessica Drew as she realizes that there's no future for her here. Miguel tosses Gwen a portal watch as she puts it on her wrist. Heartbroken by her dad's apathy towards her, Gwen decides to confirm her membership to join the Spider Society and departs from her universe alongside Miguel and Jessica.
Reuniting with Miles[]
Gwen worked at the Spider Society for several months. She consistently crashes at Hobie's universe as he becomes a big brother figure to her and she joins his band and even goes on some missions with him. She also goes on many missions with Jess who becomes a sort of mentor to her. She would also meet Pavitr Prabhakahar on a mission and become friends with him. At some point she would reunite with Peni and Peter B. Parker, meeting the latter's daughter Mayday. Although Gwen wanted to visit Miles badly, she along with Peter and Peni are told by Miguel and Jessica to stay away from Miles as he is an anomaly and could cause problems to the multi-verse. Gwen also learns about the canon event involving the death of Gwen Stacy if she falls in love with Spider-Man.
"Got a minute?"
She lets her hair grow longer but she continues to maintain the undercut that was given to her by Miles's shoulder touch, she also dyes the ends of her hair pink. During this time period, she would also stop wearing her pointe shoes with her suit and would adapt her chucks into the suit instead as a way to remember Miles as he wore his jordans with his suit. After several months of working for the Spider-Society, Gwen would finally get a mission on Earth-1610B which was the universe Miles resided in. Although she was given strict orders not to see Miles, Gwen's crush and longing to see Miles again was much more important to her.
Gwen immediately hugging Miles.
Using her portal watch, Gwen would set her coordinates to Miles's bedroom and surprised him as he was relaxing and listening to music. After landing shoes first onto his bed, Gwen would immediately hug Miles and noted his growth spurt. Gwen would playfully mess around his room, even taking an action figure collectible out of the box, much to his dismay. Gwen would snatch his sketchbook using a web-shooter and see how many drawings Miles had made of her remarking that she had missed him as well as Miles looked in embarrassment. Gwen would ask Miles if he wanted to go swinging with her to which he would say that he was grounded in response. Gwen would ask if Spider-Man was grounded convincing Miles join her.
Swinging through the city[]
Gwen with Miles.
Gwen and Miles would swing throughout the city and catch up on everything they had missed out on. Gwen would often swing backwards in an effort to be facing Miles as much as possible. She would ramble to Miles about all the new people she had met at the Spider Society including Jessica and Miguel who she described as a "vampire Spider-Man good guy". Gwen then brought up Hobie and how she had crashed in his dimension a couple of times to which Miles would be visibly jealous and confused about. They would web up a robber and grab some food as they continued their swing around the city. Gwen would disappear for a second from Miles's point of view to plant a tracker to spy on the Spot before rejoining him.
"Well there's a first time for everything right?"
Miles and Gwen would eventually make their way to the top of the Williamsburg Bank Building where Miles would ask Gwen about if it was a good idea to tell his parents he was Spider-Man. Gwen would immediately tell Miles that it was an awful idea and experience to go through from her own situation. Gwen and Miles would reveal how much they appreciate each other with them realizing that with each other they are "the same. They would sit next to each other and Gwen would tell Miles that in every universe Gwen Stacy fell for Spider-Man. Miles would slowly move his hand closer to hers. She'd then say that it never ends well. Miles slowly moves his hand away from hers. However, Miles would then say that there is a "first time for everything, right?". Gwen would immediately smile at Miles and casually shifted her weight so her shoulder was resting on his.
Leaving Miles[]
Gwen meeting Miles’ parents.
Gwen and Miles would eat at the rooftop party where Miles would play with Gwen's portal watch much to her dismay. Gwen and Miles would lean in as they thought something was about to happen before Rio popped in and introduced herself as Miles's mom. Jeff would also arrive introducing himself as Miles's father, accidentally hitting his head. Gwen would refer to both of them by their first names much to their dismay. Gwen's portal watch would make noise making her extremely anxious as she did a little dance and made an excuse about not getting her steps in to try and hide the real reason as to what was going on. Gwen would awkwardly shake Miles' hand before leaving.
"Goodbye Miles."
Miles felt awful about Gwen leaving but his mother would console him and implore him to follow Gwen. Miles would track Gwen throughout the city until finding her at the Spot's apartment. Gwen would view a recording of the Spot's attempts to gain more power. Jessica would call Gwen over the portal watch reminding her that she had a mission and that she needed to leave Miles in the past. Miles would be invisible as Gwen stepped into a portal saying goodbye to Miles forever. Miles not wanting to loose Gwen would follow her into the portal.
Battle at Mumbattan[]
Gwen being kicked by the Spot.
Upon arriving in Mumbattan, Gwen would quickly realize Miles had followed her and without a portal watch he would keep glitching in this dimension and eventually die. Gwen and Miles would attempt to catch Spot but to no avail. Pavitr Prabhakar would introduce himself to Miles and the three would attempt to stop the Spot from draining more energy from the Alchemax collider. Pavitr would constantly tease Miles and Gwen during the mission for their barely hidden feelings for each other. Upon arriving at the Alchemax collider, the three spider people were restrained behind a shield as the Spot walked towards the collider. Miles would attempt to absorb the energy from the shield to deactivate it but was interrupted by Hobie Brown also known as Spider-Punk who would easily break the barrier using the sound of his guitar. Miles would very clearly be jealous of Hobie after he joked that Gwen was wearing his chucks.
The Spider people saving Mumbattan.
The four would attempt to stop the Spot but it was too late as he absorbed the collider's energy and escaped. Gwen would help a disorientated Miles escape the collapsing building and would help Miles and the others to rescue as many civilians as possible. When Gwen realized Miles might have died under the rubble just like her Peter she dived in to save him and was extremely relieved after realizing he had survived. Jessica arrived with some backup from the Spider-Society to deal with the mess and took Miles and the group along to the Spider Society while Pavitr stays in his universe.
Introducing Miles to the Spider Society[]
Gwen, Miles, and Hobie watching the Go Home Machine.
Miles would be visibly jealous of Hobie in the Spider Society but he also found him cool. He would be in awe at how large the spider society was but would continue feeling weird that he had not been invited here earlier. Not having a watch on, Miles would briefly glitch causing Gwen to run next to him in control. Jessica would throw a day pass at Miles to prevent him from glitching again. Gwen and Hobie would show Miles around introducing him to all the variants they had caught. Miles briefly saw a version of his Uncle Aaron. The trio would encounter Margo Kess, also known as Spider-Byte would show the three of them the Go Home Machine in action as it sent back a variant of the Rhino.
"You were right Gwen, you should've never come to see me."
In an attempt to make Gwen feel jealous, Miles flirted with Margo. Gwen feeling the sting of jealousy would use her web-shooter to pull Miles away from her and walk away with him. Gwen would stand by Miles as Miguel and Peter B. Parker told Miles about canon events. Upon realizing his father would have to die because of this, Miles would resist the society's beliefs and state that he will save his father because that is what Spider-Man should do. Miles would angrily tell Gwen that she should have never come to see him as her eyes teared up. Miguel would restrain Miles before he broke out using his venom blast with Hobie's help.
Chasing Miles[]
Gwen catching Miles.
Gwen would be a part of the chase to catch Miles but was visibly conflicted the entire time. As she was running as fast she could, Gwen told Jess that she didn't think what she was doing was the right course of action. Jess would remind Gwennot to use her head and just follow the mission as Gwen reluctantly focused on catching Miles and agreed. She would briefly catch him with her web, looking at him with tears in his eyes before he immediately broke the web. Gwen would continue chasing Miles and would even use her web to throw Jess towards him.
"I didn't know....how to tell you."
Once Miguel had cornered Miles on the train headed to the moon, Peter B. Parker would state that this wasn't what they talked about. Miles realized that Peter and Gwen had talked about this. Gwen would try to defend herself by saying this was for Miles's own good but Miles would just get angrier as he eventually overpowered Miguel. He told Gwen goodbye before launching himself off the train as Gwen watched in sadness but with a feeling of hope as her friend escaped.
Fired from the society[]
Gwen is banished by Miguel as he uses the Go Home Machine.
Once Miles had escaped Earth-928B, Gwen confronted Miguel as she yelled at him for his harsh and unjust treatment of Miles. Gwen had genuinely began to realize the gravity of her actions here and it was visible in the face of Jessica, Peter and even Miguel's AI assistant LYLA that Gwen wasn't the only one who thought that this was going a bit too far. Gwen knew now that she had actually pushed Miles away and she felt absolutely awful and was done with the type of things Miguel had been ordering her to partake in. However, Miguel had it with Gwen and coldly talked to Gwen as the Go Home machine grabbed Gwen by her shoulders. The machine lifted Gwen up as she struggled to escape its grasp. She angrily told Miguel that she thought they were supposed to be the good guys before she was sent back to her home universe.
Making up with her father[]
"I was trying so hard to wear this thing the way you would want, and I didn't."
Upon returning to her dimension, Gwen would immediately check her portal watch as she attempted to leave her home dimension only to find out that she was banned from using it. Angry, Gwen would hurl a crate as she attempted to keep herself together and not cry. Gwen would swing to her home and enter her room with the intention of retrieving the one photo she had of her and Miles together. Out of nowhere her father would turn on the light causing Gwen to hit his hand with a web thinking that he was going to try again to shoot her or arrest her. George would implore his daughter to speak to him and Gwen finally opened up about how she was feeling. She told her father about how she felt that she was unable to properly protect and help the people she loves and that she is struggling with balancing the two sides of her life. Gwen implores to her father that she cannot lose one more friend
Gwen making up with her father.
Gwen would tell her father to arrest her but he would refuse. Confused, Gwen would ask why and George would reveal that he had quit being a police officer around halfway through her speech as he realized that his daughter was more important to him than upholding the law or his career. Gwen would immediately realize that this meant her father would not be captain and therefore break the "canon event" regarding his death. Gwen would shoot a web at her father and hug him deeply as he returned the embrace. George would give Gwen the portal watch that Hobie had crafted for her and left in his hands. Gwen would promise to see her father soon before departing through the portal.
Starting a band[]
"He's in the wrong universe."
Gwen would arrive in Miles's dimension and would hear Ben Reilly patrolling the area nearby. Gwen would surprise Ben with a trap as she broke his watch and used a portal to send him to her own universe of Earth-65B where there would presumably be a watch to prevent him from dying.[3] . Gwen would sneak her way into Miles's room only to find he was absent. Her spider-sense would suddenly alert her to the fact he was in the wrong universe. She would also sense that Miles had gotten hurt by something as Miles was knocked out by the Prowler version of himself.
"Well that's his jacket emo!"
Gwen would overhear Rio and Jeff arguing about where Miles was. Feeling guilty about not helping Miles, Gwen would walk out of the room wearing Miles's jacket to cover her suit as she tried to talk to his parents. Rio and Jeff would angrily ask Gwen where Miles was and Jeff would even call her an emo. Gwen would tell them that she has no idea where he is but she knows where to start. Before leaving she'd tell Rio and Jeff that Miles loves them more than anything and that he taught her that anything was possible. Rio would tell her to tell Miles that he was grounded for 5 months and that they loved him. Jessica on her portal watch would overhear the entire thing but would not report it to Miguel as she felt bad for Gwen and may be getting some second thoughts.
Finding a band.
After leaving Miles' parents, Gwen would assemble a band of Spider people starting with Peter B. Parker but going on to include Hobie Brown, Pavitr Prabhakar, Spider-Man Noir, Peter Porker, Peni Parker, Margo Kess, and Mayday Parker. Gwen will now attempt to bring Miles home to his dimension so he can save his father from his impending death as well as hopefully trying to prove to Miles that she was sorry for what she had done by siding with Miguel as Gwen cares and loves for Miles more than anything.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse[]
No information is available as film is not released yet. The only thing regarding Gwen that is known about the film so far is that there will be multiple variants of her[4] and that this story will serve as a conclusion to not only Miles's story but hers.
To be added...
Spider-Woman[]
To be added...
Appearance[]
Gwen wearing casual clothing
Gwen is a lean but muscular, blue-eyed teenage girl with short ash blonde hair. She has eyebrow piercings on her right eyebrow and a small gap in between her two front teeth. The right side of her hair was shaved off and would become an undercut after Miles had gotten his hand stuck to her hair while giving her the infamous shoulder touch. Her body type is similar to that of an acrobat or gymnast.
Gwen in her Spider-Woman suit
She either wears her Spider-Woman suit or casual clothing. Her casual clothing usually consists of punk style clothing and is always paired with her teal colored chucks. Often she will wear other pieces of clothing over her Spider-Woman suit leaving her pointe shoes and lower half of her suit exposed. She briefly wore a uniform that was most likely stolen from from Miles's Brooklyn Visions Academy when she attempts to track him down during the events of Into the Spider-Verse. She very briefly wore a lab-coat and glasses in order to disguise herself at Alchemax in Into the Spider-Verse.
Personality[]
Gwen missing her best friend.
Gwen Stacy is an intelligent, sarcastic and incredibly awkward teenage girl. Gwen attempts to block out her fear of losing friends and loved ones by avoiding any sort of friendships or connections as she can't bear to go through losing another friend like her best friend Peter. Upon meeting Miles Morales she finally decides to give friendship a chance and ends up developing an incredibly intense crush on him during the time they are apart, keeping the undercut haircut that she had no choice in getting as a way to remember him and her few days of time with him. Gwen was a part of a band named the Mary Janes before quitting after being pressured by the band members to open up about her inner feelings that she was dealing with. She is also a trained ballet dancer shown by the fact she wears pointe shoes and her fighting style being graceful like a ballet dancer. She is also a trained gymnast as evidenced by her father's Visions's Gymnastics t-shirt[1] and swinging style and body type.
Gwen laughing at her new friend Miles.
While Gwen initially puts on a front during the events of the collider incident to look tough and strong in front of Miles, the next time she sees him she is no longer able to put it up around him as she finally allows her walls to fall a slight bit. Gwen awkwardness is seen in full effect as she takes Miles's sketchbook without his permission, takes a collectible out of its packaging, calls Miles's parents by their first names and wears shoes on his bed. Due to her lack of confidence and fear of losing Miles she ends up keeping the truth of canon events from him and ends up making Miles feel incredibly betrayed after revealing to him that she had known the entire time but was afraid to tell him. Gwen would however be inspired by Miles to finally open up and standup for the people she cares about after she witnessed him defeat Miguel on top of the train. She would finally be able to reconcile with her father and would promise Miles's parents that she would bring him home.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Gwen displays her abilities whilst fighting against Doc Ock.
- Spider Physiology: After being bitten by the radioactive spider, Gwen gained the traits of a spider like most other spider people including superhuman durability, endurance, speed, strenghth, agility, reflexes, equilibrium, stamina, the ability to crawl on walls and stick on solid surfaces and most importantly her spider sense.
- Superhuman Strength: Gwen is able to overpower an regular humans with the strength she gained after being bitten. We can see this when she lifts up heavy rubble to rescue Miles or kicking the Lizard into a massive pillar with enough force to cause the ceiling to collapse.
- Superhuman Durability: Gwen is able to survive more hits than any regular human evidenced by her bouts with any of the villains she faces.
- Superhuman Speed: Just like the other spider-people, she is incredibly fast compared to any regular human being.
- Superhuman Agility: While already agile due to being a ballerina and gymnast, Gwen's powers allow her to be more agile than any regular human being.
- Superhuman Reflexes: The spider sense Gwen possesses her to dodge any attack that is perceived as a threat towards her.
- Superhuman Equilibrium: Gwen can balance herself perfectly regardless of what object it is.
- Superhuman Jumping: Already able to jump fairly high with her ballerina and gymnastics background, with her powers Gwen is able to jump even higher than any regular human with ease.
- Superhuman Endurance: Like her counterparts, Gwen possesses a superhuman metabolism and endurance being able to remain physically active longer than any regular human.
- Superhuman Stamina: Gwen can remain physically active for long periods of time without fatigue.
- Superhuman Senses: All of the senses Gwen has were increased after the radioactive spider bite.
- Spider-Sense: Gwen's spider-sense is more developed than most other spider-people as she is able to sense Miles being in the wrong universe while she is multiple universes away from him in addition to her spider-sense telling her to seek him out when she initially arrives in his universe even before he was bitten by a radioactive spider.
- Wall-Crawling: Like the other spider-people, Gwen can crawl up any surface like a spider.
- Enhanced mental capacity: Already being pretty intelligent, Gwen's powers only further her mental capacity.
- Gliding: Similar to Jessica Drew and Squirrel Girl, Gwen can turn anything she wears like her suit into gliding material. However, she can only glide not fly.
Abilities[]
- Trained ballerina: In her childhood, Gwen trained in ballet as evidenced by the pointe shoes she used to wear with her suit. This allowed her to become extremely flexible and agile and inspired her fighting style to be extremely elegant and precise.
- Trained gymnast: While attending Chelsea Visions Academy, Gwen was a part of her gymnastics team as evidenced by the shirt her father wears. Her training in this sport helped her to become very adapt at swinging on things and gave her a physique like most gymnasts
- Trained drummer: Gwen is able to play the drums and used to be in a band called The Mary Janes. She most likely can also read sheet music.
Weaknesses[]
- Limited Durability: Like all spider people, Gwen can be knocked out if enough force hits her. In addition she may be extremely physically strong but things such as the go home machine are able to overpower her.
- Emotional vulnerability: Losing Peter caused Gwen to be unable to deal with making new friends causing herself to shut down any social connections. This and the loss of her mother in her childhood caused her to become extremely socially inept as evidenced by her taking out the collectible figure out of the box in Miles's room as well as looking through his sketchbook without permission and wearing shoes on his bed. Her underdeveloped social skills and vulnerability would later result in her hurting Miles by not telling him the truth about what the Spider Society thought of him due to her fear of losing him like she did Peter.
Paraphernalia[]
Equipment[]
- Web-shooters: Like most of her counterparts, Gwen crafts her own webshooters complete with web fluid in order to be able to swing around the city and use in battle.
- Dimensional Travel Watch: Given to her by Hobie, the dimensional travel watch allows Gwen to travel between different dimensions.
- Spider-Woman suit: Crafted by herself, the Spider-Woman suit hides her identity when she fights crime. The Spider-Woman suit appears to be mostly one piece as with most spider-people's outfits with the mask being removable. Gwen however in addition has pink gloves with teal patterning that go over her regular suit.
Trivia[]
Gwen's room featuring a transgender flag that features the words "Protect Trans Kids".
- In the sequel, Gwen is redesigned slightly from her appearance in the first film, with chucks replacing her ballet shoes, and having Gwen Poole's partially dyed pink highlights added to her now much longer blonde undercut hair, a design previously adapted to versions of the character in the Marvel Rising media franchise and the Disney Junior children's television series Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends. This was cited by a character designer for Marvel Rising having mistaken an image of Gwen Poole by Gurihiru for Gwen Stacy while using Google Images to reference the former character's physical appearance during the series' development.
The inside of Gwen's drumset, displaying a note from her deceased mother beside the only picture of herself and Miles together that she owns.
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Bumblebee, both of which Hailee Steinfeld starred in, came out in 2018 in the month of December.
- Gwen is a cishet LGBTQIA+ supporter, having a poster that reads "Protect Trans Kids" above her bedroom door.
- In the beginning of Across the Spider-Verse, Gwen’s father pointed out to another officer that he’s an Irish cop, meaning that he and Gwen come from an Irish bloodline.
- Her mother died when she was young and a note from her is visible in her drumset next to the picture of her and Miles.
- Gwen has a tendency to randomly embrace people she is close to.
- She is left handed.
References[]
External Links[]
- Gwen Stacy on the Pure Good Wiki
- Gwen Stacy on the Marvel Database Wiki
- Gwen Stacy on the Into the Spider-Verse Wiki
- Gwen Stacy on the Sony Pictures Animation Wiki
- Gwen Stacy on the Love Exalted Wiki
- Gwen Stacy on the Love Interest Wiki
