Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy is a female comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Gwendolyne Maxine Stacy was a female human born in the modern age where she was the daughter of George Stacy and his wife Helen Stacy. (Spider-Man v1 #-1)
As a teenager, she used to attend Standard High that was the rival to fellow school Midtown High School. (Gwen Stacy v1 #1) During that time, she was noted for being the Beauty Queen of Standard High with her having followed the football career of Flash Thompson. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #31)
After admission into Empire State University, she came to meet Peter Parker where she came to be deeply attracted to him. However, her advances to him were only met with aloofness from him that left her feeling insulted by him ignoring her. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #31) This led to her and Harry Osborn deciding to snub him in return though Gwen partly felt ashamed as she was still attracted to Parker. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #34) Gwen later attended a space exhibit where Peter was also in attendance. Gwen became frustrated when Peter only noticed the exhibits and remained completely oblivious to her presence. When the criminal known as the Looter showed up to steal a meteor, Spider-Man arrived to prevent it. Peter attempted to try and talk to Gwen, but she wrote him off as a coward for running when the villain showed up. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #36) Over time, Gwen started to see Peter in a positive light, admiring his strength and courage. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #38) When Peter went to school on his bike, Gwen noticed his new ride and mentioned it. As he told her that she’s got a lot to learn about him, they both really noticed each other for the first time. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #41) At Empire State University, Gwen invited Peter to a party at her house on Sunday, but he declined so as to meet his neighbor's niece, Mary Jane Watson. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #42) Gwen and her friends later learn that Flash Thompson has been drafted for the war. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #43) Gwen met up with Peter, Harry and Flash at a local café. While talking about Flash being drafted, Mary Jane walked in and the boys were stunned. They became even more surprised when Peter revealed that he knew her and Gwen became jealous when Peter and Mary Jane left together. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #44) Gwen and her friends planned a going away party for Flash Thompson before he left for the armed forces to fight in Vietnam. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #47) She also came to visit an unwell Peter Parker. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #49) Gwen started to notice Peter's depression over his Aunt's illness, which started to affect his grades. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #50) With Gwen and her friends' help, Peter was made to feel better about his life. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #51) Flash Thompson returned home on furlough from the war, meeting with the gang: Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacy, and Mary Jane Watson. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #52)
Peter asked Gwen to accompany him to a science symposium with Professor Warren. At the symposium, Doctor Octopus attacked and stole a device called a 'nullifier', a device designed as missile defense. Spider-Man tried to stop him, leaving Gwen on her own feeling abandoned by her date. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #53) Peter visited Mary Jane and Gwen Stacy, where both competed for a date with him, but he left them both to check on his Aunt May. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #54) Gwen and her friends all got together at the Coffee Bean Barn. (Amazing Spider-Man Annual v1 #4) Peter and Mary Jane went to his Aunt May's House to assess the damage done by the attack by Dr. Octopus, where they were joined by Gwen. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #55) Suddenly, Peter went missing, causing Gwen and all his friends and family to worry. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #56) Once Peter returned, he, Gwen, and the rest of their friends met up and decide to go and check out a nightclub where Mary Jane had taken up a job as a go-go dancer. However, the club was a criminal front where Dr. Winkler's brainwashing techniques were being utilized to further a criminal organization. They gave Mary Jane a special camera that briefly puts people under their control, forcing them to go in back and get legitimately brainwashed. When this was done to Captain George Stacy, Gwen began to worry about her father when he didn't return from getting fresh air. Peter, also finding it suspicious, decided to go look for him but as Spider-Man. Spider-Man went in back and caught Winkler in the process of brainwashing George Stacy, but before Spider-Man could stop him, he was grabbed by Winkler's employer: Kingpin. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #59) Once Kingpin completed the brainwashing, he let Stacy go. Stacy met up with Gwen and Harry, who were being told by Mary Jane about Spider-Man's appearance at the club; George attempted to alleviate any concern they had about what happened. When Peter later tried to confront George as Peter Parker, Stacy attacked him, forcing Peter to defend himself. Gwen walked in on the situation, and her father accused Peter of going mad and attacking him. Gwen refused to listen to anything Peter said and demanded that he leave. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #60)
Death
Legacy
Following Gwen's death, Professor Miles Warren snapped as his obsession with her led to him grieving over her demise and blaming Peter Parker for her death. After learning the secrets of cloning, he decided to become a costume supervillain called the Jackal where he planned an elaborate revenge against Parker. In this time, he came to clone Gwen Stacy where this copy lacked the last few memories of the original. The Jackal spent the next few months using hypnosis to awaken her memories and educate her on the world as well as making her obey his commands. In addition, he began growing a clone of Parker to be used as part of his revenge against Spider-Man. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #149)
A new clone of Gwen Stacy was created years later by the new Jackal. The Jackal's new cloning technique allowed for the clone to possess all of the memories of the real Gwen up to the point of her death, which convinced both of them that the clone was in fact the real Gwen Stacy brought back from the dead. Unfortunately, this new cloning technique afflicted all of its subjects with cellular decay, which was prevented with the daily consumption of a pill. (Clone Conspiracy v1 #1)
The corpse of Gwen Stacy along with the remains of others who had died in Peter Parkers life were all dug up by Kindred as part of his elaborate plan to torment Spider-Man. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #50)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Gwen Stacy was a young female human noted for her beauty and her long blonde hair. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #31)
Gwen had been the former ex-Beauty Queen of Standard High. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #31) Such was her beauty that many young man vied to go out with her. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #34)
Gwen Stacy was the daughter of police captain George Stacy with her mother being Helen Stacy. (Spider-Man v1 #-1).
She had an uncle named Arthur Stacy who was her fathers older brother that stayed in London. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #93) He had children that were Gwen's cousin one of whom was the brunette haired Jill Stacy. (Spider-Man v1 #76)
At E.S.U., she first met Peter Parker and though he was not husky like Flash Thompson she thought him to be brighter and very attractive. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #31)
Professor Miles Warren came to develop an obsession with Gwen Stacy who had been his student. This spiralled after her death where he eventually came to be a costumed supervillain called the Jackal. He had said to had hated Peter Parker for being young and to had been loved by Gwen as well as being responsible for her death. Professor Warren had said that Gwen Stacy had perhaps reminded him of the daughter that he never had in his life. Regardless of the reason, he felt drawn to her where he was protective and fatherly to her where her death led to a piece of him dying as well. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #149)
Powers and abilities
Professor Miles Warren described her as being a good student who was bright and attentive. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #149)
Notes
- Gwen Stacy was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko where she made her first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #31 (December, 1965).
Alternate Versions
- In Spider-Man Unlimited v2 #4 (2000), an alternate reality version of the character was shown to reside on Counter-Earth based on the cartoon series. This version was an inhabitant of the world populated by the High Evolutionary's Beastials that were the ruling elite whilst mankind were second-class citizens. Gwen Stacy was a human that worked secretly to maintain Harmony that was an underground city where humanity and Beastials could be free from the High Evolutionary's tyranny allowing them to live in peace. When Spider-Man discovered the city, the inhabitants intended to force him to remain there to protect their home from discovery by Gwen Stacy allowed him to escape whereupon she returned to Harmony.
- In Edge of Spider-Verse v1 #2 (2014), an alternate reality version of Gwen Stacy resided on Earth-65 who was her planet's version of Spider-Woman.
- In Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man v1 #304 (2018), an alternate timeline was created in an attempt to stop the Vedomi invasion. This resulted in a world where Peter Parker quit being Spider-Man and Norman Osborn stopped being the Green Goblin. This timeline saw Gwen Stacy survive where she married Peter Parker who headed a tech company. In the meantime, Norman Osborn used the Goblin Formula to create a health supplement that made him incredibly wealthy whereby he along with his son Harry came to dominate the planet when he was elected President. Earths superheroes were either killed, detained or came to work for Osborn with Gwen Stacy being secretly part of the resistance in toppling this regime.
In other media
Television
- In Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy appeared as a minor guest character in the 1990s animated television series where she was voiced by actor Mary Kay Bergman.
- In The Spectacular Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy appeared as a central cast character in the animated television series where she was voiced by actor Lacey Chabert.
- In Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy appeared in the 2017 animated television series where she was voiced by actor Laura Bailey. After an explosion in the Jackal's laboratory, she was exposed to the Spider-Virus leading to her developing powers with her creating a suit similar to that of Spider-Gwen.
Films
- In Spider-Man 3, Gwen Stacy appeared in the live-action film where she was portrayed by actor Bryce Dallas Howard.
- In The Amazing Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy appeared in the live-action film where she was portrayed by actor Emma Stone.
- In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Gwen Stacy appeared in the live-action film sequel where she was once again portrayed by actor Emma Stone.
Video games
- In The Amazing Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy appeared in the video game tie-in to the live-action film where she was voiced by actor Kari Wahlgren.
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1965)
- Spider-Man v1:
- Clone Conspiracy v1:
- Gwen Stacy v1:
- Amazing Spider-Man v5:
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