The Best Spider Gwen Cosplay Collection

HERSTORY

On Earth-65, Gwen Stacy grew up in Forest Hills with parents Helen and NYPD Captain George Stacy. Her mother dies, and Captain Stacy raises her on his own.

She became close with her neighbor Peter Parker and they attended Midtown High School. There, she also bonded with Harry Osborn, Mary Jane Watson, and Betty and Glory Grant. The latter trio and Gwen formed a band called the Mary Janes.

Gwen’s life changed when she was bitten by a radioactive spider and gained arachnid-like powers. She juggled her newfound powers, keeping them secret from her friends and family, and continued to play drums with the Mary Janes. Gwen also butt heads with her dad, who wanted her to think more about the future and less about music.

Tragedy struck when Parker, who idolized Spider-Woman, tried to induce a chemical transformation of his own – into a Lizard-like being. He lost control and attacked a school dance, dying in Spider-Woman’s effort to stop him. She was unfairly blamed for his death and hunted by the law, including her own father who led the NYPD investigation to apprehend the killer vigilante.

During a Mary Janes concert, Hand leader Matt Murdock, on order of the Kingpin, sent assassin Aleksei Sytsevich (the Rhino) after Captain Stacy. Spider-Woman defeated him only to be held at gunpoint by her father. She revealed her identity and he left the investigation. Haunted by Peter’s death and driven by a sense of responsibility, Gwen doubled her efforts to fight crime.

Arachnid Abilities

After being been bitten by the radioactive spider that bit Peter Parker on Earth-616, Spider-Gwen has all the powers of Spider-Man. She has the speed, agility, and proportional strength of a spider and can stick to walls. Gwen enjoys a heightened “Spidey Sense” when danger is near, and was given a suit and web-shooters by the retired crime fighter, Janet van Dyne.

Buggy Bad Guys

Enemies are never far away from Gwen Stacy’s Spider-Woman, including corrupt lawyer and Hand leader Matt Murdock, whose incarcerated gangster client, the Kingpin, manipulates events from behind bars. It is Kingpin’s attempt to kill Captain Stacy that leads to Gwen revealing her dual identity to her father.

Mayor Norman Osborn of Battleworld seeks to use the Web of Life and Destiny for his own evil ends but Gwen never trusts him. She meets a long-lost Peter Parker from another universe and they help defeat him, alongside the Web-Warriors.

Friendly Neighbors

Gwen often teams up with other spider-beings within the Spider-Verse including Earth-616’s Spider-Woman Jessica Drew and Morales. She is one of the first spider-totems to join Spider U.K.’s Spider-Army to combat the Inheritors during the Great Hunt.

Gwen also has the support of many of her hometown friends and family. Her father Captain George Stacy, after initially wanting to capture Spider-Woman, eventually sides with his daughter after discovering her identity. She also has close relationships with bandmates the Mary Janes, Peter Parker and Harry Osborn.

The Web-Warriors are a group of Spider-Totems from across the Multiverse with whom Gwen teams up to protect the fallen from the destruction of the universe. They work against Mayor Norman Osborn, and after the universe is restored, she uses a portal device to jump between universes when she needs advice from fellow Spideys.

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