Marvel Comics Is Doing The Unthinkable And Resurrecting Gwen Stacy As A New Weapon X-Style GWENPOOL

Marvel Comics Is Doing The Unthinkable And Resurrecting Gwen Stacy As A New Weapon X-Style GWENPOOL

What the f***?! Yes, Marvel Comics has claimed that the original Gwen Stacy will rise from the grave this May in a new Gwenpool series also featuring Spider-Man, the original Gwenpool, and Kate Bishop...

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By JoshWilding - Feb 19, 2025 05:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

Her death remains one of the most heart-wrenching moments in comic book history...and her return will rank among the most outrageous. Marvel Comics is doing the unthinkable by resurrecting Gwen Stacy as Gwenpool in a new Marvel Comics series from New York Times bestselling author Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic) and rising star artist Stefano Nesi.

Gwen Stacy will return as a darker, deadlier, and even more unhinged Gwenpool. So, who better to help Spidey navigate this soul-crushing revelation than the medium-shattering, attention-seeking Marvel Comics superfan, the original Gwenpool? 

There's been some confusion about this on social media, but Gwenpool - a character that started life as a variant cover - will team up with Spidey to solve the unhinged mystery of how Earth-616's Gwen Stacy has risen from the grave and suited up as a new, villainous Gwenpool. 

 This is going to be controversial. Here's the official description for the series:

GWENPOOL IS BACK AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER! Everyone's favorite reality-twister's life is changing. A grittier doppelganger is bringing her own brand of hyper-violent justice to a battle-strewn NYC! Who is this dark Gwenpool? And what does she want with the Amazing Spider-Man? Kate Bishop and Jeff the Land Shark guest-star in a comic series that will shock you to your core! 

Addressing the bold decision to resurrect Gwen, Scott said, "What an absolute honor! To tear both Gwenpool and Spider-Man's worlds apart? Yes please! Gwen Stacy is back from the grave and deadlier than ever. Weapon-X style abilities? Check. A line in killer put-downs? You've got it. This is not the Gwen you remember."

"But just who is behind her miraculous resurrection? And what has happened to the original Gwenpool's usually careful existence?" the writer pondered. "Add Kate Bishop and Jeff the Land Shark to the mix and you have the Marvel series of my dreams!"

Scott also praised Nesi (best known for his acclaimed work on Batman) by adding, "I couldn't ask for a better partner than Stefano Nesi on art! Mega-violence has never been so much fun, each frenzied attack brought to dark, brooding life by Matt Milla's blistering colors. Monsters, mayhem and murder await as Spider-Man and Kate learn that nothing - or no one - is sacred."

Check out Chad Hardin and Greg Land's covers for the first issue below featuring the new Gwenpool in action along with artist Jeehyung Lee's stunning depiction of the beloved classic Gwenpool. In addition, we have Paco Medina's foreboding promotional artwork of Gwen's grave, which will also be available as a Gwenpool #1 variant cover.

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GWENPOOL #1 (OF 5)
Written by CAVAN SCOTT
Art by STEFANO NESI
Cover by CHAD HARDIN
Variant Cover by GREG LAND
Variant Cover by JEEHYUNG LEE
Promo Art Variant Cover by PACO MEDINA
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Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 2/19/2025, 5:49 AM
shit gimmicks
McMurdo
McMurdo - 2/19/2025, 1:31 PM
@Superheromoviefan - modern Marvel comics in a nutshell
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 2/19/2025, 2:19 PM
@McMurdo - well marvel and dc
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 2/19/2025, 6:08 AM
Man... if they can't think of any good stories to do with their existing characters... which after so many years I can kind of get that it must be tricky to do something totally innovative with characters that have been through so much, why not try to actually create new characters (original ones and not rehashed versions of others). We really are facing some creativity bankrupcy period huh?

That's why when we talk about comic adaptations we need to be careful as to which comics are being adapted. There is a lot of crap nowadays, comics are no longer the Bibles they used to be.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/19/2025, 6:25 AM
@Urubrodi - There is a lot of crap nowadays. But like if you look at Frankenstein or Dracula or Sherlock Holmes, there's a lot of crap there too, yet we know what the actual source material is for those characters, the original novels and stories by the original authors.

I see comics the same way. There are levels of canonicity (to anything, comics, books, whatever).

With comics both the writer and artist are seen as authors, so the first level of canonicity for comics would be the original work by both authors working together.
The 2nd level would be either of those authors working separately.
The 3rd level would be the official continuity of the original universe (official being legal officialdom, the IP owners).

You could probably go on and on with further levels of canonicity but why bother, anything beyond that tertiary level isn't really what I would consider the source material. It counts, like Young Sherlock Holmes counts or Dracula 2000 counts, just not as much as the actual source material counts.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 2/19/2025, 6:38 AM
@Urubrodi - Three things I will say.

1.) Every power and every combination of powers you could imagine have been done multiple times already and there were no original stories before comics even existed just differing takes on narratives already done as such define 'original character' V 'rehashed'.

2.) Selling a completely new titular character to stores, and the stores selling them to customers is always a tough task initialy hence why the choice to oft go legacy characters taking over from the original in the OG's comic at first (then if it works out maybe get their own hero name and there own comic when the OG inevitably returns).

3.) MOST kids only tend to pay for copies of comics for upto a decade at most and less likely to go out of their way to pick up ones over 20yrs old thus for old farts who continue to read comics or forty years things can get repetitive but for kids the third time of a thing is oft their first time.

So I totaly get all the critiques but the solution to address them isn't exactly easy for all the above reasons and more. Main thing should be if a comic run is good or not which is impossible to know in advance just from a synopsis.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 2/19/2025, 6:48 AM
@Apophis71 - Oh I totally get that it is a hard ask, but the way things are going they will just keep diluting the quality and legacy of the OG characters until no one cares anymore about comics. If you create a new character, the safest route is to introduce him/her in the story of an already established character (e.g. Wolverine) and see if it gets traction. In todays age maybe also include the character in a game or show to see people's reception, but not force feed the character and try to make people like him/her no matter what (e.g. Mrs Marvel). There is no easy path but if nothing is done we'll just live off of past stories and it'll get to a point that all main events will have been adapted in shows/movies and the MCU will be forced to reboot everything and get into an endless cycle.

Of course I may be jumping the gun, but given Marvel's recent comics and this synopsis, it's hard to be optimistic. To be fair lately their best stuff has happened in the Ultimate universe imo, at least there they have more freedom to be creative.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 2/19/2025, 6:56 AM
@Apophis71 - Or we might get a switch of roles. The MCU will have to come up with new stories on their own (which has a big chance of not going well) and the comics will later adapt them.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 2/19/2025, 7:00 AM
@Urubrodi - I'd argue all day the new Ms. Marvel was as original of a character as you ever get.

Yes she took the old hero name of Danvers but there is a narrative reason for it that makes sense and does not have her powers at all and probably one of the best, and best recieved initial comics runs for a new character of the past 30yrs. Just sales don't LOOK as good to some eyes at it was primarily pushed on the digital comics alongside Miles, less so with physical sales but even with those was outselling a lot of titular A list runs with several reprints.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 2/19/2025, 8:34 AM
@Apophis71 - I agree she was original, but the problem imo is that she's just not good.

Don't think she's a horrible character, but Marvel tried to make her bigger than she actually is and tried to force her into everything in hopes she'd become popular. Considering how projects including her tend to perform I think they failed.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 2/19/2025, 9:58 AM
@Urubrodi - I mean no character will be to all tastes and will always get if folk don't like characters appearing in every other comic run going if not their thing. It does tend to be overdone to get folk who love one character to check out others.

I checked out her first solo run when they announced her coming to the MCU and felt to me as good, and fresh plus similar in a lot of ways to the some of the early Spider-man comics. It was certainly better than any other new characters first solo since the 90's I've ever read anyway and more a return to the form I grew up with in terms of general quality in the 70's and 80's (plus any old battered copies from the 60's I could get my hands on to read).

Fair to have a differing PoV on it obviously.

No clue how well or not she had been used beyond that first run of hers and the 2015 version of Secret Wars it led into.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/19/2025, 6:14 AM
Since Spider-Gwen now attends college on 616 Earth, they kinda already brought her back. But yeah bringing back the actual dead Gwen would leave no question about it.

Nobody stays dead in comics except Bucky, Gwen Stacy and Uncle Ben?
Bucky's back, Gwen's back twice and Uncle Ben doesn't count anyway (he's a motivating story element in a superheroes origin story, they don't count).

Nobody stays dead in comics except Mar-Vell and Karen Page.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 2/19/2025, 6:21 AM
@ObserverIO - Don't be surprised if after the Born Again first season Marvel announces Kare Page's come back. The only reason why Mar-Vell doesn't come back is because of Carol Danvers taking his mantle.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 2/19/2025, 6:21 AM
@ObserverIO - Oh and isn't Uncle Ben technically back in the new Ultimate Universe?
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/19/2025, 6:36 AM
@Urubrodi - He hasn't died yet (I don't think I haven't caught up), but the only reason I said that Spider-Gwen counts is because she's on Earth 616 now, so I wouldn't count Ultimate Uncle Ben unless he also enrolled at college on 616. Or... did something else that brought him to 616.

A lot of people forget this, but the main Iron Man is actually an alternate universe Iron Man that got imbued with 616 Iron Man's memories in the Heroes Return event. Before that time he was a teenage alternate future Iron Man and the real Iron Man had already died. So they never really brought back the actual dead Iron Man either. But we still say that Iron Man came back from the dead even though he's from an alternate universe. So that's why I say Spider-Gwen counts.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 2/19/2025, 6:50 AM
@Urubrodi - Carol Danvers had nothing to do with Mar-Vell not coming back as his mantle did not go from him to her, it went to Monica Rambeau, then it went to Genis-Vell, then it went to Phyla-Vell, then it went to Khn'nr, then it went to Noh-Varr THEN it finaly went to the one version that actualy knew him starting out as his human sidekick and got her intitial powers from him with Carol Danvers.

There were some good stories featuring Mar-Vell but his solo comics never sold that well but have to continuously have a titular Captain Marvel comics periodicaly to keep the copyright. Mar-Vell was created when the hero identity lapsed for Fawcett to help counter attempts to trade off the Marvel comics brand by using Marvel as a hero identity (and why he had some similarities to Shazam, all prior to DC buying rights to that character).

Hence so many iterations over the decades and isn't exactly the same as almost any other case of multiple legacies for a character.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 2/19/2025, 6:51 AM
@ObserverIO - "A lot of people forget this, but the main Iron Man is actually an alternate universe" I actually forgot that lol Why did you remind me XD

Sometimes I feel like I should have tried to be a comic writer, it seems so easy looking from the outside to come up with stories, anything gets approved. But I guess the pay nowadays is not worth it.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 2/19/2025, 6:52 AM
@ObserverIO - OMG I forgot about Teen Tony Stark - I have to dig that one up - that was a low point in a decade of low points, foil covers and pouches.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 2/19/2025, 6:54 AM
@Apophis71 - What I meant was that given that Carol holds his old mantle and is more popular, there is little reason for them to bring the character back from the dead, although I'd like that. Especially considering that they have made him such an integral part of her origins, like Uncle Ben to Peter.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 2/19/2025, 7:05 AM
@Urubrodi - If there is a REALY good story to tell, never against bringing anyone back, the issue is always if/when they do so or dumb reasons in poorly written comics. I'd say one of the better ones was Bucky being brought back after literaly being the longest to stay dead (killed off as part of Cap's origin back when it was still Timely comics in the early 40's) as Winter Soldier.
AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 2/19/2025, 7:14 AM
@Urubrodi - lol I just said below without seeing your post (at the end of my rant) I cant wait for the Uncle Ben Pool comic.
dumbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 2/19/2025, 11:20 AM
@ObserverIO - is Professor X dead in the comics? I haven’t seen him in anything in a while.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/19/2025, 11:46 AM
@WruceBayne - Last I knew he was dead, but I haven't checked in on X-Men in a while so he might be alive again.

I feel like we have to wait at least 10 years to declare Xavier dead, since he's died and come back to life so many times.
RolandD
RolandD - 2/19/2025, 12:13 PM
@Urubrodi - Mar-Vell was dead for 40 years give or take before Carol became Captain Marvel so don’t blame Carol. Marvel comics made the decision not for resurrect him long ago.
supermanrex
supermanrex - 2/19/2025, 12:48 PM
@ObserverIO - no he is not dead. he is in the books now. theres actually a hunt for xavier story coming
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/19/2025, 12:52 PM
@supermanrex - lol, knew it. [frick]er never stays dead for long.
supermanrex
supermanrex - 2/20/2025, 9:58 AM
@ObserverIO - he actually never died this time around. they faked his death publicly and he is being held by the government after he turned himself in for his unethical handling of the situation at the end of krakoa story line. i assume he must be escaping soon to be hunted in the new story line coming.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 2/19/2025, 6:51 AM
Holy balls. I can't imagine this selling 10 copies - so it will probably get a D+ series.
AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 2/19/2025, 7:13 AM
Hey why dont you really read comic anymore? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[frick]ing Bendis ruined it thats why. Started strong and then [frick]ed marvel in their little red butthole. Writers cant come up with any good story lines anymore. Its like. Nah. lets make another deadpool. but another gwenpool. but make it one of those characters we said was FOREVER dead.
I cant wait for the uncle ben pool comic.
Lysander45
Lysander45 - 2/19/2025, 7:28 AM
"This is not the Gwen you remember."
Yeah, that's because this is a new character wearing nostalgia like a Leatherface skin mask. This approach always works so well and isn't retconned within a year.
ANewPope
ANewPope - 2/19/2025, 7:39 AM
ASM comics is dead to me.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/19/2025, 8:13 AM
@ANewPope - Long live USM.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 2/19/2025, 7:41 AM
Sell the company and dissolve the industry
malschla
malschla - 2/19/2025, 8:50 AM
Just like the MCU, the 616 comic universe needs a HARD reboot.

We are waaaayyy past “jump the shark”. It’s so far beyond that level of ridiculousness that it doesn’t even really apply.

Marvel writers, if you’re listening: stop looking at characters as props in your fanfic. The way to write a story is to write a character, put them in a situation and “watch” how they react. Stop bending characters to the plot.
Corruptor
Corruptor - 2/19/2025, 10:14 AM
So they can do this but can't bring back Mar-Vell because a fan from 50 years ago might have had a family member who had cancer and the storyline may have struck a chord with them. But people with broken-necked girlfriends, well frick them, lol.
cham2119
cham2119 - 2/19/2025, 10:55 AM
[frick] it if we jumping some sharks lets jump the whole ocean while we're at it, I give you "Uncle Ben-pool": Risen from the dead to take his revenge on the wrestling promoter that scammed his nephew into letting the crook go that killed him.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/19/2025, 11:50 AM
Disney is doing the unthinkable and doing anything to have more Gwen Stacey and other girlbosses and no fun Marvel mommies who get it done! Well, maybe not that unthinkable.
MuadDib
MuadDib - 2/19/2025, 12:08 PM
Lame. At this rate, with the shet ideas they’re pumping out, I can’t even imagine where the Marvel Comic Book universe will be in 10 years. Over run by a rainbow of Hulks, hordes of Spider ppl, Watered down Wolverines, 50 different Ghost Riders, and a Deadpool variant for each.

Beyond lame.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/19/2025, 12:27 PM
We need new characters.

Combine cool things.

Vigilantes on motorcycles? Cool.
Flaming skulls? Cool.
A vigilante with a flaming skull riding a flaming motorcycle? Pretty cool.

Combine some of these:

Dinosaur
Monster
Babe
Cyborg
Ghost
Alien
Vigilante
Old West hero
Conquistador
Patriot
Christian
Wizard
Knight
Soldier
Spartan
Vlad Dracula
SodaBurps
SodaBurps - 2/20/2025, 2:37 PM
The ole throw crap at the wall and see what sticks approach.
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