Spider-Man met a resurrected Gwen Stacy in Marvel’s wild Avengers event

It is possible that you are aware of the major Marvel Comics event at the moment. The Avengers, X-Men and Eternals created a god that could destroy all living things on Earth. This mandate is if the world isn’t deemed favorable enough. “You will be judged individually. You will be judged as a collective,” said the Progenitor Celestial. It arrived last week in Black Widow for Hawkeye, and now its roving eye has finally reached Spider-Man.

It was Gwen Stacy who became his greatest failure. What did Peter Parker do? How was he able to overcome his inexplicable, flaw-ridden, perpetually failing existence?

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Image: Zeb Wells, Nick Dragotta/Marvel Comics

The Progenitor didn’t just pardon Peter, it gave him a gift: one last conversation with a temporarily resurrected Gwen. This would have seemed like old news to me a few years back, but today Gwen is her Spider-Person, albeit one that she has made internationally famous in comics and film. Peter even knows Spider-Gwen! He mentors her!

It’s keeping the old-school tragedy of Gwen Stacy alive and meaningful, without the erasure of a female character from the mythos, which freed me up to enjoy this scene for the comic-booky high drama moment it is.

The issue You can also see it here has a fantastic button, revealing that Gwen’s murderer, Norman Osborn — currently trying to go straight and not do murder all the time — is alsoGwen Stacy Progenitor is a more brutal judge.

Image: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Riccardo Federici/DC Comics

Phillip Kennedy Johnson’s Action Comics has been ambitious from the start, and I’m still not sure whether it all paid off. But I can tell you this: Riccardo Federici — with colorist Lee Loughridge — draws the HellIt is not necessary. Superman’s old quip of Lois Lane and Superman having a heart to heart chat as they glide effortlessly through the air, is enhanced by his willingness to give up his secret identity in order for him be able do this in sweatpants.

Image: Al Ewing, Donny Cates, Salvador Larroca/Marvel Comics

Being a bisexual, I have to admit that this pun is quite good. That is the way all great puns ought to be taken.

Image: Meghan Fitzmartin, Riley Rossmo/DC Comics

There is not one. TwoThis week saw Gotham City’s characters move into big boats. On the one hand, Tim Drake’s boat gets a cross section, and I love a cross section…

Image: Stephanie Phillips, Matteo Lolli, David Baldeón/DC Comics

…but, on the flip side, fans of New York City strange news will recognise the joke: Harley purchased the decommissioned Staten Island ferry from Pete Davidson. She deserves it.