Heroes Reborn's Gwen Stacy moonlights as Night-Gwen, Marvel's own version of Batgirl with all her crimefighting abilities.
1 #24, in which Gwen is saved, Peter proposes, and though his identity becomes public knowledge, Gwen vows to remain with him. The first major alternate universe Gwen Stacy appeared in What if.Spider-Man Had Rescued Gwen Stacy? in Marvel's What If Vol. Thus, if editorial edicts prevented writers from telling Gwen's stories in the mainline Marvel universe, they would simply tell them elsewhere. Writers desperately wanted to bring the character back - even J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada planned to resurrect Gwen at the end of 2007's contentious One More Day storyline - but Marvel wouldn't budge Gwen's death seemed immutable. Others would come in the form of illusions, dreams and hoaxes - often created by villains for the sole purpose of emotionally compromising Peter Parker (a plan seemingly shared by Marvel editorial, a fact not lost on savvy readers). Another clone was created by the second Jackal, appearing in Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy, but the clone deteriorates again and is eventually killed in battle. Gwen's first "resurrection" turned out to be a clone of the original, created by the villain Jackal the clone deteriorates soon after. But marriage seemed wrong.the only logical resolution was tragedy." The story was burned into the minds of the Marvel faithful and comics fans in general, so much so that 2002's Spider-Man referenced the death at the climax of the film (albeit with Mary Jane instead) and 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 recreated Gwen's death entirely, snap and all.īut even after her death, Gwen's spectre lingered over the franchise, and writers couldn't help but tease her return - only to repeatedly dash the hopes of fans with every reappearance. The death shocked fans familiar with the conventions of the genre: superheroes simply did not fail to save their love interests back then, and it was a given that their lives were never in any real danger. Marvel even received death threats from angry fans editors responded, saying "The relationship between Peter and Gwen had been through a lot of inconsequential ups and downs, and unless the two were to be married, there was nowhere else to take it. Reception to the issue was largely positive, but many readers were incredulous that Marvel would kill Gwen Stacy in such a sudden and surprising manner (and that Spider-Man even bore some responsibility by inadvertently causing her neck to snap when he caught her with his webbing, hence the 'snap' sound effect).
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