Spider-Gwen Vol. 1: Greater Power

by Jason Latour

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I'm definitely going to pick this up in Trade, but it was in at the comic store, so I decided to pick up the first issue.

I know absolutely nothing about Spider-Man or any of the different universes, and yes, I could look it up on Wikipedia or somewhere, but I haven't yet. I will probably check out some of the world building before the first volume comes out, just so I have an idea of what's going on and the different villains.

So, knowing nothing about the world or who Gwen Stacy really is, I enjoyed this issue. I thought her as the Spider-Woman of this universe was fun and different. I'm not sure about all the underlying issues between her and her father, but I get why the City seems to hate her and find her to be a vigilante. Again, I'm sure if I read up on the universe, I'll have a better understanding.


While I didn't find a the writing or the art exceptional, both are solid. I will say it was an absolutely brilliant decision to make use of negative space with Spider-Gwen's costume. It just felt fresh and inventive and very NOW. Sometimes costumes feel outdated to me, but not this one.


I'm definitely looking forward to checking this out later on when the first couple of volumes come out, and when I get home, I'll put some images of the comic in this, because that costume.



Complete Side Note: This is my first Marvel single issue, and I'm just recently collecting comics, so I'm not sure if this is normal, but it hasn't been with my current experience - WTH is up with all those ads in the issue? This says there are 32 pages, but it's really only 22 pages of Spider-Gwen content. I find that really ridiculous.