Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy)

Spider-Woman (Gwendolyne Maxine "Gwen" Stacy; colloquially: Spider-Gwen, Gwenom, also known as Ghost-Spider) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was created by Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez. The character debuted in Edge of Spider-Verse issue #2 as part of the 2014–15 "Spider-Verse" comic book storyline, leading to the ongoing series Spider-Gwen in 2015. An alternate-universe version of Gwen Stacy from Spider-Man stories, she lives on Earth-65, where she was bitten by a radioactive spider as a teenager and became Spider-Woman, developing some of the classic Spider-Man personality, conflicts, tribulations, powers and abilities. The character's enemies include Earth-65 versions of Matt Murdock, Frank Castle, Cindy Moon, and Susan Storm, her allies including her band the Mary Janes, led by Carnage (Mary Jane Watson), who is in love with Gwen. Spider-Woman was met with positive reviews from critics, who cited her design—which would become a popular choice for cosplay—and feminist perspective. For promotion, several other versions of the character were developed, accompanied by merchandise. She was featured on animated television series and in video games as a playable character. Dove Cameron voices the character in the 2018–19 Marvel Rising media franchise as "Ghost-Spider", an alias later integrated into the comics; Laura Bailey, Ashley Johnson, Emily Tennant, Catherine Luciani and Allegra Clark have also provided the character's v