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Spider-Gwen Reading Order (Gwen Stacy, Ghost-Spider)

 

Like her friend Silk, Spider-Gwen first appeared during the first Spider-Verse event. Conceptualized by long-time Spider-Man writer Dan Slott, but really created by Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez, this Spider-Woman is not from the main Marvel universe.

Out of the Spider-Verse, Gwen Stacy swings into action as the Spider-Woman of Earth-65 — a neighborhood like no other! Gwen balances superhero life with being the daughter of a cop…and playing drums in an up-and-coming band, the Mary Janes! And you won’t believe her reality’s versions of the Lizard, the Osborns, Matt Murdock, Captain America, Frank Castle, and more!

The dimension-hopping Gwen joins a team-up of Spider-Women — and sparks fly when she meets Miles Morales! But troubles mount up at home, where she becomes S.H.I.E.L.D.’s most wanted…and problems with her powers lead to the introduction of Earth-65’s Venom!

Gwen would end up without a secret identity and so many more problems. This eventually led her to move to Earth-616, where she would become Ghost-Spider (because there already is a Spider-Woman on this Earth). With the help of Peter Parker, Gwen joined Empire State University, but she still went back to her own Earth, fighting villains on both fronts.

Spider-Gwen Comics Reading Order

Spider-Gwen is an alternate version of Gwen Stacy from the Prime Marvel Universe—find out more about Gwen Stacy’s original story!

Spider-Gwen: The Spider Woman from Earth-65

This first era of Spider-Gwen comics has been published in multiple formats: Omnibus, Modern Epic Collection, Paperbacks, Hardcover, and Graphic Novel TPB. What follows is a guide to the different editions.

Spider-Gwen Omnibus Collection

This first era of Spider-Gwen’s adventures (vol.1, Spider-women & vol. 2) is now collected in one big volume:

  • Spider-Gwen Omnibus
    Collects Edge of Spider-Verse (2014) 2, Spider-Gwen (2015A) 1-5, Spider-Gwen (2015B) 1-34, Spider-Gwen Annual (2016) 1, All-New Wolverine Annual (2016) 1, Spider-Women Alpha (2016) 1, Silk (2015B) 7-8, Spider-Woman (2015) 6-7, Spider-Women Omega (2016) 1, Spider-Man (2016) 12-14.

Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider Modern Era Epic Collection

The newer collection, the Modern Era Epic Collection, is probably the easiest and cheapest way to read the Spider-Gwen adventures of that era.

Spider-Gwen: Graphic Novel Trade Paperback

Like the Modern Era Epic Collection, this edition doesn’t collect the Web Warriors series, but it also skips the Spider-Women crossover and her part in the Champions series.

Spider-Gwen: The Paperbacks

Like Cindy Moon/Silk, Spider-Gwen was introduced during the event called Spider-verse: Here is the full reading order of the event. The short version is that the Spider-People of the multiverse must become allies to fight the Inheritors who feed on the energy of the spiders. It’s optional. You can jump to her solo series directly.

  • Amazing Spider-Man: Edge of Spider-Verse
    Collects Edge of Spider-Verse #1-5. Spider-Gwen debuted in Edge of Spider-Verse #2.
  • Spider-Verse
    Collects Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #7-15, Superior Spider-Man #32-33, Spider-Verse #1-2, Spider-Verse Team-Up #1-3, Scarlet Spiders #1-3, Spider-Woman (2014) #1-4, Spider-Man 2099 (2014) #6-8 and more.

SPIDER-GWEN VOL. 0 MOST WANTED

After Spider-Verse concluded, Spider-Gwen started her solo adventures:

Web Warriors is a fun series about a team of Spider-People who are living interdimensional adventures. Spider-Gwen is part of this team, obviously. It started directly after the Spider-Verse, you can read it in parallel with the previous TPBs.

Spider-Gwen temporarily joins the Champions for a few issues:

The Clone Conspiracy (Optional)
Gwen is on Earth 616 and she ends up taking the place of the last clone of Gwen Stacy. She plays a small part in the event. You can find a full reading order here.

This is the end of the Spider-Gwen solo series… but not the end of the adventures of Gwen Stacy.

Spider-Gwen Reading Order Gwen Stacy Spider-Ghost Logo

Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider

Goodbye Spider-Woman, welcome Ghost-Spider! A new era starts for Gwen Stacy who changes her superhero name and her place in the Marvel Universe.

Icon Spider-Man Reading OrderSpider-Geddon
Optional. You don’t need it, even if the new Ghost Spider series is technically part of the event, but if you want more context, it’s a good story, a solid conclusion to the Spider-verse event. The full reading order is here. All the Spider-Geddon-related stories are also collected in the Spider-Verse/Spider-Geddon Omnibus.

If you are collecting Spider-Gwen’s stories in the Graphic Novel Trade Paperback, the following two stories are in the Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider book.

SPIDER-GWEN GHOST-SPIDER VOL. 2 - IMPOSSIBLE YEAR

The “Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider” series was stopped and relaunched under the name “Ghost-Spider.”

Like most Spider-themed heroes, Spider-Gwen joined The Amazing Spider-Man aka Peter Parker for the Last Remains storyline. You can find the full reading order here.

King In Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage
Gwen got caught up in the King in Black event. Here is the full reading order.

On Earth-65, Gwen Stacy was bitten by a radioactive spider, gained arachnid-like superpowers, and started a crimefighting career as Spider-Woman (or as she’s affectionately known to her peers, Ghost-Spider)! But what would have happened if, instead, she had picked up the enchanted hammer Mjolnir? Or if she received the Super-Soldier Serum? Or built a high-tech suit of armor? Or…you get the idea! Well, you’re going to find out! Gwen Stacy is about to face a unique journey of self-discovery across time and space, never quite knowing which reality or time period she’s just landed in — or which version of herself she’ll be meeting next! Get ready to experience…the Gwenverse!

The End of The Spider-Verse: Like many (all?) of the Spider-People, even some new ones, Gwen joined the End of The Spider-Verse storyline that marked Dan Slott’s return to the Spider-Universe. Her part in the story is not significant, to say the least. This is optional.

 

Ghost-Spider faces her own clone saga in SHADOW CLONES!

Gwen is on the move. She has left her home of Earth-65 for Earth-616, moving full-time to the universe where Gwen Stacy died years ago, and things don’t go smoothly as she has secrets to keep that create tension with the other spiders. This new Ghost-Spider series comes from Stephanie Phillips with art by Federica Mancin and Paolo Villanelli.

Also, she’s barely arrived, and there’s a new Spider-Verse emergency, so she joined the Spider-Society. A bit later, she’ll have to join forces with the TVA to protect the timeline from dangerous variations that could cause the end of everything.

Once again, there’s a relaunch. Ghost-Spider is back in action in this direct follow-up to the previous series (same creative team), but Gwen is back to being her normal self.

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