I know next to nothing about Spider-Gwen. In Spider-Verse,
Gwen had a featured role, but there wasn’t a whole lot of character development
for her. In the new series, Jason Latour gives us a lot more, but it is clearly
picking up from a series or one-shot that I haven’t read. For example, Gwen
spends a lot of time dealing with a rock band called the Mary Janes, but I have
no idea who they are or what the history is. Latour does a nice job catching me
up, but this doesn’t exactly feel like a first issue.
To be honest, I could have used a tad more explanation that
this was an alternate Earth. I mean, I know this Vulture is different than the
one we know. I see that Ben Grimm is a cop instead of being the Thing. But
there are so many subtle (or not-subtle) callouts to the regular Marvel U, it
did limit how invested I got in this comic.
The whole tone of this comic is definitely along the lines
of DC’s Batgirl of Burnside relaunch. That goes for the art too. Robbi
Rodriguez’s art is very stylized and modern, not done in the normal Marvel
style. It is fine but not exactly for me. That said, I love Rodriguez’s design
on the Spider-Gwen costume. That is a striking, excellent design.
Like many other current and upcoming comics, I’m pretty sure
I’m not the target audience for this comic. Hey, I hope folks dig it, but I’m
probably going to pass on picking up the next issues.
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