There use to be a rule in comics – you can bring anyone back
from the dead apart from Bucky, Uncle Ben and Jason Todd. Yeah, that rule didn't last long.
I would like to hypothesise a new rule – you can bring
anyone back, but shouldn't bring back Uncle Ben or Gwen Stacy.
Gwen was THE girl for Peter Parker. Smart and beautiful,
theirs was a classic high school romance, and even though they had their ups
and downs everyone could tell they would be together forever. Even Norman could see it. Kidnapping Gwen to lure Spider-Man out for a
final confrontation he knocked her off the top of the Brooklyn Bridge. In a desperate attempt to save her Spidey
shot a web, catching Gwen by the ankle as she fell. However the sudden change in motion also
caused Gwen’s neck to snap posing the question that many have had for the
decades since – did the force of the Goblin hitting Gwen off the bridge at a fast
pace kill her, or was it Spidey’s own webbing that sealed her fate?
Either way the Death of Gwen Stacy was the first time a
major character died in the comics medium.
It is known as being the comic that ended the Golden Age of comics, and
also lead to the original death of Norman Osborn.
What do the tenured writers have in store for Ms Stacy this
week? Will they show how they would
bring her back? Keep her dead or flash back in time?
Remember, if you have a page long strip on Ms Stacy post it
below in the comments section of this post, and receive valuable feedback from
the TB Tenured Writers.
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