Gwen Stacy

Gwen Stacy in the comics

Gwen Stacy is a character from the Spiderman universe, and is the love interest of Peter Parker/Spider-man.

Biography

When Peter meets Gwen, he was already dating Mary Jane Watson, but he breaks up with her, and starts dating Gwen almost immediately. However, their relationship comes to a hault, after Gwen's father dies, and she blames it on Spiderman. Gwen eventually is able to accept that it wasn't Spiderman's fault, and gets back together with Peter.

Unfortunately, the Green Goblin manages to kill off Gwen, leaving Peter heartbroken. He eventually goes back to dating MJ.

Other Versions

In the vast Marvel Multiverse, there have been other versions of Gwen Stacy different from the main version, here are a few of them.

Ultimate Marvel

Gwen Stacy in this universe was a friend of Peter Parker who was taken in by Aunt May after her father, George Stacy, was killed. She was later killed by the Ultimate version of Carnage, who drained her of her blood for her DNA. The later version of Carnage was drained of the Carnage element, and turned out to be a Gwen Stacy clone, complete with her memories prior to Carnage killing her. She and Peter decided that he loved Mary Jane more and that because she was adopted, they should view each other as siblings. Peter Parker died in the Ultimate universe, leading to Miles Morales succeeding him.

House of M

In the alternate reality created by the insanity of the Scarlet Witch, Gwen Stacy never died. Peter Parker of this alternate universe became Spider-Man, but got a start by being a celebriny pro athlete and movie actor and co-founding a company called Spider-Man, Inc. With Uncle Ben, whose death was averted when Peter beat the Burgular ton show off his powers at the wrestling arena. Peter Parker reunited with Gwen and they married, having a son named Richard. Peter Parker lived the lie that he was a mutant to dodge discrimination when Magneto and the mutants took over the world. Peter Parker of House of M died in the Spider-Verse, making the tragedy reversed so that Peter died and Gwen lived.

Spider-Gwen

Discovered as a survivor of the Spider-Verse, Gwen Stacy of the alternate universe was bitten instead of Peter Parker, becoming Spider-Woman. Similar to House of M, the tragedy was reversed as Peter Parker died and Gwen Stacy lived. She currently visits the 616 occasionally and is currently dating Miles Morales, a younger Spider-Man who was formerly the Spider-man of the Ultimate Marvel Universe but is now native to 616 after Secret Wars altered history.

In Other Media

Gwen appeared in the film Spider-man 3, where she poses as a threat to Peter's main love interest in this film series, Mary Jane. She was played by Bryce Dallas Howard.

Gwen Stacy in the movie

Gwen also appears in the new reboot of the movie The Amazing Spider-man, where she appears as the primary love interest. The two date throughout the movie, and she is aware of Peter's secret. She was played by Emma Stone in this version. She also appeared in The Amazing Spider-man 2, where she is still Peter's love interest with Emma Stone reprising her role. She is first seen as class valedictorian during the High School graduation. She broke up with Peter, but she sees Peter again and the two reconcile their relationship. She helped Spider-Man defeat Electro by overloading the power. After Spider-Man battled Harry Osborn and trying to save Gwen, Peter defeats Harry and Gwen falls to her death and Peter becomes heartbroken as he visits her grave, but Peter continues being Spider-Man after watching Gwen Stacy's speech at the graduation ceremony.