Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy)

Gwen Stacy Spider-Woman / Ghost-Spider
Character design by Robbi Rodriguez.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Edge of Spider-Verse #2 (September 2014)
Created by	Jason Latour (writer) Robbi Rodriguez (artist) (Based upon Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko)
In-story information
Alter ego	Gwendolyne Maxine Stacy
Species	Human mutate
Place of origin	Queens, New York City, Earth-65
Team affiliations	Spider-Army/Web-Warriors
Partnerships	Matt Murdock / Kingpin Miles Morales / Spider-Man Peter Parker / Spider-Man
Notable aliases	Spider-Woman, Spider-Gwen, Gwenom, Ghost-Spider[1] Ghosty
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, equilibrium, reflexes, stamina, and durability Ability to cling to solid surfaces Precognitive spider-sense Skilled hand-to-hand combatant Expert detective Use of multiverse travel device Utilizes wrist-mounted web-shooters Gliding

Spider-Woman (Gwendolyne Maxine "Gwen" Stacy; colloquially: Spider-Gwen, 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 as a teenager she was bitten by a radioactive spider and becomes 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, and Susan Storm.

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 voice in other media. Since 2018, Hailee Steinfeld has voiced Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman in the Spider-Verse films Into, Across, and Beyond the Spider-Verse, and will star as the character in an in development Spider-Woman spin-off solo film. She has also briefly gone by the names Gwanda, Gwynne, Gwendy, and Abigail.