December 11, 2004
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If you have ever been a fan of the Spider-Man comic books, then you
must be aware of the Gwen Stacy character. She is one of
Peter Parker’s first real love, and in fact they were most likely to
have gotten married, until she died from a confrontation with Norman
Osborn’s Green Goblin. Her death was actually pretty important to
the Marvel Universe, as it showed that a hero’s girlfriend can’t always
be saved. Due to her tragic and controversial demise, her
character has grown to be one that a lot of fans cared about.
Through legend, she was the perfect woman for Peter Parker, which makes
her death even more tragic.Now in 2004, her history has been brought in question in the storyline
“Sin’s past.” Three important events occurred in this storyline;
that I believe hasn’t been concluded yet. One was that Spider-man
is being attacked by a man and a woman who turns out to be Gwen Stacy’s
children. Two was that Mary Jane knew Gwen had kids all this
time, but kept this from Peter. Three was that the father of the
children turns out to be Norman Osborn himself (which explains the
accelerated growth of the kids)! For many many fans; including
myself, I was greatly disappointed by this turn of events. It’s
like they destroyed the perfect image of Gwen, and it was uncalled for!
why why why? I don’t even read comic books much anymore, and this is
something that’s been in my mind the past few months! I’m still in
disbelief that they did this.But then I read this website…
http://www.spideykicksbutt.com/GreenwithEvil/DeFloweringGwen.html
…and now I more or less accept this addition to Gwen Stacy’s history.“Sin’s past” has made me like the character of Gwen Stacy a lot less
now, which is unfortunate, but I suppose I can live with it. As
for Mary Jane, she gained a lot more points in my eyes as Peter’s true
love. Maybe that was part of the reason they did this, since they
couldn’t possibly put Gwen in the current live-action movies. It’s all
evil I tell you, EVIL.
I suppose that she will always be the representation of the pure love that was lost and never to be.
