What happened to Gwen in The Amazing Spider-Man?

In The Amazing Spider-Man #125 (Oct. 1973), Marvel Comics editor Roy Thomas wrote in the letters column that “it saddens us to have to say that the whiplash effect she underwent when Spidey’s webbing stopped her so suddenly was, in fact, what killed her. In short, it was impossible for Peter to save her.

Why did The Amazing Spider-Man have Gwen and not MJ?

Traditionally, Mary Jane did not appear in the first few years of the Spider-Man comics, so there was no specific reason that she had to be included in a Spidey origin film. With Mary Jane out of the picture, the writing team instead decided to focus on Gwen Stacy.

Who is Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man homecoming?

Gwen Stacy played by Bryce Dallas Howard and Emma Stone Gwen is the daughter of NYPD Captain George Stacy and is a classmate of Peter Parker. In the 2007 film, Peter dates Gwen during the symbiote takeover to make Mary Jane jealous. All goes awry in a jazz club one night, the two split, and Howard’s Gwen never returns.

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