Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - 28 Easter Eggs & References Explained
5. Spider-Gwen
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Spider-Gwen has experienced a remarkable rise since being introduced four years ago. She's become one of Marvel's most popular Spidey characters, no doubt spurred on in part by Emma Stone's performance as the character in the Amazing Spider-Man series, and has since appeared in video games, animated shows, and now a film too.
In Gwen's world, it is her who is bit by a radioactive Spider, and in a mirror image of the infamous "Night Gwen Stacy Died", it turns out to be Peter Parker who ends up dying. It makes for a fascinating parallel, and one of the most compelling alternate Spidey stories ever.
As for why the character's experienced such a meteoric rise? Well the answers are fairly simple. For starters, the idea of flipping Peter Parker's story and giving it to Gwen works brilliantly, and the design made by Robbi Rodriguez is absolutely stunning. It's one of the most unique and inventive superhero costumes made in recent years, and more than deserves the spotlight for Into the Spider-Verse.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
