Yeah but people REALLY love Gwen....
40 years ago
Right. Are people not realizing this is neither a new character nor concept.
This book is about as significant as Uncle Ben becoming the new Ant-man in an alternate universe.
-J.
What about Peter Parker becoming Spider-man in today's day and age?
Not a new character, nor a new concept.
Yet Ultimate Spidey sold like hotcakes, and is still beloved by many.
I think it is way too early to disregard Gwen and her universe.
Yes Ultimate Spidey was a creative and commercial milestone. But it's not the same. Peter Parker IS Spider-Man. It all begins, ends and comes back around to him. Gwen Stacy is his dead girlfriend. This other stuff smacks of high concept gimmickery meant to sell books.
For the moment it's working. For the moment. People are free to get into whatever they want. But let's try to break -script at least once and not elevate it to more than what it is or will be when it's barely a month old and all the hundreds of copies at CGC haven't even started flooding the market yet.
-J.