Gwen Stacy has been through a lot over the course of the past 60 years. (She celebrates her 60th anniversary early this coming September.) Phillips and company deliver a story that really embraces a progression for the character that shows how far shes come even if shes not the same person she was when creator Steve Ditko introduced her back in the Silver Age. Very few characters have had the benefit of being through nearly as many different drastic and lasting mutations and interpretations over the decades. This makes Gwen one of the more durable characters in the history of narrative fiction. (Okay...that DOES sound like a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much.) Read Full Review