Spider-Gwen #9 Review

Writer: Jason Latour / Artist: Robbi Rodriguez / Marvel Comics Fresh off her crossover with two other women web-slingers, Spider-Gwen is back on her own after helping defeat the Earth-65 doppelganger of her newly close friend, Cindy Moon, in her most badass fight to date. Having lost her powers – a struggle every superhero has to go through by mandate – Gwen had to fight a trained killer with just her fists and her balls uterus. If you didn’t like Spider-Gwen before, you sure as hell should now. Swollen with confidence and anger, Gwen took her fighting stance – one leg forward, fists up – flashed a smirk across her face, and… got absolutely rocked. Blow after blow, Gwen Stacy caught the beat down of her life. When she did land a blow – a quick sucker punch – she was met with pity. Sincere pity for how bad the punch was, poor form and all, like she literally deserved sympathy even from a supervillain. It was a worse fate than laughter; nothing’s worst than unwanted sympathy. But she still picked herself up from the ground. And then Gwen rallied. With a surge of renewed power, she overcame. She did, but her trademark swagger didn’t. Instead, in a moment of pained honesty, she realizes she’s made by her powers and nothing else, and that she got lucky, and that she makes wise cracks to hide the fact she’s got no idea what she’s doing. And that’s where we pick up on Gwen here in Radioactive Spider-Gwen #9 in Jason Latour’s new story arc, “Weapon of Choice,” with her emotional stat…