Spider-Gwen #21 Review

Writer: Jason Latour / Artist: Robbi Rodriguez / Marvel Comics Spider-Gwen #21 follows Gwen and Harry as they are on the run from basically everyone: the law, Daredevil’s ninjas, bounty hunters, and anyone else who their skepticism would lead them to mistrust. They are – like this issue – buying a little time for a bigger plan: the mutagen that is turning Harry into the Lizard can be reversed if it can find another host, and the only person who can survive as its host is Spider-Gwen. Added bonus: it would give her powers back at the same time. The only problem is that all of this is based on trusting Matt Murdock, Earth-65’s Kingpin of Crime and the last person worthy of your trust. So, while Gwen and Harry decide to stick together and bolt, they still need to align on what to do next, and the clock is steadily ticking because life on the run is hard.

Captain Stacy, on the other hand, still chillin’ in D-Block and patiently waiting to make his moral stand by publicly incriminating himself in front of god, the courts, and TV cameras. This side of the plot is meant to keep us grounded in caring about Gwen’s family and the person she loves most, but we have not seen the two together in a while – at least not in any genuine scenes outside of brief visits in a jail visitation room – so the tension there has somewhat dissipated. Captain Stacy’s plot, compared to Gwen being attacked by bounty hunters, potentially regaining her powers, and weighing the question of her worth in respe…