Characters : Gwen Stacy (Clone)

 
 

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Attributes

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 130 lbs

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Blond

Features: Visually Attractive

Summary

Created By: Gerry Conway

Real Name: Test Tube GS-0029

Current Aliases: Gwen Miles

Former Aliases: Joyce Delaney

Dual Identity: In the worst way

Current Occupation: Unknown

Former Occupation: Stem Cell

Citizenship: Multi-Cellular Organisms

Legal Status: Experiment

Place of Birth: Test Tube GS-0029

Marital Status: Married

Known Relatives: Professor Miles Warren (creator), Gwen Stacy (donor), Warren Miles (husband)

Known Confidants: Peter Parker, Miles Warren, Warren Miles (clone)

Known Allies: Spider-Man

Major Enemies: Genetic Decay

Usual Bases: Preumably somewhere in New York State

Former Bases: New York, New York

Current Groups: None

Former Groups: None

Education: Donated by the original Gwen Stacy

 

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: Normal human

Powers: None

Abilities: Inherited from original

Equipment: None

Weapons: None

Limitations: Not really human

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Background

The Gwen Stacy clone was created by Professor Warren during the clone saga. She walked into Peter's life after the death of the original Gwen Stacy, and caused no end of confusion. She survived that storyline, and wandered off into the back lots of the Marvel Universe for a while.

She subsequently reappeared many years later - long before the return of the Jackal (Professor Miles Warren). When Warren did return, The Gwen Clone also received a boost in appearance levels. Searching for clues as to what the Jackal was up to, Peter (wearing Ben Reilly's Scarlet Spider costume) looked up all of the available info on Warren at the Bugle's library. He found an article on one Dr Warren Miles (wonder how no one saw through that alias) and headed to the address in New Jersey. Miles stunned Peter with a taser and escaped with the Gwen clone.

Miles and the clone had been married for a while, but he had always known that one day a spider would show up. The two fled and Peter/the Scarlet Spider gave chase. Seeing that they were being followed, Warren Miles tried to weave through traffic to escape, only to crash into the side of the George Washington Bridge. All three were surprised by the appearance of the Green Goblin (Phil Urich), who snatched "Gwen" out of the car and flew her to the top of the bridge's pillar.

Peter raced to save "Gwen," while a frantic Warren Miles shot recklessly up at the Goblin. The Gwen clone fell from the pillar in the confusion, but was caught by the Scarlet Spider, who saved her by swinging down to catch her instead of snaring her with his web.

Miles, standing on his car and still in a panic, fell off of the side of the bridge. Upon finding the body, Peter realized that "Warren Miles" was just a clone of Miles Warren. Peter had only wanted to talk to him about what he knew about the whereabouts of his maker, a secret that he would have to wait for.

After the Jackal returned from his supposed death, Peter and Ben were desperate to know which of them was the real Peter Parker. Through a series of lies and manipulations, the Jackal led Peter to think that he was the clone and that Ben was the original. Feeling lost and hopeless, Peter was easily talked into thinking he was part of the Jackal's "family" of clones: Kaine and Spidercide being his "brothers." Jackal used Peter to find "Gwen" and to bring her to him.

He found her at an address given to him by the Jackal, and she readily agreed to come with him to see Dr Warren. Her memories of being a clone had begun to return after seeing her husband die at the G.W. Bridge. (Her memories had been erased by a supernatural being named Dreamweaver as an act of mercy. During this time she had been known as Joyce Delaney.) She and the Jackal had unfinished business.

They eventually found the Jackal and his henchmen at the Daily Bugle, where they planned to kill and clone the reporters inside. The clones would then be brainwashed to play down reports that a virus (the "Carrion virus," a biological weapon the Jackal created to wipe out mankind) was sweeping the globe, killing everyone it infected. A battle royale ensued, involving the Scarlet Spider, Spider-Man, Scrier, Spidercide and the Jackal. The Jackal was stopped by Gwen, who intended to shoot him once and for all. She was momentarily distracted by Mary Jane, which gave Jackal time to push her aside. Unfortunately, he pushed too hard and she went flying over the edge of the Bugle's roof. She held on to a fallen broadcast antenna and dangled over the edge. Jackal shoved the Scarlet Spider out of the way to save her, but the antenna couldn't hold both of their weight and he fell to his death, Scarlet Spider managed to save Gwen, who left New York after all the commotion. She needed to leave to stop from thinking of what might have been. She has not been seen since.

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Some of the above information is extracted from the various versions of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe and the more recent Marvel Encyclopaedias.

The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

 

 
 

Character Appearances

Mar 1975 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #142
Apr 1975 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #143
May 1975 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #144
Jun 1975 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #145
Jul 1975 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #146
Jul 1975 App: Giant-Size Spider-Man #5
Aug 1975 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #147
Sep 1975 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #148
Oct 1975 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #149
  Origin explained by Miles Warren.
Nov 1975 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #150
  Departs, not seen for a long time.
Sep 1988 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #142
No Month 1988 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual #8
Jun 1995 App: Web of Spider-Man #125 (Story 1)
Jun 1995 App: Web of Spider-Man #125 (Story 1)
Oct 1994 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #394 (Story 1)
Oct 1994 App: Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #51 (Story 1)
Aug 1995 App: Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #61
Aug 1995 App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #227
Aug 1995 App: Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Omega
  "Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Omega"
 

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