Review by Cat Eldridge: I’ve needed to write to this up for quite some time and since the second animated Spider-Verse film is recently out, it’s good time to write this up. And yes, I purchased Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, so I’ll be watching it soon, 

I went shopping for a decent representation of Spider-Gwen after repeated watchings of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse while I had my first of two lengthy stays in-hospital for treatment of a staphylococcal infection. She wasn’t the first Spider-Verse figure I bought— I’ve got a Miles Morales, another Spider-Gwen but from another universe, and a Spider-Man I’ve not a clue which ‘verse he’s from.

She was definitely a highlight of the film — tough, witty intelligent and a match in every way for the Spider-Man of that universe, Miles Morales.  Surprisingly there were very few figures available then, several years back, though there are many more now. Or rather there were lots sans her hood showing the face of Gwen Stacy. Those I had no interest in. Sans hood, she just looks like a blonde teenager.

The statue itself as sculpted by Alejandro Pereira comes in two parts as the outstretched arm is separate and slots in reasonably well, though you might think of gluing it in place. It’s not a tall statue being just nine inches from its circular base to the top of Spider-Gwen’s cowl. It looks more substantial than it is as the plastic used is quite lightweight. 

That said, it looks great with all colors bright with no bleed at all, unusual for lot of these plastic undertakings. Spider-Gwen herself is spot-on. looking as she does in the various series and the film. The wall she’s posed on is an appropriate piece of a NYC brownstone with a realistic growth of ivy and the grinning gargoyle head to the right of her adds a nice touch.

It was reasonably priced at forty dollars and is available from a lot of online vendor such as Big Bad Toys which is where I purchased mine. She lives among my genre books as does such ones as Lara Croft and Death from The Sandman ‘verse.