Spider-Men - more info about the crossover

[sherkahn]

USAtoday.com has further update as to who is the Big Bad that is bringing the Spider-men from two very different universes together.

"Mysterio, the nefarious magic man who has been a Spider-Man villain since the hero's earliest days, is the guy who finds a rift between the regular Marvel Universe and the alternate-reality Ultimate Universe, a plot device that is central to the upcoming Spider-Men."

More....

"Peter arrives in a world where its Peter Parker died in the line of duty being Spider-Man, inspiring Miles to become a hero, and Peter will encounter all the people who were important to the alternate version of him, such as Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson.
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If you read further into the story, it sounds like the writers really put some heart into this, a true "miles stone" (pun intended) for the heroes who wear the webs.

Comments

[lascoden]

I would say she's about the same age as 616 Gwen was when she died.

[darkknightjrk]

Well, that would put her at about college age, right? She'd certainly be legal.

[lascoden]

Yes, but the age gap would be about 5-10 years, depending on what degree Peter got. Definitely squick more then a few people out.

[fredneil.livejournal.com]

Gwen was 18-20 when she died. According to Marvel, Peter is around 25. Logically, there's no way that's possible, but that's what they want. I don't think a 25 year old dating an 18 year old would raise too many eyebrows. Even a 30 year old dating a 20 year old wouldn't be too unusual.

[lascoden]

Ok, if you say so. I admit I'm not very perceptive when it comes to anything like that, so you're probably right.

[mrstatham]

Ult!Gwen's around the same age as Peter. Bendis always stuck to Ult!Peter being about fifteen throughout the vast majority of his run. And we saw him have just one birthday before he died, as I recall. So Gwen's about sixteen.

[lascoden]

I thought they said that his whole Spider-Man career lasted 2 years? Otherwise, with the time skip at the end of Ultimatum, that's a whole lot crammed into less then a year.

[mrstatham]

*shrugs* I've just seen Bendis being pretty insistent that Peter was fifteen for a lot of USM's run, and we saw a birthday in the latter half of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man.

[nefrekeptah]

No, she's still in high school. She's not even a senior yet, making Peter at least a decade her senior.