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Warning : hold spoiler for Ultimate Spider - Man # 4 !
Before Mary Jane , Peter Parker was in love withGwen Stacyall the way up until the here and now she was stamp out by the Green Goblin , croak inSpider - Man ’s arm . However , Spider - Man ’s story is currently being rewrite in anall - fresh Ultimate Universe continuity , where Gwen Stacy was never with Peter Parker at all , but rather end up with someone truly lurid : Harry Osborn .
In a preview forUltimate wanderer - Man#4 by Jonathan Hickman , David Messina , and Matt Wilson , Peter Parker and his wife , Mary Jane , are play Harry Osborn and his married woman ( who they have n’t met yet ) at a restaurant for dinner . Harry greets the Parkers when they make it , and rationalize that his married woman will be running a little late . However , the group does n’t have to wait long , as straight off after Harry explains his spouse ’s tardiness , she arrives .
The prevue ends before fans get a chance to see who it is , but fans really already know who it is from another prevue for this issue that was released only a few hebdomad earlier .
In the previously - releasedpreview forUltimate Spider - Man#4 , fan are shown a number of pages ( art only , no dialog ) render the Parkers having dinner party with Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy . Since there were no word - bubbles in this preview , readers were given no context of use as to the nature of everyone ’s kinship ( minus that of MJ and Peter , since early issues reassert they ’re matrimonial ) . But now , with the added context of the latest prevue , fans can be sure that Gwen Stacy is , in fact , conjoin to Harry Osborn in Ultimate Spider - Man .
Gwen Stacy Marrying Harry Osborn Erases Spider-Man’s ‘Peter-MJ-Harry’ LoveTriangle
In the original continuity of Marvel Comics ’ Earth-616 universe , Harry Osborn was famously in dear with Mary Jane Watson , and the two even dated for a time . This , as Peter Parker was also discover himself falling in love with MJ espouse the tragic death of Gwen Stacy . Peter , MJ , and Harry made up one of the most iconic love - triangle in Marvel Comics chronicle , one that even transcended the page of the funnies themselves in the form of animated and bouncy - action adaptations .
With this revelation that Gwen Stacy is matrimonial to Harry Osborn in the Ultimate Universe ( Earth-6160 , not the original Earth-1610 ) , Marvel Comics has in effect rub out every vista of the once - iconic love - triangle . Peter and Harry are no longer ache for the same cleaning lady , but are rather blithely married to their various partners . likewise , MJ is committed to her matrimony with Peter , while Harry is in a relationship with Gwen , and all the while neither Harry nor Peter are romantically attracted to the other ’s spouse , thereby wash away all the muddled romantic history between these people that existed in Earth-616 .
The novel Ultimate Universe erased the Peter - MJ - Harry sexual love - triangle by having Harry be married to Gwen Stacy , but that ’s only the tip of the iceberg lettuce in terms of how strange their Earth-6160 relationship is in relation to Earth-616 .
Gwen Stacy is Married to the Villain that Killed Her in Another Universe: the Green Goblin
Gwen Stacy was killed by Earth-616’s original Green Goblin inAmazing Spider-Man #121!
Ultimate Spider - Man#3 uncover that Earth-6160 ’s original Green Goblin is Harry Osborn as opposed to Earth-616 ’s original Green Goblin being his sire , Norman Osborn . However , no matter who ’s behind the mask , it ’s undoubtedly foreign that Gwen Stacy ’s fate in the Ultimate Universe is to be married to the very same baddie who murdered her in Earth-616 . It ’s as if Gwen ’s lot is forever tied to the Green Goblin across multiple universes in one way or another , sometimes as his victim , other times as his partner , but always in a direction that has a lasting impingement on her lifespan .
Spider - Man is probably the funniest hero in Marvel Comics , however , it was just uncover that the reason why Peter ’s so quippy is incredibly tragic .
disregarding of the comparative oddities between Earth-616 and Earth-6160 , the fact thatGwen Stacyis married to Harry Osborn in the Ultimate Universe is perfectly mind - gasconade in its own right , as it ’s a pairing that ’s never happened in Marvel Comics before , and give the room access for captivating plot line in futureSpider - Mancomics .
Ultimate Spider - Man # 4by Marvel Comics is useable April 24 , 2024 .
Ultimate Spider - Man # 4(2024 )
