Finished reading Spider-Gwen: Most Wanted? This spins out of the events of Spider-Verse and due to the character's surprising popularity the creative team of writer Jason Latour and artist Robbie Rodriguez continue their Spider-Gwen story. The book opens with Gwen Stacy coming back to her universe after the events of Spider-Verse as she is trying to get her life in order after not speaking to her dad and has been missing band practice since getting involved with the fight against Morlun and his family. While swinging around New York Gwen gets into a losing fight with this universes version of the Vulture which leads to the home of her band mates who have gotten more fame since the Rhino crashed their last gig. After reconciling with her friends Gwen heads back home to fix the relationship she has with her dad only for the Vulture to crash into the house while the head of the police's special crimes task force Frank Castle also joins the fight in hopes to arrest Gwen. The next story has Gwen's band The Mary Janes playing the opening set for Felicia Hardy who has come to New York to seek revenge on Matt Murdock for killing her father years ago. Additionally the book has the first appearance of Spider-Gwen from the Edge of Spider-Verse story which helps to set up and introduce the universe to new readers that didn't read the Spider-Verse event. Overall this was great book as writer Jason Latour further explores Spider-Gwen's world and shows how different it is to the main Marvel universe. While the different takes on characters like Daredevil and the Punisher within this universe are incredibly intriguing as they're different enough to capture the curiosity of the reader to see how events will unfold further down the line. The inclusion of Spider-Ham in the book is hilarious and also makes sense within the context of the story as he is the conscience of Gwen, this comes to life after she fell into a garbage boat during the fight with the Vulture. The artwork by Robbie Rodriguez is great as it captures the tone of the character incredibly well, additionally colourist Rico Renzi's colour palette looks as if the music that Gwen's band play within the book is a strong influence to the colouring which works perfectly. 8/10.
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