What If…? Galactus Transformed Spider-Gwen
The latest of these What If...? Galactus one-shots each featuring Galactus turning a random member of the Marvel Universe into his new herald ask the question: What If…? Galactus Transformed Spider-Gwen. Aside from the concept being flawed, the whole point of Norrin Radd becoming the Silver Surfer was that he was a normal man beforehand. It's the granting of almost unlimited power to a good man and then forcing him into a shitty job. If the individual is already super-powered, and you don't deal with the crushing moral dilemmas of the job, then the concept falls apart.
The idea plays out as you would expect, but with dragons. Gwen steps in to take on the role of herald to protect others and starts hunting down new worlds to satiate Galactus hunger. Jumping forward an indeterminate amount of time, she finds a fantasy world with warriors and dragons and attempts to make her stand. We don't really see any instances of what the Power Cosmic did to her, since we jumped forward we don't see any of the tough moral decisions she was forced to make, and the comic doesn't even offer an end to the likely failed rebellion. It's more a problem with concept than execution, but this just doesn't work.
[Marvel, $3.99]
- Title: What If…? Galactus Transformed Spider-Gwen
- wiki: link
- Writer: Kalinda Vazquez
- Artist: Daniel Picciotto
