Spider-Gwen First Appearance: Edge of Spider-Verse #2 Value by Grade

Spider-Gwen first appeared in Edge of Spider-Verse #2 (cover date November 2014), published by Marvel, by Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez. The source puts it this way: "This book is the first appearance of Spider-Gwen.".

PriceCharting values for Edge of Spider-Verse #2 (2014) by CGC grade, based on recorded sales and updated September 25, 2026:

• CGC 2.0: $90.00
• CGC 3.0: $113
• CGC 4.0: $141
• CGC 5.0: $159
• CGC 6.0: $177
• CGC 7.0: $198
• CGC 8.0: $220
• CGC 9.0: $258
• CGC 9.2: $298
• CGC 9.4: $374

The spread from CGC 2.0 ($90.00) to CGC 9.4 ($374) shows how much condition matters on a key issue. Restored, trimmed or incomplete copies sell far below these figures, and reprints and facsimiles (see below) are worth a small fraction. Grade and restoration are confirmed by a grading service such as CGC or CBCS; prices move with the market and the character's popularity.

• CGC Comic of the Month confirmation and cover date: CGC's feature confirms this book is the first appearance of Spider-Gwen.
• Origin differs from mainstream (Earth-65) continuity: in this Earth-65 storyline, Peter dies while fighting Gwen, and Spider-Woman is blamed for his death by J. Jonah Jameson and her own father.

• Indicia: the small print on the first page or inside cover gives the issue number, date and publisher; reprints usually say so there.
• Cover price and barcode: a price or barcode format that did not exist in the year printed means a later edition.
• Paper and staples: decades-old newsprint is tan at the edges; bright white pages on an old date are a warning sign.
• Restoration: color touch, trimmed edges and married covers are common on expensive keys; a grading service can detect them.

Shoot the front cover flat, straight on, in even light, then the indicia page and the back cover. Include the top edge and staples in one frame. The app reads the title, issue number and cover and matches it against the checks above; the indicia photo settles most reprint questions.

Edge of Spider-Verse #2 went on sale on September 17, 2014 (Wikipedia). PriceCharting values retrieved September 25, 2026:

• Ungraded: $261.72 (about two sales a week)
• Graded 4.0: $141.00 (rare)
• Graded 6.0: $176.58
• Graded 8.0: $220.00
• Graded 9.2: $297.52
• Graded 9.8: $740.00 (about two sales a week)

The grade table above stops at 9.4; the 9.8 figure is the one most sellers quote, and it trades often enough to be a steady guide. The ungraded average is above the 6.0 and 8.0 slab prices, so check what condition the raw sales were in before you price a raw copy.

They are the same character. In her own universe, Earth-65, she is Spider-Woman; readers call her Spider-Gwen; and the name Ghost-Spider came from the 2018 to 2019 Marvel Rising animated franchise before being used in the comics (Wikipedia). She also drums in a band called the Mary Janes. Hailee Steinfeld voices her in Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

It depends on what you count (Wikipedia):

• The Amazing Spider-Man #15 (August 1964): Mary Jane is first mentioned, as a running joke about Aunt May setting Peter up.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #25 (June 1965): Mary Jane appears with her face hidden behind a potted plant.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #31 (December 1965): Gwen Stacy's first appearance, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #42 (November 1966): Mary Jane's face is shown for the first time, with the line "Face it, Tiger… you just hit the jackpot!"

So Mary Jane was mentioned and glimpsed first, and Gwen was the first of the two to appear in full. The original Gwen died in The Amazing Spider-Man #121 and #122 (1973).

The comics have not stated it. What the sources do say:

• Wikipedia describes the Earth-65 Mary Jane Watson, her bandmate, as a lesbian who is in love with Gwen.
• In Across the Spider-Verse (2023), a transgender flag reading "Protect Trans Kids" hangs in Gwen's bedroom. Some viewers and critics read her story as a transgender allegory, pointing to the flag's pink, blue and white elsewhere in her scenes; others noted those colors were already part of her comic-book costume (Wikipedia). The flag led to the film being withdrawn from cinemas in the Middle East and North Africa, where it had been scheduled for June 22, 2023.

Northstar. Wikipedia calls him the first openly gay character to come out in a book published by Marvel: he says "I am gay" in Alpha Flight #106 (1992). He first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #120 (April 1979), and in Astonishing X-Men #51 (June 2012) he married Kyle Jinadu, which Wikipedia describes as the first same-sex wedding shown in mainstream comics.

Research and drafting were assisted by AI and checked line by line against the sources listed on this page. Prices are the figures shown by the named source on the date given; they change with the market, and a grade that trades about once a year can move a lot on a single sale.