In fact, Gwen's death is a pivotal existence in the entire history of American comics. Many people believe that this event marks the end of the superhero silver era. The so-called Silver Age refers to the era when superheroes gradually emerged from their perfect heroic images and turned into "defective and self-doubtful" youth images. In this era, heroes stepped down from the altar and began to face all aspects of life, emotions, etc. problem.
There are different opinions about the end of the Silver Age. The general public's saying is that Gwen was killed by the Green Gob in Spider-Man, or that the girlfriend of the second-generation Lantern Kyle Rainer was dismembered in DC's "Green Lantern". event. That’s right, the two tragic deaths marked the end of the Silver Age, which also led to the well-known article "The Woman in the Refrigerator" by the feminist. Both of these deaths were introduced as classic cases. This is something to follow. .
In the Bronze Age after the Silver Age, the entire comics industry began to take a darker path and began to pay attention to political disputes and social issues. From this, everyone can understand why Gwen's death is regarded as the end of the Silver Age: she is the face of a hero. The ultimate manifestation of the right personal problems also symbolizes that the hero's personal problems are completely "dead", just as Peter Parker will eventually come out of the sadness of his children and re-focus on the whole society.
Of course, Peter still found one or more girlfriends later, but Gwen never left him in his death. After years of long-distance love relationship with Mary, he eventually broke up with her. The reason was that "I have to protect." Your safety "
Gwen’s fall is the tears of an era, and countless comic parties are bursting into tears at this moment."
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