Gwenpool 2025 – the truth it out!
Plus your Gwen-related questions answered
Hello, hello, hello!
How are you? Well, I hope! It's a big day, today as another of my mini-series comes smashing to an end!
Keep reading to find out more, plus all my latest blogs and some Gwenpool-related Q&As too!
GWENPOOL #5
This is it! The big reveal! Just who is the mysterious Architect, and why has he been twisting Gwen's life and character so brutally?
Find out as Gwenpool rockets to its conclusion!
Here's the official solicit followed by Chad Hardin's cover and a special sneak peek inside!
DON'T BELIEVE THAT COVER - NOTHING IS OKAY!
Spider-Man is dead. Hawkeye is dead. Gwenpool is dead. EVERYONE is dead.
Except Gwen Stacy. Gwen Stacy's alive - and she's FURIOUS!
They wanted a weapon. They created retribution.
Plus: The Great Architect's secret identity revealed.
Head to your friendly neighbourhood comic book store to find out what happens.
Were your theories correct? Where do you hope Gwenpool goes next? Let me know in the comments.
Here's what I've been posting these last few weeks:
>> September on the High Republic fan calendar
Another month, another stunning piece of art!
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>> New Interview: Talking Gwenpool, Star Wars, fandom and more with Gaming Trend
Check out the chat!
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>> Proving yourself again...and again...and again
Navigating your reputation (and ego) when you're that Doctor Who guy to one person, and that Star Wars guy to others.
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>> Captain Kronos: the Vampire Hunter who got his kill but never his franchise
Revisiting the forgotten Hammer horror that inspired Project: Twilight and Star Wars: The High Republic’s Saber-For-Hire
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>> Postbag - Rebelión: An Andor Zine
Dipping inside a very special mail drop from Lucasfilm
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>> In a library far, far away....
Behold, the sacred texts
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>> Fan Art Friday: Lights, Camera Action figures...
Plus: Gwenpool #4's awesome variant cover artist and a quick AMA!
Cavan Scott
Over the last week, I've received a few questions about Gwenpool via my AMA form. Let's run through them!
READY FOR ACTION
Ben says:
I know you collect action figures. Do you get a figure of every character you're writing, such as Gwenpool and Iron Man?
Hi Ben. Yes, I do. In fact, it's one of the first things I do when start a new project, popping the figure under my screen as I dive into plotting.
With Iron Man, I already had a Silver Centurion figure (my favourite armour design), but I wanted something a little more red and gold for this job, so this fella was added to my collection.
As for Gwenpool, I already had Gwen on my shelves, so she just got promoted to the desk — and hasn't left yet. Seeing her bobbing away when I type just makes me smile!
REFLECTING ON PAST WORK
Guinevere says:
Making Gwenpool not act like herself for almost the entirety of the miniseries is a risky decision from a writing perspective because the payoff has to really be worth it in order to justify doing that. What made you decide to go that direction compared to telling a story where she’s herself and truly "Gwenpool" the whole way through? With hindsight, would you have done it any differently?
Thanks for your question, Guinevere. It’s true this story puts our girl through some wild circumstances, and part of the fun is seeing how she reacts. Hopefully, the finale will reveal how everything comes together.
As for hindsight, every project teaches you something new, highlighting things you could do differently next time. But unless you can shift reality like Gwen, the important thing is to take those lessons forward rather than second-guess the story you’ve told.
And perspectives also change over time. Ask me the same question in five, ten or fifteen years and I’ll probably have a different answer. Recently, I revisited the project that launched this side of my career 25 years ago and yup, there are definitely things I’ll change. Right now, this current series is too fresh for me to fully analyse it like that. All I know, is that I’m incredibly proud of all the hard work the team put into this book. It was a challenging book in a lot of ways, but a great experience.
GWEN'S LIFE
Vivi asks three questions:
1) What comics do you think Gwenpool would be reading right now if she weren’t living her most dramatic life in the Marvel world?
2) What’s one word you associate with her?
3) In Love Unlimited, she started taking college classes. Do you think she is still continuing that?
Thank you for writing Gwen! She is my favourite!
I'm glad to hear that you love Gwen, Vivi. Hopefully you're enjoying the latest series.
Here are your answers:
1) Well, we know she never usually reads Deadpool! There's also every chance she would devour her own latest run… and then roast it mercilessly on Reddit!
Sticking with the House of Ideas, I reckon she'd be all over what's happening over on the Ultimate line, especially with Miles in such peril.
Whether she reads the Distinguished Competition is open to interpretation, but I'd be curious to see what she thinks about the Absolute line. She knows all the rules of how comics and characters work, so I think she'll get a kick out of the swings they're making with those books.
Whatever she reads, I think she'd spend a lot of her time dissecting everything and coming up with wild theories, getting helplessly hooked on the drama along the way. After all, it's what every one of us does as a fan… and Gwen's the biggest fan of all!
2) Joy!
3) I hope so. As for what they are, that's an interesting thought. Advanced Land-Shark care? Nah, she doesn't need that – she knows how to handle Jeff. I think she'd get a kick out of media studies or creative writing. She is all about stories, after all. In fact, her understanding of narrative had a lot to do with another idea I’d pitched in response to the Gwenpool ’25 brief. We ended up taking the story in a different direction, but that seed of an idea is still rattling around in the back of my head.
What about the rest of you, Gwenpool fans? What do you think she'd be reading or taking at college?
Want to ask a question of your own?
Then add it to the comments or use my handy AMA form!
That's everything for now. Speak very soon.
Until then, look after yourself and each other,
- GWENPOOL #5 Out September 3rd, 2025
- STAR WARS: TALES FROM THE NIGHTLANDS #1 Out September 10th, 2025.
- DC'S ZATANNIC PANIC Out October 1st, 2025
- STAR WARS: THE JAWS OF JAKKU Out October 9th, 2025
- STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC - FEAR OF THE JEDI TRADE PAPERBACK Out October 14th, 2025
- IRON & FROST #1 Out October 15th, 2025
- IRON & FROST #2 Out November 12th, 2025
- STAR WARS: TALES FROM THE NIGHTLANDS #2 Out October 22nd, 2025
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