Hi. This video documents my descent into madness as I try to validate or confirm two short sentences on Wikipedia concerning the inspiration for Gwen Stacy.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction
02:38 - The Stan Lee Variant Edition
05:00 - What Joan Had To Say
08:16 - Search Results And A Montage!
10:09 - Let’s Not Forget John Romita
13:27 - The Long And Winding Road To Knowhere
16:01 - Answering The Question
17:52 - Credits And Thanks
SOURCES:
Joan Lee, Inspiration Behind Spider-Man’s Gwen Stacy by Alice Vincent. July 07, 2017. The Telegraph.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/d7HfK
Joan Lee 2002 Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaJR7boqp5g
Stan Lee - Married Life With Joan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0UvJhbjUII
Stan Lee - Meeting The Beautiful Girl I Always Drew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wPFQhQefF0
Gerry Conway Blasts Gwen Stacy…by Russ Burlingham. October 03, 2012. Comic Book Resources.
https://comicbook.com/news/gerry-conway-blasts-gwen-stacy-criticizes-stan-lee-in-new-book-on-marvel/
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe. HarperCollins. 2012.
The Art Of Eric Stanton edited by Eric Kroll. Taschen. 1997.
John Romita by Jim Salicrup. Comics Interview #89. 1990.
John Romita Sr.: Spidey’s Man by Jon B. Cooke. Comic Book Artist #6. Fall 1999.
MONTAGE SOURCES:
Comic Book Resources:
https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-gwen-stacy-love-marvel/
Screen Rant:
https://screenrant.com/spiderman-gwen-stacy-mary-jane-better/
Looper:
https://www.looper.com/1307107/untold-truth-gwen-stacy/
ABC News:
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/inside-stan-joan-lees-69-year-romance-shes/story?id=48498015
The Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/02/14/stan-lee-wife-spiderman/
TIMELINE:
1965: Gwen Stacy is created by Steve Ditko. There is minimal or no input from Stan Lee.
1965-2001: No article or interview mentions a connection between Joan Lee and Gwen Stacy.
2002: Joan Lee is interviewed. She doesn’t state Stan Lee based Gwen Stacy on her.
2012: Gerry Conway believes Gwen Stacy was Stan Lee’s wish fulfillment.
2017: Joan Lee passes away. Telegraph article states Gwen Stacy was inspired by Joan.
2020: Wikipedia summaries on Gwen Stacy and Joan Lee are edited to include the connection between the two.
2021-Onwards: It’s reported that Gwen Stacy was inspired by Joan Lee.
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