Warning: SPOILERS for Outlawed

The universe hopping Ghost-Spider is leaving Earth 616 in the upcoming Ghost-Spider #8. After the events of Outlawed, superheroes under the age of twenty-one have been banned, resulting in the formation of C.R.A.D.L.E. a law enforcement agency made to round up young heroes. When Ghost-Spider, better known as Spider-Gwen, learns about this from Peter Parker she returns to her home, Earth 65.

Outlawed follows Marvel's young hero team, The Champions, in the wake of a disaster that they partially caused, which leaves a part of New York destroyed, Ms. Marvel in a coma, and Viv Vision seemingly dead. In response, the government passes Kamala's Law, which bans heroes under the age of 21. The event is planned to tie-in to two new series, New Warriors and Power Pack while also continuing in the pages of ongoing books like The Magnificent Ms. Marvel and Miles Morales: Spider-Man. Though Ghost-Spider is not officially a tie-in book, young heroes being banned obviously has consequences for the college-aged hero. Up until this point, Ghost-Spider has been splitting her time evenly between her home of Earth-65 and Earth 616, Marvel's main universe.

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Much like one of Marvel's most famous events, Civil WarOutlawed and the books surrounding all feature characters with wildly different opinions on the regulations set-up to hold heroes accountable. The two sides of the debate are exemplified in Ghost-Spider #8 with a heated debate between Gwen and Peter about the merits of Kamala's Law and C.R.A.D.L.E.. Though Peter doesn't outright advocate for the law, he does caution Gwen against doing any heroics while on Earth 616. Fueled by her own symbiote, Gwen lashes out at Peter and tells him that the law is insulting.

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C.R.A.D.L.E isn't the only problem Gwen is facing in Ghost-Spider #8.  A villainous alternate Reed Richards who calls himself the Maker has is looking to take control of the symbiote Gwen is using and has set his sites on Earth 65's Reed after Gwen asks him for information about different iterations of the Fantastic Four. Earth 65's versions of Sue and Johnny Storm have also appeared after disappearing in Latveria 5 years ago. At this time it's unknown what threat they pose to Ghost-Spider, but given that something has been off about them, it can't be anything good.

All of this hints towards big things in Ghost-Spider's future. Plot threads surrounding C.R.A.D.L.E., the Maker, and the symbiote are pushing Gwen down a dark path. Gwen Stacy has always been a popular character with fans of Spider-Man and Marvel's reinvention of her as Spider-Gwen and then Ghost-Spider have earned the character a fandom in her own right. After a prominent role in Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, it's no wonder that the character has only become more popular. Fans can only hope Gwen can mend her relationship with Peter after the events of Ghost-Spider #8.

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