Collects Gwenpool, The Unbelievable #1; Free Comic Book Day 2016 (Civil War II) #1 (Wasp story); Spider-Gwen #0; Ms. Marvel (2014) #1; Captain Marvel (2012) #1. Five of Marvel's latest and greatest super sensations take to the oversized page in larger-than-life adventures! Carol Danvers embraces a stellar legacy as Captain Marvel, Earth's Mightiest Hero! She's an inspiration to young Kamala Khan, on her own path to becoming Ms. Marvel—big boots to fill, but Kamala is an Inhuman shape-shifter! You won't believe Gwenpool: She was a comic book reader just like you…until she woke up in the Marvel Universe! In another world, a different Gwen, last name Stacy, was bitten by a radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker—and became Spider-Woman! Plus: An all-new Wasp takes flight—but is she friend or foe to the Avengers?
Authors
Kelly Sue DeConnick’s work spans stage, comics, film and television. Ms. DeConnick first came to prominence as a comics writer, where she is best known for reinventing the Carol Danvers as “Captain Marvel” at Marvel and for the Black Label standard-setting Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons at DC. Her independent comics Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly (both from Image Comics) have ranked as New York Times best-sellers and been honored with Eisner Awards, British Fantasy Awards and Hugo nominations. Ms. DeConnick’s screen work includes stints on Captain Marvel, a film that earned $1B for Disney worldwide, and 2023’s forthcoming The Marvels with Marvel Studios; in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY, and developed television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment and HBOMax. Her most recent stage work is the mythic spectacle AWAKENING, which opened at the Wynn Resort Las Vegas in November 2022. Mission-driven, Ms. DeConnick is also a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where she has helped to produce non-fiction and educational comics including the “Hidden Voices” and “Recognized” series for NY Public Schools and Congressman John Lewis’ Run, in partnership with Abrams Comics. In 2015, Ms. DeConnick founded the #VisibleWomen Project, whose mission is to help women and other marginalized genders find paid work in comics and its related industries. The project continues to this day and recently expanded in partnership with Dani Hedlund of Brink Literacy. Ms. DeConnick lives in Portland, OR with her husband, writer Matt Fraction, and their two children.
