| Gwenpool: Beyond the Fourth Wall | |
|---|---|
| No. of issues | 5 |
| Main characters |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Creative team | |
| Writers | Christopher Hastings |
| Artists | Gurihiru |
| Editors | Heather Antos |
| Original publication | |
| Published in | Unbelievable Gwenpool |
| ISBN | 978-1-3029-1040-2 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Gwenpool: Totally In Continuity |
| Followed by | Gwenpool: Lost in the Plot |
"Gwenpool: Beyond the Fourth Wall" is a five-issue existentialist comic book graphic novel written by Christopher Hastings and drawn by Gurihiru as the fourth volume of Unbelievable Gwenpool . [1] Published by Marvel Comics, the story revolves around Gwen Poole as she is apparently dragged back to the real world by her brother Teddy in a reversal of their isekai , left amnesiac of her time in the Marvel Universe, as she slowly awakens to comic book logic still seeming to apply to 'reality', attaining a new level of power well-beyond that of the gods of fiction. [2] [3]
The volume introduces Dark Gwenpool as the future nemesis of Miles Morales who kills his father in the future, adapted to the video games Marvel Duel , Marvel: Future Fight , and Fortnite , and whose role would be adapted to the Spot in the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ; additionally, Poole's pink hair highlights and hospital gown from Beyond the Fourth Wall were adapted to the character and bedroom of Spider-Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman in Across the Spider-Verse after a reference mix-up. While Dark Gwenpool was originally known as "Future Evil Gwenpool" in Beyond the Fourth Wall, she was rebranded Dark Gwenpool in video games after being named as such in the fan-made comic Dark Gwenpool.
The series received a universally positive critical reception. [4] [5]
Following the cliffhanger ending of Totally In Continuity , reuniting with her brother Teddy Poole, who she thought dead since being isekaied, Gwen is seemingly transported back to the real world with him via a portal, stripped of all memory of having left. As Gwen adjusts to 'reality' in 2016, working at a cinema, being spoiled as to the events of Captain America: Civil War , and dealing with the aftermath of past periods of depression and implied attempted suicide, Gwen begins to notice comic effects (word boxes, thought bubbles, and panel borders) around 'reality', and discovers that neither she or Teddy left the comic, but have rather been trapped in a pocket dimension by a future superhero team, led by Miles Morales, seeking to prevent Gwen from one day becoming the villain who kills Miles' father and sets off Civil War III, unwittingly causing her to develop the very nigh-omnipotent abilities her future self came to threaten them with ('knowledge' of residing in a fictional world in-fact allowing one access to real-warping god-level power well beyond simply knowing information about that fictional: "Gutter Space"). On 'returning' to Earth-616, Gwen and Miles face off, before the latter unwittingly brings the former's villain self into the story.
The volume received universally positive reviews. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
