The worst part of this story is knowing that it was Peter's use of his webbing that caused Gwen's neck to snap. Several years ago someone did the physics on her fall and what a sudden stop would do to the human body and the numbers didn't go Spidey's way. Gwen is suppose to die in the next Amazing Spider-Man movie so you need to know these classic scenes.
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I believe the original story had it ambiguous whether the sudden stop killed her or if she was already dead. I remember reading this particular version and thinking they had made it definitive.
But like you said, physics weren't exactly in his favor. Then again, they don't favor me too much either. With my luck they'll doing this scene in Amazing Spider-Man 2 and I'll end up sitting next to Sheldon Cooper, who with explain the physics in detail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PvwtS0htyk
It all depends on how elastic spidey's web is. How fast did she stop. Was it enough to crack her neck?
The original comic had the 'SNAP' next to Gwen at the time of web attachment..; later reprints took that word out.
That led to a lot of ambiquity, but I still believe the neck-snap theory.
I think the Circe Du Soleil people should weigh in on this one.
Did they replicate this scene in one of their shows? I know that Spider-Man show on Broadway was injuring Spideys all the time.
As well as the "snap!" sound effect, the ultimate proof of what happened to Gwen came in an Amazing Spider-Man letters page a few issues later when, I believe, writer Gerry Conway admitted that Spidey's rescue attempt had indeed killed her...
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