Physics of Superheroes 1 - Death of Gwen Stacy

this guy needs to do a Chemistry of Super Heroes

Thats funny because I actually do very well in school. And i use my time for more productive activities rather than analyzing a comic book.

That has to be the funniest physics lecture I've seen, and in particular, the funniest explanation about p.

Man, the Marvel Universe is a convenient but harsh place. When a relationship is going nowhere, nobody has to get dumped for no real fault, instead, I get to be a tragic hero after a super-villain cleans up my life.

NERD

Nerds make 10 times more money than you ever will, ahatael. When you are a homeless highschool dropout, you will wish you were a nerd.

Hmm. which basically begs the question, why don't bungie jumpers keep snapping their necks when doing their thing? Same kind of change in momentum, really.

It probably has something to do with the bungy cord stretching, which slows down their descent causing less force or something? Don't quote me, I'm no physics expert

I know nothing about physics, but I presume that Spidey's web could have attached to Gwen's body in a place different from that of the safe bungee cords. I'm sure the point of contact of the cord influences how much whiplash one would experience.

The relationship between Pete and Gwen had been through a lot of inconsequential ups and downs, and unless the two were to be married, there was nowhere else to take it. But marriage seemed wrong, too. Peter just wasnt ready. So Gerry, Roy (Roy Thomas, editor) and Stan (Stan Lee, of course) debated the question long and hardand it turned out that all had reached the same inescapable conclusion.

Gwens death was simply fated to happen. Weve said before that our stories just seem to write themselves, that we often dont have any control over them. This was such a case. Events had shaped themselves in such a way that the only logical resolution was tragedy. Only the inscrutable, inexorable workings of circumstances are culpable this time. And no one regrets it more than we. It was a hard, hard story to write. Nuff said!