<P> The Green Goblin abducts Peter 's girlfriend , Gwen Stacy , and lures Spider - Man to a tower of either the Brooklyn Bridge ( as depicted in the art ) or the George Washington Bridge ( as given in the text ) . The Goblin and Spider - Man clash , and the Goblin hurls Stacy off the bridge . Spider - Man shoots a web strand at her legs and catches her . As he pulls her up , he thinks he has saved her . However , he quickly realizes she is dead . Unsure whether her neck was broken by the whiplash from her sudden stop or had been already broken by the Goblin prior to her fall , he blames himself for her death . A note on the letters page of The Amazing Spider - Man # 125 states : `` It saddens us to say that the whiplash effect she underwent when Spidey 's webbing stopped her so suddenly was , in fact , what killed her . '' </P>
<P> The Green Goblin abducts Peter 's girlfriend , Gwen Stacy , and lures Spider - Man to a tower of either the Brooklyn Bridge ( as depicted in the art ) or the George Washington Bridge ( as given in the text ) . The Goblin and Spider - Man clash , and the Goblin hurls Stacy off the bridge . Spider - Man shoots a web strand at her legs and catches her . As he pulls her up , he thinks he has saved her . However , he quickly realizes she is dead . Unsure whether her neck was broken by the whiplash from her sudden stop or had been already broken by the Goblin prior to her fall , he blames himself for her death . A note on the letters page of The Amazing Spider - Man # 125 states : `` It saddens us to say that the whiplash effect she underwent when Spidey 's webbing stopped her so suddenly was , in fact , what killed her . '' </P>
what did gwen die of in spider man 2
what did gwen die of in spider man 2
whiplash effect she underwent when Spidey 's webbing stopped her
whiplash effect she underwent when Spidey 's webbing stopped her