During Dan Slott‘s return to Spider-Man, he wrote an arc called End of the Spider-Verse. So no more Spider-Mans, right? Naturally, that’s not what happened. And now we have even more Spider-Mans than ever before, as Marvel is bringing back Edge of Spider-Verse.
The new iteration of the anthology series will debut in February 2024, and feature new tales of alternate Spider-folks. And it looks like the first one will introduce a sort of Spider-Wolverine. Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, with art by Travel Foreman, the tale will introduce Weapon VIII, which certainly looks like Peter Parker in an amalgamation of Wolverine’s Weapon X outfit, and the classic ’90s X-Men outfit.
The first backup story will be focused on Spider-Byte, as seen in the recent Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse. It will be written Nilah Magruder with art by Eric Gapstur. And the second backup, which will be written by somebody and drawn by somebody else (maybe) will set up yet another Spider crossover.
Edge of Spider-Verse #1 (2024) Official Info:
Here’s Marvel’s official description of the stories, as well as the full cover:
We all know who Weapon X is, but WHO IS WEAPON VIII?! Find out in a story from writing duo Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing and artist Travel Foreman! In this universe, when Weapon X escapes from his facility, they call on their greatest previous success to get him back…
You may not have realized that the digital avatar Spider-Character who made her big screen debut in Across the Spider-Verse came from the comics first! She’s back in comics now and you don’t want to miss her in an all-new adventure by writer Nilah Magruder and artist Eric Gapstur.
Plus the start of a saga that sets up the next evolution of SPIDER-VERSAL stories!
Edge of Spider-Verse will run four issues, with the first hitting stores on February 21, 2024.
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