New Spider-Gwen Comic Series Makes Its Debut

By Maryann Yin 

Spider-Gwen CoverMove over Peter Parker! Marvel has released the first issue of the Spider-Gwen comic series.

The character, who is best known as Spider-Man’s teenage girlfriend, first appeared as a web-slinging heroine in Edge of Spider-Verse #2. According to IGN.com, this story takes place in an “alternate universe where Gwen Stacy was bitten by the radioactive spider and became a superhero.”

The artist and writer behind that book, Robbi Rodriguez and Jason Latour, joined together once again for this new project. The second issue will come out on March 11th. The third issue will follow on April 1st. (via USA Today)