EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 to Introduce a Mystery Spider-Hero to the Marvel Universe

Rebecca Kaplan

Web-Weaver in black and gold spider suit

Marvel’s Edge of Spider-Verse has introduced web-heads to several multiverses of new Spider-Heroes over the last several months, including Zarina, a Muslim Spider-UK. Yet, there are still more new Spidey people to come. And more Spidey doom buggies, a.k.a the Spider-Mobile but sentient, to come. However, Marvel remains tight-lipped about the identity of one of the new Spider-Persons. Well, tight-lipped-ish. Marvel has already revealed the name of the top secret new Spider-Hero as Syllie Spider, created by the Spider-Verse filmmaker Phil Lord and artist David Lopez.

But Syllie isn’t the only new Spider-Hero that will be introduced in the final issue of Edge of Spider-Verse! Read on to learn more, web-heads.

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EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Spoiler Variant Cover by DAVID LOPEZ
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Spoiler Variant Cover by DAVID LOPEZ

In addition to revealing a top-secret new Spider-Hero, Marvel also hinted at the origin story of the first openly gay Spider-Man (some of us have been shipping the Spiders for years, and for a good cause too). Web-Weaver, whose costume is all about that spider realness, was designed by long-time House of Van Dyne fan Kris Anka, who was inspired by a Weaver spider’s markings. In addition to the in-universe inspiration, Anka explained that his designs for this character’s black and gold costume came from the work of Thierry Mugler and Alexander McQueen.

Marvel describes the character as a “not so mild-mannered fashion designer” whose “spider powers show us a very different kind of Spider-slayer.” Coincidentally, Web-Weaver will also be working for the House of Van Dyne when he is introduced in Edge of Spider-Verse #5 by Steve Foxe and Kei Zama, arriving online and in stores on October 5, 2022. 

EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Interior Art
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Interior Art

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Here’s more on the new characters:

  • Web-Weaver, a not-so-mild mannered fashion designer at Van Dyne, gets spider-powers and shows us a very different kind of Spider-Slayer in a story by Steve Foxe and Kei Zama. See him strut the runway in front of his fellow Spiders in a variant cover by Kris Anka, the amazing artist behind Web-Weaver’s fabulous design!
  • Imagine a world where Sergei Kravinoff got Spider-Powers. Meet Hunter-Spider, the most hardcore Spider yet, in a riveting tale by Dan Slott, J. M. DeMatteis, and Bob McLeod! Check out his fearsome design by superstar artist Mark Bagley in a special variant cover!
  • Phil Lord, the filmmaker behind the Spider-Verse movies, teams up with artist David Lopez to create a new Spider that you must see to believe… Fans will have to wait until the issue goes on sale to meet Syllie Spider, a one-of-a-kind new Marvel character who will also get the spotlight on a classified SPOILER VARIANT COVER by Lopez!

Check out all the covers now, plus a first look at the interior artwork below:

Hunter-Spider cover for Edge of Spider-Verse #5 by Josemarie Casanovas
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Cover by JOSEMARIA CASANOVAS
Hunter-Spider Design Variant Cover by MARK BAGLEY
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Design Variant Cover by MARK BAGLEY
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Variant Cover by KRIS ANKA, Web-Weaver walks the runway
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Variant Cover by KRIS ANKA
Web-Weaver cover for Edge of Spider-Verse #5
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Design Variant Cover by KRIS ANKA
Spider eating man
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Interior Art
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Interior Art that features Web-Weaver in black and gold suit thwiping through a city
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 Interior Art

Edge of Spider-Verse #5 arrives on October 5, 2022. For more information, visit Marvel.com.

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Rebecca Kaplan

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