The blockbuster EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE series returns on February 22, but Chad Hardin's cover arrives today.

The press release follows:

Media Release -- EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE, the now perennial Spider-Hit is back and this time, it's building to the biggest Spider-Verse epic in Marvel Comics history! Launching in February, the series will take readers to the bleeding edge of the Spider-Verse once more, reacquainting you with old favorites and introducing you to some of the most important web-slinging heroes you haven't met yet!

Previous installments of EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE saw all-star creators introduce the world to the likes of Spider-Gwen, Spider-Rex, and more. It also revealed secrets behind Spider-Boy's origins and laid the groundwork for new eras of icons Spider-Man India and Araña. You won't believe how the Web of Life and Destiny impacts Spider-Man storytelling this time as the possibilities of the Spider-Verse are unleashed in full!

EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #1 kicks things off with the first appearance of WEAPON VIII and the exciting comeback of the tech-savvy SPIDER-BYTE!

· 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!

Meet Weapon VIII on Chad Hardin's cover for the debut issue below and explore the Spider-Verse like never before when EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #1 arrives in February! For more information, visit Marvel.com.

EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #1 (OF 4)
Written by JACKSON LANZING, COLLIN KELLY, & NILAH MAGRUDER
Art by TRAVEL FOREMAN & ERIC GAPSTUR
Cover by CHAD HARDIN
On Sale 2/21

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