Meet Spinstress, the singing Spider-Princess in Edge of Spider-Verse #4

Edge of Spider-Verse #4 art
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Edge of Spider-Verse #4 is coming up on September 21, speeding toward what Marvel Comics has billed as the "end of the Spider-Verse as we know it," and for the fourth installment of the latest Spider-Verse story, Peter Porker the Sensational Spider-Ham comes back into the spotlight with a tale from writer Jordan Blum and artist Michael Shelfer.

(Image credit: Marvel Comics)

But that's just one of the tales to be told in the anthology issue, which also includes what just might be the first-ever Spider-Man musical told exclusively in comics (yeah, we remember Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark too… yikes).

That story, which features a new Spider-hero called Spinstress, is written by David Hein, writer of the Broadway musical Come From Away, alongside artist Luciano Vecchio, with a design from Walt Disney Studios character designer Helen Chen. And true to form, Spinstress is described as a "Spider-Princess who sings, talks to spiders and kicks villainous butt throughout her kingdom".

Then Spider-Verse lead writer Dan Slott is joined by artist Ty Templeton for the first ever solo story of the cult-classic Spider-Mobile, the Spider-Man-themed buggy Spidey briefly drove in a funny story from the '70s. 

Finally, Marvel has revealed that Spider-Verse #4 will feature a story starring Sun-Spider, the winner of the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse's create-a-spider fan contest from a few years ago, written by Tee Franklin (who makes her Marvel Comics debut with the story) with art from Jethro Morales.

Here's a gallery of images from Edge of Spider-Verse #4:

The current Edge of Spider-Verse title will lead to a new adjectiveless Spider-Man ongoing title from writer Dan Slott and artist Mark Bagley later this year.

Stay up to date on all the new Spider-Man comics planned for release in 2022 and beyond.

George Marston

I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)