Share. And her comic gets a relaunch. And her comic gets a relaunch.

Get excited, web-heads: we’ve got two announcements for Marvel Comics’ Spider-Gwen.

First, as hinted by a recent teaser image, she will be getting a series relaunch with a brand new Spider-Gwen #1 by the same creative team, writer Jason Latour and artist Robbi Rodriguez. Her comic will be one of ~60 new Marvel comics released as part of a line-wide relaunch after Secret Wars. While Secret Wars and Spider-Verse will be acknowledged in the relaunched comic, the series will largely pick back up where it left off, exploring the alternate universe of Earth-65 where Peter Parker died and Gwen Stacy became Spider-Woman.

Interestingly, this seems to confirm that even though the multiverse was destroyed and remade into Battleworld during Secret Wars, there will still be a multiverse once that summer event wraps.

Also, Spider-Gwen will be playable in the mobile fighting game Marvel Contest of Champions. Watch the short video below for your first look at her 3D model.

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Both the comic and the game character will be made available sometime this Fall after Secret Wars ends.

For more details, we’ve got two interviews for you: one with Spider-Gwen writer Jason Latour and another with Marvel Games’ Creative Director Bill Rosemann. Hear what they had to say about the future of Spider-Gwen and then let us know your spider-thoughts in the comments.

IGN Comics: Now that we know we’re getting another Spider-Gwen series, the big question is, will she be a part of the “main” Marvel Universe after Secret Wars, or if she’ll still be in her alternate universe on Earth-65?

Jason Latour: The answer is “yes”. No seriously, it’s a little of column A and a little of column B.

The main focus of our first arc is on Gwen Stacy’s continuing adventures within her own universe (Earth 65), it’s pretty essential to who this Gwen Stacy is to have her own supporting cast and villains and problems. But Spider-Gwen was born out of a multiversal crossover event so the opportunity to hop around has always been present and honestly is just too fun to resist. So yeah, bouncing over to the 616 now and then is something we’re eager to explore too.

IGN: Spider-Gwen was featured on one of the two All-New, All-Different Marvel teasers. What does that mean for her role in Marvel’s publishing line after Secret Wars?

Latour: That’s something you’d have to ask Marvel directly but I certainly feel like they’ve really been behind us in a big way from the start. It’s a pretty unique opportunity we have to craft this character and her world and I try not to take that lightly, but at the same time we try to stay true to what got us here and that’s a sense of experimentation and fun.

I think you see Marvel really embracing that with a lot of their new wave of books, and frankly it’s a really nice counterbalance to all the continuity-heavy epicness. They’ve helped put us in a position to carve out a neat little niche and it seems like they’re very into that continuing.

IGN: Right now during Secret Wars, Spider-Gwen is in Spider-Verse where she’s teamed up with some other Spider-characters to take on Sinister Six. Will the events of that comic affect the new run on Spider-Gwen at all?

Latour: Well, I don’t want to spoil anything that’s going on in Spider-Verse. But it’s comics, so yes there’s always the possibility we’ll pick up some of that stuff and run with it. I’ll say it does my heart good to see Spider-Ham and Gwen teaming up for second breakfasts again.

IGN: What story are you kicking off with in the new Spider-Gwen series?

Latour: The aim with this first couple of issues is to give folks who are new an entry point into Gwen’s world but to also fill in a little back story for people who’ve been with us awhile.

So with that in mind we begin with Gwen discovering that someone has re-created Peter Parker’s LIzard formula. This of course is a terrible realization for her, in that becoming The Lizard is what killed Peter and branded Gwen a fugitive. So as she sets out to figure out just who is behind all of this she’s torn between her chances to clear her name and the great debt of responsibility she feels toward Peter’s legacy. It’s a story that will take Gwen down memory lane a little and we’ll see just how a lot of this came to pass.

Of course there are still a lot of loose ends from "MOST WANTED?" (our first volume) and we haven’t forgotten them. Captain Stacy is still the only thing standing between Gwen and Frank Castle’s NYPD and "Matt Murderdock" is still out to, I guess you could say, "get" Spider-Woman.

[In the grand tradition of Marvel editorial notes, Spider-Gwen editor Nick Lowe also adds: HEY JASON! Don’t forget about the fact that we’re finally telling the story of Peter Parker!]

IGN: We’ve seen some great twists on familiar faces -- Punisher, Daredevil, Vulture -- so are there any other characters we can expect to see pop up with a new twist? Will we ever see Venom-Gwen?

Latour: Gwenom is a story I do have a lot of ideas for. And maybe we’ll make our way there eventually. But it’s definitely not something we’re going to force.

We do have a big new guest star in the first arc, a new twist on a very popular and familiar hero that I won’t spoil. I know that doesn’t sound like I’m giving you much but hey -- what if I told you we might meet the Osborns? Cause there are a couple of dudes in this book who look a lot like those guys.

IGN: Spider-Gwen is joining Marvel’s Contest of Champions. What’s it like seeing this character grow to such popularity that people will be playing her in a video game?

Latour: Mindboggling. To know that just a year ago she was an itch in the back of our heads, it just defies all belief on some level.

But it’s what comic books and creativity are all about, making imagination tangible. Every time I see a cosplayer or a piece of fan art-- it just makes me feel incredibly lucky that she’s become so ubiquitous. You could work your whole life, doing very good work, and never achieve that.

So yeah, it’s surreal, and I think we owe a big thank you to all the people who’ve supported Gwen in every form. Watching all this come to life has certainly been one of the highlights of my career and of my life.

IGN: What would you say to fans who are excited, or even a little nervous, about Spider-Gwen’s comic after Secret Wars?

Latour: We’ve only just begun. Keep calm and corn dog on.

Keep reading for more details on Spider-Gwen joining Marvel Contest of Champions.