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Ahead of the launch of the ongoing Spider-Woman series this fall, the creative team of writer Dan Watters (Nightwing, Batman: Dark Patterns) and artist Andrea Broccardo (Spider-Man: Noir, Marauders) will begin to spin their web early with a story in the Spider-Woman 50th Anniversary anthology — and we have a first look.

"I'm super excited to be part of Jessica Drew's new chapter,” Broccardo says in a release. “After Spider-Man Noir, it's great to come back to that dark atmosphere that I love. This series is a bit different from the previous Spider-Woman series, it is a detective noir story, with Jessica tormented by something that changes her life, her super hero behavior and her approach to the cases as a detective. It also has horror and gore, which is unusual for Spider-Woman, but super stimulating for me!”

Here is a first look at two pages from Broccardo and Watters' story from the Spider-Woman 50th Anniversary special: 

“I'm over the moon that Andrea and I are continuing the story of the mysterious Spider-Woman we start in the Anniversary special,” Watters said. “Investigating leads too dangerous for the Daily Bugle's journalists, Jess will uncover some of the strangest crimes in New York City. And in a town like this? That's saying a lot.”

As an added bonus, we have two pages from the other story in Spider-Woman 50th Anniversary by celebrated Daredevil writer/editor Ann Nocenti and artist Stefano Raffaele. Check it out here: 

Spider-Woman 50th Anniversary Special goes on sale on September 2, with the solo Spider-Woman series launching November 4.

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