Spider-Gwen is the subject of a manga by Ryusei Yamada announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 as part of the MARVEL | KADOKAWA project. It is set to begin serialization on the manga site Kadocomi at some point in 2026, with print volumes planned after.
Spider-Gwen is being developed as a manga by Ryusei Yamada under a joint project between Marvel Comics and KADOKAWA called MARVEL | KADOKAWA, announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 during the MARVEL FANFARE panel on July 25, 2026. It is one of two manga in the project's first wave, alongside a Spider-Man manga by tokitokoro. Both are working titles.
The stories place the character in a story with Gwen Stacy as an ordinary high school student who plays drums in the band Mary Janes. Concept art released with the announcement shows Spider-Gwen with Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the Punisher. The manga is scheduled to begin serialization on the manga site Kadocomi within 2026, with print volumes planned afterward. Five titles are to be announced sequentially as the project's first wave, but only these two have been named.
Coverage of the partnership has focused on the two named manga. One report describes the Spider-Man title as "Spider-Man of Shibuya" and both lead creators as attached to original manga set in Japan, following the end of Marvel's contracts with Shueisha and Sho-Pro Books. Another says Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski is moving to oversee Asia Originals.
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Marvel detailed its Kadokawa partnership at a New York Comic Con panel on October 11, and the five manga launched on Kadokawa's KadoComi site in Japan the following day. Iron Man and Spider-Man lead the slate, alongside Deadpool, Spider-Gwen, and Venom. Marvel's C.B. Cebulski and Kadokawa editors Kenta Matsui and Naofumi Mashino attended. Each title's first chapter opens with a free preview.
Kadokawa and Marvel Comics have launched a joint project called MARVEL | KADOKAWA, announced at the MARVEL FANFARE panel at San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, 2026. The first wave will consist of five titles, with two confirmed so far. Spider-Man is drawn by tokitokoro, who previously worked on Jeff the Land Shark for Marvel Comics. Its protagonist is Haruto Hachidori, a male high school student living in Shibuya who suddenly gains spider powers and swings through the city while a shadow lurking beneath it begins to move. Spider-Gwen is handled by Ryusei Yamada, who drew Captain Marvel illustrations for MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL. Its story follows Gwen Stacy, a high school student and drummer in the band Mary Janes, who gains powers after a radioactive spider bite in a laboratory and protects the city as Spider-Woman. Both Japanese titles remain undecided. Both works will begin serialization on Kadokawa's KadoComi service within 2026, with collected volumes planned afterward.
Marvel Comics is partnering with Kadokawa for a series of original manga volumes, starting with tokitokoro's "Spider-Man of Shibuya" and a Spider-Gwen series by Ryūsei Yamada. Serialization begins before the end of 2026. The collaboration follows the end of Marvel's contracts with Shueisha and Sho-Pro Books, and comes as Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski moves to oversee Asia Originals.