WolverineandSpider-Manhave been forced to team up countless times throughout the years, but a new series is giving them a reason to work together in their first ever shared ongoing book. Coming from a creative team with a lot of both Spidey and X-Men experience, this title promises to test its leads in new ways - and may just have something to do with the mysterious pasts of both characters.
Marvel Comics has announceda new team-up book:Spider-Man & Wolverine, an ongoing series by writer Mark Guggenheim and artist Kaare Andrewsthat arrives May 7th, 2025. Guggenheim shared the first details of the seriesvia Polygon, revealing that the duo will be hunting for the “Janus Directory,” a list of every undercover spy in the Marvel Universe.
Guggenheim also lists a number of influences, citing classic artists for both Spidey and Wolverine from the ’80s and ’90s as the primary inspiration behind the book’s tone, which makes sense alongside Andrews, whose own exaggerated style recalls ’90s trends.
Spider-Man and Wolverine Are Teaming Up for an Ongoing Spy Adventure
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This new story is far from the first team-up betweenSpider-Man and Wolverine. Famously,the two heroes often find themselves at oddswhen put together in the same book, with Peter’s strict moral code butting up against Logan’s willingness to kill. Miniseries likeAstonishing Spider-Man & Wolverineby Jason Aaron and Adam Kubert have played up this odd-couple dynamic, forcing the duo into increasingly absurd situations where they have to rely on each other to survive, but the newSpider-Man & Wolverinetitle is their first ongoing team-up book.
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Both creators behindSpider-Man & Wolverinehave also worked onSpider-Manand the X-Men before in some capacity. Guggenheim wrote the seriesX-Men: Goldin 2017 and was also part of the rotating cast of writers in Spider-Man’s “brain trust” during theBrand New Dayera in the mid-2000s. Meanwhile, Andrews worked onUltimate X-Men#23-24 with writer Mark Millar,but more famously wrote and illustratedSpider-Man: Reignand its 2024 sequel,Spider-Man: Reign 2, both of which imagined a shockingly dark future for an older Peter Parker.
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Guggenheim’s hints to Polygon also suggest the return of some interesting continuity surrounding Spider-Man. Guggenheim has already confirmed that Logan is in the Janus Directory, but readers often forget that Peter Parker also has a connection to the espionage world. Peter’s parents, Richard and Mary Parker, were also spies, first for first the CIA and then SHIELD, which eventually led to their deaths. If their history is tied up in the Janus Directory, then this series might not just be a fun, wacky team-up betweenWolverineandSpider-Man, but a mission that’s personal - and with major consequences for continuity.
Sources:Marvel,Polygon
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is the name given to several individuals who have employed a spider-moniker throughout Marvel Comics. Typically gaining their powers through a bite from a radioactive spider, the different Spider-Man heroes employ super-strength, agility, and intellect while utilizing webbing to swing and tangle up their foes. The most notable of these Spider-Men is Peter Parker, who remains one of the most popular superheroes throughout the world.
Wolverine
The human mutant Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan) was born James Howlett, blessed with a superhuman healing factor, senses, and physiology. Subjecting himself to experimentation to augment his skeleton and claws with adamantium, Logan is as deadly as he is reckless, impulsive, and short-tempered. Making him the X-Men’s wildest and deadliest member, and one of Marvel Comics' biggest stars. He’s played in Fox and Marvel’s movie franchises by Hugh Jackman.
