Line #37 ComicBook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2022


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3	''Edge of Spider-Verse'' (2022) is an AnthologyComic limited series from Creator/MarvelComics.
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5	As with ''ComicBook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2014'', it's wrapped into the wider ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' stories, a set of BatFamilyCrossover events that showcase AlternateUniverse versions of Characters/SpiderMan, usually uniting them as an AllianceOfAlternates against a common threat.
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7	The 2022 series was announced as leading into ''ComicBook/EndOfTheSpiderVerse'', which is apparently the last of those crossover events.
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9	The first issue was released on August 03, 2022.
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11	A SequelSeries, also titled ''[[ComicBook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2023 Edge of Spider-Verse]]'', launched in May 2023.
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13	!!''Edge of Spider-Verse'' (2022) contains the following tropes:
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15	* ActionDressRip: Spinstress has to rip her fancy ballgown in order to fight Queen Mysteria without tripping over it.
16	* AffectionateParody: New character Spinstress's debut story is a riff on Disney Princess tropes: a female Green Goblin as a [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]]-like Fairy Godmother, a Dr. Octopus who resembles a cross between [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Judge Frollo]], a female Mysterio who resembles [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Evil Queen]] with the MyBelovedSmother personality of [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel]], and, of course, the heroine herself who wanders the streets in disguise like [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine]] before getting drawn into a [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Cinderella]] plotline. Additionally, what looks like Princesses Cinderella, Aurora, [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]], and Jasmine are all visible on the path leading up to the ball being held by Queen Mysteria.
17	* AlliterativeName:
18	** In the great tradition of Comic Book names, Web-Weaver's civilian identity is ''C''ooper ''C''oen.
19	** Spinstress is really '''P'''rincess '''P'''etra.
20	* AlternateUniverse: Each of the stories are set in alternate worlds:
21	** Spider-Laird is apparently from Earth-1740
22	** Night-Spider is from Earth-194.
23	** The third issue reveals that ''Manga/DeadpoolSamurai'' is set in Earth-346.
24	* AmbiguousSituation: Queen Mysteria claims her husband was killed by assassins sent by one of the other kingdoms, but one of them says he was killed by her messing around with dark magic. The comic doesn't show which one is right.
25	* AnthologyComic: There are multiple stories in an issue, with different creative teams for each one. So far, all stories seem to be one-offs, with new Characters/SpiderMan variants introduced in each issue.
26	* AsYouKnow: Queen Mysteria begins her accusation by telling the people she thinks are responsible "as you know".
27	* BadassBystander: Wandering minstrel Merry James leaps in to clobber Bishop Octopus with his lute.
28	* TheCameo: A J. Jonah Jameson appears in Spinstress' story as a herald, while versions of Emma Frost, Doctor Strange, Clea, and Queen Ramonda all appear at the ball, and a background extra looks like the ''Ultimate'' version of Peter Parker himself.
29	* CanonImmigrant: Sakura Spider from ''Manga/DeadpoolSamurai'' -- a collaboration between Marvel and Shueisha Inc. that was published in the latter's ''Jump+'' -- gets her origin story told in the third issue, and is recruited into the Spider-Army by Madame Web.
30	* ChallengeSeeker: Night-Spider becomes one after her new powers made committing heists too easy, [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction thereby ruining the thrill]] of being a ClassyCatBurglar for her. She gets so bored that she tries turning herself in just to see whether she can find a new challenge in prison escapes. When [[Characters/MarvelComicsSpiders Earth-616's Aranā]] arrives in Felicia's dimension to recruit her aid in saving the Spider-Verse, Night-Spider eagerly [[JumpedAtTheCall Jumps At The Call]] the second she hears Aranã describe her mission as "completely hopeless".
31	* DancesAndBalls: Being a ''Cinderella'' parody, Spinstress's story naturally has one. Queen Mysteria turns it into an attempt to accuse the guests of murdering her husband, followed by killing them.
32	* DarkerAndEdgier: Spoofed with Spider-Ham in issue #4. He has gone legit dark and edgy, but only by his standards, so he's still somewhat silly (such as pointing out how TalkingIsAFreeAction).
33	* EvilIsHammy: Queen Mysteria is quite restrained. The Mysterious Empress is not, with much ranting about her fiendish plan, and how the world will be hers.
34	* EvilIsNotWellLit: When Queen Mysteria dons the crystal ball and becomes the Mysterious Empress, all the lights in the ball room go out. They go back to normal when Spinstress knocks her unconscious.
35	* EvilIsPetty: Shathra decided to conquer the Multiverse and kill or corrupt all Spiders in it because her moms liked her younger sister's Great Web better than her own Great Nest.
36	* {{Expy}}: The version of [[Comicbook/TheWasp Janet Van Dyne]] from Web-Weaver's world is a middle aged fashion mogul known for her quick temper and prickly personality, clearly taking more than a little influence from [[Film/TheDevilWearsPrada Miranda Priestly]].
37	%%* FairyGodMother: Or in this case, Fairy ''Gob''mother. Or Norma, if you prefer.
38	* FryingPanOfDoom: Spinstress clobbers her world's Doc Ock with a large skillet.
39	* FunetikAksent: Spider-Laird's dialogue is written this way.
40	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Queen Mysteria indignantly lampshades the trope, while demonstrating why it exists in the first place, since she's trying to kill the guests at her own ball.
41	* InternalHomage: Hunter-Spider's story (an Arachnized Kraven the Hunter) is more than a clear nod to the original ''ComicBook/KravensLastHunt'', even having the same creative team and the same plot beats.
42	* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: Being struck by a glowing meteorite that was covered in extraterrestrial spiders somehow caused Pter Ptarker and [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norrannosaurman]] to swap species, and gain new color schemes based on Spider-Man (complete with a ChestInsignia) and the Green Goblin.
43	* KingIncognito: Spinstress tries doing this, but sort of fails to get that if she wants to go incognito she should maybe stop singing out loud about how she's royalty. Instead she ends up singing a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial about how she's ''totally'' ordinary.
44	* KnightTemplarParent: Queen Mysteria is determined to gain magical power to avenge the murder of her husband and protect her daughter. This ends up bringing her into conflict with her daughter, which she fails to notice, a fact Spinstress doesn't appreciate.
45	* MundaneObjectAmazement: Princess Petra is apparently so sheltered she's never seen a frying pan before.
46	* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Night-Spider ends up turning herself in out of boredom because her new powers make stealing so easy that she considers them to be a case of CursedWithAwesome.
47	* ParentalObliviousness: Queen Mysteria doesn't recognise that the mysterious Spinstress looks ''just'' like her daughter in a mask and different hairstyle. She also somehow mishears her saying "mom" out loud. Possibly because she's got a crystal ball on her head.
48	* RefugeeFromTVLand: Syllie Spider is a comic strip character that literally breaks the fourth wall to escape from prison and ends up in the photorealistically drawn real world. It's still black and white, but he's disgusted by the level of detail on everything. When recruited to the war, he also notes disgust at the colors on Spider-UK and Madame Web.
49	* RewatchBonus: At the end of her story, Spinstress notes in all the confusion she's lost a shoe. Through the fight scene, her right foot is always obscured by something.
50	* RobotReligion: The anthropomorphic vehicles of Earth-53931 believe that the stick figure on traffic signs represents a deity called the "[[HumansAreCthulhu Great Driver]]" who will one day return to drive them all along the "One True Highway."
51	--> '''Aunt-T:''' He's the reason we were born into this world with foot pedals and hand brakes. With steering wheels and seat belts! All for him!
52	* StartOfDarkness: Shathra's origin is revealed in ''Edge'' #2. She and her younger sister, Neith, were the daughters of the Elder Gods, specifically Gaea and Oshtur, and when their mothers preferred Neith's Great Web to Shathra's Great Nest, Shathra's jealousy and anger over this turned her into a wasp deity, and the enemy of the spiders that were created by Neith (who is implicitly the Great Weaver) to maintain the Great Web.
53	* SuddenAnatomy: Shathra is shown to have a JaggedMouth in her origin flashback in ''Edge'' #2.
54	* TakeThat: As she drafts her deal with Spinstress, Norma the Fairy Gob-Mother quickly mentions "no deals with the Devil" and "no magician undoing everything" in reference to ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'', ''ComicBook/OneMomentInTime'', and ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
55	* TerribleArtist: Shathra and her ragged-looking Great Nest, which ended being replaced by her sister's much more aesthetic Great Web.
56	--> '''Shathra:''' A honeycombed structure, where every soul will grow and evolve in solitude... until they are ready to become one with their hive. I call it--the Great Nest!\
57	'''Neith:''' It's... ''um''... well... you... definitely put a lot of work into it.
58	* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Spinstress' deal with Norma requires her to retrieve a magical orb before midnight, or she'll never be able to find true love. [[spoiler:The orb gets destroyed.]]

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