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I don't know about you, but all the rampant speculation (and straight-up teasing) by Krysten Ritter about her return to the MCU as Jessica Jones has got us jonesing for more stories with her character. We've read and re-read all that's come before, and watched the Netflix show more times that we'd like to admit, but we want something new.

And this August, we're getting a comic book return for the character - and she'll be starring in a surprising team-up, to boot.

In August, Jessica Jones will return to Marvel Comics for a team-up with Spider-Gwen, aka Gwen Stacy, aka Ghost Spider. (Yes, we're unsure if that last one is ever really going to catch on, either.)

"Artist Paolo Villanelli (BLack Widow & Hawkeye) reunites with writer Stephanie Phillips as Gwen faces off with a classic 616 villain! Faces will come off. Literally," reads Marvel's description of August's Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider #4. "Plus, Jessica Jones gives Gwen a chance at a fresh start!"

It's unclear what kind of "fresh start" Gwen Stacy needs or what kind of "fresh start" Jessica Jones can even offer, but we're excited to see the team-up no matter what. It's worth remembering that the hook of this series is that Gwen is now stuck in the 616 Marvel Universe, so her fresh start possibilities are pretty much endless. After all, who doesn't need help to establish a new life in a world they never made, as Howard the Duck once put it?

Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider #4 goes on sale August 28. Take a look at the covers for the issue by Mark Brooks and Jeehyung Lee in the gallery below.

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Keep up to date on Popverse's Marvel coverage, with these highlights:

• How Disney+'s What If...? is the moonshot for the next 50 years of Marvel Studios & the MCU
• Marvel Studios has accidentally created a new Phase that predates Phases 1 - 6: the MCU Phase Zero
• Overgrown children of the atom: Marvel's X-Men can't evolve past their '90s commercial peak
• The biggest outstanding questions of the Marvel Studios' movies & TV shows
• Donald Trump is the landlord for Marvel's House of Ideas
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• What Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige is saying (and not saying) about the MCU X-Men franchise says a lot about the future of the Mutant Saga
• If Marvel is going to bring Loki back for Secret Wars, it's time to give him an upgrade
• With Daredevil, and spinoffs from Black Panther, What If, and more, Marvel Studios' 2025 Disney+ slate is bigger than ever, and that might be a big deal for the future
• If Kraven the Hunter flops, Sony's Spider-Man Universe could look for a Marvel-assisted reboot
• In 2021, Sony's boss said people won't miss Spider-Man in its Spider-adjacent movie. Turns out, they do.