Before Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar’s Bug Wars returns with its next epic arc in 2026, the The Spyder Wytch Special will strike with a deadly one-shot in the New Year—setting the stage for Aaron and Asrar’s brutal fantasy saga to spin into even darker corners of the yard. Bug Wars: Spyder Wytch Special will provide fans with additional world building and enrich the Bug Wars lore—all the while priming readers for the series’ return later in 2026.

This jumbo-sized one-shot will feature stories of the mysterious and deadly Spider Sect, including the adventures of the exiled warrior sorceress, Wysta the Wayward Wytch. Alongside Aaron and Asrar will be contributions from artist Baldemar Rivas.

Bug Wars: Spyder Wytch one-shot will be available at comic book shops in January 2026.

In Bug Wars, the Old Slaymaker House is shrouded in mystery. Neighbors whisper about it. Children dare each other to step foot in its overgrown lawn. Exterminators refuse to visit and shudder at the thought of what multi-limbed monsters may burrow in its earth… For Slade Slaymaker and his brother Sydney, it’s the last remnant of their father, a dedicated entomologist devoured by the very creatures he dedicated his life to understanding. Slade, too young to remember his death, continues his legacy with his own love of all things insect. Sydney, old enough to remember the gruesome scene, despises and seeks to annihilate any bug he sees.

When these two brothers’ opposing obsessions clash, Slade finds himself shrunk to the size of his diminutive subjects and thrust into the middle of a brutal Bug War, an earth-shattering struggle that will decide the fate of his family and, perhaps, uncover the secrets behind his father’s gruesome demise.