SDCC 2023: Watch the 'Women of Marvel' Panel in Full

Get the inside scoop as the Women of Marvel unveiled some big comics announcements—and a new podcast season—at this year's San Diego Comic-Con!

BY Marika Hashimoto

Each year, the popular Women of Marvel panel is every Marvel fan's inside look into exciting upcoming projects, and this year was no exception at San Diego Comic-Con!

An inspiring line-up of speakers took the stage, with Marvel talent across publishing, digital media and studios: Editor Sarah Brunstad, Sana Amanat (Executive Producer, Marvel Studios’ Ms. Marvel), VP of Digital Media Marketing Jessica Malloy, Charlie Jane Anders (NEW MUTANTS: LETHAL LEGION), Melissa Flores (SPIDER-GWEN: ON TOUR, MARVEL'S VOICES: ECHO), and Jody Houser (STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI).

“Welcome to the Women of Marvel panel!” Sarah Brunstad began. Addressing the large crowd, she continued, “This room is so full, it’s awesome. My heart is so full, thank you for being here.”

The fan-favorite discussion covered topics including what it's like for women working in the industry today, and what is next for Marvel’s woman-led projects. Fans in the audience were the first to learn the exciting news that an all-new, character-centric season of Women of Marvel podcast will return on Wednesday, September 6!

Lucky attendees were treated to an exclusive giveaway of a special Mike McKone variant cover of CAPTAIN MARVEL: DARK TEMPEST (2023) #1 (Written by Ann Nocenti; Pencils by Paolo Villanelli).

Look no further than here to watch the full Women of Marvel panel and check out all the breaking news to come out of it!

NEW PODCAST SEASON IN SEPTEMBER 2023

A brand-new season will focus on a series of character spotlights, including Jean Grey, Shuri, Gwen Stacy, Kate Bishop AKA Hawkeye, Kamala Khan AKA Ms. Marvel, Echo and more!

It was a special homecoming for Sana Amanat, co-founder of the Women of Marvel podcast. "Judy Stephens and I started the Women of Marvel podcast, which spun out of the Women of Marvel panels that were so successful...so there's a lot of great, oh my God, so many fantastic characters across the Marvel universe. It's so good to be back, guys!"

Keeping in Women of Marvel tradition, she asked any women and non-binary folks in the room who were interested in writing comics, TV or in the industry to stand up. As more and more people in the audience stood up, she cheered, "Awesome! Look around. I want you to look around. These people are going to be your allies, your collaborators, or co-conspirators. Rely on them, get to know them. Get to know everyone in this room, I would say. After this panel, go out and network and talk to each other. See what you can make together, see who you can talk to together.

It is a really powerful room, and that's why I love kicking it off this way, because you guys are literally the next generation."

SPIDER-GWEN: ON TOUR #1

SPIDER-GWEN: ON TOUR #1 (of 4)
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by Enid Balám
Variant Cover by David Nakayama
Ongoing Series, On Sale December 2023

TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC!
The Mary Janes are off on a four-city tour as the opening act to one of Earth-65’s biggest rock bands! Gwen has promised the band that this big break will be all about the music. No web-slinging, just drums. But when a mysterious assassin targets the headliner, Gwen begins to wonder how she got this gig in the first place. Featuring new versions of some of your favorite characters!

STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI #3

STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI #3 (of 6)
Written by Jody Houser
Art by Salvador Larroca
Cover by Phil Noto
Ongoing Series, On Sale November 2023

ESCAPE FROM PLANET MAPUZO!
As OBI-WAN searches for allies to help him evade THE EMPIRE... he must face his greatest failure: DARTH VADER!

MARVEL UNLIMITED'S INFINITY COMICS

Jessica Malloy introduced the latest lineup of Infinity Comics on Marvel Unlimited, Marvel’s home for over 30,000+ digital comics. “Crazy enough, over the less than two years since we’ve done this, we have over 800 Infinity issues on the platform.”

With a robust lineup of new Infinity Comics slated for release, we know this is one format that’s here to stay! Check out the latest titles announced by Women of Marvel:

MARVEL MEOW #13 by writer, artist, and colorist Nao Fuji, launches July 28.
LOVE UNLIMITED: GAMBIT & ROGUE #61 written by Preeti Chhibber, art by Carola Borelli, launches August 3.
AVENGERS UNLIMITED #58 written by Kalinda Vazquez, art by Alba Glez and Walden Wong, launches August 8.
X-MEN UNLIMITED #100 written by Steve Foxe and Stephanie Williams, art by Noemi Vettori, launches August 14.
MARVEL'S VOICES: ECHO #64 written by Melissa Flores, art by Kyle Charles, launches August 16.
MARVEL'S VOICES: NIGHTSHADE #71 written by Stephanie Williams, art by Hector Barros, launches Fall 2023.