New Spider-Man costume revealed!

[Ryudo]

From the "Dear God, why???!!!???" files, aka marvel.com...

Word has been building for months now, and comic fans have been dying to know- what is Spider-Man’s new costume?! Well, folks, here it is! Recognize the color scheme? You should, it’s playing an important role in the future of the web-slinger!

After the shocking events in "The Other" storyline, Peter recieves this new costume to help him adjust to his newest developments, as well as giving him some added muscle! Designed by Marvel Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada, this new design has a few tricks up its sleeve. "The Iron Spider design- as I like to call it- came to me during a Spider-Man story meeting we were having, we were talking and I was involuntarily sketching on a pad. It's inspired by a sketch that Chris Bachalo did that showed a new Spidey costume with <CLASSIFIED>. I thought that was brilliant, especially since it echoed one of Spidey's greatest villains, and I took the idea and imagined it as though seeing it through the eyes of Tony Stark. The sky's the limit with respect to gadgetry when it comes to Tony inspired costumes."

Every "gift" has its cost, and this new look for Spidey will signal the beginnings of change, especially as it comes on the eve of the upcoming Civil War. Spider-Man has developed a growing trust and friendship with Iron Man, but how much in debt is Peter’s loyalty to Tony Stark going to cost him in the long run? If the color scheme is any indication, well... Joe Quesada says, "I imagined Tony presenting Peter with the new suit and Peter putting it on and saying that it looks great but that his colors are red and blue. Tony would simply respond, ‘My design, my colors!’"

What is it that Joe is talking about that’s classified? How will Spidey’s relationship to Tony - and the new costume- play into Civil War?! You’ll have to read the books to see! But, it is safe to see that when it comes to this new costume, there is much more to the story! Look for the new costume to debut in February’s Amazing Spider-Man #529. It will then be seen in the pages of <a href='http://www.marvel.com/catalog/listing.htm?title=Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man">Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Marvel Knights Spider-Man in April. For more news on Spider-Man, the costume, and Civil War, stay tuned, True Believers!

Here's the suit:

My opinion: it looks very concept-sketchy, and not very finalized at all. It could just be a colorized version of Quesada's concept. Personally, I don't like the color scheme... it looks too Iron Mannish, like Tony wanted to create a kid sidekick or something. I like the idea of Spidey pulling off some tech action... it's in the vein of him finally using his intellect in practical applications.

We'll see what happens. Could be a placeholder image till the final comic comes out, but... eesh. Maybe they're trying to put some distance between 616 Spidey and Ultimate Spidey by making the costumes drastically different... who knows?

Still, though, I coulda designed something better than that in my sleep.

 

[Keith Justice]

It's temporary at best. Just to say that a new era of Spidy has come. One more to add to a history of costumes.

 

[Sndtrkman]

So far his suit does look pretty good just that I have to agree and say that it looks like Spider-Man is Iron Man's sidekick....Hopefully this suit design gets a better fan reaction then the whole "Steel Spider" outfit.

 

[DiscoInferno]

The Bombastic Bag-Man suit needs to make a come-back.

 

[Ragna &quot;D&quot; BloodEdge]

Wow...Scarlet Spider Part 2.

 

[CHiLL]

Wow...Scarlet Spider Part 2.

Took the words right outta my mouth.
...Still looks okay I guess.

 

[JFC]

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like someone just took the Venom costume and re-coloured it a la IronMan?

 

[Sage Shinigami]

Wow...Scarlet Spider Part 2.

I think not. I LIKED the Scarlet Spider suit. This....not so much.

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like someone just took the Venom costume and re-coloured it a la IronMan?

It DOES look like the Black Costume given the red and gold IM colors...

We'll see what happens. Could be a placeholder image till the final comic comes out, but... eesh. Maybe they're trying to put some distance between 616 Spidey and Ultimate Spidey by making the costumes drastically different... who knows?

If that's the case, then change the Spidey no one cares about. The Ultimate one.

And what's this Civil War thing-y? I haven't given two shits or a **** about Marvel since that disastrous DisASSembled.

 

[Ragna &quot;D&quot; BloodEdge]

Then I'm guessing you're in the dark about House of M, too?

 

[SaikoDragon]

Its just a sketch. Im sure the design will look fine. If you can like Superman's outfit you can easily like just about any outfit a super hero wears, EVER. lol. Anywho looks fine to me but then again I normally dont care about these things