Best Look Yet At Spider-Man’s New Armor Suit

Spider-Man: Homecoming introduced a lot of exciting new elements of the character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and just when we thought we’d seen them all, we got a new design for Tony Stark’s second version of the Spider-Man costume, teased for fans in the final moments of Homecoming.

Well, ever since then, there’s been a lot of fan speculation about which Marvel Comics costumes that new Spider-Man suit may be based on, amidst calls for Marvel to release an official up-close look at the suit, which many expect we’ll see in full on the battlefield, during the events of Avengers: Infinity War.

Today, we can help with at least the latter portion of those fan wishes, with a much better look at the new Spider-Man suit.

Spider-Man 2.0

This Tweet by @Marvel_Freshman is said to have originated on Tumblr, and was supposedly taken from the VFX company that designed the actual suit for Spider-Man: Homecoming. While we’re still confirming the authenticity of the his image, it does, in fact, depict the suit seen at the end of Homecoming in much greater detail. Which we can discuss here. 

The suit is pretty much like the Stark costume Peter Parker wore during most of Homecoming – albeit with a metallic/armored overlay, which obviously highlights Iron Man’s influence in the design. The color scheme is the most conspicuous thing about it, as the red, silver, and blue color scheme makes this suit look like it could stand along with the Iron Patriot armor that Rhodey wore in Iron Man 3, and will likely be the biggest point of contention amongst die-hard fans. 

As for the Marvel Comics inspirations for this suit? Here are a few educated guesses: 

The Iron Spider

The most popular fan theory is that the new Spider-Man costume is none other than the infamous “Iron Spider” suit. 

During the comic book version of Marvel’s “Civil War” event, Tony Stark recruited Spider-Man to his side of “The Initiative,” complete with revealing Peter’s secret identity to the world, and giving him a new suit, based heavily on Iron Man armor tech. 

Clearly, the crimson and gold design aesthetic from the comics is different than the suit we saw at the end of Spider-Man: Homecoming, but the technological aspects of the Iron Spider costume could easily be the same. 

Stealth Suit

The stealth costume (or “Big Time Costume”) came out of the “Big Time” storyline, and comes in several iterations. 

The suit’s main feature is its “camo mode,” which allows Peter to be invisible from both audio and visual detection. It also has other features specific to defeating certain enemies (Hobgoblin), such as sonic attack defenses and metal-dissolving tracers.

Spider-Armor

There have been several versions of the Spider-Armor costume, which were used at various points when Spider-Man needed an upgrade.

Of all the versions of the armor, the MK III would be the most likely version to correlate with the costume Tony offers Peter at the end of Homecoming. The MK III is also known as “Anti-Sinister Six Armor,” with features meant to counteract the various members of the Sinister Six villain team – who were teased in that Spider-Man: Homecoming mid-credits scene .

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SYNOSPSIS: A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.). Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine – distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man – but when the Vulture (Michael Keaton) emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened.

The cast includes Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Bokeem Woodbine, with Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr. It also includes Jon Favreau, Martin Starr, Kenneth Choi, Michael Mando, Selenis Leyva, Isabella Amara, Jorge Lendeborg, Jr., JJ Totah, and Hannibal Buress.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Spider-Man: Homecoming are in theaters now, followed by Thor: Ragnarok on November 3, 2017. After that Black Panther debuts on February 16, 2018, while Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters on May 4, 2018. Ant-Man and the Wasp is slated for July 6, 2018, followed by Captain Marvel on March 8, 2019.

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