Warning! This post contains spoilers for FINAL SPIDER-MAN #9The latest issue of Marvel Comics Ultimate Spider-Man has made a subtle jab at the MCU and his penchant for overdesigning his costumes. A trend seen prominently in the MCU (but not necessarily exclusive to it), new live-action superhero costumes can often feel too busy and over-complicated in their design. To that end, a new costume revealed in Marvel’s new Ultimate Universe feels like it’s very much about giving the MCU the side eye.
in Ultimate Spider-Man #9 By Jonathan Hickmam and Marco Chechetto, Peter Parker and Harry Osborn are contending with the recent discovery that both their suits can be taken over by Tony Stark’s Iron Man. Thanks to Oscorp’s Otto Octavius, all Harry’s Green Goblin suit needs is a simple update to stop Stark. However, Spider-Man’s advanced PicoTech suit is tougher to solve, and so motivated Otto to create an entirely new suit for Spider-Man:
clearly, Otto’s creation is the ultimate universe’s version of the Iron Spider suitAnd the new armor comes with all the bells and whistles you’d expect. It also features new design elements compared to the original 616 version, complete with extra armor plating and lots of black line piping that often become the norm with live-action MCU suits.
Why the ultimate Spider-Man turns down the new Iron Spider-suit
“A little overdesigned”
The new armor created by Octavius ​​prompts a surprising response from Peter Parker, who finally turns down the suit in favor of a more traditional and simpler spandex suit (with some Kevlar mixed in). Confirming that the suit is too much, even Otto concedes that the armor may be too overdesigned. It’s not hard to see where Spider-Man is coming from, as well as the likely intentional digs at the MCU.
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In the MCU 616, the Iron Spider suit worn by Tom Holland’s Peter Parker is similarly overdesigned in its visual style. This is especially true when compared to the original and much simpler suit Tony Stark made for Peter Parker in the comics during the first one. Civil war Event. However, the Iron Spider suit is just one of many MCU suits that have fallen prey to this common trend.
Overdesigned MCU costumes are a frequent problem
Sometimes… less is more
Beyond the Iron Spider suit, some of the worst examples of overdesigned MCU costumes are found when heroes get new suits for their sequels, resulting in already overdesigned styles getting even more lines, colors and textures, essentially doubling down on what is already unnecessary (see Thor’s blue-and-yellow armor in Love and Thunder). Also once a suit that was perfect like Kamala Kahn is in Ms. Marvel gets lost in the dust and is replaced by an “upgrade” once their next appearance comes along (The Marvels). anyway, It is amusing to see this issue on the page with the ultimate Spider-Man’s rejection of his new armor.
Ultimate Spider-Man #9 is now on sale from Marvel Comics