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It’s common knowledge that Spider-Man and Iron Man have had their fair share of team-ups in Marvel Comics. Fans of the MCU also know that Iron Man presented Spider-Man with an Iron Spider suit, which was adapted from the comics. But further in the comics, Spider-Man eventually graduates to wear a full Iron Man suit of his own, well beyond anything the Iron Spider could do.
After the death of Wolverine, his former teammates on the New Avengers go on the hunt for his body. In 2018’s Hunt for Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda #3-4by Tom Taylor and R.B. Silva, the Marvel heroes need more firepower, and Tony Stark is willing to oblige with some tech of his own. With a suit that allows him to fly, enhances his strength, and gives him energy blast attacks, Spider-Man practically becomes Iron Man 2.0. With his allies Jessica Jones and Luke Cage also getting high-tech armor, Spider-Man’s new upgrade makes his Iron Spider suit look cheap.
Spider-Man’s Iron Spider Suit Was Already an Upgrade
Civil War #3 Variant Cover by Michael Turner featuring the Iron Spider
In the Civil War event by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven, Peter Parker dons the Iron Spider suit as he sides with Iron Man. By going from his own fabric suit, a thing of the past, to a metal mech, the street-level hero is finally capable of withstanding beatings from hard-hitting enemies in their own metal mechs, like Scorpion and Vulture. Spider-Man has received plenty of savage beatings because of a flimsy costume. Heroes who have been around for more than a few decades need an update every once in a while.
One of the main differences between his Iron Spider suit and this later upgrade is that the former is Iron Man’s invention that’s catered directly to Spider-Man – with webslinging capabilities and extra limbs like a real spider would have. This new Iron Man suit takes all the Spider-Man-ness out of the equation and ushers Peter Parker into the world of being Iron Man. It almost plays like a What If scenario, detailing what it would be like if Peter Parker were the billionaire playboy declaring himself Marvel’s first hyperhero.
Spider-Man Goes Full Iron Man
Spider-Man In His Iron Spider 2.0 Suit
Even though it removes a lot of the essence of Spider-Man with this Iron Man suit, this isn’t the first time Spider-Man will have taken on a suit that changes his character. Notoriously, he was the first character to wear the Venom symbiote, and as Venom War threatens the Marvel Universe, it has been hinted that Peter Parker might just graduate beyond Iron Man into a dark god as Marvel’s new King in Black.
Spider-Man’s iconic black costume was first introduced in
Secret Wars,
a crossover event lasting from 1984-1985, by Jim Shooter, with art by Mike Zeck and Bob Layton.
Peter Parker is an inventor himself, capable of understanding high-tech gadgets, and he is able to fly the Iron Man suit without any training. Though he does go back to his regular blue and red threads, just as with the Iron Spider suit, the change is a welcome one. Fans of the MCU might know about Spider-Man’s Iron upgrade, but the breadth of suits he has worn in the comics is numerous. This Iron Man version of Spider-Man is certainly one of the most powerful – and definitely one of the coolest.
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