Civil War Trailer's Spider-Man Suit

​Ok, the new Civil War trailer dropped yesterday and I've been ranting in almost social media form about it since then. Specifically and obviously about Spider-Man's debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Oh My Freaking Glob I'm So FreaKing Excited! If you know anything about me, I'm a huuuuuuuuuge Spider-Man fan, even to the point where I always go on record admitting I loved the Clone Saga. (Suck it haters, Ben Reilly forever!)

I read somewhere there are going to be two Spidey suits. I can't find the original source of this rumor so I can not confirm this. But it makes sense. There would be Peter's original suit that he creates and a Stark made suit. That's how it was in the comic and I'll dive more in depth into why I believe this is Starks version. But it doesn't look like the Iron Spider you say. It could still be the Iron Spider suit (it isn't, I don't believe they will have one) because in the comic the Iron Spider suit could cloak itself to fool his enemies into thinking he's wearing the classic suit. I don't think we'll see an Iron Spider version just for consistent sakes. This is Spidey's debut in this universe so it's like showing it to a new audience, where they don't want a wardrobe change the first time you see him. Remember this isn't a Spider-Man movie, he probably won't have a huge role despite being a crucial element to the comic's Civil War storyline. Giving him a drastically, new costume mid-movie with his brief screen time. It might be confusing for the average movie-goer. You have to remember that yes they can hide all the easter eggs and nods for hardcore comicbook fans, but they have to make sure it makes sense for Joe Smoe who walks off the street and never read a single comic book. Also there's no room for the waldoes (Spider Claw legs) and I doubt Tony would hand over the newest technology of his current suit, the Model 52 (Transformational Mark ⬡​) that he wears in the newest comic and seems to also appear briefly in this trailer.



With that out of the way, let's breakdown what we do see. UNDEROOOS!!!​

​Oh man! This looks AMAZING! The double vertical lines were weird at first glance but it's subtle and I love it. It looks really good. And those eyes are sensational! The way they squint and move finally feel more like the comic. This is also the main giveaway that this is the Stark made suit. You can see the layers of tech in the eye that allows for this movement and you hear the sound of a camera focusing when they squint as well. Given that he's obviously on Tony's side at this point of time farther proves he would have a tech based suit. I can gush over these eyes forever just from how spectacular they are. It's astonishing ​it has taken 5 movies to get there but we finally have expressive eyes. I'm curious if the Parker built suit will have a similar low-tech version. Either before or after Stark implemented it.

​Moving down we get a smaller, more Ditko style logo. This is a welcome change of back to basics since I really didn't like the extremely elongated version that both Raimi and even more so the Amazing Spider-Man films had. Although it made for some really awesome poster art. Still love that shadow emblem one. During the flip we get a glimpse of the red spider emblem on the back of his suit which looks pretty identical to what he normally had back there in the comics and cartoons.​ It's quick but it's there.

We get more the double vertical lines on the web of Spider-Man's suit. Still subtle and gorgeous. And now where things get different with movie flair. That's not necessarily a bad thing though. I'm still on board because it looks fantastic for what it is. There's three black bands going down the arms (shoulder, elbow, and wrist) and one per boot. It's reminiscent of Alex Ross's Spider-Man and other Webspinners like Ben Reilly and Mayday Parker's suit (it's literally the same suit for both). Which brings me to the ones on the wrists. They don't look like it, but I wished they were exposed webshooters. Yes, Andrew Garfield had exposed ones, but his looked stupid and seemed to clip on. I'm talking full on bracelet style like all the comics (minus the short jump to organics). I could dream.
Speaking of webshooters, can those be new web cartridges on his exposed belt in black there. They look similar to the normal versions and that is where Spidey normally keeps them. Despite Spider-Man normally keeping the belt under the costume, it looks cool complementing the arm bands having it exposed like so. Honestly it looks more natural having the functional belt on the outside part of the design rather under with the belt being a pattern on the outside. Just please don't feature a Spider-Signal light in the middle. I always thought that was dumb looking. The boots look fine as well.

Nothing special besides the black band to tie it together.

 People mention this Spider-Man sounds young. Well Tom Holland is 19, so ultimately we're going back to high school Peter. Which I'm totally on board for. Just don't do another origin story when his main film comes out, we don't need to be avenging Uncle Ben again, do we?

So that's my thoughts of our Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man's new look. I can't wait to see the unlimited potential Marvel has in creating a superior Spider-Man movie franchise. Let me know your thoughts below, maybe I'll do some videos on this manner or future news on Spidey.