Iron Spidey - More On The New Outfit
March 22, 2006 | 3 Comments
I just read Amazing Spider-Man #530 and there were new features to talk about in the new costume.
First off, Tony reworked a version 2.0 of this already new suit. Now it can transform appearance to look like any of his old suits, or like no suit at all. Handy for quick costume changes, this feature makes me think a lot of the black (Venom) suit. This transformation also allows him to blend into backgrounds especially effective on dark backgrounds. The final feature is a set three of arm-like appendages that spring out of the back. They refer to these as “waldoes“. These have limited fighting capabilities, but can pick up things as well as look around corners presenting the image to Spider-Man’s eye pieces.
These new features of course build on top of Version 1, which included mesh webbing that will allow gliding for short distances, heat resistant Kevlar micro-fiber that can withstand small-caliber bullets, built in fire, police, and emergency scanner, audio and visual amplification including infrared and ultra-violet, carbon filters in the mouth area to keep out toxins, and a short range GPS microwave communication system.
These changes all come at the beginning of Marvel’s newest, big event: Civil War. Civil War is based on a split among the super heroes from a proposed super hero registration act. Some are opposed, others are for it. This split is supposed to effect all kinds of things, impacting Spider-Man the most. More to come on that…
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