Spider-Man: Brand New Day will finally bring Peter Parker back for his fourth solo outing in the MCU, and while there are a lot of reasons to be excited for the film, one of the biggest is that it is finally giving us the perfect Spider-Man costume. Spider-Man is one of the most iconic superheroes of all time, and with how many movies he’s had so far, you’d think that the MCU would be able to give him a perfect outfit by now. After all, the character has been adapted in three live-action movie series as well as had tons of animated incarnations throughout the years.
Peter is clearly at his lowest in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, with him still dealing with the repercussions of Doctor Strange’s spell from the end of No Way Home. Rather than being a protege of Tony Stark or an Avenger, this time Spider-Man is a poor kid living in a small apartment and struggling to make ends meet. Peter is miserable, and that makes many Spider-Man fans happy. Now that Peter is back street-level and his suit is fixed, this has the chance to be the truest Spider-Man film yet.
Brand New Day Finally Gives Spider-Man A Perfect Suit 10 Years After His MCU Debut
Spider-Man was first introduced to the MCU in Captain America: Civil War, and while his suit worked, it wasn’t perfect. The eyes were a little small, the blue was muted, and there were a bunch of unnecessary lines everywhere (admittedly a funny criticism for a Spider-Man suit). It was good, but not great, meaning some improvements could be made. He wears essentially the same suit in Spider-Man: Homecoming, meaning that not much changed between his debut and his first solo film a year later.
Then, Peter appeared in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Here, he mostly wore the Iron Spider suit, which was never a fan-favorite in the MCU. It was a bit too shiny and felt fake, which is saying a lot compared to how heavily CGI was used on the other suits. A new basic suit was introduced in Spider-Man: Far From Home, and this one was pretty good as well. It was a bit simpler, and swapped out the blue accents with black ones, harkening back to some of his original appearances in Marvel Comics. It looked surprisingly good, even if it wasn’t adapting his iconic red and blue look.
Spider-Man: No Way Home gave Peter a suit equipped with nanotechnology and gold accents, with it being too overdesigned and far from the best Spider-Man outfit in the MCU to that point. The very end of the film, however, saw Spider-Man get his best suit to that point, proving that improvements were coming. Thus, Spider-Man: Brand New Day introduced the perfect suit when its trailer was released.
The Brand New Day suit is masterful. It has a simpler design that gets rid of the random lines and accents, it uses a much brighter blue color, and the eyes and spider logo are the perfect size. It also feels real, with the wrinkles and creases that show up in the Brand New Day trailer giving it a more grounded feel. Hopefully, this is the Spider-Man suit that the MCU keeps for the foreseeable future, because it has never been better than it is right now.
Spider-Man Has Had Some Fun Non-Traditional Suits Along The Way
Even though the MCU’s Spider-Man suits have been a rough road, it has featured some fun non-traditional suits. Homecoming featured Peter’s homemade suit, which is one of the most unique and recognizable costumes in the MCU. The Night Monkey suit from Far From Home is also a ton of fun, with it offering a more tactical take on Peter Parker’s web-slinging outfit.
The suit that Spidey wears to face Electro in No Way Home is memorable for how weird it is, with it having all kinds of exposed wires and bits of technology. And who can forget that the film also featured the suits of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men. A vast array of Spider-Man suits have been featured throughout the MCU, more than have been in any other live-action Spider-Man adaptation. However, after all of these iterations throughout the previous decade, it is nice that Spider-Man: Brand New Day is finally offering the perfect take on a simpler suit.
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