Iron Spider
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Peter Parker: The Amazing Spider-Man #529 (March 2006) Scarlet Spiders: Avengers: The Initiative #3 (August 2007) Mary Jane Watson: The Amazing Spider-Man #15 (September 2016) Aaron Davis: Spider-Man #234 (January 2018) |
Created by | Joe Quesada Chris Bachalo |
Characters | Peter Parker Mary Jane Watson Aaron Davis Amadeus Cho |
The Iron Spider is a fictional powered exoskeleton used by several characters in Marvel Comics.
Publication history
The Iron Spider armor first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #529 and was designed by Joe Quesada, based on a sketch by Chris Bachalo.[1][2]
Peter Parker wore this gold and red suit as Spider-Man's official costume until writer J. Michael Straczynski chose to revert to the older costume. It was used symbolically to show the character's divided loyalties during the 2006–2007 "Civil War" storyline.
Known wearers
Peter Parker
Scarlet Spiders
The Iron Spider armor costume has been duplicated and used by
Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane Watson later donned the Iron Spider armor in order to help Spider-Man and Iron Man fight
Aaron Davis
Aaron Davis purchases a recolored and modified Iron Spider armor which he uses to form his incarnation of the Sinister Six.[7]
Amadeus Cho
Amadeus Cho wears a version of the suit in the comic book
Powers and abilities
Supported by a system similar to that of Tony Stark's classic Iron Man design, The Iron Spider armor features many gadgets, including three mechanical spider-arms, or "waldoes", that can be used to see around corners (via cameras in the tips) and to manipulate objects indirectly. Stark describes them as too delicate to use in combat, yet Spider-Man shortly afterward uses them to smash through the sensors in Titanium Man's helmet. Later on during the "Civil War" arc, he uses them (reluctantly) during his fight with Captain America.
Other features include short-distance gliding capability, limited bulletproofing, built-in
The Iron Spider armor also has a secret override that can be activated by Iron Man in case of emergencies or if Spider-Man ever switches sides. However, unknown to Stark, Peter was already aware of the safety measure and had bypassed it with his own override, Passcode Surprise. Perhaps most sinister, Stark discovered a way to give his own Iron Man armor a "spider-sense" based on Peter's, and the ability to give Spider-Man's sense
Other versions
In the pages of Contest of Champions, a variation of Natasha Romanov donned the Iron Spider identity in an unidentified alternate reality where Iron Man used the Reality Gem to rig the Civil War in his favor where he later became President of the United States. She inherited it after Peter defected to Captain America's side and later became a member of the Civil Warriors.[10]
In other media
Television
- The Iron Spider armor appears in Curt Connors.[citation needed]
- The Amadeus Cho incarnation of Iron Spider appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled.[citation needed]
Film
- The Iron Spider armor appears in films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). This version's appearance sports a more "classic" look than that of the comics, with dark red and blue tones throughout, as well as gold highlights. Additionally, the armor uses nanotechnology that allows Peter Parker / Spider-Man to survive at high altitudes and on alien worlds and features a set of four mechanical legs that sprout from the back.
- It first appears briefly in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), wherein Tony Stark offers Parker the suit and membership into the Avengers, though Parker declines both.
- The armor returns in .
- The armor returns in Avengers: Endgame (2019) when Parker and the Blip's other victims are resurrected and join the Avengers' battle against an alternate timeline version of Thanos.
- The armor briefly returns in the opening of Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), though Parker leaves it at home in favor of focusing on his social life and going on a European school trip.
- The armor returns in Spider-Man: No Way Home, during which Parker uses it to fight Otto Octavius, who tears a chunk of the suit's nanotechnology off of Parker and merges it with his mechanical tentacles. However, Spider-Man uses this to remotely subdue him. After Octavius receives a new inhibitor chip for his tentacles, he returns the stolen nanotechnology to Parker.
- An unidentified Iron Spider makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as a member of Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Society.[11]
Video games
- The Iron Spider suit appears as an unlockable costume in the Wii version of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.[citation needed]
- The Iron Spider suit appears as an alternate costume for Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Marvel Ultimate Alliance.[citation needed]
- The Iron Spider suit appears as an unlockable alternate costume for Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.[citation needed]
- The Iron Spider suit appears as an alternate costume for Spider-Man 2099 in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and Spider-Man: Edge of Time.[citation needed]
- The Iron Spider suit appears as an alternate costume for Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.[citation needed]
- The Iron Spider suit appears as an alternate costume for Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.[citation needed]
- The Iron Spider suit appears in Spider-Man Unlimited,[citation needed] with the MCU version and Mary Jane Watson incarnation appearing in later updates.[citation needed]
- The Amadeus Cho incarnation of Iron Spider appears as a DLC character in Lego Marvel's Avengers.[citation needed]
- The Mary Jane Watson incarnation of Iron Spider appears in Marvel Avengers Academy.[citation needed]
- The Iron Spider suit appears as an alternate costume for Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.[citation needed]
- The MCU Iron Spider suit appears as an unlockable alternate costume for Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Marvel's Spider-Man,[citation needed] with the comics' version of the suit being released later as part of the "Turf Wars" DLC.[citation needed]
- The comics and MCU Iron Spider suits appear as alternate costumes for Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Marvel's Spider-Man 2.[12]
References
- ^ Marvel.com announcement of Spider-Man's "Iron Spider" costume Archived March 6, 2006, at the National and University Library of Iceland
- ^ Goldstein, Hilary (January 11, 2006). "Spidey's New Costume Revealed". IGN.
- ^ Avengers: The Initiative #3
- ^ Avengers: The Initiative #7. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4 #15
- Bendis, Brian Michael (w), Bazaldua, Oscar(a). Spider-Man #234 (January 2018). Marvel Comics.
- ^ The Amazing Spider-Man #530. Marvel Comics.
- ^ The Amazing Spider-Man #536. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Contest of Champions (2015) #9-10. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Jasper, Gavin (December 13, 2022). "Guide to the Weirdest Spider-Men in the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Trailer". Den of Geek. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ Insomniac Games (2023). Spider-Man 2. Sony Interactive Entertainment.
External links
- Iron Spider Armor at Marvel Wiki
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