The Scarlet Spider-Man Costumes

When Peter Parker still had dibs on the Spider-Man identity but Ben Reilly wanted to do some web-swinging of his own, the Scarlet Spider was born. His first appearance is in Web of Spider-Man #118, and then the identity of the Scarlet Spider has been used by several characters: Peter Parker (while Ben posed as him in prison), Joe Wade, a group of three Michael Van Patrick clones working with the Initiative, and Kaine.

The Scarlet Spiderman Costume was designed by Tom Lyle. With some new colors and a Scarlet Spider hoodie over the classic superhero spandex suit, Ben took his design to the streets. His spider symbol goes on the front & the back, not straight up & down like Spider-Man’s symbol, but rather angled to the left as it’s worn. Short-lived though it may have been, the Scarlet Spider duds still stand as a bold take on the iconic Scarlet Spider costume.

Spider-Man Movie Costumes Comparison

The most recent appearance of Spider-Man on film is in The Amazing Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb, starring Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker. A high resolution photograph of the costume shows that the texture does not appear smooth; in fact, it looks to be almost scaly. 

The distinction between the latest Amazing Spider-Man movie costume and the costume we saw before is that the previous red and blue Spider-Man costume also looked more like webbing and less scaly, the logo at the center of Spidey's chest is also bigger, wider, and stands out more than it does in the latest movie costume. The back of the costume also features a very large, red spider logo.

However the most interesting thing about Spider-Man's costume is that no matter how many changes are made to the costume's design, it has managed to always maintain its iconic appearance. Never once have we looked at a version of a Spider-Man costume and thought that it was someone else's costume.