"To Know Her is to Fear Her" - Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) Appreciation 2019

[JudicatorPrime]

No thanks.
We already have an Iron Man.
As for the costume change...we are talking about superpowered characters in fantastical scenarios that have nothing to do with realism or plausibility.
If we can suspend disbelief to accept that a woman can generate biolectrical "venom" blasts from her hands, emit powerful pheromones that affect people's moods instantly, and stick to walls (not to mention that she stays eternally looking like a woman in her late twenties/early thirties despite being "born" in 1977), we can accept that she has never changed her original costume.

When it comes to Spider-Woman's costume, I guess I am part of the "old is better" brigade.
Don't fix what's not broken.

Does your notion of suspended disbelief also extend to Jessica's characterization?

[Seren]

Kaare Andrews take on it

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[Seren]

Double post on accident

[AndersonHoran]

They're trying to turn her into a female Peter Parker now? didn't ilike the new costume

[Huntsman Spider]

They're trying to turn her into a female Peter Parker now? didn't ilike the new costume

They shouldn't be. Save that for Ultimate Jessica Drew (who I like, by the way, and wish had gotten a series of her own, limited or ongoing). The charm of 616 Jessica is that aside from the Spider-prefix name, her origin and development were completely separate from Peter Parker's.

[AndersonHoran]

They shouldn't be. Save that for Ultimate Jessica Drew (who I like, by the way, and wish had gotten a series of her own, limited or ongoing). The charm of 616 Jessica is that aside from the Spider-prefix name, her origin and development were completely separate from Peter Parker's.

I know right, that's why i don't like this new costume, too smiliar to Spider-Man.

[Huntsman Spider]

I love the original costume, with and without the hair. Still, it's been a looooooooooooooooooong time. Just as a practical matter you'd think Jessica would want to change up her look. Maybe not into the Saturday morning manga wear that they gave her, but into something fresh and new.

I don't know what happened to War Machine's Eidolon adaptive armor, but if Rhodes doesn't ever plan to use it again, I'd find a way to get that into Jessica's hands. Slim it down, redesign it for superhero black ops couture, make it modern and feminine, and less alien tech-creepy. And maybe give it more functionality that helps Jessica in her adventures, like a cloaking or stealth mode, built in information database, rudimentary hacking capabilities, wifi and satellite communications systems, venom blast amplifiers (for those days when she has to stop the Juggernaut in his tracks), and backup biological life support systems that allow her to go under water or into outer space and even stores extra milk for the baby, if necessary. Just have fun with it.

Sounds cool, but I think it might be better reserved for "special" occasions, if Jess were to wear it at all. To answer your question, though, the Eidolon Warwear was (sadly) destroyed in Tales of the Marvel Universe #1-2 back in late 1996/early 1997. Of course, given the alien nature of it . . .

[FutureWonder]

Kaare Andrews take on it

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Still awful.
Looks like a bad cosplay amalgam of Spider-Man and Spider-Woman.

[Huntsman Spider]

Still awful.
Looks like a bad cosplay amalgam of Spider-Man and Spider-Woman.

It would be a lot better with her unique symbol (such as it is) and no web patterns on the red parts.

[Seren]

Looks like Kaare Andrews is a variant? And Peach Momoko has one too.

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[JudicatorPrime]

Kaare Andrews take on it

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I like the idea of her incorporating more black into her costume. Not so crazy about the Spider family look, though.

[Drops Of Venus]

Those last two variants made the costume look a lot better in my eyes. I think it'll grow on me.

[Digifiend]

You know, the mask being black is a really bad idea - her hair is black, so that's going to clash. And as already mentioned, the webbing makes her look too much like Peter. She doesn't have webshooters, so that doesn't make sense (though she did once say she'd like some - maybe Gwen will give her hers, since she no longer needs them as her symbiote grants her organic webs?).

Huntsman Spider is right, this would've suited Ultimate Jessica. She's Peter's clone (she has Jessica's names, but is actually Scarlet Spider's counterpart), thus she does have web shooters, and her hair is brown, so both problems are averted. The costume design isn't that bad - it's just not suitable for 616 Jessica.

[Mike_Murdock]

So Spider-Woman is getting a new costume, per Newsarama article. I love a good redesign but I have to say I hate this. Looks like a poorly designed amalgam of Peter and Natashas looks.

Hopefully it’ll grow on me but I’m really disappointed ☹️

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Feels very Miles Morales to me. At a minimum, the black costume feels Julia Carpenter.

[kcekada]

But Julia's was better -- and she had strawberry blonde hair which contrasted nicely with the black. I don't find any element of the new design positive. If Marvel (or rather, Disney) thinks that stuff that works in films will work in comics, they are mistaken. Traditional fans are turned off by modern Marvel -- and there aren't many new fans coming along to fill the void. This kind of corporate decision (and yes, I'm blaming corporate -- certainly hope it wasn't the creative' team's idea) almost always fails.