Spider-Man: Origins9

One thing that’s always fascinated me about superheroes is their beginnings. We sort of take for granted that they all receive their call to heroism and then just have a complex, flashy outfit to wear when they go out on patrol.

That might be believable for some characters like Batman, But let’s look at Peter Parker. When he became Spider-Man, he was 15-years-old and living with his elderly aunt and uncle in Queens, New York. I find it very unlikely that he, as smart as he is, could quickly design and assemble the iconic Spider-Man costume we know today.

The Sam Raimi films do a good job of showing that a process had to be involved, and I wanted to pay homage to that process, taking inspiration from the original black and red costume depicted in Amazing Fantasy #15, as well as the Assassin’s Creed videogame series as well as Rosy Higgin’s Spider-Man redesign.