Spider-Woman (Finally) Gets a New Costume

I like it.

@skyhawk1:

Tumblr is already goin ape over this, and yes, fan art is already drawing her as young as Bab's.

Javier Rodriguez announced he is on the book with that issue also.

With a new "purpose and cast" I bet she enrolls in University, Anya will announce she is trans or gay and "boom" Marvel has their Batgirl.

A revamp was needed for the book given her affiliations but I am just not feeling "Jessica Gordon".

I like it, I like it a lot!

Absolutely horrendous. I'm constantly reminded why I stopped buying any of the mainstream comic books. The whole "more practical" mentality is complete bollocks.

To paraphrase something I once heard, the more realistic they try to make superheroes, the less believable they become.

The reason Spider-Woman's costume has persisted for so long is because it was perfect. It didn't need modifying. It's a little sad that the vocal minority feminists are dictating the direction of comic books. Most of them don't even read comic books, and they never will. Yet DC and Marvel think they're somehow going to gain readers by appealing to them. On the other hand many female readers (at least based on the ones I know and the various blogs I read) actually enjoy the sexiness of the female superheroes and aren't asking for these costume changes.

Oh well. That's enough of the soap box for me. Fashion is cyclical, and in another decade or so, spandex will be the "new" hot thing for super heroes. (Just take a look at the X-Men when they went through their "realistic" phase.)

I like it, although it doesn't look as good outside of the wonderful Kris Anka's art style

First Carol now Jessica? WHY MARVEL!? WHYYYYYYY?

(It's rhetorical.. I think we all know why)

ewwww. move aside batgrrrrl here comes spidah-womahnnnnn. definitely done for the younger demographic and based on the response it worked.

p.s. marvel, those kids still wont be reading spider-woman but i a loyal fan will suffer through

looks like kate bishop has a new identity. or is that veronica lodge?

I like the glasses, but the outfit looks like nothing more then everyday clothes.

I love this costume, dangit now I want the series.

Not sure, but not bad.

@vitality said:

Like it or not, spandex and tights will be part of superhero comics forever. It's been a part of it for too long to stop now. Also there are superheroes where the spandex look works and continues to make sense. Spider-Man made his costume because he originally used it to appear on TV and was going to be an entertainer with it, ergo a lot like a circus act, and he just kept the costume.

it's ok, i like the old costume better though.

O, by the way she will return to all costume during the time when time will run out. So it's temporary.

NO. THAT SUCKS. NO NO NO GOSH DARN IT NO.

costume looks boring

It looks pretty good. It's funny, I was just talking with my brother last night about how awful her old costume was (no offense meant to those who liked the old one), and today I see this.

I hope so. She'd fit in well with the HYDRA plot they have going now.

@vitality said:

Zack Snyder, please. The red underwear is a classic. Superman still doesn't look right without it.

"As much as I'm a fan of spandex and it has its time and place, I felt Jess as a character could move away from that for a good long while," says Spider-Woman editor Nick Lowe.

Implying Jessica has a character beyond her T&A.

@enormity said:

well finally! I like it!!!

Looks a bit like the new Batgirl costume. But what the heck, marvel doesn't care about tradition anymore. Looking at Carol Danver's new outfit it's pretty much easy to tell that marvel likes women in ugly costumes these days. And no one in marvel cares about secret identities anymore.

Although i like the costume, i really dislike sunglasses as part of a costume. Glasses instead of a mask? Are you fighting crime or skiing?? And i dont think it would be practical. Im seriously always losing my glasses, or sitting on them. Or what if the badguy goes in to a badly lit area? Game over hero, your disguise only works outside.

All kidding aside...i dont like sunglasses (I'm also looking at you hawkeye, all new factor, green arrow and other heroes im forgetting with sunglasses)

I sill like the original much more.

Uuuuuuuuuugh, if I'm being honest, I think it sucks. it's just so boring.

@enormity: the nerfed all the females measurements In Marvel Now iirc

Looks interesting , certainly more ''modern'' but I am a classic at heart.

This might just be "WebHead Jr." talking, but I really liked the old look and don't care for this one

Ok. Im really liking it. A good fresh look for her.

@captainheadset: I'm pretty sure that Green Arrow just wears a mask with colored lenses

so basically Anka, just turned her into a new version of Robin. weak azz punk. and the rendering in his design pages = crap.

Still, not as bad as Hawkeye's non costume in The Avengers films.

very cool! i love how her jacket flaps open so that it looks like a normal jacket, but when buttoned together, it has her symbol on it. i want it...

Good thing they got her out of that spandex. She was too "over-sexualized".

Hey, while we're at it, let's get Spider-Man out of his spandex. Reduce his muscle tone like they reduced Spider-Woman's bust. It must make all the men uncomfortable at how over-sexualized he is.

Let's get Superman, Flash, and Martian Manhunter (and easily 30% of all superheroes) out of their spandex and into Practical, Realistic shirts and pants. Because we all know readers of comics; a fictional medium, value realism and practicality of outfits when fighting aliens and demons and other ilk.

Also, Hulk needs to put a shirt on and patch up those holes in his pants. Maybe throw in a beer gut and body hair to make sure no perverts can misconstrue his outfit as sexualized.

One thing about spandex that everyone who doesn't like it may be overlooking, it not only gave freedom of movement but it was light enough to wear under a persons clothing, made for easier quick when danger arose. Even the lenses of the mask could be stowed easily.

I'm not huge on another redesign by Kris Anka after how Dazzler turned out. I am ok with a change outfit. I love the classic outfit though, but why does the new costume have a batgirl hipster feel to it?

Pretty close to his original designs for her here. I like it but as with all comics it can grow and evolve over time. Carol grew her hair back out and other artists will draw her in the costume and make her different shaped in their styles. I think its a big step forward for her and may help her get on a show or movie.

I used to have a hoodie from the Civil War Marvel stuff and I would get comments from my sister, my mom, my brother-in-law's female friends, my grandmother, other women, about her costume. They would immediately single her out of the group and talk about how she had a huge chest and painted on costume and such. Also when a woman wears a shirt (or costume) it wouldn't conform to her chest and make it look like she was wearing a body paint costume.

Pretty Cool!!!!

Heh, you stole my words

Jess's suit held up just as good as Peter's suit did. This is dumb.

I happy the fact they finally changed her blah looking costume, i'm not happy that now she has a body like a teenage girl..... i prefer the busty look. Now what ever happen with the black and white costume? i realize another female character wears it now, but i have an old 90s issue of Spider-woman and she was wearing that.

Cool. I like it, I'd like to see Firestar in a new costume. I think Yellow doesn't really work for superheros outfits nowadays.

So now Spider-Woman gets her costume from the same fashion boutique as Batgirl. I don't mind an alternate outfit for special occasions but the classic looks will always be my favorites.

@donmeca2020 said:

I happy the fact they finally changed her blah looking costume, i'm not happy that now she has a body like a teenage girl..... i prefer the busty look. Now what ever happen with the black and white costume? i realize another female character wears it now, but i have an old 90s issue of Spider-woman and she was wearing that.

That costume was always Julia Carpenter's. Although it is a good one too.

all these costumes look like someone who got turned down from work on Sealab and Harvey Birdman for lack of imagination.

@artisticneedham said:

This looks like a cash-in on Batgirl's new costume. It's bland and... ordinary, almost like Cosplay or something a teen would use to be a Spider Woman wannabe in that Universe. This is just bad.

@tchokes: what you said times a googolplex.

@shroudofsorrow: I don't dislike that design, but it looks more appropriate to an espionage/thriller character/story-arc than to a street hero that they are trying to make more accessible to the 20somethings and hipster crowd.

It's much better than the traditional outfit but its still not necessarily my favorite.

I like it but her other one is iconic.

It also means Facebook game Avengers Alliance can finally give Spider-Woman an alternate uniform. Before now, they couldn't, unless they put Jessica in Julia Carpenter's duds.