Apr 19, 2011
So long, Peter Parker, red-and-blue Spidey suit
A new look and a new suit are in store for Ultimate Spider-Man, but the fate of Peter Parker - the awkward teenager who catches thieves like flies - is still a mystery. -- PHOTO: AP
PHILADELPHIA - A NEW look and a new suit are in store for Ultimate Spider-Man, but the fate of Peter Parker - the awkward teenager who catches thieves like flies - is still a mystery.
Marvel Comics said on Monday that Parker is taking off the Spidey costume for good as part of its Death of Spider-Man story in its Ultimate Comics imprint, but it has offered scant clues as to what ultimate fate may befall the high schooler who was bitten by a radioactive spider.
One thing is for certain: The iconic red-and-blue spider suit is history, replaced by a sleek, streamlined black outfit with a deep red spider on the chest and cobwebs on the shoulders and head.
Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso said that while Parker's fate is still uncertain - 'Let's just say that Peter acts like the hero he is, and pays a price for it,' he said - there will be someone new slinging webs across Manhattan this summer after the current story arc written by Mr Brian Michael Bendis with Mr Mark Millar wraps up in 'Ultimate Spider-Man' No. 160.
As for who that person may be, Mr Alonso won't say.
'We're confident that once readers get to know the person who wears the new Spider-Man, they are going to fall in love,' he told The Associated Press. 'This is a whole new voyage of self-discovery for the 21st century.' -- AP


