Very similar to its 2018 predecessor, Insomniac’s Spider-Man 2 features a host of costumes for each Peter Parker and his teenage counterpart Miles Morales — greater than 60 confirmed to this point, every with its personal particular talents.
You’d assume a man as well-dressed as Spider-Man may stop whereas he’s forward, however no: If there’s one factor we all know concerning the web-spinner, it’s that he loves nothing greater than altering costumes as steadily and fabulously as a Tremendous Bowl halftime present. A number of the sport’s fits are unique, some harken again to Spider-Man’s historical past in comics and different media, and all of them vary from cool, to iconic, to downright quizzical.
Within the curiosity of our educated readership, Polygon is offering you with this reference information to the various outfits of Spider-Man 2, together with useful background on the tales and moments that impressed them.
[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for all suits in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. If you’re the kind of player who wants to be surprised by the costumes and abilities you’ll encounter, consider yourself warned. If you want to know how to get them in the game, read our guide to unlocking all the suits in Spider-Man 2.]
The Wonderful Fashions of Peter Parker
Superior Swimsuit and Superior Swimsuit 2.0
5 years after the debut of Insomniac’s first Spider-Man sport, the default Spider-Man costume (a higher-tech, armor-textured variation on the basic comedian ebook design) has change into an establishment in itself. For his or her sequel, Insomniac has upgraded the look and expertise of the costume ever so barely, giving it a brighter, slimmer, and extra streamlined look.
Wonderful and Wonderful 2 Swimsuit
Each of those costumes are tailored from the fits Andrew Garfield wore within the two Wonderful Spider-Man motion pictures. Whereas the primary is a reasonably dramatic departure from the usual Spidey model that leans closely into texturing and rubbery realism, its later substitute hews a lot nearer to the appear and feel of Peter’s standard threads.
Anti-Ock Swimsuit
A rerun from the earlier sport, the Anti-Ock swimsuit is specifically designed (and aptly named) to fight Physician Octopus, whose tentacles Peter realizes might be managed by the neural interface he himself designed. In different phrases, you may shut down his arms, and slap the Doc foolish.
Anti-Venom Swimsuit
Designed by artist John Romita, Jr. and created by author Dan Slott for Marvel Comics in 2008, Anti-Venom is what occurs when an alien symbiote receives the contact of Mr. Detrimental, turning its colours in reverse, and giving it appropriately poisonous results towards different symbiote enemies. Within the unique comics, it was OG Venom Eddie Brock who took on the brand new id; right here, it’s Peter himself who receives the doubtful reward.
Arachknight Swimsuit
A mashup of Spider-Man and the slightly-unhinged-multiple-identity-hero Moon Knight, the Arachknight was a goofy product of the 2018 Infinity Warp comedian occasion, which imagined a wide range of offbeat alternate universes that performed Madlibs with Marvel characters. The design and ethos, by Spider-artist Humberto Ramos, has been ported over to the sport this time round.
Black and Gold Swimsuit
First showing within the sport Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, this variation on the Stark swimsuit is a bulkier, clunker, and extra absolutely geared up tech swimsuit for Peter.
Traditional Black Swimsuit/Black Swimsuit
Designed by artist Mike Zeck approach again in 1984’s Secret Wars comedian ebook occasion, this look has change into a staple for the Spider-Man mythos, being the distinctive look of the alien symbiote that turns into Peter’s erstwhile substitute outfit. In Spider-Man 2, what begins as (apparently) a easy swimsuit of black threads progressively takes on extra highly effective and alarming implications relying on the jerkiness of Peter’s habits, which prompts his latent symbiote tendencies.
Traditional Swimsuit
An icon. A legend. A Steve Ditko unique. Settle for no substitutes.
Do-it-yourself Swimsuit
Additionally showing within the earlier Insomniac sport, this sweatshirt-based ensemble is modeled on the preliminary costume worn by Tom Holland within the MCU’s Captain America: Civil Struggle and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Because the identify implies, it’s a thrown-together dry run Peter creates earlier than he will get entry to his real-deal Spider-Man outfit.
Hybrid Swimsuit
One other MCU-inspired design, this one hails from 2021’s Spider-Man: No Manner House. Constructed utilizing nanites from Doc Ock’s tentacles, it’s among the many higher-tech variations of the assorted Peter costumes.
Into the Spider-Verse Noir Swimsuit
Based mostly initially on Marco Djurdjevic’s design for the comics, that is the swimsuit of the alternate-reality Spider-Man who lives in a shadowed world of dingy streets, femmes fatale, and mysteries inside mysteries. The actual design seen right here is the sleeker, hatted variation utilized in 2018’s Into the Spider-Verse animated movie.
Iron Spider Swimsuit/Iron Spider Armor Swimsuit
Designed by artist and Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada for the 2007 Civil Struggle comedian sequence, the Iron Spider was Peter’s very first Stark-designed and weaponized tech swimsuit, which he wore earlier than working afoul of Stark and his cronies within the aforementioned sequence. The costume has since been seen within the Marvel Cinematic Universe and varied cartoon diversifications, earlier than showing in each of the Insomniac video games as an unlockable swimsuit.
Kumo Swimsuit
The Japanese phrase for “spider,” this swimsuit has an appropriately ninja-esque vibe, and is unique to this Insomniac sequel.
Final Hunt Swimsuit
Right here we have now Peter cosplaying as his nemesis Kraven the Hunter, whose Steve Ditko-designed swimsuit is refashioned into gold-plated, leather-pants-ed, and fur-stole-ed fabulousness. Sadly, laser nipples will not be included.
Life Story Swimsuit
The 2019 comedian sequence Spider-Man: Life Story imagined the profession of Spider-Man as if it have been advised in real-time, with Peter getting old and progressing by the many years since his debut in 1962. This swimsuit, one among a number of showing in that mini, was designed particularly for space-themed adventures, which explains the astronaut headgear.
New Blue Swimsuit
It’s new. It’s blue. It’s bought a spider emblem in a tiny little circle on the chest. What extra does anybody want?
New Crimson and Blue Swimsuit
Clearly modeled intently on the basic design, this variation sports activities a shinier and extra textured look, and has a spider-emblem paying homage to the MCU design worn within the earlier Tom Holland movies.
Saving Lives Swimsuit
With its purple highlights and angular eyes, this swimsuit has a glance paying homage to the John Romita-designed Prowler costume, which first made its debut within the comics approach again in 1969.
Scarlet III Swimsuit
A comic book-inspired costume, this was really the second Scarlet Spider outfit worn by spider-clone Ben Reilly. Its debut in 2017 proved so unpopular with followers that it was quickly phased out and changed with…
Scarlet Spider Swimsuit
…this dangerous boy. A homespun outfit original out of a hoodie, this extraordinarily ’90s little bit of comedian ridiculousness was seemingly, in flip, the inspiration for the MCU’s Do-it-yourself Swimsuit, mentioned above.
Secret Wars: Civil Struggle Swimsuit
The 2015 Secret Wars comedian occasion noticed the villain Dr. Doom create a actuality known as Battleworld, the place varied permutations of the Marvel Universe existed aspect by aspect, most of them a riff on a previous storyline. One such warzone noticed the Marvel heroes in a perpetual state of Tony Stark-fueled destruction, and this Leinil Francis Yu-designed Spider-Man swimsuit noticed its debut there.
Spider-Man 2099 Swimsuit
Right here we have now the swimsuit of Miguel O’Hara, the surly Spider-Man of the yr 2099, who first appeared in 1993’s Spider-Man 2099 in a fancy dress designed by Rick Leonardi. The costume’s distinctive arm spikes and retractable spider-claws mirror the sort of edgy perspective for which O’Hara himself was recognized.
Spider-Punk Swimsuit
This comic-inspired swimsuit was the work of artist Olivier Coipel, who designed the British punk rock Spider-Man for 2015’s Spider-Verse occasion. A variation of the look lately appeared in animated kind on this yr’s Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse movie.
Stealth Swimsuit
This black, be-shadowed stalking outfit is definitely impressed by the unique, trench-coat-free model of the Spider-Man: Noir costume from the comics. It appeared beforehand as a free swimsuit in Insomniac’s first Spider-Man sport, and makes a return to the gamerverse right here.
Superior Swimsuit
The distinctive, black-highlighted outfit of Otto Octavius, worn first in the course of the interval within the comics when he forcibly inhabited the physique of the seemingly useless Peter Parker. Amongst different options, Otto geared up his costume together with his attribute steel tentacles, not depicted right here.
Upgraded Swimsuit/Upgraded Traditional Swimsuit
These costumes are tailored from these worn by Tom Holland within the MCU’s Spider-Man movies. The basic blue model appeared because the hero’s Stark-designed outfit in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, whereas the black variation changed it starting with Spider-Man: Far From House two years later.
Webbed Swimsuit/Webbed Black Swimsuit
These are the costumes worn by Toby Maguire within the Sam Raimi-directed movie trilogy that launched Spidey’s big-screen profession in 2002. A extra realistically textured model of the usual swimsuit, with raised, metallic internet traces as an alternative of sewn-in material, it is available in each commonplace and symbiote varieties.
The Final Seems to be of Miles Morales
Upgraded Swimsuit
Hewing very near the basic design, that is Miles’ default costume for many of Spider-Man 2. It makes its debut in video video games or wherever else for the primary time right here.
tenth Anniversary Swimsuit
In 2021, a decade after Miles Morales debuted within the comics, Marvel commissioned artist Chase Conley to design a brand new swimsuit for the character. Distinctive for its turtlenecked sweatshirt, dangling drawstring cords, and neon pink highlights, it didn’t final lengthy earlier than giving solution to Miles’ older and extra basic look.
Absolute Carnage Swimsuit
A product of the 2019 Absolute Carnage comedian occasion, this costume is what occurs when the Miles Morales outfit is transmogrified into the sociopathic Carnage symbiote. Purchaser beware.
Into the Spider-Verse Swimsuit/Throughout the Spider-Verse Swimsuit
Modeled intently on his comedian ebook design, these variations of Miles’ swimsuit have been worn within the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse film, and its 2023 sequel, Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse film. In contrast to its comedian counterpart, it’s a extra streamlined outfit that removes the pink internet traces, and replaces the stylized spider-emblem with a graffiti-inspired round design.
Superior Tech Swimsuit
Impressed by the design of Peter’s Iron Spider swimsuit, however with the armored material of the Anti-Ock Swimsuit, that is Miles’ model of the high-tech battle outfits Peter typically sports activities. It beforehand appeared within the unique Marvel’s Spider-Man sport.
Agent of SHIELD Swimsuit
In 2014, following the occasions of the Cataclysm crossover, the comedian ebook Miles Morales enlisted as an agent of super-spy company SHIELD (Strategic Homeland Acronym Invention Company, true believer!). Carrying a model of their blue military-esque uniforms however with a Spider-Man taste to cover his secret ID, this can be a variation on the costume Miles briefly trotted out.
Greatest There Is Swimsuit
Generally Spider-Man likes to take himself critically. Different instances, he likes to cosplay as Wolverine in a zipper hoodie and Doc Martens. That is an occasion of the latter.
Bodega Cat Swimsuit
The breakout character of 2020’s Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales was, after all, Bodega Cat, whose legacy stays now and ceaselessly untarnished. This swimsuit, unlocked after finishing the Cat’s Pyjamas story marketing campaign in that sport, returns for an encore look right here.
Boricua Swimsuit
This Puerto Rican flag-inspired costume seems in honor of Miles’ id as a proud Nuyorican.
Brooklyn 2099 Swimsuit
Resembling each the Miguel O’Hara 2099 swimsuit, and the Miles Morales variation seen in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, this model options saggy pants and narrower pink eyes, that are (as everyone knows) the hallmarks of NYC’s biggest borough within the far-off ‘90s of this century.
Metropolis Sounds Swimsuit
This fedora-topped, sweatered outfit resembles the most popular seems of the Nineteen Twenties Jazz Age. It’s Miles Morales for the Louis Armstrong set.
Traditional Swimsuit
Designed by artist Sara Pichelli in 2011, Miles’ default costume evokes the basic Peter Park look with out replicating it totally, changing its blue highlights with red-on-black webbing. Within the decade since then, it’s change into as a lot a basic because the Ditko unique that impressed it.
Crimson Cowl Swimsuit
An homage to the comics villain the Crimson Cowl, who appeared within the Thunderbolts sequence with a Scarlet-Witch-esque designed by artist Mark Bagley, the look additionally pays homage to the hooded Scarlet Spider design (additionally by Bagley) talked about above. It beforehand appeared within the Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales sport in 2020.
Darkish Ages Swimsuit
Marvel Comics’ 2021 Darkish Ages crossover imagined a type of dystopian futures of which comedian creators are at all times so fond, wherein all of the heroes’ hopes and desires have gone bitter, and solely probably the most robust and brutal stay standing. Miles’ costume for that sequence, designed by artist Iban Coello, is a symbiote-covered little bit of leathery insanity.
Advanced Swimsuit
With its seen hair, candy sneakers, and vibrant blue highlights, this new look is surprisingly interesting for each superhero motion and default informal put on.
Household Enterprise Swimsuit
One other armored swimsuit strongly paying homage to the Iron Spider design, whose affect continues to make itself felt all through the Insomniac universe.
Ceaselessly Swimsuit
This new costume designed for Spider-Man 2 has a Wakanda-inflected design, full with panther ears and a pointed nostril. Cats and spiders dwelling collectively? Now I’ve seen all the pieces.
Nice Accountability Swimsuit
Given as a present to Miles by Peter Parker to acknowledge the youthful hero’s risk-taking and braveness to save lots of harmless lives, this swimsuit beforehand appeared within the Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales sport, the place its Parker-resembling look preceded the basic Miles costume.
Do-it-yourself Swimsuit
As with Peter’s sweatshirt-based equal, this was Miles’ very first costume from his online game debut, original at residence a the outset of his superhero profession.
Into the Spider-Verse Spider-Boy Swimsuit
Miles’s first costume within the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse film was a cobbled-up concoction produced from a store-bought Spider-Man outfit, sneakers, and a towel cape. A superb Halloween thought if I ever noticed one.
King in Black Swimsuit
Persevering with from 2018’s comedian ebook Absolute Carnage occasion, the King in Black crossover revolves round an invasion of Earth led by Knull, the titular King in Black, and darkish god of the symbiotes. The symbiote swimsuit worn by Miles for that sequence was the spiky horror-show with its distinctive brow spiral, seen right here.
Life Story Swimsuit
As with the Peter Parker model seen above, this can be a space-fitted astronaut swimsuit modeled for the sport from the Spider-Man: Life Story sequence, in Miles Morales colours this time round.
Miles Morales 2020 Swimsuit
Coming back from the Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales sport, this replace of the basic Miles swimsuit is, apparently, match for a child of the present decade. As a result of what says the 2020s if not massive Walkman headphones and rolled-up jacket sleeves?
Miles Morales 2099
One other variation on the surprisingly influential Spider-Man 2099 design, this one makes use of Miguel O’Hara’s emblem on a hooded black bodysuit for a futuristic however youthful really feel.
Most Harmful Recreation Swimsuit
Miles’ personal variation on Kraven the Hunter’s absurd however superb model is the factor to put on while you’re looking for the one prey value stalking: Spider-Man.
Programmable Matter Swimsuit
Coming back from the earlier Miles Morales sport, this glowing, armor-paneled design is strongly impressed by the assorted Iron Man fits, whose Stark tech led to lots of the Spider-Man costumes on show right here.
Purple Reign Swimsuit
A prince pun! But additionally impressed by the purple coloration scheme of the Prowler, after all, who gifted it to Miles within the earlier Spider-Man: Miles Morales sport. It comes with each claw-tipped fingers and a utility belt, making it a flexible costume for the cat burglar in all of us.
Shadow-Spider Swimsuit
Designed by comedian artist Sean Izaakse for the Champions sequence in 2018, this was the costume of an alternate-reality Miles Morales, whose darkish path to avenge the loss of life of Peter Parker follows a really completely different course from the Miles we all know. It makes its online game debut in Spider-Man 2.
Smoke and Mirrors Swimsuit
It’s Miles by the use of the villain Mysterio – particularly the model of that nemesis who appeared, performed by Jake Gyllenhaal, within the Spider-Man: Far From House movie. It’s inexperienced, purple, and has a glass headpiece so you may pull off all of the magic methods your coronary heart may need.
Sportswear Swimsuit
Miles’ very first swimsuit in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, it options not solely a hoodie, however a hoodie and a puffy jacket. Excellent for these Brooklyn winters.
STRIKE Swimsuit
Generally your mission requires a popped collar and outsized gauntlets, and nothing else will do. The STRIKE Swimsuit offers.
The Finish Swimsuit
Tailored from the 2020 comedian Miles Morales: The Finish, this swimsuit (designed by Damion Scott) was worn by an aged and battered Miles Morales as he made a final stand for humankind within the Brooklyn of the long run. Whereas the hooded sweatshirt evokes his youthful previous, black camo pants converse to the worst of all doable issues to come back.
TRACK Swimsuit
What’s white, black, pink, and completely fashionable? This newly debuted search for Miles Morales, child.