WARNING! Spoilers for Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider #11Spider-Gwen may usually be a street-level hero, but her latest story has pulled her out of her comfort zone and into Marvel's vast multiverse, and she's sporting a new armored redesign to complement her cosmic upgrade. Gwen is officially trading her original vigilante costume for a high-tech space suit that would likely impress Iron Man if he ever saw it.
The preview for Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider #11 by Stephanie Phillips and Paolo Villanelli opens in a shocking way, as Gwen finds herself caught up in a battle between aliens on a planet far from Earth. Even though this isn't her usual scene, Spider-Gwen leaps into action nonetheless, and her updated costume gives her a fighting chance against the warring creatures.
Donning Iron Man-like armor rather than her typical super-suit, Spider-Gwen has undergone a massive design change that befits this new arc's groundbreaking shift in setting. Gwen's new space suit is exactly what she needs to hold her own as King Loki arrives to face her.
Spider-Gwen's Awesome New Armor Prepares Her for Space Travel
Iron Man Would Be Impressed by Spider-Gwen's New Costume
Designed by Mark Brooks, the series' cover artist, Spider-Gwen's armored upgrade takes the color scheme and design philosophy of her original costume and translates it into a space suit. It features her standard black, pink, white, and turquoise colors, but replaces her hood with a helmet that can help her breathe on different extraterrestrial worlds. Furthermore, she no longer needs to wear a mask that resembles Spider-Man's to conceal her face since the helmet does the job on its own. Overall, Gwen is still recognizable as Spider-Gwen, but with extra technological advancements that befit her bold new status quo.
Spider-Man Meets D&D: Marvel Just Set Up Our Favorite Hero Squad in Ages
Spider-Gwen has recruited an intriguing band of allies as she prepares to confront Galactus, reminiscent of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
This armor doesn't mark Gwen's first cosmic redesign in recent memory, surprisingly enough. In What If...? Galactus Transformed Spider-Gwen #1 by Kalinda Vazquez and Daniel Picciotto, Gwen gets selected as Galactus' new herald in an alternate continuity, and with this surge in power comes a revamped design that replaces her spandex with armor once more. With that being said, that design sticks much closer to the original by incorporating her usual hood and mask, whereas Spider-Gwen's look for her "Ghost-Spider Beyond" era deviates from what fans know by fitting her in a full-body space suit that alters her appearance more notably.
Spider-Gwen Is Evolving From Street-Level Hero to Cosmic Icon
Gwen's Surprising Team-Ups Show How Far This Superhero Has Come
This new look for Spider-Gwen coincides with her recent multiversal excursions that have redefined her as more than another Spider-Man clone. Since King Loki and Jean Grey's Phoenix in future issues of her ongoing series, cementing her as a major powerhouse with the Cosmic Cube in tow. Spider-Gwen's Iron Man gear is the perfect illustration of how much she's evolved, and her space adventures are only just getting started.
Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider #11 will be available on March 5th, 2025 from Marvel Comics!
