Warning! Contains Spoilers For Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood #3!The momentSpider-Mangot his black suit was one of the most iconic and memorable moments in his history. But the exact way that he got it never really made sense. Why would a dangerous alien life-form be contained right next to the clothing fabricator? After 40 years, Marvel has finally answered this question.
This decades-old question was finally answered inSpider-Man: Black Suit & Blood#3 by Al Ewing and Juann Cabal. While exploring the base that the Beyonder created for his team, Master Blood eventually finds his way down into a secure room, where the clothing fabricator andVenom symbiote are being held.Questioning why an alien life-form would be held so closely to a clothing fabricator, Master Blood finally realizes something that Peter never did.
Master Blood realizes that the clothing fabricator wasn’t created just to make new clothes for the heroes and villains. It was actually here to create protective gear for anyone studying the Venom symbiote. This small change fixes a plot hole that is several decades old now.
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Everyone Misunderstood What The Clothing Fabricator Was For
Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood#3 by Al Ewing, Juann Cabal, Joe Caramagna, and Edgar Delgado.
Secret Warwas a major event in the Marvel Universe. It was a full-on battle between the forces of good and evil for the amusement of the Beyonder. The Beyonder used his incredible powers to collect the most powerful heroes and villains that he could find and pit them against each other. Naturally, in a battle so destructive, plenty of people’s costumes would get torn and destroyed over the course of the war. This is why people thought they were given a clothing fabricator, so they could easily replace any destroyed garment and continue representing what team they were fighting for.
But unknown to everyone, readers included, this fabricator wasn’t here for the heroes to fix their torn outfits.
This made perfect sense back in the day, and that’s howSpider-Man first got the Black Suit.Naturally, if there’s a suit next to a clothing fabricator, it’s not unreasonable to assume the suit came from the fabricator. That’s exactly what Spider-Man thought when he took the black suit for himself.But unknown to everyone, readers included, this fabricator wasn’t here for the heroes to fix their torn outfits.It was simply a device used to create containment suits for the people who had been studying the Venom symbiote. This one small detail completely changes Spider-Man’s lore.
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At the time, the explanation made perfect sense, as neither reader nor Peter was aware of the black suits' true nature. But as time went on and the suit was revealed to be a living being, it never really made sense that it was directly next to the clothing fabricator. But there was really no time or way for Marvel to go back and address this once the suit’s true nature was revealed, especially considering it happened on a planet created purely by the Beyonder for his amusement. Still, nearly 40 years later, Marvel finally saw the chance to return to this silly oversight and fix one majorSpider-Manplot hole.
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Spider-Man
Spider-Man is the name given to several individuals who have employed a spider-moniker throughout Marvel Comics. Typically gaining their powers through a bite from a radioactive spider, the different Spider-Man heroes employ super-strength, agility, and intellect while utilizing webbing to swing and tangle up their foes. The most notable of these Spider-Men is Peter Parker, who remains one of the most popular superheroes throughout the world.
